Southern Peninsula News 12 October 2021

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Beach box group seeks legal costs leniency have the resources of the shire and compared the shire’s bid to recoup costs to a “David and Goliath” situation. Mr Davis told The News that paying the shire’s legal bill could force the association to “fold - our viability is at stake”. “A lot of our members can’t afford to pay it,” he said. The court action was launched in 2018 after members became “increasingly aggravated” over two years by the shire refusing to deal with their complaint. However, the association had not appreciated the statewide implications of the law it was questioning. Beach box owners pay $50 a year to be members of the association plus $25 compulsory public liability insurance. Beach boxes are located at Mount Eliza, 14; Mornington 156; Mount Martha 252; Dromana 242; Rosebud 260; Rye 115; Sorrento 11; and Portsea 82. Mr Davis said the shire was the only municipality on Port Phillip to charge beach boxes for waste disposal. The fee is at $338 in this year’s shire budget and was $242 in 2018 when the legal challenge started. Beach box owners also pay the shire an annual licence fee for having the use of publicly owned land. The beach boxes are privately owned and can bought and sold. When the court’s decision was announced in August, the mayor Cr Despi O’Connor said the judge was “highly critical of the case put forward by the [beach box] association and found that it failed at every point”. Continued Page 7

Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au

SARAH Race

DESPI O’Connor

ANTHONY Marsh Pictures: Yanni

Lining up for mayoral stakes Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors elect a new mayor early in November and lobbying for votes is already reportedly underway. The prestigious $100,000 plus position comes with a car - the mayor mobile, an electric BMW hatch - as well as the demands of representing the shire in different forums and publicly. While councillors usually keep their intentions inside the tent, that does not mean that other “insiders” cannot speculate. Council officers are running a book on the likelihood of who will be the next mayor and who will be that person’s deputy. Betting odds late last week show the smart money is on what is a three-horse mayoral race led by Cr Sarah Race (now deputy mayor), followed by current mayor Cr Despi O’Connor and Cr Anthony Marsh. Councillors not represented in the early betting DECKING T/Pine 70x22 KD ACQ ........................... $3.25mt T/Pine 90x22 KD ACQ ........................... $4.25mt Merbau 70x19 Random ........................ $5.25mt Merbau 90x19 Random ........................ $6.50mt Merbau 140x22 Random .................... $13.25mt Spotted Gum 86x19 .............................. $8.95mt Spotted Gum 135x19........................... $15.95mt

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for either mayor or deputy are Antonella Celi, Steve Holland, David Gill, Kerri McCafferty, Susan Bissinger and Debra Mar. Betting odds last week saw the current deputy Cr Race as being the 2:1 favourite with Cr Lisa Dixon as deputy. The current mayor, Cr O’Connor, is sitting at 4:1, retaining the status quo with Cr Race continuing as her deputy. The next most highly-fancied combination, at 5:1, is Cr Marsh being elected mayor with Cr Paul Mercurio as deputy. Slightly further down the field at 6:1, in a reversal of their current positions, is Cr Race as mayor with Cr O’Connor as her deputy. Other combinations are Cr Race as mayor with Cr Marsh deputy, 7:1; Cr O’Connor mayor and Cr Marsh deputy, 8:1; and Cr Marsh as mayor with Cr Race deputy, 10:1. Trailing the field is the 20:1 combination of Cr Race in the top job and Cr Marsh as her deputy.

MORNINGTON Peninsula Beach Box Association, which lost a Supreme Court challenge against Mornington Peninsula Shire, now wants the shire to pay its own legal bills. The action taken by the association is understood to have cost each side at least $80,000, an amount that is believed to be being sought by the shire from the association. The shire will not disclose how much it wants the association to pay. Legal and governance manager Amanda Sapolu said it was “not appropriate to disclose” details about the negotiations” as the issue was “still before the court”. “Councillors have been briefed throughout the matter and are supportive of the approach, however the shire’s executive officers are responsible for the management of legal matters, including settlement discussions and negotiations.” Negotiations over the costs between the shire and the association resumed last week after being delayed by shire officers taking leave during the school holidays. In August, the Victorian Supreme Court ruled that beach box owners on the peninsula must pay waste disposal charges. The finding was seen as a landmark case likely to affect various other charges levied by municipalities throughout Victoria (“Beach box owners lose waste case” The News 9/8/21). Beach box association president Mark Davis said it seemed “quite unreasonable” for his group to have to pay the shire’s legal costs as the action was taken “for the clarification of a law”. Mr Davis said the beach box association did not

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