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Council Record

Ordinary council meeting, 29 June 2020

Ordinary council meeting

29 June 2020

30 agenda items · 22 motions · 2 with recorded votes · 7 declared conflicts of interest · 8 recorded chamber movements · 4 closed-session items

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, Director Community Development · Mr L Schultz, Director Planning and Infrastructure
Venue
the Council Chamber – 104 Hovell St, Wodonga as minuted
Opened
6pm, closed 7.41pm

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 16 items · 16 motions · 2 recorded votes
9 Officers reports for noting 1 item · 1 motion
10 Officers reports for information 6 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 no question was submitted to this meeting.

17 Confidential business 5 items · 1 motion

The topic and the ground council cited, as published in the open minutes. Wodonga Wire does not hold the content of a confidential item and does not seek it.

18 Confidential urgent business No items recorded
19 Close of meeting 1 item · 2 motions

Conflicts of interest declared

  • Cr Kat Bennett declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 8.13.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Bennett, as part of her employment, works with junior football clubs on their healthy canteen programs.

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 8.1.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Mildren is a member of the Wodonga Senior Secondary College School Council and the school has made a submission in relation to the budget.

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 8.13.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Mildren is a member of the Mungabareena Aboriginal Corporation Board and the Corporation is a benefitting organisation under a grant application.

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 8.14.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Mildren’s business has previously been engaged by a developer who has land affected by the proposed amendments.

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared an indirect conflict of interest in item 17.3.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Mildren’s business has been engaged by a company involved in a business transaction with the contractor. Ordinary meeting - June 29, 2020

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared a conflict of interest in item 8.1.

    The minutes record the declaration but not its nature.

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared a conflict of interest in item 8.14.

    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 6.03pm, recorded at item 8.1.

    Carried Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 8.1 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 6.03pm

    Minutes, page 14.

  • Cr Ron Mildren returned to the meeting at 6.18pm, recorded at item 8.1.

    Cr Mildren returned to the meeting room at 6.18pm after the resolution for item 8.1 was carried

    Minutes, page 14.

  • Cr Kat Bennett left the meeting at 6.50pm, recorded at item 8.13.

    Carried unanimously Conflict of interest disclosures Prior to the commencement of item 8.13 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 6.50pm

    Minutes, page 84.

  • Cr Ron Mildren left the meeting at 6.50pm, recorded at item 8.13.

    Carried unanimously Conflict of interest disclosures Prior to the commencement of item 8.13 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 6.50pm

    Minutes, page 84.

  • Cr Kat Bennett returned to the meeting at 6.55pm, recorded at item 8.13.

    Crs Bennett and Mildren returned to the meeting room at 6.55pm after the resolution for item 8.13 was carried

    Minutes, page 84.

  • Cr Ron Mildren returned to the meeting at 6.55pm, recorded at item 8.13.

    Crs Bennett and Mildren returned to the meeting room at 6.55pm after the resolution for item 8.13 was carried

    Minutes, page 84.

  • Cr Ron Mildren left the meeting at 6.56pm, recorded at item 8.14.

    Carried unanimously Conflict of interest disclosure Prior to the commencement of item 8.14 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 6.56pm

    Minutes, page 90.

  • Cr Ron Mildren returned to the meeting at 6.59pm, recorded at item 8.14.

    Cr Mildren returned to the meeting room at 6.59pm after the resolution for item 8.14 was carried

    Minutes, page 90.

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 7.41pm.

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