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Call for committee members  

Council is seeking Expressions of Interest from community members interested in joining the following Community Consultative Committees: 

  • Access and Mobility 
  • Active Transport 
  • Arts and Culture  
  • Climate Action 
  • Flood Management

Committee Charters are available on Council’s website and include each committee’s terms of reference, composition, membership criteria and general operating guidelines. Expressions of Interest forms are available on yourvoicemosman.com.au.

EOIs close Friday 8 November 2024.

Mayor and Councillors elected

Ann Marie Kimber has been elected Mayor of Mosman for the 2024 - 2028 Council term following declaration of the 14 September poll.
 
Cr Kimber is joined by returning Councillors Roy Bendall, Carolyn Corrigan, Pip Friedrich, Simon Menzies and Michael Randall, along with new Councillor Colleen Godsell.
 
Council thanks outgoing Councillors Libby Moline who served for 16 years and Sarah Hughes who served for three years.
 
The new Council will be formally inducted at its first meeting scheduled for Tuesday 8 October 2024.

Balmoral lighting project

Work is underway to improve lighting along the Balmoral Promenade ahead of the peak summer holiday season. 

Existing infrastructure is being replaced between Edwards Beach at the northern end and Balmoral Jetty at the southern end. 

The project is due for completion by the end of November, weather permitting, with works undertaken in sections to minimise inconvenience to the public. 

Existing lights are being replaced with LED technology to enhance efficiency, with a projected 40 per cent energy saving. 

For more information go to works.mosman.nsw.gov.au. 

Imagine Mosman at the Markets

What do residents love about Mosman? What do they see in its future? Watch our latest video!

Visitors to a recent Mosman Market had an opportunity to share their views about what makes Mosman great and what the community’s priorities are for the years to come.

Our roving film crew asked residents what they love about Mosman and what they’d like to see in Mosman’s future.

Take a look at what some had to say by viewing the video.

Young writers awarded

The creative talents of young people in turning their imaginations to creating original stories and poems have been recognised through the 2024 Mosman Youth Awards in Literature. 

Winners were announced during a presentation evening on 28 August at Barry O’Keefe Library. 

The contest, organised by Mosman Library Service, attracted almost 400 entries this year. 

The competition is supported by sponsorships from local individuals and organisations and judged by an independent panel of writers. 

First and second prizes were awarded and highly commended works acknowledged in five poetry and story categories for junior and senior secondary and primary school students. 

Primary Story 

  • First Prize - Racing Home by Isabelle Wood 
  • Second Prize - Sam the Singing Sardine by Patrick Bloxsom 
  • Highly Commended - Manipulator’s Game by Moana Chujo 

Junior Secondary Story 

  • First Prize - Arachne’s Metamorphosis by Esther Li 
  • Second Prize - Hide and Seek by Emma Devoy 
  • Highly Commended - The Three of Us by Violet Bloxsom 

Senior Secondary Story 

  • First Prize - Painting of The Woman and the Flowers by Emily Kim 
  • Second Prize - Brotherhood by Ruby Burke 
  • Highly Commended - 12:35, It’s Lunchtime by Chloe Leung 

Junior Secondary Poetry 

  • First Prize - The Beef Procedure by Ariel Spencer 
  • Second Prize - Hourglass by Katherine McDiarmid  
  • Highly Commended - Infinity String by Ariel Bai 

Senior Secondary Poetry 

  • First Prize - New Year’s Eve by Maya Le Her 
  • Second Prize - Day in the life of a universe by Kara Wong 
  • Highly Commended - birdman by Esther Schroeter 

Read the winning entries.

Community grants presented 

Community organisations have received a funding boost to provide programs and services that benefit Mosman. 

Council awarded a total of $69,972 to 25 community organisations under its 2024/25 Community Grants Program. 

Representatives from community groups attended Mosman Civic Centre on 28 August for an official presentation. 

Funding will be used for a range of projects and initiatives including dance and music programs, resilience and support for young people, sporting skills, work experience and other resources for people living with disability, community gardening, environmental programs, domestic violence support and upgraded facilities and equipment. 

2024/25 grant recipients: 

  • 1st Clifton Garden Sea Scouts  
  • Balmoral Triathlon Club 
  • Be The Future  
  • Dance for Parkinson’s NSW  
  • Fighting Chance Australia  
  • Harbourside Church  
  • Lower North Shore Domestic Violence Network  
  • Lower North Shore Multicultural Network  
  • Mary's House Services  
  • Middle Harbour Public School P&C Association  
  • Mosman Art Walk (Auspiced by Mosman High School P&C Association)  
  • Mosman Community Gardeners 
  • Mosman Music Club  
  • Mosman Musical Society  
  • Mosman Netball Club  
  • Mosman Preparatory School  
  • Mosman Public School P&C Association  
  • Mosman Symphony Orchestra  
  • Mosman Village Church  
  • Read with Care 
  • Taldumande Youth Services  
  • The Shepherd Centre - For Deaf Children  
  • The Spit Swimming Club  
  • Raise Foundation  
  • Zero Emissions Solutions (Sydney North)

Community Conversations

Council will be holding a series of ‘Community Conversations’ in September to seek further community input into Mosman’s future. 

Residents are invited to register for one of the small group sessions to provide input on how we live, play and connect in Mosman, and how to make the most of our area over the next decade. 

The conversations will inform the next Community Strategic Plan, MOSPLAN 2025-2035, due for adoption in June 2025. 

Each Community Conversations event will be held at Mosman Civic Centre with the following sessions available: 

Tuesday 10 September – 9.30-11am 

Tuesday 10 September – 1-2.30pm 

Tuesday 10 September – 6-7.30pm 

Thursday 12 September – 9.30-11am 

Thursday 12 September – 1-2.30pm 

Thursday 12 September – 6-7.30pm 

Registrations are open until 6 September. 

It builds on the community surveys Council has been conducting over recent months. 

Read more on the Imagine Mosman 2035 engagement site. 

2024 Mosman Art Prize winner

The 2024 Mosman Art Prize, the premier open painting prize in Australia, has been awarded to Sydney based artist Gemma Smith.  

Smith won the $70,000 acquisitive prize for Pollen Prism, made through the accumulation of many single layers applied on a daily basis while on a New York based artist’s residency. It now enters the celebrated Mosman Art Collection, a valuable and historic collection that surveys Australian painting. Smith is a noted painter whose abstract paintings and sculptures explore the interaction between colour and surface, intention and chance. 

Mosman Mayor Carolyn Corrigan and the 2024 judge Julie Ewington presented the prize at the exhibition opening on Friday 9 August at Mosman Art Gallery. 

Further awards presented on the night included the Margaret Olley Commendation Award ($10,000) given to Khaled Sabsabi, the Allan Gamble Award (for the built environment) valued at $5,000 won by Nick Santoro, and the Guy Warren Emerging Artist Award ($3,000) presented to Jacquie Meng.   

The 2024 Mosman Art Prize attracted 1,617 entries from across Australia with 88 paintings selected for finalist exhibition. Artists from all states and territories were selected as finalists. 

The exhibition is on show at Mosman Art Gallery from 10 August to 6 October. Entry is free.

Non-resident roll for Council election

Applications for inclusion on the non-residential roll close 6pm on Monday 5 August 2024, ahead of the Local Government election in September.

You are eligible to vote as a non-resident in the Mosman local government area (LGA) if you are:

  • an owner of rateable land in the LGA 
  • an occupier or rate-paying lessee of rateable land in the LGA.

Non-residential rolls are prepared and certified by Council's general manager, and the NSW Electoral Commissioner must confirm that the voters listed are eligible for enrolment on the non-residential roll. However, you are responsible for checking that you are eligible for inclusion in the non-residential roll for Mosman Council when you make an application.

Find out more on Council's Elections webpage. 

Library enhancements

Barry O’Keefe Library will benefit from new furnishings, shelving and maintenance works designed to enhance the experience for visitors coming to study, browse and borrow, and for programs and events. 

Mosman Council was successful in applying for a Public Library Infrastructure Grant and has been awarded $183,305 to renew furniture in the downstairs study area at Barry O’Keefe Library.

The Public Library Infrastructure Grants program is administered by the State Library of NSW on behalf of the Library Council of NSW.

The Barry O’Keefe Library study area refresh is expected to be completed around the end of the year.

Shelving in the adult area of the library is also being replaced, in works funded by Mosman Council.

The project will provide mobile shelving units, which can be reconfigured to suit a variety of layouts.

Work is expected to start either from early September or following the HSC, which runs from mid-October to early November.

Maintenance work to renew library air conditioning is also planned.