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Shire rates rise 5.9% David Harrison david@mpnews.com.au SHIRE rates will rise 5.9 per cent for 2015-16, councillors have decided in the budget document now available at shire offices, libraries and online. Further budget submissions can be made on 11 June at a special meeting in the Rosebud shire office. The rate rise is the same as last year’s and, for the third successive year the municipal charge has been held at $180 a property. CEO Carl Cowie told a recent coun-

cil meeting the charge would be reviewed for the next budget. Some took this to mean it might be reduced or even abolished entirely. The mayor Cr Bev Colomb said the budget focussed on speeding up debt repayment and preparing for rate capping by the state government, which will curb shire rates income from next year. Other priorities were: possible future loans to cover the defined benefits superannuation scheme; limits on funding from the federal and state government; and “long term community needs and aspirations�.

“My councillor colleagues and I are very aware of financial pressures that many in our community face and our rates will continue to be among the lowest in the state,� Cr Colomb said, urging people to read the budget “to understand council’s priorities over the next 12 months�. Mr Cowie, who started work at the shire on 1 December last year, pointed to “significant changes ahead where a prudent financial approach is imperative to ensure that the shire is on a solid footing for the decades to come�. He was hired by councillors to reor-

ganise the shire finances and structure, a process he began with a preliminary trimming of staff – the first step to “unlock maximum value for the community� – and a declared interest in contracting out unspecified shire work. “All aspects of shire operations will continue to be reviewed, reducing costs wherever possible, whether this is through innovation, truly competitive tendering, process improvements, supply-chain enhancements, or enhanced technology solutions,� Mr Cowie said. Continued Page 13

THE beat of African drums may soon be a regular sound at Tootgarook. Amadou Kalissa, who followed in his musician father’s footsteps when growing up in Guinea, West Africa, gave a demonstration of his drumming at the beach last week with wife Renee. Now living in Seaford, the couple have close ties to the Mornington Peninsula and regard it as a natural place for African drumming. Kalissa, who was taught the traditional rhythms of his culture, the Malinke people, by his father, is now passing on that knowledge to their 23-month-old daughter Aicha. He says his father was for more than 20 years the lead kora (a stringed instrument) player in Les Ballets Africains. While Kalissa, when aged 10, chose to also play the kora he was soon attracted to the djembe and dun duns (both drums), becoming a lead player in the seven-piece Les Petit Sorciers de Guinee. This group was headed by Papa Kouyate, the percussionist for Miriam Makeba (Mama Africa). Kalissa began touring internationally with the group in 2001 and was chosen to go on his third European tour, performing besides Djembefola ‘Fadouba Oulare in 2004. Since arriving in Australia in December 2011, Kalissa has performed at many events and venues, including Moomba, the National Gallery of Victoria, VISIBLE concert, Rhythm of Africa, Emerge, Yackandandah Folk Festival, City of Melbourne ‘Sunset Series’, Federation Square Mainstage, White Night Festival, Swinburne TAFE, Mt Beauty Festival, Shepparton Kids Festival and Globe to Globe Festival. He has also performed live on PBS FM radio, Channel 10 News and Huey’s cooking show. The African drumming classes will be held at Tootgarook Community Hall, Barry St, call 0424 424 212.

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