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Ward Councillors
Port Adelaide Enfield Council comprises
a Mayor and 17 Councillors, distributed
around seven wards that take in the whole
of the City. These are your representatives,
your voice in Council on matters that
concern you in your area, and they are
the people who make the policy decisions
that guide the Council’s administration in
its daily work. If you have any concerns
that should be brought to the attention of
Council, please contact one of the Elected
Members in your Ward.
Mayor
Gary Johanson • T 8405 6965
Northfield Ward
Cr Mark Basham JP • M 0418 809 364
Cr Anne-Marie Hubycz • M 0421 173 339
Cr Matt Osborn • M 0416 336 934
Klemzig Ward
Cr Tony Barca • M 0418 891 321
Cr Paul Russell • M 0407 500 881
Enfield Ward
Cr Michael Iammarrone JP
M 0421 329 153
Cr Carol Martin JP • M 0417 828 195
Cr Peter McKay JP • T 8262 3387
Parks Ward
Cr John Croci • M 0417 817 957
Cr Kim Dinh • M 0410 729 255
Cr Guy Wilcock • M 0430 199 246
Port Adelaide Ward
Cr Claire Boan • M 0408 730 309
Cr Ray Guscott • T 8449 5618
Semaphore Ward
Cr Michelle Hogan • M 0401 125 956
Cr Helen Wright • M 0439 485 737
Outer Harbor Ward
Cr Peter Jamieson • T 8248 3133
Cr Vanessa McCluskey • M 0427 480 790
© City of Port Adelaide Enfield;
Journalist: Nigel Hopkins;
Photography: Council Staff
Front cover: Welcoming the Duke and
Dutchess of York in Port Adelaide 1927
Photograph by A E Bond
Key Decisions
Mayor’s Message
Meeting held 10 March:
• Pedestrian ramp on the western side
of Lipson Street, Port Adelaide, to be
constructed.
• Allocation in the draft budget for a
BBQ and alterations to an existing
shade structure at Semaphore
South Foreshore.
• Cr Jamieson nominated for position
on the Dog and Cat
Management Board.
• Proposed “Exeloo” public toilet
within the Black Diamond Square
precinct. The location to be
considered during the redevelopment
of the area in consultation with
Renewal SA.
• Proposed naming of streets for
Northgate Stage 14 continuation and
Stage 19 (Neates Road, Wodli Street
and Winta Way subject to final land
division approval).
Meeting held 14 April:
• A minute’s silence was held for the
upcoming 100th anniversary of Anzac
Day and also in memory of former
Charles Sturt Mayor Harold Anderson
and former City of Enfield Councillor
for North East Ward Colin Maas, who
both passed away recently.
• The Kirkby Circuit Residents’
Committee to be donated 100 litres
of exterior paint. Council is to donate
12 litres of paint per annum or such
lesser amount as required for painting
over vandalism attacks on the wall for
a period of five years.
• $240,000 proposed in the 2015-2016
financial year budget for construction
of the Alberton Oval eastern flank
mounding.
• Council to allocate funds in the
next budget review to undertake a
preliminary feasibility study into the
establishment of a fish market in
Port Adelaide.
In March this year I suggested to Council
that we should make 2015 the “Year of
the Port”. It was an idea that was well
received by our Elected Members and is
now being promoted around the city.
The timing is right. For a start, in October
this year we will celebrate the 175th
anniversary of Port Adelaide. That was
when a new landing place at the end
of what is now Commercial Road was
officially opened and referred to as
the New Port.
This year, too, we have started to see
the results of major co-investment by
Port Adelaide Enfield Council and the
state government, with whom we have
developed a genuine partnership to
promote local and regional
economic growth.
We’ve had the Port Adelaide Renewal
Project, with a total budget of over $7
million, including the restoration of the
Hart’s Mill precinct, we’re looking at
the possibility of moving the fish market
from North Arm to Port Adelaide along
with other commercial and tourism
developments. And this year is also
one in which we hold the acclaimed
Port Festival, which brings together the
substantial creative and cultural aspects
of our community.
There have been so many broken
promises in past decades about reviving
the Port, but in 2015 we can see change
that really has now taken place, with
more on the way.
As Elected Members, we have a strong
moral obligation to do all we can for our
community, to create and maintain jobs,
and help built our economic and
social fabric.
For the first time in years I sense that
good things are happening in the Port;
interest from investors has never been
greater. The state government is working
with us, and there are many opportunities
waiting to be taken up, not the least of
which is discussions around enhanced
sporting facilities proposed for the eastern
part of our council.
Your Elected Members meet every month to discuss a range of matters related to
community life. Meetings are open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend.
Here are just some of the key decisions made at recent meetings.
Mayor
Gary Johanson