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Adoption of
reports from Standing Committees
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Delegates reports
Reports from Councillor delegates from Internal
and other Committees.
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Rescission/alteration motions
There are no rescission/alteration motions.
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Notices of motion
There are no notices of motion.
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Urgent business
(not elsewhere included)
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Questions on notice
Question No 1 - Cr
Campbell asked whether the Plan of Management
for Evans Park, Kalaru had been prepared and if not,
how long it was likely to take?
The question was taken on notice by the Group
Manager Infrastructure Waste and Water who has
responded to Councillors via memorandum, in
summary:-
No further progress has been made on the Evans Park
sportsground proposal. At this stage resources are
focused on capital works programs and are
unavailable to progress the plan of management for
Evans Park.
Please note that given the new Sporting and
Recreation Committee Structure and Integrated
Planning and Reporting requirements, priority must
be given to asset management plans and plans of
management for existing facilities.
Question No 2 - Cr Campbell asked whether the
Engineering Consultants had reported on the Tathra
Ring road and what steps had been taken to prepare
the Report on Environmental Factors?
The question was taken on notice by the Group
Manager Infrastructure Waste and Water who has
responded to Councillors via memorandum, in
summary:-
Consultant reports have not been received and
revised and time commitments have also not been met.
Council officers are continuing to press for
completion of the report. REF is unable to proceed
at this stage pending consultancy completion.
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Questions without notice
(Councillor to Councillor, Councillor to staff -
non-operational, maintenance or process issues).
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Confidential
Business: Adjournment into Close Session
In accordance with the
Local Government Act 1993, and the Local Government
(Meetings) Regulation 1993, in the opinion of the
General Manager, the following business is of a kind
as referred to in Section 10A(2) of the Act, and
should be dealt with in a Confidential Session of
the Council meeting closed to the press and public.
Set out below is Section 10A(2) of
the Local Government Act 1993 in relation to
confidential business.
Which parts of a meeting can be
closed to the public? The matters and information
are the following:
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personnel matters concerning particular
individuals (other than councillors), |
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the personal hardship of any resident or
ratepayer, |
| (c) |
information that would, if disclosed, confer
a commercial advantage on a person with whom
the council is conducting (or proposes to
conduct) business, |
| (d) |
commercial information of a confidential
nature that would, if disclosed: |
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(i) |
prejudice the commercial position of the
person who supplied it, or |
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(ii) |
confer a commercial advantage on a
competitor of the council, or |
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(iii) |
reveal a trade secret, |
| (e) |
information that would, if disclosed,
prejudice the maintenance of law, |
| (f) |
matters affecting the security of the
council, councillors, council staff or
council property, |
| (g) |
advice concerning litigation, or advice that
would otherwise be privileged from
production in legal proceedings on the
ground of legal professional privilege, |
| (h) |
information concerning the nature and
location of a place or an item of Aboriginal
significance on community land. |
Recommendation :
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1. |
That Council resolve to
adjourn into
Closed Session to discuss Items 4.1 and 4.2 of the Closed
Session Agenda, on the basis that the report
concerns:-
10A(2)(c) information that would, if
disclosed, confer a commercial advantage
on a person with whom the council is
conducting (or proposes to conduct)
business;
10A(2)(d) commercial information of a
confidential nature that would, if disclosed:- |
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prejudice the commercial position of the
person who supplied it, or
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confer a commercial
advantage on a competitor of the
council, or
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reveal a trade secret.
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That pursuant to Section 10A of
the Local Government Act 1993, the press and public be
excluded from the proceedings on the basis that the
business to be considered is classified confidential
under the provisions of Section 10A(2) of the Act as
outlined above. |
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That the correspondence and
reports relevant to the subject business be withheld
from access to the press and public as required by
the Local Government Act 1993, Section 11(2).
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Confidential Items
4.1
Merimbula Town Centre
4.2
Use of Sertec office space via lease
Reason for Confidentiality: This item is classified CONFIDENTIAL
under the provisions of Section 10A(2) of the Local
Government Act 1993, which permits the meeting to be
closed to the public for business relating to the
following:-
10A(2)(c) information that would, if disclosed,
confer a commercial advantage on a person with whom
the council is conducting (or proposes to conduct)
business,
10A(2)(d) commercial information of a confidential
nature that would, if disclosed:
(i) prejudice the commercial
position of the person who supplied it, or
(ii) confer a commercial advantage
on a competitor of the council, or
(iii) reveal a trade secret.
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Adoption of
reports from Closed Session
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Resolutions to
declassify reports considered in closed session
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