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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 0426 815 021
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;
Photography: Council Staff
Front cover: Sam at Kilburn Community Centre p12
Key Decisions
Meeting held 12 April
A motion was carried for Council to
write to Australia Post asking on behalf
of our residents that they do not remove
posting boxes from local streets as these
are still required to be used by many of
our residents. A resolution was carried
that a second report be brought back
to Council regarding creative seating
options for the Semaphore Road median
strip, and that if required, a budget
bid be placed in the 2016/17 Passive
Reserve Capital Works Program for the
installation of additional seating between
the Esplanade and Military Road.
Meeting held 10 May
The Council resolved that a pilot
program at an estimated cost of $4000
be undertaken to provide young people
with access to portable Wi-Fi devices for
training and employment opportunities.
In Malcolm Turnbull’s inaugural
speech as Prime Minister, he coined
the phrase, “There has never been a
more exciting time to be an Australian.”
How very apt that phrase is
now - regarding the City of Port
Adelaide Enfield.
As a community, we have long worked
hard for economic prosperity – but we
have for too long been overlooked. Well
those times have past.
This week’s submarines announcement
has most certainly turned the tide.
The commitment by the Federal
Government to award the 12 sub build
to French company DCNS, a $50bn
project on home soil – is a game-
changer. It’s forecast to create around
2800 jobs – many of them at Osborne.
The Port Adelaide Enfield Council region
has now been assured of a sustained
naval ship-building industry for decades
to come, and I think it necessitates fast-
tracking the light-rail (tram extension),
to Outer Harbor.
As Mayor, I couldn’t be more thankful
to the Prime Minister and the Federal
Government, to Premier Jay Weatherill
and to other key stakeholders who fought
so hard for the cards to fall our way.
Now is the time that we all embrace
this opportunity. We will welcome our
new French partner DCNS to our region
open arms.
We will show them this is a fantastic
place to do business, to live and to
spend recreational time.
When the decision was made, the
Council moved into celebration mode
– raising French flags alongside the
Australian flags along Commercial Road
and outside the Civic Centre.
Australia has long-established links with
France, throughout history. So many
soldiers – many from the Port Adelaide
Enfield region, sadly fell on French soil
during the World Wars.
Our dedication to such moments in time
was clearly evident in the tremendous
turn-out to this year’s Anzac Day dawn
ceremonies in our region. It shows
patriotism is alive and well within
our community.
The subs deal isn’t the only thing
we’ve got to feel excited about.
We have the release of the Waterfront
land by Renewal SA, we have the
thriving retail strips of Prospect Road
North, where vacant shops are now
hard to find. We have exciting new
eateries popping up on Semaphore
Road. We have a year-long calendar
of multi-cultural community events
from the hugely successful Vaisakhi
Indian harvest festival at Klemzig, to
the beautiful “Art of Reconciliation”
exhibition, with artwork from right across
the Port Adelaide Enfield region.
In all of this, the Port Adelaide Enfield
Council is present. The Council is
committed to working with Government
at all levels, business stakeholders, with
the community, budding entrepreneurs
and with people of passion to grow our
region and see it flourish, as it should.
There has never been a more exciting
time to be a member of the Port Adelaide
Enfield community and I’m very proud to
be your Mayor.
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’s Message
Mayor Gary Johanson
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