Katrina Rainsford for Southern Grampians Shire Councillor

My vision is to build confidence in our Southern Grampians Shire Council to help create a hardworking council team, transparent, responsive, caring for our community and country, planning for growth of the whole Shire of Southern Grampians.  Spending ratepayer funds wisely and increasing State and Federal Investment in our Shire.

My husband and I are tradespeople, auto electrician and vet.  We came to Southern Grampians to educate our four children and to farm.  Giving us insight into local schools, libraries, sporting facilities, recreational opportunities and importance of caring for farmland.  23 years Councillor experience, 20 here, knowing what could be better.

 

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KATRINA

My Vision for Southern Grampians

Your Council. Your money. Your say.  Your right to know what’s going on. Sooner not later. You want change, so do I. Many are hurting financially right now. Our businesses are doing it tough.  Council doesn’t need to make it any harder.  Thank you for your support thus far. We will have new Councillors with a great chance of a fresh approach.  To rebuild mutual respect for community and Council.

A Council that doesn’t demolish township assets without community support.  Spends your money wisely. Supports population growth therefore economy across the whole Shire. Improving permit processes.  I listen and respond to the needs of all our communities. Balmoral, Branxholme, Byaduk, Cavendish, Coleraine, Dunkeld, Glenthompson, Penshurst, Tarrington, Hamilton as well as Wannon.  Improving roads and footpaths, township street trees and landscaping.  Attracting visitors to our townships with more camping and caravan facilities.  People move to where they holiday.  Advocating for return of passenger rail, now closer with 150 Million Federal upgrade of our rail line to get more freight off our roads.  Support youth activity spaces, encouraging community projects providing safe places to gather, learn, have fun.  Retaining a Cinema and adding another smaller
one providing choice of programs. "What do you want?"

 

 

VOTE 1 Katrina Rainsford 

My position on Hamilton Gallery, Civic Hub and CBD Streetscape:

  • Major projects should not increase rates collected beyond the State Government Rate Cap (the CPI)
  • Hamilton CBD upgrades should not reduce services valued by their communities
  • The Gallery project needs majority external funding i.e. philanthropy, State and Federal Government
  • The current Gallery project depends on relocating council services into new Lonsdale Street build
  • These Council services include your Cinema, Library and some Council Offices (to a Civic Hub)
  • Design of Gallery and Civic Hub are interdependent and need to be affordable
  • Eye watering consultancies could be replaced by design and build safer footpath works