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AN IDEA to form a separate Bellarine council has support from at least one community group, with the Portarlington Community Association voting in favour of the plan.<\/p>\n

PCA members formally supported the proposal to explore a deamalgamation from the City of Greater Geelong (COGG) at an association meeting this month after considering a discussion paper on the idea in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

The discussion paper was first circulated among Combined Bellarine Community Association (CBCA) earlier this year, with the Portarlington group among its strongest early supporters.<\/p>\n

PCA president Geoff Fary said Portarlington residents gave a near-unanimous vote to progress the plan.<\/p>\n

“The overwhelming majority of the people there said it’s time to look further into the feasibility into a separate Bellarine municipality for the reasons outlined in the paper,” Mr Fary said.<\/p>\n

“It has to do with, more than anything else, with the sheer size of the City of Greater Geelong, both in area and population.<\/p>\n

“The Bellarine is different and it’s not possible for the people in a town hall to understand the different needs, culture and values of the people on the Bellarine.”<\/p>\n

The proposal is yet to gain widespread momentum among CBCA member groups, which has not yet formally discussed it or decided on its merits.<\/p>\n

The paper<\/a> proposes a range of options to form new local governance structures on the peninsula; including splitting an area currently recognised as COGG’s Bellarine ward and potential mergers with Surf Coast Shire or the Borough of Queenscliffe.<\/p>\n

It cites perceptions about service level decline, consultation management for key priority projects and inequitable funding distributions as reasons for the break-up plan.<\/p>\n

COGG distanced itself from the idea in February, indicating that local government boundaries are a state government decision.<\/p>\n

The Borough of Queenscliffe has opposed the idea and reinforced its preference for independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AN IDEA to form a separate Bellarine council has support from at least one community group, with the Portarlington Community Association voting in favour of the plan. PCA members formally supported the proposal to explore a deamalgamation from the City of Greater Geelong (COGG) at an association meeting this month after considering a discussion paper […]<\/p>\n

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