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By Cam Lucadou-Wells
Days after being selected, a would-be director at Greater Dandenong Council’s new $2-million leisure-centre company has withdrawn from the job.
Domenic Isola – a former City of Hume chief executive and Community Chef director – was one of six South East Leisure Pty Ltd directors announced in a council report on 15 June.
He and the four other ‘ordinary-member’ directors were to be appointed for three-year terms of $25,000 a year from 1 July 2021, the report stated.
Greater Dandenong community services director Martin Fidler said Mr Isola withdrew his application due to “being offered other roles and therefore believed he could no longer fulfill the expectations of the board role if appointed”.
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By Cam Lucadou-Wells
After months of red-tape delays, a proposed Keysborough community garden’s $20,000 of council funding is now under threat.
Maralinga Community Garden had been allocated the funding as part of the City of Greater Dandenong’s 2020-’21 budget.
But the project in Chandler Road Reserve had stalled due to awaiting council approval while the council enacts a community garden policy.
The money is not guaranteed to carry over into 2021-’22, council corporate services director Mick Jaensch confirmed at a council meeting on 24 May.
“The very short answer is no, it has not (been carried over into 2021-’22).
“That is because we only assess carry over projects in July of each year.