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STIRLING councillor Bianca Sandri has a new gig as director of Bayswater council’s planning department starting in October.

We haven’t yet heard back from Cr Sandri as to whether she’ll resign early from her elected role at Stirling to make way for an extra candidate for her Inglewood ward at October’s 2023 elections. 

But her term would otherwise run til October 2025, and sticking around would mean for tricky navigation of both roles, given both councils meet on the same night.

On the Stirling side, Cr Sandri has already had to declare a conflict of interest over a Bayswater-related item due to her upcoming planning director role: At the August 1 meeting she sat out of the debate about whether to trial a community renewable energy battery, as Bayswater is another council looking into a joint-deal with the battery company.

Cr Sandri was elected in 2017, served as Stirling’s deputy mayor from 2019 to 2021, and was re-elected for the 2021-2025 term.

In her day job Cr Sandri is director of Urbanista Town Planning, and she’s announced on her LinkedIn page “it’s now time for me to step back and move into my new local government role”.

by DAVID BELL