Ted Cassidy
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Clr Ted Cassidy PSM Council Ward: North East Contact details: Chairperson: Seniors Action Committee, Ashfield Business Liaison Committee, Investment Oversight Committee, LEP Review Member: Works & Infrastructure Committee, Community Services Committee, Communications Committee, Library Committee, Environment Committee, Budget & Operations Review Committee, Strategic Planning & Economic Development Committee, Local Indigenous, Multicultural & Ethnic Affairs Committee, Aboriginal Consultative Committee, Internal Audit Committee Council ‘s Representative SSROC Board, Civic Centre Redevelopment, SACF, Joint Regional Planning Panel I was elected to Council in September 1991. I represent the North East Ward embracing all of Haberfield and the Ashfield Park precinct of Ashfield North. I have been a resident of Haberfield since 1972 and have a lifelong association with the area. In 1993 I was elected Deputy Mayor, a position I held up to 1995. I have been Chairperson of Council Committees including Access, Environmental Health, Traffic and Strategic Planning. I was elected Mayor in 2006 and was re elected for the 5th consecutive year in 2010. I was very proud and humbled to be the fiftieth Mayor to hold office since Mayor John Pope. I am an environmental health, building and planning professional with 32 years experience in local government administration and bring a wealth of knowledge to the decision making level of local government. In 1999 I was awarded the Public Service Medal in the Queens Birthday Honours List for outstanding service as Manager of Planning and Building with Leichhardt Municipal Council. In October 2011 I was awarded the Ella Community Centre Roy Hollis Award for Community Service. I was a pioneer advocate for the conservation of Haberfield's Federation Architecture and streetscapes and vigorously pursued the inclusion of conservation guidelines for Haberfield in the Ashfield Town Plan and Development Controls. Priorities
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