Wodonga Wire
Bethanga Bridge over Lake Hume, in black and white

Council Record

Ordinary council meeting, 21 January 2019

Ordinary council meeting

21 January 2019

22 agenda items · 13 motions · 4 declared conflicts of interest · 4 recorded chamber movements · 3 closed-session items

Minutes

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 Ron Mildren · Cr Brian Mitchell · Cr John Watson
Apologies
Cr Danny Lowe
Officers in attendance
Mr L Schultz, Acting Chief Executive Officer · Ms N Klein, Director Business Services · Ms K Davies, Acting Director Community Development · Mr T Panagopoulos, Acting Director Planning and Infrastructure
Venue
the Council Chamber – 104 Hovell St, Wodonga as minuted
Opened
6pm, closed 7.15pm

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 1 item · 1 motion
5 Declaration by councillors of any conflict of interest No items recorded
6 Confirmation of minutes of previous meeting 1 item · 1 motion
7 Delegates reports No items recorded
8 Officers reports for determination 7 items · 7 motions
9 Officers reports for noting 1 item · 1 motion
10 Officers reports for information 7 items
11 Notices of motion No items recorded
12 Petitions No items recorded
13 Council seal No items recorded
14 Urgent business No items recorded
15 Question time No items recorded

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

16 Confidential business 4 items · 1 motion

The topic and the ground council cited, as published in the open minutes. Wodonga Wire does not hold the content of a confidential item and does not seek it.

17 Confidential urgent business No items recorded
18 Close of meeting 1 item · 2 motions

Conflicts of interest declared

  • Cr Libby Hall declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 8.7.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Hall’s business employs a contractor who is a resident of Chapples Road, Baranduda.

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 8.3.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Mildren’s business has been engaged to deal with a development proposal associated with a matter mentioned in the strategy.

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared a conflict of interest in item 8.3.

    The minutes record the declaration but not its nature.

  • Cr Libby Hall declared a conflict of interest in item 8.7.

    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 Ron Mildren left the meeting at 6.17pm, recorded at item 8.3.

    Carried Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 8.3 Cr Mildren disclosed a conflict of interest in that item, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 5. Cr Mildren left the meeting at 6.17pm

    Minutes, page 24.

  • Cr Ron Mildren returned to the meeting at 6.26pm, recorded at item 8.3.

    Cr Mildren returned to the meeting room at 6.26pm after the resolution for item 8.3 was carried

    Minutes, page 24.

  • Cr Libby Hall left the meeting at 6.34pm, recorded at item 8.7.

    Carried Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 8.7 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 6.34pm

    Minutes, page 58.

  • Cr Libby Hall returned to the meeting at 6.47pm, recorded at item 8.7.

    Cr Hall returned to the meeting room at 6.47pm after the resolution for item 8.7 was carried

    Minutes, page 58.

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 7.15pm. Minutes

About this record
Publisher
Wodonga Council
Provenance
Capture and evidence record
Read from
Minutes as published, 96 pages
Record
Automatically parsed from the published minutes

How meetings decide