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Ordinary council meeting
18 March 2019
18 agenda items · 12 motions · 1 with recorded votes · 6 declared conflicts of interest · 6 recorded chamber movements · 2 closed-session items
Page numbers beside each item are pages of this document, and each opens it there.
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 · 3 motions
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Carried · Carried · Carried
7 Delegates reports No items recorded
8 Officers reports for determination 5 items · 5 motions · 1 recorded vote
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8.2 Refurbishment of council offices ground floor - Stage 2 pp. 13–19
Interest declared by Cr Danny Lowe
Cr Danny Lowe left the meeting at 6.18pm · Cr Danny Lowe returned to the meeting at 6.23pm
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8.4 Master Plan Update - Birallee Park and Kelly Park pp. 25–33
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8.5 Albury Wodonga Aquatics Facility Management pp. 33–42
Interest declared by Cr Kat Bennett · Cr Ron Mildren
Cr Kat Bennett left the meeting at 6.31pm · Cr Ron Mildren left the meeting at 6.31pm · Cr Kat Bennett returned to the meeting at 6.42pm · Cr Ron Mildren returned to the meeting at 6.42pm
9 Officers reports for noting No items recorded
10 Officers reports for information 7 items
11 Notices of motion No items recorded
12 Petitions 1 item · 1 motion
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12.1 Petition - parking restrictions in Church Street pp. 76–104
Interest declared by Cr Ron Mildren · Cr Anna Speedie
13 Council seal No items recorded
14 Urgent business No items recorded
15 Question time No items recorded
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16 Confidential business 3 items · 1 motion
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16.1 Confidential minutes p. 108
Considered in closed session — ground cited: section 89(2)
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16.2 Strategic Land Acquisition p. 109
Considered in closed session — ground cited: section 89(2)
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17 Confidential urgent business No items recorded
18 Close of meeting 1 item · 2 motions
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Carried · Carried
Conflicts of interest declared
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Cr Danny Lowe declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 8.2.
Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Lowe was involved in an advertisement for one of the tenderers.
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Cr Kat Bennett declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 8.5.
Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Bennett’s employer, Gateway Health have contractual arrangements with Aligned Leisure that directly impact her role.
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Cr Ron Mildren declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 8.5.
Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Mildren is a Board member of Mungabareena Aboriginal Corporation, and the organisation has an interest in the delivery of aboriginal youth services under a grant to the parent company of Aligned Leisure.
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Cr Ron Mildren declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 12.1.
Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Ordinary meeting - March 18, 2019 Mildren’s business has worked with at least one business affected by the matter under decision.
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Cr Anna Speedie declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 12.1.
Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Speedie’s daughter works for one of the traders referred to in the petition.
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Cr Danny Lowe declared a conflict of interest in item 8.2.
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.
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Cr Danny Lowe left the meeting at 6.18pm, recorded at item 8.2.
Carried Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 8.2 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 6.18pm
Minutes, page 19.
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Cr Danny Lowe returned to the meeting at 6.23pm, recorded at item 8.2.
Cr Lowe returned to the meeting room at 6.23pm after the resolution for item 8.2 was carried
Minutes, page 19.
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Cr Kat Bennett left the meeting at 6.31pm, recorded at item 8.5.
Carried Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 8.5 Crs Bennett and Mildren each disclosed a conflict of interest in that item, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 5. Crs Bennett and Mildren left the meeting at 6.31pm
Minutes, page 41.
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Cr Ron Mildren left the meeting at 6.31pm, recorded at item 8.5.
Carried Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 8.5 Crs Bennett and Mildren each disclosed a conflict of interest in that item, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 5. Crs Bennett and Mildren left the meeting at 6.31pm
Minutes, page 41.
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Cr Kat Bennett returned to the meeting at 6.42pm, recorded at item 8.5.
Crs Bennett and Mildren returned to the meeting room at 6.42pm after the resolution for item 8.5 was carried
Minutes, page 41.
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Cr Ron Mildren returned to the meeting at 6.42pm, recorded at item 8.5.
Crs Bennett and Mildren returned to the meeting room at 6.42pm after the resolution for item 8.5 was carried
Minutes, page 41.
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 7.28pm.
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