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Council Record

Ordinary council meeting, 19 June 2023

Ordinary council meeting

19 June 2023

19 agenda items · 16 motions · 15 with recorded votes · 4 declared conflicts of interest · 2 recorded chamber movements · 2 closed-session items

Minutes Agenda

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Present
Cr Ron Mildren · Cr Libby Hall · Cr Danny Chamberlain · Cr Kev Poulton · Cr Olga Quilty · Cr Graeme Simpfendorfer
Officers in attendance
Mr M Hyde, Chief Executive Officer · Ms D Mudra, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, and Director Community Development · Ms D Vlekkert, Director Corporate Services · Mr L Schultz, Director Planning, Development & Infrastructure
Venue
the Council Chamber at 104 Hovell St, Wodonga as minuted
Opened
6pm, closed 8.02pm

Agenda

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

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6 Delegates reports No items recorded
7 Reports for determination 7 items · 10 motions · 9 recorded votes
8 Reports for noting No items recorded
9 Reports for information 5 items
10 Notices of motion No items recorded
11 Petitions No items recorded
12 General business No items recorded
13 Urgent business No items recorded
14 Confidential business 3 items · 1 motion · 1 recorded vote

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

Conflicts of interest declared

  • Cr Kev Poulton declared a general conflict of interest in item 7.1.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Poulton will be conducting consultancy work with the executive officers of one of the local institutions mentioned in the policy.

  • Cr Kev Poulton declared a material conflict of interest in item 7.3.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Poulton's wife is an employee of Hockey ACT. PROCEDURAL MOTION Cr Danny Chamberlain That item 7.3 Intention to enter into lease - Wodonga Hockey Club be brought forward and considered immediately after item 7.1. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 6 / 0 For: Cr Danny Chamberlain, Cr Libby Hall, Cr Ron Mildren, Cr Kev Poulton, Cr Olga Quilty and Cr Graeme Simpfendorfer Against: Nil

  • Cr Kev Poulton declared a conflict of interest in item 7.1.

    The minutes record the declaration but not its nature.

  • Cr Kev Poulton declared a conflict of interest in item 7.3.

    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 Kev Poulton left the meeting at 6.08pm, recorded at item 7.1.

    Cr Poulton left the meeting room at 6.08pm prior to consideration of item 7.1, and returned to the meeting room at 6.23pm after the resolutions for items 7.1 and 7.3 had been carried

    Minutes, page 5.

  • Cr Kev Poulton returned to the meeting at 6.23pm, recorded at item 7.1. Printed 2 times in these minutes

    Cr Poulton left the meeting room at 6.08pm prior to consideration of item 7.1, and returned to the meeting room at 6.23pm after the resolutions for items 7.1 and 7.3 had been carried

    Minutes, page 5.

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

Meeting closed 8.02pm. Minutes

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