Two volunteer committees of Bellbird Park will be disbanded and ongoing management handed to Baw Baw Shire. And, after Seaview Mechanics Institute land was transferred to council, a new committee will be formed.

Councillors considered the future management of both sites at a recent meeting, unanimously endorsing the rescindment of the Bellbird Park Recreation Reserve and Bellbird Park Hockey community asset committees as well as establishment of a new Seaview Mechanics Institute community asset committee.
With the east pavilion and senior soccer pitch projects completed at Bellbird Park, an officer report stated the two committees believed it was in "the community's best interest" to transfer management responsibilities to council.
This will see council accept additional responsibilities which were expected to be met by annual maintenance allocations, it said. The funding set for 2024/25 is $20,389.
Utility costs such as electricity, water, gas and waste services will also be transitioned to council as part of the wind-up.
A "sinking fund" of $129,120 for future redevelopment of the synthetic hockey pitch will continue to be managed by council.
In addition, two existing bank accounts with $21,689 will go to council. Officers recommended quarantining these funds to complete works identified by the committees, including replacement of an oval lighting switch box; CCTV and alarm system for Andrew's Lounge; roof-mounted scoreboard; fit out of canteen in new pavilion; repurposed seating from Rumble Pavilion and fixed seating in dugouts.
The Seaview Mechanics Institute land transfer arose when the president made the request of council in 2012.
Council was advised they could proceed with the complex transfer from the deceased original trustees in 2019. However, it wasn't until November last year that officers were notified of the successful registration of transfer.
The report said council needed to formalise management arrangements "for the continued activation" of the Seaview Mechanics Institute. It said delegation of a new community assets committee had been determined the most applicable arrangement.
The committee currently has a bank balance of $7312 and officers had identified gutter cleaning and a new water pump to operate external toilets were required. An audit of the septic system also was identified, with all works expected to be funded using existing maintenance budgets.
Cr Darren Wallace said he'd attended meetings at Seaview for eight years and this decision would end a long battle for the committee to fund hall insurance.
"The committee would work hard all year...only to see that hard earned money just simply disappear when they had to foot the public liability insurance," Cr Wallace said.
Describing it as a "special little hall on top of the hill", he said the new committee would allow volunteers to move on and enjoy the hall into the future.
Cr Peter Kostos said the decision ended a "very long ongoing process" for the Seaview community.
He said the hall was run by a number of trustees when it was first establishment. However, nothing had been set to bring in new trustees after their deaths, leaving legal headaches.
Cr Keith Cook described the two Bellbird Park committees as "awesome."
"I believe it's time now for council to take the responsibility to run these multi-million facilities in a town now approaching 20,000 people," Cr Cook said.
Cr Tricia Jones thanked the Bellbird Park committees for their volunteering and hard work.
"They have diligently looked after the assets for many, many years," Cr Jones said. "They should be very proud of their achievements."