It’s moments like this you need Minty

POINT Lonsdale Civic Association president Rob Minty will replace outgoing Borough of Queenscliffe councillor Tony Francis, after he was forced to vacate the position.

As of November 2019, Mr Francis was no longer eligible for the role after selling his Harry’s Kiosk business and voiding his rate payer status, a Victorian Electoral Commission countback on December 2 resulted in Mr Minty finishing with 360 of 653 available votes.

Cr Minty beat fellow candidates Peter Russell, David Kenwood and Louis Baker and said he was looking forward to the new role.

“I stood in 2016, all those who stood were still qualified under the arrangement. My motivation now is still the same as it was then: to ensure projects like the Point Lonsdale lighthouse and the Avenue of Honour are brought to completion,” Cr Minty said.

“The new mayor Ross Ebbels said there’s a very long list of activities council has been involved in and we want to bring them into fruition, I’m very supportive of that.”

Cr Minty said he has over 25 years’ experience in travel and tourism, as well as photography travelling abroad working across Asia and North America but has always loved the Borough.

“There’s something unique about the Borough. We love the area, there are good people who want to see it remain independent of any other council.

“It’s a special place people always come back to, they find it a wonderful place to be and you want to be able to make sure you keep it that way for other people.

“I’ve been the president of the Point Lonsdale Civic Association and a member for many more, we’ve always been active in making sure council is doing the right thing.

“Policy and procedures, making sure the process is followed. That’s very important and pretty much what we will continue to do from inside the council.”