Ordinary council meeting, 16 October 2017

The minutes record question time as follows, in council's own words.

Clause 61 of the council's Meeting Procedure Local Law (no. 1 of 2009) states: 61.1 There shall be a public question time at every Ordinary meeting to enable members of the public to submit written questions to Council. 61.2 Public Question Time will have a duration as determined by Council from time to time. 61.3 Questions submitted to Council must be prefaced by the name and address of the person submitting the question and generally be in a form approved or permitted by Council. 61.4 Persons submitting questions must be present in the gallery at the time the question is due to be read, or the question will not be addressed by Council. 61.5 No person may submit more than two questions at any one meeting. 61.6 If a person has submitted two questions to a meeting, the second question: a) may, at the discretion of the Chairperson, be deferred until all other persons who have asked a question have had their questions asked and answered; or b) may not be asked if the time allotted for public question time has expired. 61.7 A question may be disallowed by the Chairperson if the Chairperson determines that it: a) relates to a matter outside the duties, functions and powers of Council; b) is defamatory, indecent, abusive, offensive, irrelevant, trivial or objectionable in language or substance; c) deals with a subject matter already answered; d) is aimed at embarrassing a councillor or a member of Council staff; e) relates to personnel matters; f) relates to the personal hardship of any resident or ratepayer; g) relates to industrial matters; h) relates to contractual matters; i) relates to proposed developments; k) relates to matters affecting the security of Council property; or j) relates to legal advice; l) relates to any other matter which Council considers would prejudice Council or any person. 61.8 Questions will be answered either at the Council meeting or as soon as possible after the Council meeting, subject to such policy or guidelines that Council may adopt from time to time. 61.9 No debate on questions asked or answers given is permitted. Four questions were received.  Two questions were received from Michelle Cowan in relation to the World Trail Report “Assessment of Proposed Klings Hill MTB Trail”. The questions concerned a breach of planning legislation and funding for the construction of a trail. As these questions were received just prior to the meeting, the CEO advised that a written response would be provided within seven working days.  Two questions were received from Sheridan Zikesch. As Ms Zikesch was not present at the meeting the questions were not read out. The CEO advised that the questions would be dealt with as general correspondence and a written response would be provided within seven working days. There were no award presentations.