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AS machinations around Monday\u2019s upcoming vote for the role of Mayor of the City of Ballarat heat up, incumbent Cr Samantha McIntosh has doubled down on her commitment to the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no intention of stepping down from the role,\u201d she said. \u201cWith such significant success, that we haven\u2019t seen for years on council, I feel very confident in this space and feel that we need to keep that same momentum going.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a social media post last Monday night<\/a>, Cr Amy Johnson said that seven of the nine councillors have nominated for Mayor. That was later confirmed by Cr McIntosh.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s seven people in the race,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s understood that Cr Johnson and Cr Belinda Coates were the only two councillors not to nominate for the top job.<\/p>\n

In the same post Cr Johnson also said that she\u2019ll be supporting Cr Ben Taylor as Mayor.<\/p>\n

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Cr Ben Taylor. Photo: FACEBOOK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the 2018 mayoral vote<\/a>, Cr McIntosh was returned to the big chair for a third term with the support of councillors Johnson and Taylor, along with Cr Grant Tillett and Cr Jim Rinaldi.<\/p>\n

Cr McIntosh rejected the idea that she was re-elected as Mayor due to a voting bloc.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no bloc,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was the way the council of the day voted. If you watch in council chamber there\u2019s no consistency or pattern. Anyone would be an absolute hero if they could say they went into our council chamber and saw people voting in blocs. It doesn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cr McIntosh also knocked back suggestions of subsequent factionalism within council.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019ve had is a great deal of support and cohesive decision making,\u201d she said. \u201cTo be able to get some of these really controversial projects over the line\u2026 is significant and had not been possible before.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it gets to mayoral election you see all sorts of division. That\u2019s because it\u2019s a role that\u2019s honourable and people strive for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

On why so many councillors had nominated for the job leading council, Cr McIntosh was diplomatic.<\/p>\n

\u201cBallarat has been very successful over the last three years and it\u2019s a very special role to be able to fill,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CBD, Civic Hall, the saleyards, the showgrounds, the link road, Ballarat West Employment Zone, White Night, Heritiage Weekend, national cycling championships, Split Milk coming up. It\u2019s vibrancy and activity on the street. It\u2019s the creativity. It\u2019s intercultural cities approach. It\u2019s the compassionate city approach. It\u2019s not looking at just concrete and asphalt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that we\u2019ve been very successful and able to deliver those policies, plans and strategies has given a bit of a sparkle what would have otherwise been seen as just typical growth front.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo who wouldn\u2019t want to be Mayor? Of course they are going to put their hand up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI bet you if we weren\u2019t doing a very good job at the moment you would not see the same degree of hands going up.\u201d<\/p>\n

In something of a pitch to other councillors, Cr McIntosh said that stability of leadership had been a big part of things achieved by council over the life of the current term.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only reason that we\u2019ve been as successful as we have been is we\u2019ve had three years of consistency,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s different to what we normally see.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look back into the past, whenever there has been some degree of consistency, there has been an ability to deliver on some pretty significant projects across the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you ran any business that sits around a $200 million budget, with $2 billion worth of infrastructure,.. you don\u2019t change the leader every year. It\u2019s not the way you achieve great success.\u201d<\/p>\n

With municipal elections due in just over 12 months, Cr McIntosh sent a message about consistency.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there a new mayor next year, there will also be a new major the following year,\u201d she said. \u201cThat creates a whole heap of disruption.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AS machinations around Monday\u2019s upcoming vote for the role of Mayor of the City of Ballarat heat up, incumbent Cr Samantha McIntosh has doubled down on her commitment to the job. \u201cI have no intention of stepping down from the role,\u201d she said. \u201cWith such significant success, that we haven\u2019t seen for years on council, […]<\/p>\n

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