Nick Reece’s priorities are safety and cleanliness,but questions remain about how he can fulfil other promises given the council’s struggling budget.
Nick Reece’s election pledge to sell the 95-year-old venue to fund the arts is likely to be blocked by the new council.
The incumbent offered voters a familiar face,and the promise of a safe pair of hands. He has four years to prove he can back that up.
Reece recorded 61.5 per cent of the vote after the distribution of preferences,comfortably beating Greens candidate Roxane Ingleton with 38.5 per cent.
Preferences will play a key role in who takes the keys to town hall in the neck-and-neck battle between Nick Reece and Anthony Koutoufides.
Vote counting indicates incumbent Nick Reece leads the mayoral race in the City of Melbourne,but a strong showing for the Liberals means Anthony Koutoufides is also in with a chance.
The departure of International Cakes highlights change in the Lonsdale Street precinct.
Ballots close in just a few days,but fewer than 40 per cent of City of Melbourne residents have voted as lord mayoral candidates battled it out in a last-minute pitch in a live debate on Tuesday.
Melbourne lord mayoral candidates Nick Reece,Arron Wood,Roxane Ingleton and Anthony Koutoufides debate their policies ahead of the election.
A candidate is hatching a plan to add another top-flight fashion festival to Melbourne – by stealing it from Sydney.
The Greens candidate would likely be elected Melbourne’s lord mayor next week if the city operated on a standard electoral system of one vote for every voter.