MURRINDINDI: More questions over Council actions
Treatment by Murrindindi Shire officials of Kinglake-Yea identity Charles Exton (pictured) are being probed by Council executives.
Mr Exton has had a six-year battle with the Council over a property development at Carey Rd, Killingworth at Yea.
Mr Exton struggled in obtaining timely approvals from Council staff, yet nearby developments by other parties seemed to “breeze through”, Councillors have been told.
Kinglake accountant Garry Angus handed a sealed confidential envelope to Murrindindi Shire Council CEO Livia Bonazzi at the March Council meeting, listing a number of concerns that he said required investigation.
Mr Exton, a former Yea Shire Councillor, told Council that there were inconsistencies in works that he was obliged to complete on his development, compared with lower standards allowed on nearby projects.
He asked who at the Council had signed the certuficate on compliance at the nearby developments.
Mr Exton had to abide by strict conditions due to the proximity of the properties to the North-South Pipeline.
The permit conditions included requirements for guide posts to all culverts, give-way signs, crossovers to Vic Roads standards, earthworks that required top soil stripping to be reused.
Mr Exton was required to provide stormwater works to Murrindindi Shire standards, as well as paying for tree permit offsets.
Mr Exton has said that if he is required to abide by all conditions, it is only right that other developers should be required to do their work to the same standard.