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Council Record

Ordinary council meeting, 17 May 2021

Ordinary council meeting

17 May 2021

21 agenda items · 15 motions · 5 with recorded votes · 2 declared conflicts of interest · 4 recorded chamber movements

Minutes

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

The minuted document describes this as a “Fixed meeting” — council's own wording at the time for its scheduled meeting.

Present
Cr Kev Poulton · Cr Libby Hall · Cr Ron Mildren · Cr Olga Quilty · Cr Graeme Simpfendorfer · Cr John Watson
Officers in attendance
Ms D Mudra, Acting Chief Executive Officer · Ms S Hogg, Director Community Development · Ms N Klein, Director Finance and Systems · Mr L Schultz, Director Planning and Infrastructure
Venue
the Council Chamber – 104 Hovell St, Wodonga as minuted
Opened
6pm, closed 8.24pm

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
6 Confirmation of minutes of previous meeting 1 item · 1 motion
7 Delegates reports No items recorded
8 Reports for determination 12 items · 13 motions · 5 recorded votes
9 Reports for noting 1 item · 1 motion
10 Reports for information 7 items
11 Notices of motion No items recorded
12 Petitions No items recorded
13 Council seal No items recorded
14 General business No items recorded
15 Urgent business No items recorded
16 Question time No items recorded

The minutes record that a question was received, and that the question or council's response is published on council's web page, alongside the minutes rather than in them. That document is not held by Wodonga Wire, so neither text is reproduced here.

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

Conflicts of interest declared

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared a general conflict of interest in item 8.11.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Mildren owns property in the neighbourhood.

  • Cr John Watson declared a general conflict of interest in item 8.11.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Watson owns land which is leased to Telstra for a telecommunications tower.

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 7.59pm, recorded at item 8.11.

    Carried unanimously Reports for determination Planning and Infrastructure telecommunications facility and native vegetation removal (cont’d) Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 8.11 Crs Mildren and Watson each disclosed a conflict of interest in that item, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 5. Crs Mildren and Watson left the meeting at 7.59pm

    Minutes, page 67.

  • Cr John Watson left the meeting at 7.59pm, recorded at item 8.11.

    Carried unanimously Reports for determination Planning and Infrastructure telecommunications facility and native vegetation removal (cont’d) Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 8.11 Crs Mildren and Watson each disclosed a conflict of interest in that item, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 5. Crs Mildren and Watson left the meeting at 7.59pm

    Minutes, page 67.

  • Cr Ron Mildren returned to the meeting at 8.06pm, recorded at item 8.11.

    Crs Mildren and Watson returned to the meeting room at 8.06pm after the resolution for item 8.11 was carried

    Minutes, page 67.

  • Cr John Watson returned to the meeting at 8.06pm, recorded at item 8.11.

    Crs Mildren and Watson returned to the meeting room at 8.06pm after the resolution for item 8.11 was carried

    Minutes, page 67.

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 8.24pm. Minutes

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