The notion of open, transparent and accountable government remains a myth in Glen Eira when one considers the Pools Steering Committee minutes. Given the fuss and furore in recent weeks regarding the McKinnon Basketball Association’s failure to obtain court allocations and the appalling mess of membership subscriptions, we were entitled to hope that any meeting of this committee would have been far more informative than what has been dished up in the guise of ‘minutes’. All that Lipshutz as Chair can produce is:
“Matters considered
(i) General Business – Site Inspection
(ii) GESAC Project Update Report”
Records of assembly
Plenty of items here attracted our undivided attention. The most intriguing however was this one from the meeting of 31st May 2011
Esakoff – “a letter received from the municipal inspectors and a requirement to provide certain materials” (“The CEO and all officers apart from DCS (Burke) were asked to leave the Briefing Room”. So, should we conclude that the saga of investigation is far from over and that another one is possibly brewing? And who are the targets? Councillors or administrators?
There are also these little tit bits of information:
24th May – “Public questions taken on notice from Mr. Varvodic at the council meeting held on the 17 May 2011” and “Public Questions Policy”
Cr. Esakoff – “GESAC indoor court allocations and emails from members of the MBA ‘
Hyams – “responses to councillor requests, including alternative Town Planning Recommendations, to be emailed to councillors”
Penhalluriack – “advice to be provided in relation to changes to dates of meetings of the Audit committee”
Esakoff – “Occupational Health & safety” (bullying?)
6th June 2011 – Urgent Business – Magee ‘call for an in-camera report on the awarding of the use of the GESAC basketball courts”.
14th June 2011 – Magee – “his email to all councillors concerning the legal registered status of the Warriors Basketball club” Again, contracts being written for ineligible groups? Who is responsible for what could possibly be another foul up?
15th June 2011 – Esakoff – “6 June 2011 B (i) (f) adjust the wording” (so which version has been published? – the edited account, or the original version?)
Glen Eira Debates 
June 25, 2011 at 9:13 AM
I trust that this inspector has a last name beginning with “W”. Nothing else will do.
June 25, 2011 at 11:04 AM
More fun and games with councillors having to beg for information in many of these notes. What a great way to manage a multi million dollar enterprise.
June 25, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Maybe the inspector could find out the real answer as to why our specially selected representative on the CAULFIELD RACECOURSE TRUSTEES MEETINGS , HAS BEEN ABSENT during the ides of March. No matter how many ways this question has been asked at council meetings Cr TANG OR ALL THE OTHER COUNCILLORS AND THE SO CALLED ADMINISTRATORS HAVE NOT COME UP WITH A SATISFACTORY ANSWER. Attending another MEETING FOR A KINDERGARTEN IS NOT AQN EXCUSE WHEN A DEPUTY COULD WELL HAVE BEEN APPOINTED. And another question is why it has now taken since last August and yet a third delegate to Racecourse Trustees has not gained HIS\HER seat at the Caulfield Racecourse Trustees Meetings . I feel the absence of the City Of Glen Eira’s second and third delegates is being denied us perhaps from within our city hall!!!
WHO HAS THE CORRECT ANSWER??????????