Gideon Cordover

Working together to make Kingborough a better place

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Kingborough is my home and I love it. Council’s job is to protect our family, our public services, our environment, our jobs and our wallet. Being a councillor is a huge responsibility. They need to be good with people and with finances. They need to have a long-term vision. I was appointed to the ABC Advisory Council and I’m a board director of several not-for-profits, including big local organisations like Gymnastics Tasmania. I live my values of integrity, compassion and action and have the strength to stand up to vested interests.

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I’m passionate about people and community. After graduating from NIDA, I worked all over the country and overseas.

I’ve worked for the Heart Foundation and Anglicare Tasmania's Social Action and Research Centre. In 2017, I was named in the first batch of the Tasmanian Community Fund’s Emerging Community Leaders.  

I’m an active and positive team player on the council. My primary focus is climate action now. You can read about my other initiatives below. 

The draft Hungtingfield  master plan is now available. Click the link to have your say: 

https://huntingfield.mysocialpinpoint.com/huntingfield-master-plan#/

Issues of importance:

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• Moved to initiate a community engagement on no additional poker machines in Kingborough on 13 July 2020 - motion lost

• Seconded Hobart City Deal funding of Phase 1 of the Kingston Place Strategy on 13 July 2020 - Carried unanimously

• Moved C285/8-2020 North West Bay River Multi-Use Trail Feasibility Study on 11 May 2020, paving the way for a multi-use trail from Longley to Margate along the North West Bay River. 

• Seconded C284/8-2020 Kerbside Green Waste Collection Service on 11 May 2020 which culminated in kerbside green waste service commencing in October 2020, despite delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

• Voted against C187/5-2020 17.2 Assessment Procedure and Decision Criteria For Tree Removal On Private Land on 10 March 2020. This motion was to reduce the automatical approval from 10m to 5m and resulted in the automatic approval of up to a thousand trees including trees over 100 years old and including trees of high and very high conservation value.

• Seconded Community Grant Program and Policy Review C186/5-2020 14.1 on 10 March 2020

• Seconded Future Directions Plan for the Kingborough Sports Precinct on 11 February 2020

• Seconded Communications and Engagement Policy Framework and Strategy C128/3-2020 17.4 on 11 February 2020

• Moved ICAN Cities Appeal motion c124/3-2020 on 11 February 2020 - motion lost

• Seconded Purchasing Policy 3.7 and Code for tenders and contracts policy 3.12 c86/2-2020 on 28 January 2020

• Voted against Paid Parking in Central Kingston c31/1-20 on 13 January 2020

• Moved to join Cities Power Partnership C27/1-20 on 13 January 2020 - motion lost

• Moved motion for Free Green Waste Weekends, C26/1-20 14.1 on 13 January 2020

• Voted against 10.2 DA-2019-112 on 11 November 2020 - Development Application that approved the destruction of 39 Eucalyptus globulus and E. ovata trees from Kingston Park, 19 of which were "high conservation value" and 2 "very high conservation value" trees. The total offset price paid to Council for the destruction of these trees was only $5250, despite the City of Melbourne tree valuation method showing the total value of the trees was actually $418,440. In my mind, this represented an environmental and amenity loss to the community as well as a financial opportunity loss of $413,190.

• Seconded 14.2 Recreational Water Quality - Blackmans Bay Beach South for ongoing monitoring on 14 October 2019

• Seconded the Kingborough Food Truck Policy on 23 September 2019