Police have cautioned the person who threw an egg at Glen Eira councillors

A Carnegie man has been cautioned after he threw an egg that splattered all over Glen Eira councillors during a heated meeting

A 37-year-old Carnegie man has been cautioned after an egging incident at a City of Glen Eira council meeting earlier this month.

Police confirmed the caution of the man who attended the meeting at Caulfield Town Hall on December 12.

The egging incident occurred at the end of a stormy meeting in which councillors voted to close down three council-run child care centres at the end of semester 1 in 2024.

An egg was thrown towards three councillors, hitting former mayor Cr Jim Magee in the eye, with egg fragments also landing on councilors Sue Sue Pennicuik and Simone Zmood.

Cr Magee later received medical treatment..

“I’m OK but it was a very confronting end to a meeting,” he told the Herald Sun.

“In my 15 years as a councillor, I’ve never seen that level of abuse from the gallery.’’

The vote was over the closure of the council centres, in Caulfield, Carnegie and Murrumbeena, by March 2024.

A Glen Eira councillor was egged at a meeting

A Glen Eira councillor was egged at a meeting

A Glen Eira councillor was egged at a meeting

A Glen Eira councillor was egged at a meeting

After the 5-3 vote to support the closure, members of the public in the gallery at in Glen Eira Town Hall were heard to call out “shame” and “what a disgrace”.

The thrown egg then smashed onto a table, debris also hitting councillors Sue Pennicuik and Simone Zmood.

Cr Magee jumped to his feet and stepped towards the public gallery.

The egg-throwing incident forced the meeting to end.

The council’s final meeting for the year was held online for security reasons.

Cr Magee, a two-time mayor at the Caulfied-based council, said tensions had run high and he had an anonymous phone caller before the meeting saying that “I hope you die before the vote’’.

Glen Eira Mayor Anne-Marie Cade condemned the actions as “absolutely unacceptable conduct’’.

“Sadly, a councillor sustained an injury to their eye which has warranted further medical examination.

“These are elected representatives just doing their job in their place of work — making decisions on behalf of the residents who voted for them.’’

Cr Cade said the decision to shut the centres was made after considering the rising operating costs and fewer families using the centres, as well as the strong supply of other childcare places.

“The community told us that they did not want a 21 December close, and we have listened to them,” Cr Cade said.

“We will continue to operate the centres for term 1, 2024, before closing on 28 March 2024.

“Pushing back the closing date responds to feedback from directly affected families.’