Council cancels committee membership
FRANKSTON Council has ended its alignment with the advocacy group Committee for Greater Frankston.
Council joined the lobby group in May 2018, agreeing to pay $10,000 a year for membership (“Lobby group spreads influence”,
The Times, 21/5/18). In March it told the committee that it had decided to withdraw its membership.
The mayor Kris Bolam said the group had “tunnel vision”, and had become too preoccupied with the Green Wedge, Baxter electrification, and car parking.
“Council is of the view that there are some philosophical differences with the Committee regarding both policy and advocacy matters,” he said. “It is standard practice for a new council – such as the current Frankston City Council, which was elected late last year – to review relationships with and memberships of various organisations. Following a review, it was of the view that it was already undertaking significant advocacy and as such, membership of the Committee for Greater Frankston was no longer warranted.