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Questions over shire’s ‘promised’ $50,000
PUBLIC hearings into Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s proposed 2020/21 budget has exposed a clash of expectations between the shire and a business lobby group.
Included in the Committee for Mornington Peninsula’s detailed submission was its gratitude for the shire’s “$50,000 commitment” towards a study into whether the shire should be seen as a region or remain in the Melbourne metropolitan area.
However, the money was not included in the draft budget and has left councillors wondering how the committee could have thought they were its “partners” in such an investigation.
Cr Steve Holland said he had “not been privy” to conversations that led to the committee believing the shire would pay $50,000 towards the study. “I believe they were with the CEO [John Baker.”