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Council Record

Ordinary council meeting, 10 December 2018

Ordinary council meeting

10 December 2018

19 agenda items · 15 motions · 3 with recorded votes · 4 declared conflicts of interest · 4 recorded chamber movements

Minutes as read

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

Present
Cr Anna Speedie · Cr Kat Bennett · Cr Libby Hall · Cr Danny Lowe · Cr Ron Mildren · Cr Tim Quilty · Cr John Watson
Officers in attendance
Ms P Harrington, Chief Executive Officer · Ms N Klein, Director Business Services · Ms D Mudra, Director Community Development · Mr L Schultz, Director Planning and Infrastructure
Venue
the Council Chamber – 104 Hovell St, Wodonga as minuted
Opened
6pm, closed 7.27pm

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 · 2 motions
7 Delegates reports No items recorded
8 Officers reports for determination 10 items · 10 motions · 2 recorded votes
9 Officers reports for determination 1 item · 1 motion
10 Officers reports for information 5 items
11 Notices of motion 1 item · 1 motion
12 Petitions 1 item · 1 motion · 1 recorded vote
13 Council seal No items recorded
14 Urgent business No items recorded
15 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.

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

Conflicts of interest declared

  • Cr Danny Lowe declared a direct conflict of interest in item 12.1.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Lowe’s father helped write the petition and is instructing one of the residents.

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 8.10.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Mildren’s business made an objecting submission on behalf of a client to the previous WPS Amendment from which this amendment is derived.

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared a conflict of interest in item 8.10.

    The minutes record the declaration but not its nature.

  • Cr Danny Lowe declared a conflict of interest in item 12.1.

    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 Ron Mildren left the meeting at 6.44pm, recorded at item 8.10.

    Carried Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 8.10 Cr Mildren disclosed a conflict of interest in that item, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 5. Cr Mildren left the meeting at 6.44pm

    Minutes, page 75.

  • Cr Ron Mildren returned to the meeting at 6.46pm, recorded at item 8.10.

    Cr Mildren returned to the meeting room at 6.46pm after the resolution for item 8.10 was carried

    Minutes, page 75.

  • Cr Danny Lowe left the meeting at 7pm, recorded at item 12.1.

    Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 12.1 Cr Lowe disclosed a conflict of interest in that item, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 5. Cr Lowe left the meeting at 7pm

    Minutes, page 113.

  • Cr Danny Lowe returned to the meeting at 7.07pm, recorded at item 12.1.

    Cr Lowe returned to the meeting room at 7.07pm after the resolution for item 12.1 was carried

    Minutes, page 113.

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 7.27pm.

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Wodonga Council
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