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Bonnets and a bilby WITH the holidays looming pupils from Tyabb Railway Primary School and Tyabb child care centre were more than ready to get into the swing of an Easter parade. Led by bilby-clad art teacher Amanda Heggen they showed their creations to the applause of their parents and grandparents. Pictures: Yanni
The Club’s massive rent rise Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au THE rent paid by the Hastings Club for premises in Marine Parade is about to be increased tenfold. The club has been paying $4000 a year since 1996, but Mornington Peninsula Shire last week decided to bring the rent more into line with market values and how much income the club raises through gaming machines. After a long and sometimes bitter debate councillors agreed to raise the rent
to $42,234 for the first year of a new 21-year lease. The club will then face $5000 a year increases for two years with reviews every five years. The shire manages the Hastings Park reserve which is on Crown land and can grant leases of up to 21 years. The club, which raises money for cricket and football clubs, has been there since the 1970s and now runs gaming machines as well as providing meals, operating a bar and function rooms.
In its 2015/16 annual report the club says it is “committed to capitalising on areas of growth by exploring different streams of revenue and by diversification of its activities while ensuring that it remains true to its original purpose”. The club’s treasurer John Kercheval reported increases in total revenue of $211,000 (7.75 per cent), and gaming income by $230,766 (11.6 per cent) which gave a net profit of $199,814, up $ 44,892 (28.98 per cent) from the previous year. The Hastings Club’s lease expired
last December and its entitlement to run 50 gaming machines runs out on 16 August 2022. In her report to council’s Monday 27 March meeting property and strategy manager Yasmin Woods said the club had been paying $4000 a year in rent since 1996, although the original lease had stated that amount should be reviewed every three years. If the reviews had been held, the current rent would have been $30,250. “The club disputed the rent increases; one reason being that it considered
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its requirements to meet community service obligations under its gaming venue operator’s licence should be taken into account … and it was agreed to leave the rent at $4000,” Ms Woods’ report stated. “According to its 2015/2016 annual report, the club’s net profit for the year was approximately $199,000 with the gaming room operating surplus in excess of $930,000. Records indicate the club provided a direct contribution of approximately $130,000 to affiliated sporting clubs in that year.” Continued Page 6
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