PEDAL boat rides on the Wimmera River will be a reality after Horsham council approved a three year trial.
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The state government announced in October that a proposal to bring pedal boats to the Wimmera River had been granted $60,000 through Pick My Project.
The Pick My Project application was filed by Horsham councillor - and now Mayor - Mark Radford without any affiliation with Horsham Rural City Council.
The council discussed a motion at its April meeting which recommended that the council supported a three-year trial and invited expressions of interest from local not-for-profit groups to operate the program.
It was also recommended that council, subject to satisfactory expressions of interest, endorsed the signing of the pedal boat funding agreement with the state government.
Cr Radford left the meeting while the motion was discussed, with Cr David Grimble chairing in his place.
Cr John Robinson said he could not support the motion due to the transparency issues around Cr Radford's involvement. He also said the council was only made aware of its involvement in the project on April 1.
"Principles of good governance have been thrown out the window. It hasn't been a transparent process," he said.
Crs Alethea Gulvin and Les Power voted in favour of the motion, while Crs Robinson and David Grimble voted against.
Cr Grimble had the deciding vote and decided that the motion would pass, saying he "didn't want to knock back state government funding".
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