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Ordinary council meeting, 25 August 2025

Ordinary council meeting

25 August 2025

26 agenda items · 26 motions · 24 with recorded votes · 3 declared conflicts of interest · 2 recorded chamber movements · 6 closed-session items

Minutes Agenda

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

Present
Cr Michael Gobel · Cr Michelle Cowan · Cr Cassie Aldridge · Cr Libby Hall · Cr Josh Knight · Cr Olga Quilty
Officers in attendance
Mr M Hyde, Chief Executive Officer · Ms D Vlekkert, Director Community and Corporate · Mr L Schultz, Director Infrastructure and Growth
Venue
the Council Chamber at 104 Hovell St, Wodonga as minuted
Opened
6pm, closed 9.25pm

Agenda

1 Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country No items recorded
2 Apologies, leave of absence, and attendance by electronic means No items recorded
3 Good Governance Pledge No items recorded
4 Declaration of conflict of interest No items recorded
5 Confirmation of minutes from previous meeting 1 item · 1 motion · 1 recorded vote
6 Question time No items recorded

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

7 Petitions No items recorded
8 Delegates reports No items recorded
9 Reports for determination 15 items · 22 motions · 20 recorded votes
10 Reports for noting No items recorded
11 Reports for information 2 items
12 Notices of motion No items recorded
13 General business No items recorded
14 Urgent business No items recorded
15 Confidential business 7 items · 1 motion · 1 recorded vote

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

Conflicts of interest declared

  • Cr Michael Gobel declared a general conflict of interest in item 9.7.

    The minutes record the declaration but not its nature.

  • Cr Olga Quilty declared a general conflict of interest in item 15.6.

    The minutes record the declaration but not its nature.

  • Cr Michael Gobel declared a conflict of interest in item 9.7.

    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 Michael Gobel left the meeting at 6.59pm, recorded at item 9.7.

    Cr Gobel left the meeting at 6.59pm

    Minutes, page 13.

  • Cr Michael Gobel returned to the meeting at 7.35pm, recorded at item 9.7.

    CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 5 / 0 For: Cr Cassie Aldridge, Cr Michelle Cowan, Cr Libby Hall, Cr Josh Knight and Cr Olga Quilty Against: Nil Following the resumption of the meeting, the Acting Chairperson advised that there would be no further motions on Item 9.7. Chairperson Cr Gobel returned to the meeting room at 7.35pm after the discussion for item 9.7 was completed

    Minutes, page 14.

Minutes from this period publish the vote count and name how each councillor voted.

Meeting closed 9.25pm. Minutes

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Wodonga Council
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