Paul Jarman has lived in Campaspe Shire all his life besides four years when he lived in Melbourne and travelled internationally for two-and-a-half years.
Mr Jarman is running for a seat on council this year because Campaspe Shire is his home, a home to his parents, and a home to his children, grandchildren and partner.
He said he had always tried to involve himself in and improve the community around him, whether that be in sport, business, or community groups most important to his family.
“This is where my family lives,” Mr Jarman said.
“We live in a great community and need to celebrate that more often, (and be) inclusive of all our communities.”
The issues most important to him are around keeping council issues and responsibility “the actual priority”.
These responsibilities include road and footpath networks, flood mitigation, sports and recreation reserves, parks and gardens, youth engagement, public safety, water advocacy, environment, farmland security and seeing an economic development and implementing a tourism strategy.
He said he would represent the community as he had been during his past years as a Campaspe Shire councillor: by listening, representing, advocating and delivering solutions for issues that the community faces for the best outcome for the entire shire.
“The community needs to have faith in a councillor who can deliver outcomes,” he said.
Mr Jarman grew up at the south end of the shire in Ballendella, near Rochester, and as a teenager he worked on a dairy farm.
Now, he is a business owner in Echuca and his 25 years’ experience in the community talking to residents from across the shire has given him an deep insight into what the community needs and wants.
Mr Jarman said his lived experience and business ownership in town and rural life across the shire had given him a helpful perspective into the different lives lived across the shire.
“(I love) country life and the opportunity this area has given me and my family,” he said.
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