Pittwater Life April 2023 Issue

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Probus Club News
At the next meeting of the
Pittwater Men’s Probus Club,
member Barrie Unsworth,
having visited 25 National
Historic Landmarks throughout
the USA, will provide a
commentary on the location
of buildings and memorabilia
of several Presidential Libraries
and Museums. Meeting
at Mona Vale Surf Club on
Tuesday 12 April commences
10am; visitors welcome. More
info Terry Larke on 0412 220
820. The Palm Beach and
Peninsula Probus Club will
celebrate its 25th anniversary
this month with cake
and bubbly after its AGM on
Wednesday 15 April. Meetings
are held on the third Wednesday
morning of each month
at Club Palm Beach. More
information contact Carmel
on 0414 978 465. Due to the
Easter holidays the Bilgola
Plateau Probus Club will not
meet in April. Guest speaker
at their next meeting at Newport
Bowling Club on Friday
5 May will be Brendan Ryan
from Later Life Advice. He will
speak about ‘Financial matters
for Seniors’. Commences
10am; visitors welcome. More
info call Patricia on 0438
281 573. The next meeting of
the Combined Probus Club
of Mona Vale will be held at
Pittwater RSL Club on Tuesday
18 April. Guest speaker Noel
Phelan will deliver a talk on
the bombing of Darwin during
World War II. Although his
first career was as a science
and mathematics teacher,
Noel has been a volunteer
guide at the Maritime Museum.
Meeting starts 10am;
visitors welcome.
Louise Kerr
appointed interim
Council CEO
Northern Beaches Council
has appointed senior executive
leadership expert Louise
Kerr as interim CEO while
it recruits for a replacement
for the departed Ray Brownlee.
Ms Kerr is currently the
Director of Planning and
Place at Council and has close
to 30 years’ experience in
local government. Northern
Beaches Mayor Michael Regan
congratulated Ms Kerr on her
appointment. “Louise is an
experienced local government
senior executive and planner,
with decades of service to the
community. We are proud to
announce her appointment as
interim CEO and welcome her
advice to the serving Council,”
Mayor Regan said. “Over
the past four years working at
Council, Louise has demonstrated
her strong leadership
and communication skills,
her drive and focus, and her
dedication to serving the
community. She has overseen
the development and
implementation of Council’s
long-term strategic policies
and has been instrumental in
driving performance improvements
and efficiencies in
Council services, enhancing
customer experience, and has
shown a true commitment to
Council’s values,” he added.
Power Purchase
Agreement closer
Council has agreed to negotiate
with two shortlisted
providers for a 100 per cent
renewable electricity group
Power Purchase Agreement
(PPA) for Northern Beaches
businesses – a first for the
area in tackling sky-rocketing
energy costs. A renewable
electricity PPA is a contractual
agreement between energy
buyers and sellers which will
directly benefit participating
local businesses by offsetting
their carbon emissions,
scaling up their buying power
whilst cutting time, complexity
and costs associated with
going it alone and ultimately
generating real savings on
their electricity bills. Mayor
Michael Regan explained
it was an amazing opportunity
for the 32,700 businesses
across the peninsula.
“Non-residential emissions
34 APRIL 2023
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