Tag: 2015
Macleay Park Carols in the Park 2015
The 2015 Carols in the Park event will be held at Macleay Park, North Balwyn tonight (Saturday 12 December) at 6:00pm. Come along for a great community event organised by the North Balwyn Inter-Church Council supported by the City of Boroondara. For more details, visit the council website: http://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/utilities/calendar/2015/12/12/carols-in-the-park Getting there [googlemap width=”100%” height=”300px” address=’Macleay…
New mayor, committee chairs and councillor assignments for 2015-2016
At last night’s council meeting, council elected the mayor and committee chairs for 2015-16. We also appointed councillors to the large number of internal and external committees, alliances and other groups. Cr Jim Parke (Bellevue Ward) was elected as mayor for the next year and Cr Steve Hurd (Glenferrie Ward) returned for a second year…
‘Pop up’ council coming to North Balwyn
As you might have seen in today’s Progress Leader, Council is trialing a new idea that came out of our recent community innovation tournament. The idea is for council services to travel around the municipality to places which are disconnected or further away from council’s service centres (mainly in Camberwell, Hawthorn and Kew). The first…
Council passes 2015-16 budget for Boroondara
Yesterday Council unanimously passed the 2015-16 Boroondara Budget. While we prepare for the impending rate capping in the next financial year, Council has been able to include a rate rise reduction to 4.5% while maintaining and improving services. Locally, Maranoa Ward continues to significantly benefit with many projects being approved for the area. These include:…