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Ordinary council meeting
23 March 2026
19 agenda items · 16 motions · 15 with recorded votes · 6 declared conflicts of interest · 2 recorded chamber movements · 3 closed-session items
Page numbers beside each item are pages of this document, and each opens it there.
Agenda
1 Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country No items recorded
2 Apologies, leave of absence, and attendance by electronic means No items recorded
3 Good Governance Pledge No items recorded
4 Declaration of conflict of interest No items recorded
5 Confirmation of minutes from previous meeting 1 item · 1 motion · 1 recorded vote
6 Question time No items recorded
The minutes record that no question was submitted to this meeting.
7 Petitions 2 items · 4 motions · 3 recorded votes
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7.1 Petition - request to lower speed limits within the Elmwood community pp. 6–7
Outcome not recorded · Carried, 5–1 · Carried, 5–1
Interest declared by Cr Michael Gobel
Cr Michael Gobel left the meeting at 6.06pm · Cr Michael Gobel returned to the meeting at 6.15pm
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7.2 Petition - request for a permanent pedestrian crossing with lights at the southern end of Beechworth Road p. 8
Interest declared by Cr Michael Gobel
8 Delegates reports No items recorded
9 Reports for determination 5 items · 5 motions · 5 recorded votes
10 Reports for noting 1 item · 1 motion · 1 recorded vote
11 Reports for information 3 items
12 Notices of motion No items recorded
13 General business No items recorded
14 Urgent business 2 items · 2 motions · 2 recorded votes
15 Confidential business 4 items · 1 motion · 1 recorded vote
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15.0 Closure of meeting p. 19
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15.1 Confirmation of minutes from previous confidential meeting p. 20
Considered in closed session — ground cited: section 3(1)(h) (Confidential meeting information)
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15.2 Proposed staged land sale at Logic p. 20
Considered in closed session — ground cited: section 3(1)(a) (Council business information)
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15.3 Opportunity site, Baranduda Boulevard - expression of interest (EOI) assessment p. 21
Considered in closed session — ground cited: section 3(1)(a) (Council business information)
Interest declared by Cr Olga Quilty
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.
16 Confidential urgent business No items recorded
17 Close of meeting 1 item · 2 motions · 2 recorded votes
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Carried, 7–0 · Carried, 7–0
Conflicts of interest declared
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Cr Michael Gobel declared a general conflict of interest in item 7.1.
Council recorded the nature of the interest as: relatives of Cr Gobel signed the petition.
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Cr Michael Gobel declared a general conflict of interest in item 7.2.
Council recorded the nature of the interest as: relatives of Cr Gobel signed the petition.
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Cr Olga Quilty declared a general conflict of interest in item 15.3.
Council recorded the nature of the interest as: a relative of Cr Quilty is associated with one of the parties interested in the opportunity site.
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Cr Michael Gobel declared a conflict of interest in item 7.1.
The minutes record the declaration but not its nature.
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Cr Michael Gobel declared a conflict of interest in item 7.2.
The minutes record the declaration but not its nature.
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Cr Michael Gobel declared a conflict of interest in item 7.2.
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 Michael Gobel left the meeting at 6.06pm, recorded at item 7.1. Printed 2 times in these minutes
Cr Gobel also disclosed a conflict of interest for item 7.2, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 4. Cr Gobel left the meeting at 6.06pm
Minutes, page 6.
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Cr Michael Gobel returned to the meeting at 6.15pm, recorded at item 7.1. Printed 2 times in these minutes
The Deputy Mayor, Cr Libby Hall was acting Chairperson for items 7.1 and 7.2. Cr Gobel returned to the meeting room at 6.15pm after the resolutions for items 7.1 and 7.2 had been carried
Minutes, page 6.
Minutes from this period publish the vote count and name how each councillor voted.
Meeting closed 8.10pm. Minutes
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