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Shire points ahead on ‘satisfaction’ - mayor
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Street market marks 40 years IF there is anything a golden retriever likes more than a swim it’s food. And when your owner decides to sit on a bench during Mornington’s Wednesday street market you can be sure there’s food involved. Last Wednesday was the first week of the school holidays and the sun was shining as shoppers roamed Main Street during the regular market. But while stallholders and their customers strived to provide and buy such things as food, art items and clothing, few would have known it was the market’s 40th anniversary. The longest running street market in Victoria began on Wednesday 26
September 1979, the brainchild of the late Tom Hast, an estate agent in the town for more than 50 years, a shire councillor, shire president (mayor) and member of many community groups including the chamber of commerce, which runs the market. Mr Hast brought the idea to Mornington after being seeing the success of village markets during a visit to the United KIngdown anmd Europer the previous year. These days the market’s popularity has only grown stronger, with shoppers (and their dogs) readily using Main Street’s benches for a break and to take in all the sights and sounds.
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MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire says survey results “show the community believes [the council’s] overall performance, customer service and waste management are all positive”. The annual community satisfaction survey, independently conducted by telephone across shire households in February and March for the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, measures community perception on the performance of Victorian councils across a range of measures. While a minimum of 400 interviews were conducted in 63 municipalities for the survey, the results for each council have not been published for the public by DELWP. The mayor Cr David Gill said results for the peninsula show a threepoint increase in waste management and a one-point increase in overall performance – both higher than the state-wide average. “The results also show a four-point increase in satisfaction with the condition of sealed local roads,” Cr Gill said. “We always seek to ensure fundamental council services such as roads and waste management are of the highest quality and we’re pleased the community believes we are delivering on that”. It was “pleasing that out of all the core measures, council’s best performing area was customer service”. “The survey results also indicate areas for improvement such as lobbying on behalf of the community;
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TOGETHER with Good Shepherd’s Firmer Foundations, Mornington Peninsula shire is hosting Let’s Talk About Money as part of this year’s Seniors Festival. Topics at the free talk include budgeting, saving, banking, debt and goal setting. Firmer Foundations is a free financial capability program for women aged 50 and over. Sessions are 10am-12.30pm, Mondays 7,14, 28 October and 4 November at Seawinds Community Hub, 11a Allambi Avenue, Capel Sound. Details: 5971 9444 or 0490 120 918 or visit firmerfoundationspeninsula@ goodshep.org.au Bookings essential. Transport available.
Musicians in concert PENINSULA Chamber Musicians will play a concert at Beleura House, Mornington 1.30pm on Saturday 5 October. Tickets and details: www.peninsulachambermusicians.com.au.
Flowers her topic LANDSCAPE architect and interior designer Marilyn Elm, pictured, will speak at the next meeting of the Mornington Peninsula Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society, Friday 4 October. She will explore our relationship with flowers which she says are intrinsically woven into the fabric of our lives as statements of fashion and status, or simply expressions of beauty to be enjoyed. Ms Elm, involved in art and design for 40 years, is an expert in garden and landscape design and history, lecturer and speaker. Hour-long ADFAS lectures are held at the Peninsula Community Theatre in Wilsons Road, Mornington, 5.30pm on a Friday evening. They are followed by light refreshments and an opportunity to meet the lecturer and fellow members. The first visit is free. Book through secretary Glad Hungerford 9787 2092. For membership details contact Vicky Davison 0407 810 877.
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something council has put a strong emphasis on this year,” Cr Gill said. “Council is dedicated to working closely with the community and prides itself on being accessible to residents and ratepayers. In fact, 69 per cent of those surveyed had made contact with council over the previous 12 months compared to 61 per cent of residents surveyed across Victoria.”
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