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A toast to fountain’s return
Welcome home: Mornington and District Historical Society members are glad to have the historic drinking fountain back where it belongs. Picture: Yanni
MORNINGTON and District Historical Society members last week welcomed the return of the Balcombe Fountain to Mornington Park. It is now working as a drinking fountain with a solar light in the cupola which brightens when people approach. The fountain was originally outside the park’s entrance, when work was done on the arches by unemployed men during a job-creation scheme in the Depression of the early 1930s. Members of the Balcombe family gave the monument to the people of Mornington in remembrance of Alexander Balcombe who had the park and much of the foreshore reserve set aside for public use. Road widening and footpath works, coupled with the fountain being knocked over by a car, forced its removal. It was stored in the shire’s works yard until it was erected in the Empire Mall during the 1970s when the original marble top was replaced with 1970s-style architecture. Recent renovations at the Empire Mall meant the fountain had to find a new home and what better place than as near as possible to its original position. Society members celebrated its return with a small ceremony at the park, Thursday 30 August. - Our thanks to Mornington and District Historical Society
Shire in hunt for new boss after CEO calls time Steve Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire CEO Carl Cowie has quit the top job. Lured from private industry in November 2014 the almost-$400,000 man issued an email to the shire’s 900-odd staff on Thursday 30 August telling them of his decision. Although required to give three months’ notice it is expected he and the council will negotiate a payout
enabling him to leave early to take up a position as CEO of the Shire of Nillumbik. The mayor Cr Bryan Payne said “on behalf of the council and the community, I thank Carl for his major contribution [to] the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council over the past four years”. “The restructuring of council operations, and the implementation of new technology, will ultimately translate into major savings and enable the
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The mayor said the Scottish-born Mr Cowie had achieved “specifics” set by council which had led to “savings of more than $7 million, much of which would be ongoing”. A qualified accountant with an MBA, and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Mr Cowie’s resignation came soon after the shire advertised his position under a mutual arrangement giving him six months’ notice of their intention to not automatically reappoint him. (“Market test for
CEO’s job” The News 18/6/18). At the time, Cr Payne issued a statement saying the decision “is not a reflection on the performance of the CEO, but rather council exercising due diligence to ensure that the most appropriate person is in place to lead the organisation into the future”. At the time Mr Cowie told The News he had “been strongly encouraged to re-apply and I have advised that I will be doing that”. Continued Page 14
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