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Jamaica up, eating after muddy fall A ROPE harness was used to rescue much-loved pet horse Jamaica after she lost her footing and slid down an embankment at about 7.30am on Thursday 20 July. Owner Brenda Robinson, of Frankston-Flinders Rd, Frankston South, said the 39-year-old mare could not regain her footing in the wet and muddy conditions, and lay stranded in the cold for half an hour. Frankston SES crews slung ropes around the horse’s middle and lifted her into a standing position while a vet checked her condition. Ms Robinson, Jamaica’s second owner over the past 10 years, said she was “very happy” with the work of the rescue crews. “They did a wonderful job,” she said. “Jamaica is up, eating and moving around and the vet says she is okay.” Picture: Gary Sissons
‘Boycott’ over absent councillor’s lost vote Stephen Taylor steve@baysidenews.com.au FRANKSTON’S Cr Kris Bolam says he will “boycott” tonight’s (Monday 24 July) ordinary meeting over what he claims is “wilful disenfranchisement” of a councillor. Cr Bolam said he made the decision “with a heavy heart” to protest at the
mayor Cr Brian Cunial’s decision to refuse deferral of a matter that Cr Lillian O’Connor had asked be dealt with at the 14 August meeting – instead of tonight’s meeting – as she will be overseas. “Cr O’Connor cannot attend as she will be oversees with her family and celebrating her birthday,” Cr Bolam said. Her absence means she won’t be
able to vote on a rescission motion: Independence of the Notice of Motion Process and Independent Costings, which will jeopardise the 5–3 decision voted in on 5 July. Cr Bolam’s stand has been supported by Cr Glenn Aitken who said last Thursday he also would not attend the meeting “on moral grounds”. This takes the number of possible attendees to six out of nine, meaning
the meeting will still have a quorum. However, Cr Cunial said in a statement that a request at the 10 July meeting to reschedule the 24 July ordinary meeting “due to the unavoidable absence of a councillor” had been considered. “According to the council’s Governance Local Law (Meeting Procedures), this does not constitute ‘exceptional circumstances’, there-
fore the meeting date could not be changed,” he said. “Staff have prepared for the 24 July meeting to proceed as publicly advertised and [as] scheduled at the November 2016 statutory meeting. “Councillors have a responsibility to attend ordinary meetings unless circumstances prevent them from doing so.” Continued Page 5
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