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Council Record

Ordinary council meeting, 20 September 2021

Ordinary council meeting

20 September 2021

24 agenda items · 20 motions · 6 declared conflicts of interest · 3 recorded chamber movements · 2 closed-session items

Minutes Agenda

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The minuted document describes this as a “Fixed meeting” — council's own wording at the time for its scheduled meeting.

Present
Cr Kev Poulton · Cr Kat Bennett · Cr Libby Hall · Cr Ron Mildren · Cr Olga Quilty · Cr John Watson
Apologies
Cr Simpfendorfer
Officers in attendance
Mr M Dixon, Chief Executive Officer · Ms D Mudra, Deputy Chief Executive Officer · Ms S Hogg, Director Community Development · Ms N Klein, Director Finance and Systems · Mr L Schultz, Director Planning and Infrastructure
Venue
online virtual meeting as minuted
Opened
6pm, closed 7.17pm

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 · 1 motion
7 Delegates reports No items recorded
8 Reports for determination 11 items · 13 motions
9 Reports for noting 1 item · 1 motion
10 Reports for information 5 items
11 Notices of motion No items recorded
12 Petitions 2 items · 2 motions
13 Council seal No items recorded
14 General business No items recorded
15 Urgent business No items recorded
16 Question time No items recorded

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17 Confidential business 3 items · 1 motion

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

Conflicts of interest declared

  • Cr Kat Bennett declared a general conflict of interest in item 8.4.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Bennett’s employer, Gateway Health is an applicant for the grant program.

  • Cr Kat Bennett declared a general conflict of interest in item 8.5.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Bennett’s employer, Gateway Health is an applicant for the grant program.

  • Cr Kat Bennett declared a conflict of interest in item 8.4.

    The minutes record the declaration but not its nature.

  • Cr Kat Bennett declared a conflict of interest in item 8.5.

    The minutes record the declaration but not its nature.

  • Cr Kat Bennett declared a conflict of interest in item 8.5.

    The minutes record the declaration but not its nature.

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared a conflict of interest.

    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 Kat Bennett left the meeting at 7.06pm, recorded at item 8.4. Printed 2 times in these minutes

    Reports for determination Community Development Cr Bennett left the meeting room at 7.06pm prior to consideration of item 8.4, and returned to the meeting room at 7.15pm after the resolutions for items 8.4 and 8.5 had been carried

    Minutes, page 35.

  • Cr Kat Bennett returned to the meeting at 7.15pm, recorded at item 8.4. Printed 2 times in these minutes

    Reports for determination Community Development Cr Bennett left the meeting room at 7.06pm prior to consideration of item 8.4, and returned to the meeting room at 7.15pm after the resolutions for items 8.4 and 8.5 had been carried

    Minutes, page 35.

  • Cr Kat Bennett remained out of the meeting at 7.15pm, recorded at item 8.5.

    Cr Bennett left the meeting at 7.06pm prior to the commencement of item 8.4. Cr Bennett remained out of the meeting for item 8.5. Cr Bennett returned to the meeting room at 7.15pm after the resolutions for items 8.4 and 8.5 had been carried

    Minutes, page 39.

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 7.17pm. Minutes

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