A THIRD administrator has been appointed to Brimbank City Council following the resignation of Peter Lewinsky.
Last week, the chairman of administrators John Watson welcomed John Tanner to serve in Brimbank alongside himself and Jane Nathan.
On Thursday, the Minister for Local Government Jeanette Powell announced Mr Tanner would join the Brimbank administrators.
Mr Tanner served as the local government commissioner in the Shire of Delatite for three years in the mid-1990s.
He has also served on the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, the state executive of the Australian Small Business Association and as state chairman of the Timber Industry Road Evaluation Study.
In 1994, Mr Tanner was awarded a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellowship in recognition of his leadership and contribution to the Benalla community during a period of flooding.
His predecessor Mr Lewinsky resigned earlier this year to take up the role of monitor at Darebin City Council.
Mr Watson said Mr Tanner, who is set to serve as Mr Lewinsky’s replacement until council elections return to the municipality in March next year, would put the administrators “in an even stronger position to continue to build community capacity and deliver needed capital projects”.
“Myself and fellow administrator Jane Nathan, as well as CEO Bill Jaboor and all executive and staff, are pleased to hear John will be joining us at Brimbank,” he said.
“Since the administration at the council began in 2009 community sentiment and satisfaction with Brimbank Council has increased and we have maintained an ongoing commitment to making a better Brimbank.
A starting date for Mr Tanner has not yet been announced.
Brimbank City Council was dismissed in 2009 following after an Ombudsman’s investigation into failures of governance, but no former councillors have been charged over the report.
