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Ordinary council meeting, 16 July 2018

Ordinary council meeting

16 July 2018

19 agenda items · 17 motions · 6 declared conflicts of interest · 6 recorded chamber movements

Minutes as read

Page numbers beside each item are pages of this document, and each opens it there.

Present
Cr Anna Speedie · Cr Kat Bennett · Cr Libby Hall · Cr Danny Lowe · Cr Ron Mildren · Cr John Watson
Officers in attendance
Ms P Harrington, Chief Executive Officer · Mr S Rich, Acting Director Business Services · Ms D Mudra, Director Community Development · Mr L Schultz, Director Planning and Infrastructure
Venue
the Council Chamber – 104 Hovell St, Wodonga as minuted
Opened
6pm, closed 7.39pm

Agenda

1 Calling to order No items recorded
2 Statement of acknowledgement No items recorded
3 Apologies and requests for leave of absence No items recorded
4 Declaration under Acts, Regulations, Codes or Local Laws No items recorded
5 Declaration by councillors of any conflict of interest No items recorded
7 Delegates reports 1 item · 1 motion
8 Officers reports for determination 9 items · 9 motions
9 Officers reports for noting 6 items · 6 motions
10 Officers reports for information 2 items
11 Notices of motion 1 item · 1 motion
12 Petitions No items recorded
13 Council seal No items recorded
14 Urgent business No items recorded
15 Question time and presentation of awards No items recorded

The minutes record that no question was submitted to this meeting.

16 Confidential business No items recorded
17 Confidential urgent business No items recorded
18 Close of meeting No items recorded

Conflicts of interest declared

  • Cr Kat Bennett declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 9.2.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: a member of Cr Bennett’s family owns property in the same street as one of the planning permit approvals.

  • Cr Libby Hall declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 8.9.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Hall has a close association with the proposed developer of this development.

  • Cr Libby Hall declared a direct conflict of interest in item 9.3.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Hall is an owner (in partnership with her husband) for two properties listed in the building report.

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 8.8.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Mildren’s business has had past involvement in planning and development of the Station 73 site and worked for the developer in the past.

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared a direct conflict of interest in item 9.2.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Mildren’s business acted for an applicant landholder in respect to an application listed in the report. Ordinary meeting - July 16, 2018 10. Officers reports for information 10.1 Assemblies of councillors 113 10.2 Status report on council meeting resolutions 117 11. Notices of motion 11.1 Circuses and carnivals on council owned land 125 12. Petitions Nil 127 13. Council seal Nil 128 14. Urgent business 15. Question time and presentation of awards 16. Confidential business Nil 131 17. Confidential urgent business 18. Close of meeting Ordinary meeting - July 16, 2018

  • Cr Libby Hall declared a conflict of interest in item 9.3.

    The minutes record the declaration but not its nature.

Chamber movements recorded

Who the minutes record leaving the chamber and returning, in the order stated. Declaring an interest and leaving the room are separate facts, and this site does not state why anyone left.

  • Cr Kat Bennett left the meeting at 7.20pm, recorded at item 9.2.

    Carried Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 9.2 Crs Bennett and Mildren each disclosed a conflict of interest in that item, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 5. Crs Bennett and Mildren left the meeting at 7.20pm

    Minutes, page 98.

  • Cr Ron Mildren left the meeting at 7.20pm, recorded at item 9.2.

    Carried Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 9.2 Crs Bennett and Mildren each disclosed a conflict of interest in that item, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 5. Crs Bennett and Mildren left the meeting at 7.20pm

    Minutes, page 98.

  • Cr Kat Bennett returned to the meeting at 7.21pm, recorded at item 9.2.

    Crs Bennett and Mildren returned to the meeting room at 7.21pm after the resolution for item 9.2 was carried

    Minutes, page 98.

  • Cr Ron Mildren returned to the meeting at 7.21pm, recorded at item 9.2.

    Crs Bennett and Mildren returned to the meeting room at 7.21pm after the resolution for item 9.2 was carried

    Minutes, page 98.

  • Cr Libby Hall left the meeting at 7.21pm, recorded at item 9.3.

    Carried Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 9.3 Cr Hall disclosed a conflict of interest in that item, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 5. Cr Hall left the meeting at 7.21pm

    Minutes, page 102.

  • Cr Libby Hall returned to the meeting at 7.22pm, recorded at item 9.3.

    Cr Hall returned to the meeting room at 7.22pm after the resolution for item 9.3 was carried

    Minutes, page 102.

Minutes from this period bind the officer reports into the same document and record the outcome of each motion without a vote count or a named division, so none is shown.

Meeting closed 7.39pm.

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