News - Berwick Star News - 22nd February 2018

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Tyler’s shock exit By Cam Lucadou-Wells and Garry Howe

Mike Tyler leaves Casey Council after 23 years as chief executive. 20847 Race, Casey Fields and Bunjil Place - the latter the most ambitious infrastructure undertaking by a council in the country. He recalled being told by a manager when planning Casey Arc that the project would cost

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Speculation had swirled around Mr Tyler’s tenure in recent days, intensified by his unexplained absence at a Casey general meeting on 20 February. Continued to page 7.

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City of Casey’s durable chief executive Mike Tyler has stepped down in sudden and mysterious circumstances. Mr Tyler had “mutually agreed” with Casey that “now is the right time to move on,” according to a statement by the council on 21 February. He leaves the job on 22 February, with no official explanation from the council of why there was a parting of ways. Mr Tyler had served as the council’s one and only chief executive for 23 years, overseeing a municipality that rapidly grew from 130,000 residents to more than 300,000. He’d worked for Casey and City of Berwick for more than 36 years. Two years ago, Mr Tyler’s reign was extended for four years - until 2020. The re-appointment was made by a previous term of councillors, who controversially chose not to advertise the $350,000-plus annual position. Now, Mr Tyler says it is time to move on and allow other leaders to shape the council’s future direction. He told Star News he had it in mind for some time that this would be his last year in the job but there had been on official decision until this week. The move into Bunjil Place late last year heralded the right time for Casey to move into new leadership, he said. Asked to describe his emotions, Mr Tyler said he was “very happy”. “I am going out on a high,” he said. “I can look back with a lot of pride at what has been achieved and Council and I have come to a fair agreement.” Mr Tyler leaves as the longest serving council CEO in Victoria, the only one remaining of the original appointees following the Jeff Kennett-inspired council amalgamations in the mid-1990s. He said he hoped his legacy would be considered the four major projects undertaken by Casey under his leadership - Casey Arc, Casey

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