Ordinary council meeting, 20 April 2020 — Council Record

Ordinary council meeting

20 April 2020

18 agenda items · 15 motions · 2 closed-session items

Agenda Minutes as read

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

Present: Cr Anna Speedie · Cr Brian Mitchell · Cr Kat Bennett · Cr Libby Hall · Cr Danny Lowe · Cr Ron Mildren · Cr John Watson
Officers in attendance: Mr M Dixon, Chief Executive Officer · Ms D Mudra, Deputy Chief Executive Officer · Ms N Klein, Director Finance and Systems · Ms S Hogg, Acting Director Community Development · Mr L Schultz, Director Planning and Infrastructure
Venue: the Council Chamber – 104 Hovell St, Wodonga as minuted
Opened: 6pm, closed 7.18pm

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

What council decided

Carried · Moved by Cr Brian Mitchell

7 Delegates reports No items recorded

8 Officers reports for determination 6 items · 10 motions

8.1 Change to instrument of delegation – COVID-19 pandemic pp. 8–11

Carried · Moved by Cr Kat Bennett
8.2 Acting CEO arrangements COVID -19 pandemic pp. 12–16

2 motions considered

Outcome not recorded · Carried
8.3 Service agreement with the Victorian Electoral Commission pp. 17–20

Carried · Moved by Cr John Watson
8.4 March 2020 Quarterly Finance Report pp. 20–39

Carried · Moved by Cr Brian Mitchell
8.5 Single Use Plastics Policy pp. 39–43

Carried · Moved by Cr Kat Bennett
8.6 Wodonga Hills Strategy - Project Update and Strategy Review pp. 43–52

4 motions considered

Lost · Carried · Carried · Carried

9 Officers reports for noting 1 item · 1 motion

9.1 Audit Committee's biannual report p. 53

Carried · Moved by Cr Brian Mitchell

10 Officers reports for information 6 items

10.1 Planning Report for March 2020 pp. 54–56
10.2 Building report for March 2020 pp. 57–60
10.3 Competitive services report for March 2020 pp. 61–64
10.4 Assemblies of councillors pp. 65–71
10.5 Decisions register pp. 72–79
10.6 Council Plan progress report pp. 80–81

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

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17 Confidential business 3 items · 1 motion

What council decided

Carried · Moved by Cr Kat Bennett
17.1 Confirmation of confidential minutes p. 88

Considered in closed session — ground cited: section 89(2)
17.2 COVID-19 budget considerations p. 89

Considered in closed session — ground cited: section 89(2)

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18 Confidential urgent business No items recorded

19 Close of meeting 1 item · 2 motions

What council decided

2 motions considered

Carried · Carried

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Meeting closed 7.18pm.

About this record

Publisher: Wodonga Council
Provenance: Capture and evidence record
Read from: Minutes as published, 91 pages
Record: Automatically parsed from the published minutes

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