Mayor's Blog

The Mayor of Kentish Don Thwaites now has his own blog. Check it out here.

Old Office Building

I was walking up High Street today and saw the old Council office
being dismantled. Rest In Peace I say. I am happy to see it gone. It
was an embarressment. The walls were so thin you could hear pepple
talking next door. The building reminded me of my science classroom at
High school.

The new building is a good compromise in my opinion. Big enough and a
relatively quick transition into the building. It cost $1 million. A
lot of money yes but there is no way Council could have built the same
size building from the ground up for that money.

General Manager Resigns

Our General Manager Mark Crouch has resigned effective early February. I have been able to work well with Mark over the past 15 months. He has earned his way at Kentish working long hours for the Council.

Mark has been very frank and tells it how he sees it. We have disagreed on some things (it happens doesn't it). That said I sincerely wish Mark well in his future employment and changes. I hope we get someone with his work ethic.

Council is currently advertising for a replacement General Manager. We are in a state of flux while we wait for our engineer to return and we deal with the coming retirement of our FInance Manager. Tricky times.

Railton Topiary

The western side of Foster St in Railton is going through some changes. Spiral topiary has been installed. Given that topiary is the theme of Railton it make sense that it has a major presence in the main street. This is now being developed. The nature strips will also go and be replaced by a coloured concrete.

I am hoping that the improved streetscape will help lift the profile of Railton with tourists and bring some much needed business development in the town.