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Okay, so welcome to our August council

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meeting. I'm Mayor Mike Bodsworth and

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it's a pleasure to welcome everyone

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joining us here tonight at Eastern

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Reserve in Winchelsea. Great to be out here

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in Winch. This meeting is also being

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live streamed although I've been told that

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we're having a few tech challenges

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tonight. So the live stream is running

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 may drop out but the meeting will be

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recorded anyway. So if anybody's

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watching this online and loses the live

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stream, rest assured that the recording

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will be available and  later on a

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transcript which we always do. So a big

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welcome to people tuning in online and

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also a big welcome to my fellow

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counselors tonight  live captioning

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will accompany the live stream of this

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meeting and we hope that this assists

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those who have hearing difficulties. I'd

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like to acknowledge that tonight we meet

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on Wadawurrung country and that the Surf

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Coast municipality also includes the

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traditional country of the Gadubanud and

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Gulidjan people of the Eastern Maar 

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Nation. I pay respects to their Elders

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past and present and emerging and also

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in Winch acknowledging that Winchelsea

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 also includes the lands of both

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the Wadawurrung People and the

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Gulidjan people of the Eastern Maar Nation

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 being somewhat of a boundary zone and

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Surf Coast Shires committed to

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walking with traditional owners on a

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reconciliation journey that recognizes

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and celebrates culture and the unique

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sand land sea and waterway country of

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the Surf Coast.

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At the start of each meeting, I usually

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share some highlights about events and

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other great things that are coming up 

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or have recently happened across the Shire.

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Tonight, I do have one highlight that

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I'll get to in a sec. And then shortly

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in presentations, I'll invite  our

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Winchelsea Ward counselors to share  some

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presentations particularly pertinent to

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Winchelsea and the Winchelsea Ward. So the

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update I'd like to give relates to the

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housing project at 42 Harding Street,

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Winchelsea , otherwise known as the

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Win Anglo project. In January 2022,

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council resolved to sell the land at 42

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Harding Street to Win Anglo incorporated

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for $1.

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The condition of this sale was that the

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land must be used for the purposes of

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establiShire ing independent living units

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for 

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 up to 20 seniors or people living

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with a disability. The decision

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facilitates improved access to

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affordable residential accommodation by

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enabling residents in the Winchelsea 

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area to age in place to stay involved

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and connected to the town that they

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love. And this project has now been

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completed. And I'm pleased to Shire are that

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I and several fellow counselors visited

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the site this afternoon. And  thanks

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to those who Shire owed me around, Ken,

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John,  Michelle, really fantastic to

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have a look at the project. And I guess

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on behalf of the council, I'd just like

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to congratulate all involved 

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including our own  council staff who

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are involved in bringing that project to

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reality and particularly  when Anglo

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 and people in the local community

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who've embraced the concept and who've

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worked so hard over four odd years to

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bring that to reality. And when I saw

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that this afternoon, I felt like it

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didn't feel like that long. I'm sure for

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you it felt like a long time, but 

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feels like not that long ago that we

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were going through the decision-m

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process to kick that project off. And 

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it was a bit of a leap of faith. It

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felt that way to us  counselors at

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that time, but I think this afternoon

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really Shire owed how well placed that faith

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was. And it wasn't a blind leap. It was

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a very well-informed leap at that time.

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And so, thank you for um the diligence

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that you've  brought to that project.

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and a massive congratulations on seeing

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it come to reality and for people to be

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moving in. I think the first person

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moved in yesterday. Um so that's just

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awesome. It was and I felt so proud to

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be associated with that project and I

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hope you feel really proud of it as

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well.

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 I'd just like to point out one

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outstanding feature which not only is

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that the project's been delivered, it's

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been delivered  under budget. It also

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reaches really high design and

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sustainability standards. So, it's not

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only a successfully delivered project

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that's going to provide that housing,

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but it's going to provide housing that's

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really sustainable, that has relatively

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low running costs, and that provides a

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really healthy um and comfortable living

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environment for residents. So yeah,

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fantastic job.

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So onto the agenda for tonight.  I'll

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just run through the process. Council

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meetings operate according to our

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adopted governance rules which include

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the following procedures. During the

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meeting, the mover of a motion or an

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amendment may speak for a maximum of 5

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minutes to open the debate and then a

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further two minutes to make a closing

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statement. Any other counselor,

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including the second, may speak to a

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motion for no more than 3 minutes. I ask

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that members of the gallery avoid using

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mobile phones during the meeting as this

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can be distracting for councilors as

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well as other members of the gallery.

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I also note that any unauthorized

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recording of the meeting is prohibited

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under our governance rules and as I said

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you can access a copy of the official

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recording on our website after the

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meeting. I'll now recite the pledge as a

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sign of councelor's commitment. As

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councilors, we carry out our

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responsibilities with diligence and

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integrity and make fair decisions of

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lasting value for the well-being of our

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community and environment.

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Onto apologies. I note that councelor

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Libby Stapleton is currently on an

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approved leave of absence, so we do not

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need to have an apology for this

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absence. All of our other counselors are

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present, including councelor Pattison,

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who's joining from Northwest WA.

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so

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we now turn to confirmation of minutes.

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Can I please have a mover and a seconder

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to confirm the minutes of the council

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meeting held on the 22nd of July, 2025?

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 moved by councelor Phelps and

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seconded by councelor Schonfelder all

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in favor?

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Thank you. That has been carried

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unanimously.

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Leave of absence requests. Do we have

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any leave of absence requests?

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No. Thank you.

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Declarations of conflict of interest. If

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a counselor or an officer has a conflict

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of interest, they must declare it now

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and do so again just prior to the item

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being discussed. The counselor and/or

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officer will be requested to leave

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chambers or in this case leave the room.

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and for those online to be placed by the

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host in a virtual waiting room while the

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matter is being considered. Once the

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matter is resolved, the counselor and/or

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officer will be returned to the meeting.

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Are there any declarations of conflicts

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of interest in relation to tonight's

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agenda?

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No. Thanks counselors. If any conflicts

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arise during the meeting, please make

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them known.

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Presentations. As I mentioned earlier,

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I'll now invite our three Winchelsea

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ward counselors to each give a

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presentation on what's been happening in

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Winchelsea Ward so do I have a

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presenter? Councelor Schonfelder   A is for

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Adrian. So I think alphabetically I'm

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happy to go first.

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Right. And I'd like to just highlight a

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few recent  developments that have

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taken place locally, including the

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official opening of our Winchelsea and

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Barwon River adventure play space. As you would

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know, our mud hut is well and truly open

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to be enjoyed by the community for years

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to come. To complement this gathering

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space, an extension to the adventure

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playground has been completed and the

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formal opening is planned for the 29th

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of August, which is Friday, this coming

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Friday. The council contributed 800,000

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towards this  playground, and I'm

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really looking forward to attending.

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We'd like to also thank the state

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government for the $250,000

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contribution. Also,

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we are gearing up for another Winchelsea

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pool summer.

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We're all very excited about the summer

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season and being able to use our

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beautiful Winchelsea pool. I was

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lucky enough to get to the pool a few

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times last summer and it was fantastic

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to see the community and families

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enjoying the facility. We've reached out

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to the community to get feedback about

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 what will happen as far as

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programming for the 2025 26

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season and what we can do within

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council's adopted budget.

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We look forward to receiving feedback

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from people in relation to this and for

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the pool to open from Saturday the 29th

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of November 2025 through to Labour Day

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weekend Monday 9th of March 2026.

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One of my favorite buildings in Old

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Winchelsea town is the old library. And the

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underpinning of the old library building

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is to get ready for the visitors

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information center to move back in. I'm

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really pleased to see the underpinning

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works on the former Winchelsea  Library

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have been completed and looking forward

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to the Winchelsea  visitor information

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center being able to recommence

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operations from the building towards the

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end of the year. I know the building is

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much loved by the Winchelsea volunteers and

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this has been great progress.

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We are also very passionate about the

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branching out project which is planting

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street trees in Winchelsea  and Deans

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Marsh . Planting is almost underway and

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will commence approximately at the start

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of October to the end of November.

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This work is aligned with growing

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Winchelsea  community vision for the town

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and will bring a number of benefits

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including helping to create a more

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appealing place to live through greener

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more treeline streets, reduce the urban

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heat island effect where built

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environments absorb and retain more heat

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than the natural environments and

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contributing to the overall health of

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the community by encouraging active

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transport between key town locations

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such as even Bowen Park as well. And I

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know that with Bowen Park, there was a

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saying from Mrs. Austin when she used to

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stand on the balcony that she used to

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say to people present that we own all

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the land you can see.

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Studies have Shire own that tree street

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trees can increase property values.

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For Deans Marsh , the new trees will

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help create the treelined avenues in the

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heart of town, contributing to the

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community streetscape vision of cool,

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vibrant, and interesting streets that

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work to strengthen a sense of place for

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residents and visitors. I'd also like to

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just mention, if I may, Mayor, that

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Wardale Hall had the 100th birthday last

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 Saturday night and a few of the

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gallery president attended the birthday

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celebrations and councelor Phelps and I

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attended and it was a lot of fun and

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I've still got the songs in my head even

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now. Thank you, Mayor.

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Great. Thanks, Councelor Schonfelder. Do

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any other counselors have presentations

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to give?

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I do. Are we going Anthony J

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Councilor Grist

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so local roads and community assets

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are really important to us all and I'll

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start by Shire aring some updates on what's

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happening over the coming months. 

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first on our unsealed roads we've got

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the dust dust suppression will begin in

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November December helping to keep road

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conditions safer and more manageable

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during the hotter months.

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 I'm pleased that an extra 50,000 has

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been added to this program this year,

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which will allow us to expand the

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sections of roads treated and achieve

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better results through the dry period.

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A reminder that if you would like to

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have your road considered for dust

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suppression treatment, you can call the

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Shire's customer information number or find

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the application form on the Shire  website

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or simply by googling  Surf Coast Shire 

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duff pressure.

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Unsealed road  re sheeting

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across many locations in the Winchelsea sea

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ward is also planned to start in

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November once the conditions are a bit

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drier.  before that you'll see some

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early roadside drainage works taking

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place.

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We also know how important grass

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slashing is as we head into summer. This

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program will start mid November in the

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north of the Shire and work south and

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Should be completed before Christmas.

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On safety, I'm pleased to let you know

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that detailed design is nearly complete

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for the Atkins Road Blackspot Project

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funded through the federal blackspot

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program. This will deliver important

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safety improvements including barriers,

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line marking, reflectors, and new

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signage works will be carried out this

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financial year.

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 I also wanted to touch on two key

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advocacy issues.  first one of those

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being drought relief. Rainfall in our

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region has been amongst the lowest in

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decades, forcing many farmers to buy

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water and fodder just to keep stock

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alive. Council has made drought relief a

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top advocacy priority. And we've lowered

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the rating differential for farm

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properties, set up a drought response

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team, and created a drought hub on our

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website with links to grants, financial

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assistance, and mental health and

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well-being support. We've also raised

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the need for support, government

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disaster relief funding and concessional

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loans with state and federal MPs and

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members of the opposition and via the

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Southwest Drought Coordination Group and

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other regional advocacy forums.

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Second, the emergency services volunteer

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fund  following a near unanimous

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council vote to advocate for the

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abandonment of the levy or for changes

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to it if the levy does proceed. We've

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written to the premier, treasurer, and

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other key ministers and raised serious

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concerns about its disproportionate

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impact on farmers here in the Surf Coast

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Shire .

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Mayor Bodsworth, councelor Phelps,

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Schonfelder and I attended the CFA rally in

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Wintery and Councelor Barker and I joined

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the not in our name advocacy meetings in

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Melbourne and council also worked with

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the Municipal Association of Victoria to

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puShire  for changes to this new tax.

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In Shire ort, council is acting on the

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ground with local infrastructure works

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and while also strongly advocating for

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community on the bigger issues of

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drought and increasing cost of living

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pressures. Thank you.

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Thank you councelor  Councelor

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Phelps.

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Thank you Mayor. Um yeah I'd also like

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to highlight a few of the positive

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things that are happening around Win. 

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we've got another environmental project

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underway being the  greening and storm

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water treatment treatment project which

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is planting trees that have passive

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irrigation along Hessie Street and

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Armitage Street. This is a state

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government funded project. One of the

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main aims is to improve the quality of

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the storm water discharging directly

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into the Bowan River. Works have started

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on Hy Street and it was also really good

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to see Shire  officers working with

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residents on Armitage Street to slightly

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rescope the works in line with their

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desires. I'm pleased to pass on that the

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Wintercy industrial land um has been

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placed on the market which is in

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response to a long-term desire from our

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community to see this land sold to

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potential new business and hopefully

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create new jobs in Winchelsea. We look

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forward to the land selling in the near

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future and the opportunities that this

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might create.  road safety is an

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important focus for council and I know

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that  traffic improvement next to the

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pool and the playground along Bow and

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Terrace is important to our community

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here. Shire  officers are currently planning

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concept traffic management improvement

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options, considering things like

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widening and sealing the road full

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width, improved car parking allocation,

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road safety improvements, and even

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potentially changing it to a one-way

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road.

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As you may know, the Winchelseaester place is

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in full swing.  council is currently

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working closely with the Winchelseaester

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community develop to develop a place

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plan for Winchelseaester which will seek to

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meet the needs of this growing community

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not just now but also for the next 30

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odd years. The objective is to produce a

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place plan for Winchelseay's growth which

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will feed into in turn into the creation

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of a more detailed structure plan in

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2026.

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Expressions of interest were called from

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community members to be part of the

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place plan working group that was

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establiShire ed in early July and they've

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since enthusiastically participated in

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several workShire ops to establiShire  an

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emerging vision for the future of future

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win as well as some principles that will

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guide how Winchelseaester grows. Feedback on

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the emerging vision and principles was

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also sought from the broader community

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via an online survey. Um, in the

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remaining upcoming workShire ops, the

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working group will focus on finalizing

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and refining that place plan. The group

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have been very engaged and I'm really

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looking forward to see  what they come

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up with. I'd like to give a Shire out out to

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a couple of organizations in the region.

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Um, Growing Witches Movie Club Shire ow a

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movie of the month at the Globe Theater.

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A great example of making use of council

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assets for social connection. Um, the

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Deans Marsh  Performance Pavilion

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recently fitted sound deadening to the

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roof. It is amazingly effective. I

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encourage you to go and stand on the

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stage and Shire out and see what happens.

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Um, it's amazingly effective at stopping

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reflected sound from the roof. Um, and

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that was a community-led project. And

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the Morette Community Network is a

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highly dedicated band of locals making

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some great progress against their town's

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action plan. The men Shire ared and we women

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Shire ared being standout achievements. And

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finally, I'd like to finiShire  by

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acknowledging two recent news items.

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Apparently, Winchelseay has been recognized

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as the second best of Victoria's

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lifestyle suburbs on the four-pillar

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lifestyle index. And in the most recent

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satisfaction survey, Surf KoShire ai

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outperformed the average for large rural

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councils across all categories, ranking

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eighth best out of the state's 79

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councils. While there is always going to

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be room for change and for improvement,

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it is worth reflecting on how good a

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place we live in. And I'd like to thank

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both Shire ia staff and all those who live,

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work, and play here for their

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contributions. Thank you, Mayor.

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Thanks very much to the Winchelseaester ward

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counselors. Really appreciated listening

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to that. So, the next item is public

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question time. Public question time is a

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time for community members to ask

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questions or make a submission at a

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council meeting. We have nine community

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members who've submitted 15 questions

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and submissions total tonight.

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 so I'm going to run through these. Um

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for questioners, I just invite you to

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ask se several questioners have got two

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questions. If you've got two questions,

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I'll invite you to ask your questions

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one after the other and then we'll get

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the answers after that.

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So our first question is from Gary

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Montgomery.  Gary, thanks for joining

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us tonight. I'll just invite you to come

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forward and take a seat and ask your

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question. Thanks.

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Oh, sorry. Sorry. I've The CEO's just

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pointed out, Gary, you can take a seat.

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Sorry, I've called you up too early. The

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CEO's just pointed out um that I've got

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a bit of a preamble for public

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questions. So, I'd like to acknowledge

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that we have several questions tonight

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that relate to an active planning

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compliance investigation and planning

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permit process. We know this is a matter

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of great concern to you and from the

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outset want to assure you that we are

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taking all the matters raised very

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seriously. I understand people want

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answers quickly. And so I'd like to

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reassure you our officers are working as

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efficiently and effectively as possible,

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but these matters are complex and it

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takes time to ensure everything is

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handled properly and lawfully for all

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parties concerned. Planning permit

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processes include formal advertising

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processes which means that any affected

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party will have an opportunity to make

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submissions and those views will be

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considered before any decision is made.

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It's very important that the process is

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thorough to ensure the outcome is both

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fair and legally valid. We appreciate

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your patience as this project pro

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process continues. And now, apologies,

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Gary, but I'll ask you to um come up and

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ask your question, please.

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Sorry for the false start.

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, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor,

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before I

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speak, um, I have a question. Is it

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possible for me to submit these several

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copies of photographs of the area that's

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relevant to the discussion?

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, I think that that Shire ould be fine. if

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you can um hand them to one of our staff

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and and we'll hand them around to

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counselors. Thanks, Gary.

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Thank you.

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Thanks.

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, good evening. My name is Gary

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Montgomery. I reside at 795 Pedal Road,

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FreShire water Creek.

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Mary Creek crosses the property

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in FreShire water Creek on which is on which

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it is proposed to operate a contractor's

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depot.

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It then runs into Thompson Creek which

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ultimately enters the Karaf wetland.

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A large area of land close to the creek

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has been excavated and denuded

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and I think reference to photographs

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will clarify this.

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The property has buShire fire and native

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vegetation overlays

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and is in an area of Aboriginal cultural

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heritage significance.

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There are numerous environmental and

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heritage concerns including

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how the creek

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and corff will be protected from silt

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runoff,

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the stark change to the landscape.

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How contaminated water runoff from

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contracting activities, for example,

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cleaning and maintaining heavy machinery

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will be managed.

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How fuel will be stored,

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how buShire fire risk will be managed,

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the extent of destruction of native

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vegetation,

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and how Aboriginal cultural heritage

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will be protected.

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Although the contractor's depo and

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associated works on the land that appear

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to have been conducted without a permit

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may only directly affect a small local

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community. We think there are much

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broader community aboriginal heritage

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and environmental interests.

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My first question,

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has council notified Corangomite

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Catchment Management Authority,

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Southern Rural Water,

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the Registered Aboriginal Party and the

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Environment Protection Authority of what

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is happening on this land and offered to

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work with those agencies to ensure the

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best outcome for the land.

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My second question, given the numerous

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issues of policy and planning affecting

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this property, will councilors commit to

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call in the permit applications

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so council debates the issues and makes

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its decisions in a public council

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meeting and all potential stakeholders

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can understand your reasoning on the

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applications.

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Thanks for your two questions, Gary, and

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thanks for circulating the photos for

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councelor's information. I'm going to

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refer refer your questions to the CEO

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for a response.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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Thank you.  you're really welcome to

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stay there if you like, Gary. You don't

00:24:50.320 --> 00:24:53.176
have to you while I respond or if you're

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:55.176
more comfortable, feel free.

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Thank you.

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Um but thank you for your questions.

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Sorry. Y

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um

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and I we we do we do understand the

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concerns about the potential impact on

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the creek um and the broader environment

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in in the area. Um

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and the the Kangar the CCMA the

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Kurankamite catchment management

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authority has we know has attended the

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site and investigated matters related

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under the water act. um they've issued

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notices about the works in the creek

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area and have also involved um in the

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permits for the proposed creek crossing

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um and we've been in discussions with

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them about that. In terms of the um of

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the other agencies that you talked

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about, these groups will be brought in

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through the planning permit process

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where appropriate and where it relates

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to their particular area of

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responsibility. So we work very closely

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with all of the different agencies on

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these complex matters. Um all the issues

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raised regarding environmental, cultural

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and amenity will be carefully considered

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against the requirements of the planning

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scheme um before any decision is made.

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You also your question two related to

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the calling in of the planning decision.

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So council has a calling in planning

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application policy. It's um SCS 057 is

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the number of the policy. This guides

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council's consideration on calling in of

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applications. It's important to say

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though whichever pathway is chosen

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whether the um decision was called in or

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not we have to follow a process and it's

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the same process either way.  the

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application will go through public

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notification

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and as part of that the community will

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have the opportunity to make submissions

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and those submissions will be um very

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carefully and diligently considered.

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As mentioned earlier, it's important

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that a thorough process is followed to

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ensure the outcome is both fair but also

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legally valid. Any decision has to be

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made in line with the planning and

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environment act and also the Surf Coast

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planning scheme. and the reasons for the

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deci for the decision will also be made

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available to the community. Thank you.

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Thank you for your question.

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Thanks very much for your response.

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Thanks Gary and thanks for attending in

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person tonight.

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So our next question is from Cameron

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Galbrath who I believe was going to

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intend attend in person.

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Yes, he was going to

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Okay. So Sally, you're welcome to come

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and ask Cameron's question on his

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behalf.

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Um, I'm Sally Galbrath and I live in

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BruShire field's Road, but I'm reading this

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:55.400
question on behalf of Cameron Galbrath

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and he lives at 125 BruShire fields Road,

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FreShire water Creek.

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His first question was,

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"A huge wall has been constructed

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without a planning permit. along part of

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the perimeter of the property on which

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:15.255
the contractor's depot is proposed in

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:18.279
FreShire water Creek. We estimate it was

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:21.720
constructed from approximately 5,000

00:28:21.919 --> 00:28:24.775
cubic meters of earth that was extracted

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:26.696
and moved from other parts of the

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:28.936
property.

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:31.496
We believe the scale and form of the

00:28:31.520 --> 00:28:34.520
wall justify its classification as a

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:37.640
structure rather than earthworks.

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:40.456
We are interested in what permit

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:43.480
triggers council considers apply under

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:46.535
the farming zone. We believe that the

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:49.096
earth wall may be classified as either

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:51.816
or both of the following, both of which

00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:54.535
trigger a permit requirement.

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A building or works associated with a

00:28:57.120 --> 00:29:00.120
use in section two of clause 35.07-1,

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:03.655
07-1

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that is the inominant use of

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contractor's depot or a building

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structure within specific set specified

00:29:13.760 --> 00:29:15.816
setbacks.

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The wall is currently suffocating and/or

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compressing the root systems of native

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vegetation on more than one acre of land

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that benefits from a vegetation

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protection overlay.

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In our opinion, the wall requires a

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:35.336
permit under that overlay.

00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:37.416
Does the council agree that there are at

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:39.496
least three triggers for a planning

00:29:39.520 --> 00:29:42.520
permit requirement for this wall?

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The second question, the roots and part

00:29:47.679 --> 00:29:49.736
of the trunks of several native trees

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are buried in this wall. Unless the

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:54.616
buried trees are released so they can

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:57.255
breathe, they will die.

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The weight of the wall is also

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compressing and suffocating the

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understory of numerous native trees,

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Shire rubs, and small plants. Unless the

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wall is removed, the compressed and

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:12.440
suffocated vegetation will die.

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As well as threatening the survival of

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native vegetation compressed and

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enclosed by the wall, the roots of ada

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adjacent native vegetation that extend

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:26.616
under the wall, including on the

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:29.496
neighbors property fence line, will be

00:30:29.520 --> 00:30:32.375
damaged, threatening the survival of

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:35.399
numerous additional native trees.

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We estimate the total area affected by

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:40.696
the destruction of native vegetation by

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this enormous wall exceeds an acre.

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The land is part of an important

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:49.576
wildlife corridor and benefits from a

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:52.600
vegetation protection overlay. Habitat

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:55.416
for native fauna will be disrupted

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:58.216
severely.

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Will council take immediate action,

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including potentially seeking an urgent

00:31:03.760 --> 00:31:06.616
enforcement order from VCAT to ensure

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:09.416
the trees currently buried in the wall

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:12.440
are released. The suffocated compressed

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:15.255
native understory under the entire

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:17.976
length of the wall is released and

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:20.856
adjacent native vegetation whose root

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:23.096
systems extend under the wall are

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:26.120
protected from dying as a result of the

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:28.936
effect of the wall on their root

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:31.336
systems.

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Thanks Sally for reading out Cameron's

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:35.096
questions and thanks to Cameron for the

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:36.616
questions. I'm going to refer those to

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:39.096
the CEO for a response.

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Um,

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.775
yeah,

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.856
like the Mayor, Sally, please thank

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:44.936
Cameron for his questions and thanks for

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:47.416
you to reading them out. Um, and for

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:49.495
raising concerns about the wall and how

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:51.176
it Shire ould be determined under the

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:54.200
planning scheme requirements.

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:57.336
The retrospective permit for the works

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:59.816
associated with the earth works has

00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:02.296
since been withdrawn by the applicant

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:04.375
and the permit requirements are are now

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:06.456
in contention.

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:09.015
Council officers now must assess the

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:11.015
information submitted and make a

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:13.576
decision on the works accordingly.

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:15.816
It's important that the planning rules

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:18.296
are applied correctly

00:32:18.320 --> 00:32:20.296
and to make sure the land owner has the

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:23.015
opportunity to comply.

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:25.736
As officers work through the information

00:32:25.760 --> 00:32:27.895
submitted, it may be necessary for us to

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:30.919
engage expertise not available within

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:33.416
council before reaching a clear

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:36.056
position. This is yet to be establiShire ed,

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:38.696
but once we do, we'll confirm the next

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:40.936
steps with everyone involved. So, we'll

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:43.960
we'll let Cameron and um everyone here

00:32:44.320 --> 00:32:47.176
tonight know about that.

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:50.200
In relation to your second question um

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:52.375
to the impacts on the trees and the

00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:54.936
vegetation council has already sought

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:57.576
advice from our in-house arborultural

00:32:57.600 --> 00:33:00.600
and ecological experts on the impacts of

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:03.655
the works in relation to the vegetation

00:33:03.679 --> 00:33:06.679
including the native vegetation.

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:10.200
This work um this is also work in

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:12.696
progress. Once the full assessment is

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:15.720
complete, we can communicate any 

00:33:15.760 --> 00:33:17.895
remedial activities that might be

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:20.056
required.

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:21.655
We appreciate there are calls for

00:33:21.679 --> 00:33:24.679
immediate enforcement through VCAT. Um

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:26.936
it's important to explain that the the

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:29.255
law requires us to follow a proper

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:32.279
sequence. And while there's

00:33:32.320 --> 00:33:35.320
really strong um interest in in quick

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:38.936
action given the potential impacts on

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:41.960
the trees, we do need to follow the

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:43.976
proper sequence if we want to achieve

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:46.375
the outcomes that you're seeking if

00:33:46.399 --> 00:33:48.375
that's appropriate. The first step is

00:33:48.399 --> 00:33:50.696
always to establiShire  clearly whether a

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:53.336
permit is required and then to give the

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:55.255
land owner the chance to comply

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:58.279
including through a retrospect

00:33:58.320 --> 00:34:01.320
retrospective permit application.

00:34:02.080 --> 00:34:04.296
Generally VCAP won't issue enforcement

00:34:04.320 --> 00:34:06.775
orders while there are still active or

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:09.799
unresolved permit processes on the same

00:34:09.919 --> 00:34:12.919
matter. That's our challenge. Um once

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:15.176
resolved, if compliance is not achieved,

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:17.095
council has stronger enforcement tools

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.776
available.

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:20.855
However, we must make sure that any

00:34:20.879 --> 00:34:23.095
enforcement we pursue is legally sound

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:26.119
and will stand up if it's challenged.

00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:29.720
But thanks to Cameron for his questions.

00:34:30.879 --> 00:34:33.416
Thank you, CEO.

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:35.496
Thanks, Sally.

00:34:35.520 --> 00:34:38.135
Third question is from Matt Freeman. I

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:39.815
don't believe Matt's joining us tonight.

00:34:39.839 --> 00:34:42.839
So, we do have somebody else asking 

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:47.320
Matt's question on his behalf.

00:34:51.359 --> 00:34:53.496
Thank you, Mayor, for letting me 

00:34:53.520 --> 00:34:56.135
speak on Matt's behalf.

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:59.159
Um so, I'm Stuart Galbrath um from

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:02.296
BruShire field's Road, FreShire water Creek, and

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:05.320
Matt Freeman is at 1185

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:08.296
Blackgate Road, FreShire water Creek.

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:10.376
He's presently stuck in Melbourne and

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:13.176
can't get down here.

00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:16.200
Um his question was, "We have always

00:35:16.560 --> 00:35:19.560
understood the properties located south

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:22.599
of Mary Gig Creek drain into this creek.

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:26.136
There is now a massive earth wall

00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:28.776
obstructing that flow.

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:30.776
Has council consulted with a

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:33.656
hydraologist to confirm a change in rate

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:36.216
of water flow across the property

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:39.240
boundary caused by the earth wall?

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:43.000
Or do you intend to do so? Noting that a

00:35:44.160 --> 00:35:46.696
change of rate of flow triggers a

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:49.720
planning permit requirement.

00:35:51.520 --> 00:35:54.520
His second question was, "The earth

00:35:55.040 --> 00:35:58.040
wallool on the property appears to be

00:35:58.160 --> 00:36:01.160
constructed of a mixture of top soil,

00:36:01.839 --> 00:36:04.839
subs soil, and clay.

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:07.736
And you can see that in the photos. It

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:10.760
is currently completely bare. Residents

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:13.896
of the adjacent dwellings as we know

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:16.296
today  this morning anyway with the

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:19.320
north wind residents adjacent to the

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:21.575
dwellings are concerned about the

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:23.815
likelihood that vegetation will be slow

00:36:23.839 --> 00:36:26.839
to establiShire  and difficult to maintain

00:36:27.839 --> 00:36:30.839
leading to dust dispersal with winds

00:36:32.560 --> 00:36:35.560
in rural areas as well as discomfort and

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:38.296
respiratory problems.

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:40.616
This can lead to a contamination of

00:36:40.640 --> 00:36:43.640
domestic water supplies.

00:36:43.839 --> 00:36:46.136
We understand the Shire  has

00:36:46.160 --> 00:36:49.095
responsibilities for nuisance under the

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:52.119
Public Health and Well-being Act.

00:36:52.560 --> 00:36:55.560
What can the Shire  do to ensure dust from

00:36:55.839 --> 00:36:58.536
the Earth Wall does not create a

00:36:58.560 --> 00:37:01.560
nuisance for neighbors?

00:37:02.640 --> 00:37:04.536
Thank you Stuart for reading out m

00:37:04.560 --> 00:37:06.616
Matt's questions on his behalf and

00:37:06.640 --> 00:37:08.536
thanks to Matt for the questions and I'm

00:37:08.560 --> 00:37:10.296
going to refer these to the CEO as well

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:11.896
for a response.

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:14.536
Thanks Stuart and thanks Matt  for

00:37:14.560 --> 00:37:16.936
your question regarding Mary Jig Creek

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:19.736
and the other impacts of the works. So

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:21.815
the Corangamite I think I mentioned

00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:24.216
before the Corangomite catchment

00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:25.976
management authority has investigated

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:28.536
the impacts on the Mary jig creek and

00:37:28.560 --> 00:37:30.776
have issued orders under the water act

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:33.800
to bring the site into compliance.

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:35.496
Council is also reviewing a

00:37:35.520 --> 00:37:37.896
hydraological report submitted by the

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:40.920
permit applicant. Um, in relation to to

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:44.119
this, in relation to Matt's second

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:47.095
question, we understand the concerns

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:50.119
about the dust, especially um, while all

00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:52.776
the various issues are still being

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:55.095
worked through, and it was windy this

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:56.856
morning. It was raining when I came past

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:59.016
there this afternoon, I'd have to say.

00:37:59.040 --> 00:38:01.736
But yes, under the Public Health and

00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:03.815
Well-being Act, council can investigate

00:38:03.839 --> 00:38:05.976
dust issues where there's evidence of

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:09.000
health impacts um based on frequency and

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:11.176
severity.

00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:13.335
If an impact is determined, council can

00:38:13.359 --> 00:38:15.335
then direct the land owner to put

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:18.296
measures in place to mitigate impacts.

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:20.616
At this stage, no specific direction has

00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:23.095
been  issued, but if information

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:25.416
provided demonstrates a health impact,

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:27.896
an investigation can can occur under the

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:29.976
legislation.

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:32.136
So, um please thank Matt for his

00:38:32.160 --> 00:38:34.776
questions and thanks Stuart.

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:37.656
Thank you.

00:38:37.680 --> 00:38:40.680
Thanks, Stuart. Our next question is

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:43.656
from Sally Galbrath. So, Sally, I'll

00:38:43.680 --> 00:38:46.616
invite you back to ask your own

00:38:46.640 --> 00:38:49.640
question.

00:38:49.680 --> 00:38:52.680
Thank you.

00:38:56.720 --> 00:38:59.335
My name is Sally Galbrath and I live at

00:38:59.359 --> 00:39:02.359
115 BruShire fields Road, FreShire water Creek.

00:39:03.359 --> 00:39:06.296
My first question, FreShire water Creek is a

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:08.376
unique part of our Surf Coast

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:11.016
environment. Farmers, residents,

00:39:11.040 --> 00:39:14.040
cyclists, tourists value this freShire water

00:39:14.720 --> 00:39:16.776
creek environment.

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:19.575
We became aware of our na our neighbors

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:21.575
proposal to use his land for a

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:24.599
contractor's depot late last year. We

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:27.880
have been deeply concerned that indust

00:39:28.160 --> 00:39:30.376
industrial type activity is

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:32.456
inappropriate

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:35.256
in this environmentally sensitive area

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:38.216
of the Shire ire and we did not think such a

00:39:38.240 --> 00:39:40.456
business could commence operating

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:43.416
without a planning permit. We notified

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:46.440
council several times of the planned and

00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:49.720
then commenced activity, but council did

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:52.216
not stop the business commencing and

00:39:52.240 --> 00:39:55.016
associated works being undertaken

00:39:55.040 --> 00:39:57.656
despite there be being no planning

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:59.416
permission.

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:02.136
About 3 months ago, the owner applied

00:40:02.160 --> 00:40:04.696
for a retrospective planning permit

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:07.720
which council is only now researching.

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:11.496
Why has council allowed the business to

00:40:11.520 --> 00:40:14.456
commence and continue to operate without

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:17.256
a permit?

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:19.416
My second question,

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:21.896
the property referred to in the previous

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:24.216
question is covered by a vegetation

00:40:24.240 --> 00:40:26.376
protection overlay.

00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:28.776
We estimate at least 3 acres of the

00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:31.800
property has been ex excavated

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:35.480
meters deep in some areas and totally

00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:38.296
denuted vegetation.

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:40.856
We have local knowledge that native

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:43.335
vegetation was growing in the e

00:40:43.359 --> 00:40:46.359
excavated areas playing a crucial

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:49.016
biodiversity role in a wildlife

00:40:49.040 --> 00:40:50.936
corridor.

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:52.856
The only potentially applicable

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:55.416
exemption from a permit requirement

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:58.216
under the vegetation protection overlay

00:40:58.240 --> 00:41:01.016
is removal, destruction, or lpping of

00:41:01.040 --> 00:41:03.256
vegetation that was either planted or

00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:05.656
grown as a result of direct seeding for

00:41:05.680 --> 00:41:08.536
crop crop raising or grazing animal

00:41:08.560 --> 00:41:10.216
production.

00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:13.240
We have lived nearby for decades and

00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:15.815
believe this did not occur on the

00:41:15.839 --> 00:41:17.976
property and therefore the potential

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:20.295
exemption doesn't apply.

00:41:20.319 --> 00:41:23.319
We believe a permit is required.

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:27.480
In addition, industry which includes

00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:30.760
winning clay, gravel, rock, sand, soil,

00:41:31.040 --> 00:41:34.040
stone or other materials is a section

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:37.079
two use in the planning scheme.

00:41:37.200 --> 00:41:39.815
Winning in this context refers to the

00:41:39.839 --> 00:41:42.839
extraction or removal of materials from

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:45.880
land. We estimate that more than 5,000

00:41:46.640 --> 00:41:49.640
cubic meters of earth has been removed

00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:52.696
in an intensive operation undertaken in

00:41:52.720 --> 00:41:55.016
multiple phases.

00:41:55.040 --> 00:41:56.936
That is equivalent to the volume of

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:59.256
water held by two Olympic swimming

00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:00.856
pools.

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:03.176
We believe the scale of this activity

00:42:03.200 --> 00:42:05.256
required a planning permit under the

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:08.280
industry category of land use.

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:12.440
Further, a building or works associated

00:42:13.040 --> 00:42:15.736
with a use in section 2 of clause

00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:18.760
35.07-1,

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:21.496
that is the inominant use of

00:42:21.520 --> 00:42:24.456
contractor's depot, also requires a

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:26.376
permit.

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:28.776
Does council agree that the massive

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:31.800
excavation of this land required a

00:42:31.839 --> 00:42:34.696
permit under the farming zone provisions

00:42:34.720 --> 00:42:37.720
andor the vegetation protection overlay?

00:42:38.160 --> 00:42:41.160
And if so,

00:42:42.319 --> 00:42:44.616
why didn't council stop the ex

00:42:44.640 --> 00:42:47.176
excavation until a proper investigation

00:42:47.200 --> 00:42:50.200
with expert advice was undertaken and a

00:42:50.560 --> 00:42:53.560
permit application assessed and what

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:56.055
remediation of the land will be

00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:58.936
required?

00:42:58.960 --> 00:42:59.416
Thank you.

00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:01.016
Thanks for your question, Sally, and for

00:43:01.040 --> 00:43:02.696
coming in person to the meeting to ask

00:43:02.720 --> 00:43:04.456
them. I'm going to refer those to the

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:07.095
CEO for a response.

00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:09.416
Sally, I'm aware that um you're in

00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:12.376
regular contact with our planning team

00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:15.176
um and as recently as I understand um

00:43:15.200 --> 00:43:17.736
you spoke to the manager yesterday um

00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:19.335
and they're doing their best to answer

00:43:19.359 --> 00:43:22.055
all your questions. We understand your

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:25.079
frustration and why the business was

00:43:25.200 --> 00:43:28.200
able to start operating um without a

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:31.400
permit. It's important to be clear.

00:43:32.240 --> 00:43:34.295
Council does not have the power to act

00:43:34.319 --> 00:43:36.696
on the possibility of a future breach.

00:43:36.720 --> 00:43:39.335
It can only act once a breach is

00:43:39.359 --> 00:43:41.016
establiShire ed.

00:43:41.040 --> 00:43:42.936
When we became aware, we place the

00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:45.095
property on our proactive register to

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:48.119
follow up. Once breaches are confirmed,

00:43:48.319 --> 00:43:50.616
the land owners are asked to apply for a

00:43:50.640 --> 00:43:52.136
permit.

00:43:52.160 --> 00:43:54.616
They chose to apply and under procedural

00:43:54.640 --> 00:43:57.016
fairness, we must allow the process to

00:43:57.040 --> 00:43:59.256
play out.

00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:01.335
Council's role is to ensure that the

00:44:01.359 --> 00:44:04.359
process is impartial and is lawful. I

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:07.016
also want to stress that council cannot

00:44:07.040 --> 00:44:09.016
simply force a business to stop

00:44:09.040 --> 00:44:10.936
operating.

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:12.936
That can that can only happen when

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:15.960
formal um proceedings such as through

00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:20.119
VCAT as has been raised tonight.

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:23.016
We're seeking further legal advice and

00:44:23.040 --> 00:44:25.575
continuing to investigate the issues um

00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:28.599
as they're raised with us.

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:31.960
Um, in relation to your second question,

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:33.896
we also understand concerns about the

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:36.456
scale and impacts of the excavation as

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:39.480
it relates to the to the vegetation.

00:44:39.839 --> 00:44:42.055
Council officers had requested the works

00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:45.079
to be to the earth mounds to stop while

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:47.896
the planning application is resolved.

00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:49.896
However, this application has, as we

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:51.575
were talking about earlier, recently

00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:53.896
been withdrawn.

00:44:53.920 --> 00:44:56.696
As a matter of priority, we are we we

00:44:56.720 --> 00:44:58.456
will determine the planning requirements

00:44:58.480 --> 00:45:00.936
for the earthworks and also the

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:03.736
vegetation impacts as well as what

00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:06.136
remediation if any is required under the

00:45:06.160 --> 00:45:08.776
planning scheme. The planning permit

00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:11.256
process for the use of the land for the

00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:13.095
contractor's depo will provide an

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:15.896
opportunity for affected people to raise

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:18.376
any concerns for consideration through

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:20.216
that process.

00:45:20.240 --> 00:45:22.295
If voluntary compliance is required and

00:45:22.319 --> 00:45:24.536
not achieved, stronger enforcement

00:45:24.560 --> 00:45:26.936
options are available to us, including

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:29.960
legal action. Um and  so we'll we'll

00:45:31.200 --> 00:45:34.200
see how the process proceeds, but um we

00:45:36.079 --> 00:45:38.295
are we are committed to working on this

00:45:38.319 --> 00:45:41.319
process with the land owner and also

00:45:41.359 --> 00:45:44.055
with all of you. Thanks for asking your

00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:44.616
questions.

00:45:44.640 --> 00:45:45.815
Thank you.

00:45:45.839 --> 00:45:48.616
Thanks, Sally. Our next question is from

00:45:48.640 --> 00:45:51.256
Alex and Jules McDonald from FreShire water

00:45:51.280 --> 00:45:53.416
Creek and I believe Stuart is coming

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:54.856
back to ask the question on their

00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:57.656
behalf.

00:45:57.680 --> 00:46:00.680
And thank you again. So Stuart Galbra

00:46:01.200 --> 00:46:04.055
from BruShire fields Road, FreShire water Creek.

00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:07.016
Um this is a question from Alex and

00:46:07.040 --> 00:46:10.040
Jules McDonald of 135 Led Bay Road,

00:46:10.720 --> 00:46:13.496
FreShire water Creek. They're presently down

00:46:13.520 --> 00:46:16.520
in Tasmania, I guess, freezing.

00:46:18.560 --> 00:46:20.136
Um,

00:46:20.160 --> 00:46:23.160
the proposed contractor's depot is

00:46:23.680 --> 00:46:26.616
located on an unsealed road that is

00:46:26.640 --> 00:46:29.640
unsuitable for use by heavy vehicles.

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:32.696
The road has already fallen into

00:46:32.720 --> 00:46:34.216
disrepair

00:46:34.240 --> 00:46:36.616
and required more frequent grading by

00:46:36.640 --> 00:46:39.335
council because of the commencement of

00:46:39.359 --> 00:46:42.359
use of the land as a contractor's depot.

00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:46.696
Further, there has been damage to the

00:46:46.720 --> 00:46:49.720
road verges and possibly to remnant

00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:52.376
roadside vegetation

00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:55.176
caused by heavy vehicles using a large

00:46:55.200 --> 00:46:58.055
turning circle when entering and leaving

00:46:58.079 --> 00:47:00.936
the property. Would

00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:03.335
council please inform the community

00:47:03.359 --> 00:47:06.136
about how the national heavy vehicle

00:47:06.160 --> 00:47:08.616
regula regulations

00:47:08.640 --> 00:47:11.176
apply in this circumstance?

00:47:11.200 --> 00:47:12.696
Specifically,

00:47:12.720 --> 00:47:15.256
are vehicles of the size proposed for

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:18.055
the contractor's depot permitted to

00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:21.079
travel on unsealed rural roads?

00:47:25.599 --> 00:47:28.295
Thank you, Stuart. I'll refer those

00:47:28.319 --> 00:47:30.136
questions to the CEO for a response.

00:47:30.160 --> 00:47:30.936
Thanks.

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:32.856
So, under the National Heavy Vehicle

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:35.335
Regulations, all vehicles within the

00:47:35.359 --> 00:47:37.256
general mass limits are allowed to

00:47:37.280 --> 00:47:40.280
travel on council managed roads.

00:47:40.640 --> 00:47:43.496
For larger vehicles  outside these

00:47:43.520 --> 00:47:45.416
limits, the operator needs a permit

00:47:45.440 --> 00:47:47.176
through the National Heavy Vehicle

00:47:47.200 --> 00:47:48.776
Regulator.

00:47:48.800 --> 00:47:51.016
At this stage, council does not have

00:47:51.040 --> 00:47:52.776
enough information from the permit

00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:55.575
applicant about the size and mass of the

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:58.599
vehicles. um on site. So we've asked for

00:47:59.680 --> 00:48:02.680
this information to be supplied.

00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:06.295
Generally council does not u monitor or

00:48:06.319 --> 00:48:09.319
enforce heavy vehicle movements. Um

00:48:09.359 --> 00:48:12.055
that's done by the regulator. Breaches

00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:13.896
can be reported directly to the

00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:16.920
regulator.  that said, when we assess

00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:18.936
planning applications, there is

00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:20.936
consideration of the impacts of of

00:48:20.960 --> 00:48:23.416
traffic of traffic as part of that um

00:48:23.440 --> 00:48:25.656
process and this can include whether

00:48:25.680 --> 00:48:27.335
special conditions or mitigation

00:48:27.359 --> 00:48:30.359
measures um are required.

00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:32.136
If it is determined that the vehicles

00:48:32.160 --> 00:48:34.856
are outside and mass limits, we can

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:37.880
refer the matter to the regulator or um

00:48:39.040 --> 00:48:41.736
for them to follow up. Thank you,

00:48:41.760 --> 00:48:44.760
Stuart. And  I hope that um Alex and

00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:47.575
Jules are having a nice time in Turkey.

00:48:47.599 --> 00:48:50.295
Yes. Thank you very much.

00:48:50.319 --> 00:48:53.319
Mayor, I'd like to ask a question. And

00:48:53.920 --> 00:48:55.256
what's your question, councelor Sean

00:48:55.280 --> 00:48:55.656
Felder?

00:48:55.680 --> 00:48:58.535
And and that is that um we are subject

00:48:58.559 --> 00:49:01.416
as an organization to state acts and

00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:04.440
also federal acts. And given that the

00:49:05.040 --> 00:49:07.736
craft is a a wetland of international

00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:09.575
significance, it's my understanding

00:49:09.599 --> 00:49:11.656
there is a federal act that deals with

00:49:11.680 --> 00:49:14.136
that. And I'm just wondering in relation

00:49:14.160 --> 00:49:17.160
to this issue, the the weight of that

00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:20.280
would be quite um consequential.

00:49:20.960 --> 00:49:23.095
I'm happy to just ask this question like

00:49:23.119 --> 00:49:25.335
on notice to put it on notice. You don't

00:49:25.359 --> 00:49:27.496
have to necessarily answer it tonight,

00:49:27.520 --> 00:49:30.216
but I do believe that the cor is an

00:49:30.240 --> 00:49:32.696
issue that's relevant to this issue.

00:49:32.720 --> 00:49:34.216
Thanks councelor Seanfeld. We'll be

00:49:34.240 --> 00:49:37.240
happy to take that away um with um the

00:49:37.280 --> 00:49:39.496
creek Marijic creek being part of the 

00:49:39.520 --> 00:49:42.520
Thompson River catchment and and feeding

00:49:42.559 --> 00:49:45.559
close to the car wetland. So um I trust

00:49:46.160 --> 00:49:47.896
that Kangamite Catchment Management

00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:50.456
Authority would would be um attentive to

00:49:50.480 --> 00:49:52.136
that, but we will take that away and

00:49:52.160 --> 00:49:54.856
provide information back on that.  our

00:49:54.880 --> 00:49:57.335
next question is from Lachlan Elliott.

00:49:57.359 --> 00:49:59.496
 I believe Lachlan's here tonight. Hi

00:49:59.520 --> 00:50:01.736
Lachlan.

00:50:01.760 --> 00:50:03.736
Thanks for coming in person and um come

00:50:03.760 --> 00:50:05.176
and ask your question when you're ready.

00:50:05.200 --> 00:50:07.976
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:09.496
Um

00:50:09.520 --> 00:50:12.520
Lachlan Elliot. Um I live at Looted Bay,

00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:15.656
155 Luted Bay.

00:50:15.680 --> 00:50:18.535
 as as part of the significant

00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:20.535
earthworks on the property in FreShire water

00:50:20.559 --> 00:50:22.856
Creek, neighbors observed earthworks

00:50:22.880 --> 00:50:25.815
being undertaken to deepen and enlarge a

00:50:25.839 --> 00:50:28.839
property dam on the Marriage Creek and

00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:31.256
to construct a vehicle crossing over the

00:50:31.280 --> 00:50:32.776
creek.

00:50:32.800 --> 00:50:35.256
Neighbors very familiar with the dam, we

00:50:35.280 --> 00:50:38.280
believe its prior depth was about 2 m.

00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:41.960
After ex excavation, a large excavator

00:50:42.240 --> 00:50:44.295
working in the dam was not visible from

00:50:44.319 --> 00:50:47.256
the ground level, demonstrating the new

00:50:47.280 --> 00:50:49.575
depth of the dam, which we estimate is

00:50:49.599 --> 00:50:51.736
about 6 m.

00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:54.456
We do not believe that a 4 m increase in

00:50:54.480 --> 00:50:57.256
depth can be explained by the removal of

00:50:57.280 --> 00:50:59.176
silt alone.

00:50:59.200 --> 00:51:01.176
We understand that increasing the size

00:51:01.200 --> 00:51:03.496
of the dam on a waterway and

00:51:03.520 --> 00:51:05.976
constructing so this this dam is right

00:51:06.000 --> 00:51:08.936
on the on the creek. We understand that

00:51:08.960 --> 00:51:11.016
increasing the size of the dam on a

00:51:11.040 --> 00:51:13.416
waterway and constructing a raised track

00:51:13.440 --> 00:51:16.295
across over the creek will certainly

00:51:16.319 --> 00:51:18.376
change the rate of downstream flow where

00:51:18.400 --> 00:51:20.136
the creek crosses the boundary of the

00:51:20.160 --> 00:51:23.160
property and on that basis requires a

00:51:23.200 --> 00:51:25.896
planning permit under the farming zone.

00:51:25.920 --> 00:51:28.920
Question one, has the council informed

00:51:29.359 --> 00:51:31.335
the Kurangamite catchment management

00:51:31.359 --> 00:51:34.359
authority andor southern rural water of

00:51:34.400 --> 00:51:37.095
the works on the dam?

00:51:37.119 --> 00:51:40.119
Question two, if the CCMMA or Southern

00:51:40.640 --> 00:51:42.616
Rural Water do not have primary

00:51:42.640 --> 00:51:45.640
authority with respect to the Shire  issue,

00:51:46.319 --> 00:51:48.936
will council require the owner to apply

00:51:48.960 --> 00:51:51.496
retrospectively for a planning permit

00:51:51.520 --> 00:51:53.656
for works that change the rate of flow

00:51:53.680 --> 00:51:56.535
of water across the property boundary?

00:51:56.559 --> 00:51:57.976
Thank you. Thanks for the question,

00:51:58.000 --> 00:51:59.656
Lachlan, and thanks for coming to the

00:51:59.680 --> 00:52:01.176
meeting in person tonight. I'm going to

00:52:01.200 --> 00:52:03.095
refer those to the CEO for a response.

00:52:03.119 --> 00:52:04.696
Thanks.

00:52:04.720 --> 00:52:06.616
 so in relation to the dam and the

00:52:06.640 --> 00:52:09.176
creek crossing, council has been in

00:52:09.200 --> 00:52:11.736
contact with the CCMA. Um they've

00:52:11.760 --> 00:52:14.136
inspected the site and issued

00:52:14.160 --> 00:52:16.856
instructions about the earth wall and

00:52:16.880 --> 00:52:19.335
will also be the authority for assessing

00:52:19.359 --> 00:52:22.359
approvals for the creek crossing.

00:52:23.040 --> 00:52:25.815
Um in relation to your second question,

00:52:25.839 --> 00:52:28.295
Lachlan, we're working with the CCMA on

00:52:28.319 --> 00:52:30.136
these issues, including those that

00:52:30.160 --> 00:52:33.016
relate to the planning permit processes.

00:52:33.040 --> 00:52:35.736
Um, as previously mentioned, council is

00:52:35.760 --> 00:52:38.216
currently considering advice regarding

00:52:38.240 --> 00:52:41.240
the change of rate of flow and  and

00:52:41.440 --> 00:52:44.055
the permit requirements as part of that.

00:52:44.079 --> 00:52:46.055
But Lachlan, thank you for your

00:52:46.079 --> 00:52:47.736
questions and raising these important

00:52:47.760 --> 00:52:49.575
issues with us.

00:52:49.599 --> 00:52:52.216
Thanks, Lachlan. And I might ask one of

00:52:52.240 --> 00:52:54.295
our staff to come and collect the photos

00:52:54.319 --> 00:52:57.319
so we can return those to Gary

00:52:57.440 --> 00:53:00.440
unless they're a gift.

00:53:00.559 --> 00:53:03.559
you did ask for them back, so I presume,

00:53:04.480 --> 00:53:06.136
but thanks for providing the photos

00:53:06.160 --> 00:53:07.656
because they're a really useful

00:53:07.680 --> 00:53:09.095
reference for counselors while we're

00:53:09.119 --> 00:53:11.896
working through those questions.

00:53:11.920 --> 00:53:13.656
, our next question is from Perry

00:53:13.680 --> 00:53:16.680
Mills.

00:53:17.520 --> 00:53:19.575
, I have on my Shire eet that Perry's

00:53:19.599 --> 00:53:21.416
attending in person tonight, but I don't

00:53:21.440 --> 00:53:24.440
see Perry in the crowd. So, I'm going to

00:53:24.880 --> 00:53:27.880
ask Perry's question on his behalf. So

00:53:28.480 --> 00:53:31.480
question or questions two. Since the

00:53:31.520 --> 00:53:33.815
collapse of the red cycle program, many

00:53:33.839 --> 00:53:35.575
communities have been left without a

00:53:35.599 --> 00:53:38.599
convenient way to recycle soft plastics.

00:53:38.640 --> 00:53:40.376
Soft plastics are a significant source

00:53:40.400 --> 00:53:42.376
of household waste that currently cannot

00:53:42.400 --> 00:53:45.400
be placed in curbside recycling bins. In

00:53:45.520 --> 00:53:47.496
response, innovative programs have

00:53:47.520 --> 00:53:50.376
emerged to provide a solution. One such

00:53:50.400 --> 00:53:53.256
system known as Kirby operates by

00:53:53.280 --> 00:53:55.176
providing residents with a special bag

00:53:55.200 --> 00:53:57.976
or tag. Soft plastics are collected in

00:53:58.000 --> 00:53:59.896
these bags and then placed in the

00:53:59.920 --> 00:54:01.815
household's regular yellow litted

00:54:01.839 --> 00:54:04.839
recycling bin. At the material recovery

00:54:04.880 --> 00:54:07.496
facility, the distinct Kirby bags are

00:54:07.520 --> 00:54:10.136
easily sorted from the other recyclables

00:54:10.160 --> 00:54:12.535
and sent to a dedicated processing

00:54:12.559 --> 00:54:15.496
facility. This system offers a simple

00:54:15.520 --> 00:54:17.496
and trackable way for households to

00:54:17.520 --> 00:54:20.520
divert soft plastics from landfill. The

00:54:20.559 --> 00:54:23.559
SCS 2004 soft plastics surf koShire i 2024

00:54:25.520 --> 00:54:28.295
soft plastics dropoff trial demonstrated

00:54:28.319 --> 00:54:30.535
a strong community appetite for a

00:54:30.559 --> 00:54:33.559
recycling solution. This Shire ows a clear

00:54:33.599 --> 00:54:35.256
demand for a more permanent and

00:54:35.280 --> 00:54:38.280
accessible system and a new facility at

00:54:38.319 --> 00:54:40.856
Angles transport station is due for

00:54:40.880 --> 00:54:43.815
completion soon to cater for drop offs.

00:54:43.839 --> 00:54:46.295
Has council investigated the feasibility

00:54:46.319 --> 00:54:49.319
of implementing a curbside soft plastics

00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:51.896
recycling program such as the Kirby

00:54:51.920 --> 00:54:54.920
system? Question two, if such a system

00:54:55.680 --> 00:54:57.896
has not yet been investigated, would

00:54:57.920 --> 00:54:59.575
council consider supporting a

00:54:59.599 --> 00:55:02.295
partnerShire ip or trial of a program like

00:55:02.319 --> 00:55:05.176
Kirby to provide a convenient and

00:55:05.200 --> 00:55:08.200
trackable soft plastics recycling

00:55:08.640 --> 00:55:11.335
service for our community

00:55:11.359 --> 00:55:14.216
or lobby for such a system to be offered

00:55:14.240 --> 00:55:17.176
at a material recovery facility in our

00:55:17.200 --> 00:55:19.575
region. And so, thanks Perry for the

00:55:19.599 --> 00:55:21.095
questions. I'm going to refer those to

00:55:21.119 --> 00:55:24.119
the CEO for response.

00:55:24.800 --> 00:55:27.736
, and just while I'm while I'm u

00:55:27.760 --> 00:55:29.896
allowing the CEO to prepare, we've just

00:55:29.920 --> 00:55:32.136
had some tech advice to um ask the

00:55:32.160 --> 00:55:33.896
counselors to move their microphones a

00:55:33.920 --> 00:55:35.176
little bit closer when they speak and

00:55:35.200 --> 00:55:37.335
which will matter when we come to um the

00:55:37.359 --> 00:55:39.095
main part of the agenda.

00:55:39.119 --> 00:55:41.016
I think we'll ask the general manager of

00:55:41.040 --> 00:55:42.055
placemaking.

00:55:42.079 --> 00:55:43.656
Sure.

00:55:43.680 --> 00:55:46.136
 thanks CEO. I'll just get this nice

00:55:46.160 --> 00:55:48.616
and close. Um so thanks for your

00:55:48.640 --> 00:55:51.640
question Perry and we Shire ared um the the

00:55:51.760 --> 00:55:53.976
broader community's dismay really when

00:55:54.000 --> 00:55:56.136
the system broke down at a at a state

00:55:56.160 --> 00:55:59.160
level. Um and we've continued to operate

00:55:59.280 --> 00:56:00.856
in this space given the importance of

00:56:00.880 --> 00:56:02.696
removing that material from the waist

00:56:02.720 --> 00:56:05.720
stream.  so we've been researching and

00:56:06.319 --> 00:56:08.376
triing a range of different options

00:56:08.400 --> 00:56:10.936
including curbside systems

00:56:10.960 --> 00:56:13.176
 such as the one you identified run by

00:56:13.200 --> 00:56:16.136
Kirby but also others by the likes of

00:56:16.160 --> 00:56:18.856
Recycle Smart and Regground.

00:56:18.880 --> 00:56:20.535
What we're finding is that those

00:56:20.559 --> 00:56:23.335
services are actually quite expensive um

00:56:23.359 --> 00:56:25.095
and generally they're not being provided

00:56:25.119 --> 00:56:27.176
outside metropolitan areas which is

00:56:27.200 --> 00:56:30.200
impacting councils like ours.

00:56:30.240 --> 00:56:33.095
We um have spoken to our clean 

00:56:33.119 --> 00:56:35.176
recycling contractor Cleanaway um and

00:56:35.200 --> 00:56:37.896
they've tried what they call the bag the

00:56:37.920 --> 00:56:40.856
bag system via the recycle bin in other

00:56:40.880 --> 00:56:43.880
municipalities and we're um awaiting to

00:56:44.559 --> 00:56:47.016
see if that  service would be extended

00:56:47.040 --> 00:56:49.896
to this Shire  but again um that hasn't

00:56:49.920 --> 00:56:52.920
happened to this point. So based on the

00:56:52.960 --> 00:56:54.775
research and the trials carried out to

00:56:54.799 --> 00:56:57.176
date and you did talk about the drop off

00:56:57.200 --> 00:56:59.656
service at Anglesy Transfer Station,

00:56:59.680 --> 00:57:02.216
this remains for us the the best current

00:57:02.240 --> 00:57:04.696
option for soft plastics recycling and

00:57:04.720 --> 00:57:05.896
we're going to commence that operation

00:57:05.920 --> 00:57:08.376
in September this year. And once that's

00:57:08.400 --> 00:57:10.856
establiShire ed and operating efficiently,

00:57:10.880 --> 00:57:12.295
we're going to be looking at options to

00:57:12.319 --> 00:57:14.696
expand the service.

00:57:14.720 --> 00:57:16.856
So we'll continue to monitor how these

00:57:16.880 --> 00:57:18.535
 this area is developing. is changing

00:57:18.559 --> 00:57:21.559
all the time um to try and provide a

00:57:21.599 --> 00:57:24.376
good long-term option for the community.

00:57:24.400 --> 00:57:27.400
 just in terms of um

00:57:27.760 --> 00:57:29.575
supporting a partnerShire ip at a regional

00:57:29.599 --> 00:57:31.496
level or working with fellow councils,

00:57:31.520 --> 00:57:33.176
we we do very much work with other

00:57:33.200 --> 00:57:35.656
councils in the broader Jalong G21

00:57:35.680 --> 00:57:37.095
region.  particularly when we're

00:57:37.119 --> 00:57:38.775
contracting major services such as

00:57:38.799 --> 00:57:41.799
recycling receivable um strength in

00:57:41.920 --> 00:57:43.815
numbers and economy of scale with those

00:57:43.839 --> 00:57:45.656
kind of operations

00:57:45.680 --> 00:57:47.256
and our current contract is with

00:57:47.280 --> 00:57:48.856
cleanway as I mentioned and they

00:57:48.880 --> 00:57:51.880
transport recyclable material from the

00:57:52.240 --> 00:57:55.240
Jalong region to Lavitton where they um

00:57:55.839 --> 00:57:57.416
process that and they and they transfer

00:57:57.440 --> 00:57:59.176
it via their South Jalong transfer

00:57:59.200 --> 00:58:02.200
facility. So, we don't have um material

00:58:02.400 --> 00:58:04.535
recovery facilities currently operating

00:58:04.559 --> 00:58:07.559
in the Jalong region. Um and we're keen

00:58:07.680 --> 00:58:10.680
to see that that change. And so, we're

00:58:11.200 --> 00:58:12.775
regularly working with our neighboring

00:58:12.799 --> 00:58:14.535
councils um including the city of

00:58:14.559 --> 00:58:17.095
Greater Jalong just to see what those

00:58:17.119 --> 00:58:18.775
options are to attract the establiShire ment

00:58:18.799 --> 00:58:21.575
of a local processing option which would

00:58:21.599 --> 00:58:23.176
increase increase our  our

00:58:23.200 --> 00:58:25.736
opportunities to take the soft plastics

00:58:25.760 --> 00:58:28.535
out of the waist stream.

00:58:28.559 --> 00:58:30.136
Thank you, Mayor.

00:58:30.160 --> 00:58:33.160
 thank you and thanks to Perry for the

00:58:33.599 --> 00:58:35.496
question. Our next question is from

00:58:35.520 --> 00:58:38.295
Graeme Stockton who I can see in the

00:58:38.319 --> 00:58:41.319
gallery. Um so Graeme from Belray has a

00:58:42.799 --> 00:58:44.376
question about distinctive areas and

00:58:44.400 --> 00:58:46.055
landscapes.

00:58:46.079 --> 00:58:48.775
Thanks for joining us Graeme.  good

00:58:48.799 --> 00:58:51.799
evening Mayor and councilors

00:58:52.000 --> 00:58:54.456
um and officers.

00:58:54.480 --> 00:58:57.416
So in many ways this question

00:58:57.440 --> 00:59:00.440
originated from about 2009 when the

00:59:01.280 --> 00:59:03.335
community felt very strongly about

00:59:03.359 --> 00:59:05.416
Spring Creek.

00:59:05.440 --> 00:59:07.335
Um and as you all know at the

00:59:07.359 --> 00:59:09.656
instigation of the community the state

00:59:09.680 --> 00:59:11.416
government introduced the distinctive

00:59:11.440 --> 00:59:14.136
area landscape for the northern part of

00:59:14.160 --> 00:59:16.616
the Surf Coast Shire ire.

00:59:16.640 --> 00:59:18.616
This has been followed up with the Surf

00:59:18.640 --> 00:59:21.176
Coast statement of planning policy

00:59:21.200 --> 00:59:24.200
released in its final form in April 2022

00:59:25.599 --> 00:59:27.416
which restored the western settlement

00:59:27.440 --> 00:59:30.295
boundary back to Dufffield's road ruling

00:59:30.319 --> 00:59:32.775
out any kind of urban development in the

00:59:32.799 --> 00:59:34.936
Spring Creek Valley.

00:59:34.960 --> 00:59:37.335
So they're important pieces of work that

00:59:37.359 --> 00:59:39.496
have been completed by the state

00:59:39.520 --> 00:59:42.520
government and the Shire  but there is still

00:59:42.799 --> 00:59:45.799
one chapter left and to complete that

00:59:45.920 --> 00:59:47.656
next chapter of work we are waiting for

00:59:47.680 --> 00:59:49.176
the state government to complete the

00:59:49.200 --> 00:59:51.656
Dell for the Surf Coast Shire ire which

00:59:51.680 --> 00:59:53.976
includes the reszoning of land 1

00:59:54.000 --> 00:59:56.856
kilometer west of Dufffield's road.

00:59:56.880 --> 00:59:59.815
Skeg, Surf Coast Environment Group and

00:59:59.839 --> 01:00:01.416
other community groups have been

01:00:01.440 --> 01:00:04.440
advocating for rural conservation zone

01:00:04.480 --> 01:00:07.480
with an SL8 overlay.

01:00:07.760 --> 01:00:10.055
We are also mindful the next state

01:00:10.079 --> 01:00:13.016
election is in November 2026

01:00:13.040 --> 01:00:15.095
and community want to see this body of

01:00:15.119 --> 01:00:18.119
work completed as promised.

01:00:18.319 --> 01:00:19.815
questions.

01:00:19.839 --> 01:00:22.535
Are councilors aware that as a legacy of

01:00:22.559 --> 01:00:24.535
previous planning policy, the 1

01:00:24.559 --> 01:00:27.559
kilometer zone past Duffields Road is

01:00:27.599 --> 01:00:30.599
still zoned as urban growth zone?

01:00:31.200 --> 01:00:34.200
And question two, can the Surf Coast Shire 

01:00:34.400 --> 01:00:36.376
Council formally ask the state

01:00:36.400 --> 01:00:38.456
government to provide a timeline for

01:00:38.480 --> 01:00:41.335
completion of this work?

01:00:41.359 --> 01:00:44.136
Thanks, Graeme. This is an important

01:00:44.160 --> 01:00:46.936
topic and yes, councilors are aware of

01:00:46.960 --> 01:00:48.856
the status of the land located west of

01:00:48.880 --> 01:00:51.496
Duffields Road and that it's currently

01:00:51.520 --> 01:00:54.055
zoned urban growth zone and that it

01:00:54.079 --> 01:00:56.055
needs to be reszoned to deliver on the

01:00:56.079 --> 01:00:57.976
recommendations contained within the

01:00:58.000 --> 01:00:59.896
distinctive area and landscapes

01:00:59.920 --> 01:01:02.920
statement of planning policy or DAL SP.

01:01:03.359 --> 01:01:04.936
That's the answer to the first question.

01:01:04.960 --> 01:01:06.456
For an answer to the second question,

01:01:06.480 --> 01:01:08.775
I'm going to refer to the CEO

01:01:08.799 --> 01:01:10.775
Graeme. We're also very eager for the

01:01:10.799 --> 01:01:12.456
state government to complete that

01:01:12.480 --> 01:01:15.480
planning process as well and have been

01:01:16.079 --> 01:01:18.616
 seeking an update from the department

01:01:18.640 --> 01:01:21.095
of  transport and planning in terms of

01:01:21.119 --> 01:01:23.416
their timelines  and priority for

01:01:23.440 --> 01:01:26.440
delivering that work. Um the Mayor has

01:01:27.520 --> 01:01:29.416
also agreed to write to the planning

01:01:29.440 --> 01:01:32.216
minister  to seek an update on the

01:01:32.240 --> 01:01:35.176
process of that work as well. So we'll

01:01:35.200 --> 01:01:38.200
be preparing that that letter for him.

01:01:38.240 --> 01:01:41.240
Um so we can seek that  clarification

01:01:41.359 --> 01:01:43.416
from government in in relation to the

01:01:43.440 --> 01:01:46.376
timeline in delivering that u planning

01:01:46.400 --> 01:01:48.376
policy.

01:01:48.400 --> 01:01:49.976
Okay, sounds good.

01:01:50.000 --> 01:01:51.976
Thanks Graeme. Thanks for coming in

01:01:52.000 --> 01:01:53.896
tonight.

01:01:53.920 --> 01:01:56.456
Our final question is from Mary Cotter

01:01:56.480 --> 01:01:58.696
of Winchelseay who I believe is joining us

01:01:58.720 --> 01:02:00.856
tonight.

01:02:00.880 --> 01:02:02.295
Is Mary here? It doesn't look like

01:02:02.319 --> 01:02:03.976
Mary's here. So I'm going to ask Mary's

01:02:04.000 --> 01:02:06.616
question on her behalf. Are any

01:02:06.640 --> 01:02:08.535
councilors attending the Zionists

01:02:08.559 --> 01:02:11.496
conference on the Gold Coast next month?

01:02:11.520 --> 01:02:13.656
The conference which was sponsored by

01:02:13.680 --> 01:02:16.136
corporations involved in the genocide of

01:02:16.160 --> 01:02:18.456
Palestinians.

01:02:18.480 --> 01:02:20.136
Thanks for the question, Mary. The

01:02:20.160 --> 01:02:22.936
answer to your question is no. Not that

01:02:22.960 --> 01:02:25.815
I'm aware of. Thanks for the question.

01:02:25.839 --> 01:02:27.656
And that brings us to the end of

01:02:27.680 --> 01:02:30.680
question time tonight.

01:02:33.119 --> 01:02:35.095
 there are no petitions for tonight's

01:02:35.119 --> 01:02:37.256
meeting and there are no notices of

01:02:37.280 --> 01:02:40.280
motions for tonight's meeting. Um so we

01:02:41.359 --> 01:02:42.856
turn to the report section of our

01:02:42.880 --> 01:02:45.880
council meeting and item 4.1 sorry to

01:02:47.040 --> 01:02:50.040
remember to speak into the microphone.

01:02:50.640 --> 01:02:53.640
Item 4.1 response to petition wombat

01:02:53.839 --> 01:02:56.839
crossing in Lockard Drive to Key. The

01:02:57.359 --> 01:02:59.416
purpose of this report is to respond to

01:02:59.440 --> 01:03:01.815
the petition received by council at its

01:03:01.839 --> 01:03:04.839
22nd of July 2025 council meeting

01:03:05.119 --> 01:03:08.119
opposing the proposed installation of a

01:03:08.240 --> 01:03:10.136
raised pedestrian crossing known as a

01:03:10.160 --> 01:03:13.160
wombat crossing in Lockard Drive in to

01:03:14.079 --> 01:03:15.815
have a recommendation before us. Does

01:03:15.839 --> 01:03:18.535
anyone wiShire  to move a motion?

01:03:18.559 --> 01:03:20.696
Councelor Schonfelder, what is your

01:03:20.720 --> 01:03:22.936
motion? Is it as per the recommendation?

01:03:22.960 --> 01:03:25.416
 Mayor, it actually isn't. My motion

01:03:25.440 --> 01:03:27.575
is that council does not support the

01:03:27.599 --> 01:03:30.055
installation of this crossing at Lock 

01:03:30.079 --> 01:03:32.216
Drive.

01:03:32.240 --> 01:03:35.240
 thank you for your motion, councelor

01:03:35.760 --> 01:03:37.416
Shire anfelder. Do I have a second for that

01:03:37.440 --> 01:03:40.440
motion? Councelor Barker.

01:03:44.559 --> 01:03:47.559
 thank you.

01:03:47.920 --> 01:03:49.976
So councelor Seanfelder, I'll invite you

01:03:50.000 --> 01:03:51.015
to speak to your motion.

01:03:51.039 --> 01:03:52.936
Oh, thank you very much, Mayor. I'd like

01:03:52.960 --> 01:03:55.736
to thank the people who've signed the

01:03:55.760 --> 01:03:58.760
petition and I have to say that um to

01:03:59.200 --> 01:04:02.200
have over 188 people is a substantial 

01:04:03.200 --> 01:04:05.416
number of people in relation to this

01:04:05.440 --> 01:04:07.575
issue because I've seen other petitions

01:04:07.599 --> 01:04:10.599
where you might get 70 or 100 people but

01:04:10.960 --> 01:04:13.960
to almost get 200 people is I would

01:04:14.240 --> 01:04:17.240
emphasize worth  noting and listening

01:04:17.680 --> 01:04:20.680
to. I believe that improving active

01:04:20.720 --> 01:04:23.720
transport and the desire to install a

01:04:24.640 --> 01:04:27.640
wombback crossing is is a noble cause.

01:04:29.440 --> 01:04:31.575
However, I do think that other options

01:04:31.599 --> 01:04:33.575
Shire ould be investigated.

01:04:33.599 --> 01:04:36.376
 during the briefing process in

01:04:36.400 --> 01:04:38.456
relation to this, I did ask about having

01:04:38.480 --> 01:04:41.176
the crossing closer to the road so

01:04:41.200 --> 01:04:43.656
pedestrians or bike riders didn't have

01:04:43.680 --> 01:04:46.216
to deviate from FiShire er Street to enter

01:04:46.240 --> 01:04:49.095
the the Wombat crossing. But that's one

01:04:49.119 --> 01:04:52.119
issue. Another issue is  parking and I

01:04:53.119 --> 01:04:55.416
do know that with businesses parking is

01:04:55.440 --> 01:04:58.055
crucial for the survival and the

01:04:58.079 --> 01:05:00.775
profitability of businesses and I

01:05:00.799 --> 01:05:03.256
believe that removing five car parks if

01:05:03.280 --> 01:05:06.280
five extra car parks were created or 10

01:05:06.559 --> 01:05:08.376
extra car parks were created. I might

01:05:08.400 --> 01:05:10.696
have perhaps changed my mind in relation

01:05:10.720 --> 01:05:12.936
to this but I believe it could have a

01:05:12.960 --> 01:05:15.736
detrimental effect on on local

01:05:15.760 --> 01:05:18.760
businesses in the area. So, I I

01:05:19.280 --> 01:05:22.055
understand that my colleagues um

01:05:22.079 --> 01:05:24.055
probably want to speak to this motion

01:05:24.079 --> 01:05:27.079
and I look forward to to hearing their

01:05:27.839 --> 01:05:30.839
concerns. Also, I do believe that um you

01:05:31.599 --> 01:05:33.015
know there's a saying we're in Winrol

01:05:33.039 --> 01:05:35.256
Sea and there's my grandmother lived to

01:05:35.280 --> 01:05:38.280
102 and Shire e knew 33 ways of how to cook

01:05:38.799 --> 01:05:41.176
a rabbit. But I know that there's

01:05:41.200 --> 01:05:42.696
another saying that there's more than

01:05:42.720 --> 01:05:45.720
one way to skin a cat. We want safer

01:05:45.839 --> 01:05:48.839
roads, safer active pathways, but I do

01:05:49.760 --> 01:05:52.696
believe there are other ways to achieve

01:05:52.720 --> 01:05:55.176
this. And I believe listening to traders

01:05:55.200 --> 01:05:57.896
and small business people in the area is

01:05:57.920 --> 01:06:00.856
crucial who are trying to survive.

01:06:00.880 --> 01:06:03.015
And I just that's why I feel so

01:06:03.039 --> 01:06:05.176
concerned and I would encourage my

01:06:05.200 --> 01:06:08.200
colleagues to to vote against this. Oh,

01:06:08.400 --> 01:06:11.335
sorry. Vote for my motion, but to

01:06:11.359 --> 01:06:14.359
reconsider the wombat um  crossing

01:06:15.359 --> 01:06:17.656
because there are other ways that we can

01:06:17.680 --> 01:06:19.656
help with bike lanes and the money. We

01:06:19.680 --> 01:06:21.736
can still use the money for other parts

01:06:21.760 --> 01:06:24.760
of of Fischer Street. Thank you.

01:06:24.799 --> 01:06:26.376
Thanks, Councelor Shire unfelder. Councelor

01:06:26.400 --> 01:06:26.856
Barker.

01:06:26.880 --> 01:06:28.856
Thanks, man. Um first, I want to get on

01:06:28.880 --> 01:06:31.335
to the petition. I didn't accept well I

01:06:31.359 --> 01:06:32.775
voted against the acceptance of the

01:06:32.799 --> 01:06:34.136
petition because it didn't conform to

01:06:34.160 --> 01:06:36.216
our governance rules. Um it's pretty

01:06:36.240 --> 01:06:39.015
important that we if we have processes

01:06:39.039 --> 01:06:41.176
we follow them because it just helps

01:06:41.200 --> 01:06:44.200
verify the validity of the signatures as

01:06:44.960 --> 01:06:47.575
to where they come from where the

01:06:47.599 --> 01:06:50.599
petition doesn't really allow that. Um

01:06:52.640 --> 01:06:54.775
the wombat crossing is heavily reliant

01:06:54.799 --> 01:06:57.799
on TAC funding.  that that's an issue

01:06:58.240 --> 01:07:01.240
in itself.  if it's a local road, I I

01:07:02.160 --> 01:07:03.976
think we Shire ould be responsible for that,

01:07:04.000 --> 01:07:06.376
not allow the taxes of everyone else in

01:07:06.400 --> 01:07:09.176
the state to pay for what is a a local

01:07:09.200 --> 01:07:12.200
issue. Um safety is important to me.

01:07:13.200 --> 01:07:15.496
I've cycled through that area quite a

01:07:15.520 --> 01:07:18.295
lot. Um like any intersection, it's got

01:07:18.319 --> 01:07:20.775
its dangers, but I'm an advocate of

01:07:20.799 --> 01:07:22.775
individual responsibility. We Shire ouldn't

01:07:22.799 --> 01:07:25.799
rely on waiting for council to make the

01:07:26.640 --> 01:07:28.856
road safe. If we do that, we're going to

01:07:28.880 --> 01:07:31.095
end up with roads at 10 km an hour and

01:07:31.119 --> 01:07:32.456
no one's going to be moving anywhere in

01:07:32.480 --> 01:07:35.015
a hurry.

01:07:35.039 --> 01:07:38.039
 further on, um I don't think that

01:07:38.319 --> 01:07:40.295
officers have considered the issue in

01:07:40.319 --> 01:07:42.775
its entirety. Um, as councelor

01:07:42.799 --> 01:07:45.575
Shire anfelder highlighted, businesses

01:07:45.599 --> 01:07:48.055
generally aren't doing too well,

01:07:48.079 --> 01:07:50.696
especially , retail/commercial

01:07:50.720 --> 01:07:53.575
type ventures that rely on people

01:07:53.599 --> 01:07:56.295
parking and ducking in quickly to um,

01:07:56.319 --> 01:07:58.456
get a feed or whatever they need. ,

01:07:58.480 --> 01:08:00.376
and if those five car parks were

01:08:00.400 --> 01:08:02.616
removed, it would negatively impact the

01:08:02.640 --> 01:08:04.775
viability of that business. ,

01:08:04.799 --> 01:08:06.295
additionally, you've got to think about

01:08:06.319 --> 01:08:09.319
the the psychology of human behavior.

01:08:10.079 --> 01:08:12.136
The offset position of the wombach

01:08:12.160 --> 01:08:14.295
crossing I think would result in a

01:08:14.319 --> 01:08:16.456
situation if it was installed would

01:08:16.480 --> 01:08:19.416
result in many people coming up to the

01:08:19.440 --> 01:08:22.440
intersection looking down the road.

01:08:22.799 --> 01:08:24.695
Can't ask too far and just walk through

01:08:24.719 --> 01:08:27.719
it anyway. And what you've got is a

01:08:27.920 --> 01:08:30.135
different set of assumptions where

01:08:30.159 --> 01:08:31.815
drivers understanding the wombat

01:08:31.839 --> 01:08:33.576
crossing's placement would be assuming

01:08:33.600 --> 01:08:36.056
that people would be utilizing that

01:08:36.080 --> 01:08:37.815
space.

01:08:37.839 --> 01:08:40.775
then they've got kids on bicycles or

01:08:40.799 --> 01:08:43.335
pedestrians crossing where they

01:08:43.359 --> 01:08:45.976
typically cross now and it just results

01:08:46.000 --> 01:08:48.936
in a less safe outcome. So I've got a

01:08:48.960 --> 01:08:51.815
general issue where when people ask for

01:08:51.839 --> 01:08:53.175
government to do something, government

01:08:53.199 --> 01:08:54.616
does something, it generally ends up

01:08:54.640 --> 01:08:56.135
worse off and this is one of those

01:08:56.159 --> 01:08:58.295
instances. So I thank Councelor Sean

01:08:58.319 --> 01:09:00.056
Felder for moving an alternative motion

01:09:00.080 --> 01:09:03.080
that allows us to stop that happening.

01:09:03.120 --> 01:09:04.695
Thanks Councelor Barker. Do any other

01:09:04.719 --> 01:09:05.976
councilors wiShire  to speak to this?

01:09:06.000 --> 01:09:09.000
Councelor Patterson,

01:09:13.120 --> 01:09:15.735
thank you. Um, I was actually wanting to

01:09:15.759 --> 01:09:18.695
ask a question before I speak. Um, is it

01:09:18.719 --> 01:09:20.376
possible if officers could let us know

01:09:20.400 --> 01:09:22.775
if any of those businesses in Lockard

01:09:22.799 --> 01:09:25.255
Drive have raised concerns about the

01:09:25.279 --> 01:09:28.279
loss of parking and impact on business?

01:09:28.799 --> 01:09:30.536
Thanks, Councelor Patterson. I'll allow

01:09:30.560 --> 01:09:33.560
that question and ask a CEO to respond.

01:09:33.600 --> 01:09:36.295
I'm not aware. I'm not aware councelor

01:09:36.319 --> 01:09:38.775
Patterson of there being any concerns

01:09:38.799 --> 01:09:41.175
raised. I'll just check with the GM of

01:09:41.199 --> 01:09:44.199
placemaking and environment um

01:09:45.279 --> 01:09:48.135
to see if he's aware of any concerns.

01:09:48.159 --> 01:09:49.896
Officers aren't aware of any um

01:09:49.920 --> 01:09:52.056
businesses expressing that concern to

01:09:52.080 --> 01:09:54.296
them.

01:09:54.320 --> 01:09:57.016
Thank you.  thanks for the question.

01:09:57.040 --> 01:10:00.040
Do you wiShire  to speak to the motion?

01:10:00.480 --> 01:10:02.536
I would.  before I start, I'd like to

01:10:02.560 --> 01:10:04.936
foreShire adow that we return to that if the

01:10:04.960 --> 01:10:06.936
motion that's put forward is lost that

01:10:06.960 --> 01:10:09.960
we return to the original motion um that

01:10:10.560 --> 01:10:13.016
was put in the agenda.

01:10:13.040 --> 01:10:14.296
Thank you. So just noting the

01:10:14.320 --> 01:10:17.320
foreShire adowing that and um I'd now like

01:10:19.040 --> 01:10:22.040
to talk to this motion and I think um

01:10:23.199 --> 01:10:25.416
the fact that none of the local

01:10:25.440 --> 01:10:28.056
businesses have raised concern with the

01:10:28.080 --> 01:10:30.856
loss of parking speaks volumes.

01:10:30.880 --> 01:10:33.880
Um there is a petition and it's very

01:10:34.080 --> 01:10:35.336
important that we listen to those

01:10:35.360 --> 01:10:37.016
petitions and that our community has an

01:10:37.040 --> 01:10:39.175
opportunity to put forward their views

01:10:39.199 --> 01:10:41.496
and concerns. However, this petition, as

01:10:41.520 --> 01:10:43.256
councelor Barker identified, is

01:10:43.280 --> 01:10:45.336
non-conforming, and there's no way of

01:10:45.360 --> 01:10:47.416
identifying actually where the people

01:10:47.440 --> 01:10:48.936
that have signed this petition have come

01:10:48.960 --> 01:10:51.960
from. It's just names and phone numbers.

01:10:52.000 --> 01:10:53.496
And if we look at our council papers

01:10:53.520 --> 01:10:56.056
that have been put forward by officers,

01:10:56.080 --> 01:10:59.016
 there haven't been an outcrying of

01:10:59.040 --> 01:11:01.256
community concern around the loss of

01:11:01.280 --> 01:11:04.280
parking.  and when there was

01:11:04.719 --> 01:11:07.719
engagement, I think it was in March, um

01:11:07.760 --> 01:11:09.336
there was one resident that was

01:11:09.360 --> 01:11:12.215
concerned about the loss of parking. Um

01:11:12.239 --> 01:11:13.976
and the parking, it's valid. Their

01:11:14.000 --> 01:11:15.496
concern is very valid. That parking

01:11:15.520 --> 01:11:18.520
that's lost is um adjacent to their

01:11:18.880 --> 01:11:20.616
property, but there hasn't been any

01:11:20.640 --> 01:11:21.976
other concerns raised. And I think

01:11:22.000 --> 01:11:24.456
that's really important to note because

01:11:24.480 --> 01:11:26.695
 this wombat crossing has been put

01:11:26.719 --> 01:11:28.296
forward as part of the safer cycling

01:11:28.320 --> 01:11:30.215
strategy and part of the broader work

01:11:30.239 --> 01:11:32.536
along the FiShire er Street which is the

01:11:32.560 --> 01:11:34.695
main bike linking between toi town

01:11:34.719 --> 01:11:37.719
center and um the north to key Shire ops and

01:11:38.400 --> 01:11:40.056
I know myself I've ridden along that

01:11:40.080 --> 01:11:41.896
many many times. It's a great way of

01:11:41.920 --> 01:11:43.576
connecting by bike, both, you know, the

01:11:43.600 --> 01:11:45.576
main to key or the toy town center and

01:11:45.600 --> 01:11:48.215
north to key Shire ops. And it's also used,

01:11:48.239 --> 01:11:50.056
you know, every morning and afternoon by

01:11:50.080 --> 01:11:51.655
many, many children coming back and

01:11:51.679 --> 01:11:53.175
forth from school, many high school

01:11:53.199 --> 01:11:55.496
kids, and just general people getting

01:11:55.520 --> 01:11:58.520
around. And so safety on FiShire er Street

01:11:59.040 --> 01:12:02.040
for um our, you know, for everyone, cars

01:12:02.560 --> 01:12:04.376
as well as pedestrians, bike riders,

01:12:04.400 --> 01:12:06.776
etc., is really important. And we also

01:12:06.800 --> 01:12:08.376
know that when we've put these womb back

01:12:08.400 --> 01:12:10.215
crossings in other locations, there

01:12:10.239 --> 01:12:11.816
hasn't been negative outcomes as a

01:12:11.840 --> 01:12:13.655
result of that. And people have moved

01:12:13.679 --> 01:12:15.576
forward and found other places to park

01:12:15.600 --> 01:12:17.816
their car and there hasn't been a lot of

01:12:17.840 --> 01:12:19.576
negative impact around the loss of

01:12:19.600 --> 01:12:21.896
parking. So I really think it's

01:12:21.920 --> 01:12:24.456
important to listen to petitions, take

01:12:24.480 --> 01:12:27.416
them on board, but we have um officers

01:12:27.440 --> 01:12:29.256
that then do a really diligent

01:12:29.280 --> 01:12:31.655
investigation looking at whether there

01:12:31.679 --> 01:12:33.576
is enough parking within the space with

01:12:33.600 --> 01:12:35.175
when that wombback crossing is put in

01:12:35.199 --> 01:12:37.096
place and looking at the broader impacts

01:12:37.120 --> 01:12:39.016
and then weighing up the positives and

01:12:39.040 --> 01:12:41.096
negatives. And in this instance, our

01:12:41.120 --> 01:12:42.695
officers have weighed up that yes, there

01:12:42.719 --> 01:12:44.936
is concern from some residents. Yes, in

01:12:44.960 --> 01:12:47.175
particular from one of the residents

01:12:47.199 --> 01:12:48.936
that's directly affected, but the

01:12:48.960 --> 01:12:50.536
broader benefit to the community

01:12:50.560 --> 01:12:53.016
outweighs that and that's why they are

01:12:53.040 --> 01:12:55.175
recommending that we continue with that

01:12:55.199 --> 01:12:57.096
wombat crossing because there's broader

01:12:57.120 --> 01:12:59.576
safety need and I really think we need

01:12:59.600 --> 01:13:02.056
to take consideration of the fact that

01:13:02.080 --> 01:13:03.736
none of the local businesses have raised

01:13:03.760 --> 01:13:05.896
concern. It's quite probable that being

01:13:05.920 --> 01:13:08.215
a local Shire op a lot of people walk to

01:13:08.239 --> 01:13:09.655
that Shire op, ride their bikes or get

01:13:09.679 --> 01:13:12.215
around in other ways to there um to to

01:13:12.239 --> 01:13:14.056
access that as well. So in fact the womb

01:13:14.080 --> 01:13:15.416
back cross I think could be a benefit.

01:13:15.440 --> 01:13:16.695
Parents might be more comfortable for

01:13:16.719 --> 01:13:18.056
their children to walk by themselves up

01:13:18.080 --> 01:13:19.816
to that Shire op. So I'll leave you with

01:13:19.840 --> 01:13:21.256
that and I've foreShire adowed that we

01:13:21.280 --> 01:13:23.336
revert to the original recommendation.

01:13:23.360 --> 01:13:24.376
Thank you.

01:13:24.400 --> 01:13:26.135
Thanks councelor Patterson. Do any other

01:13:26.159 --> 01:13:28.296
counselors wiShire  to speak to this motion?

01:13:28.320 --> 01:13:29.976
Councel Gri.

01:13:30.000 --> 01:13:31.976
Thank you Mayor.

01:13:32.000 --> 01:13:34.456
Is that loud enough? Um so I'll just

01:13:34.480 --> 01:13:36.456
reiterate the there's three issues to

01:13:36.480 --> 01:13:38.776
consider in making this decision. Um

01:13:38.800 --> 01:13:40.536
again the petition we've received is

01:13:40.560 --> 01:13:43.016
non-compliant. Um, but it is

01:13:43.040 --> 01:13:45.496
handwritten, so it makes me lean towards

01:13:45.520 --> 01:13:48.520
it being  more talk more  local

01:13:49.040 --> 01:13:50.456
residents that have have signed that

01:13:50.480 --> 01:13:52.616
petition. Um, but it would be good if it

01:13:52.640 --> 01:13:55.640
was compliant. , we don't know yet if

01:13:55.840 --> 01:13:57.336
enough funding is even available for the

01:13:57.360 --> 01:13:59.016
womb crossing and it appears from the

01:13:59.040 --> 01:14:01.096
officer's information to be less

01:14:01.120 --> 01:14:02.695
important than other safety features for

01:14:02.719 --> 01:14:04.296
FiShire er Street in the project budget

01:14:04.320 --> 01:14:06.456
hierarchy. , so it leads me to

01:14:06.480 --> 01:14:09.256
question is it really necessary?

01:14:09.280 --> 01:14:11.816
 parking here, as has been discussed,

01:14:11.840 --> 01:14:13.096
comes under pressure during peak

01:14:13.120 --> 01:14:14.695
business hours when the local Shire ops need

01:14:14.719 --> 01:14:16.856
fast turnover. If we take those five car

01:14:16.880 --> 01:14:19.175
park spaces away, we risk hurting

01:14:19.199 --> 01:14:20.536
businesses and puShire ing drivers into

01:14:20.560 --> 01:14:22.376
riskier, more erratic behavior,

01:14:22.400 --> 01:14:24.296
circling, ruShire ing, making unpredictable

01:14:24.320 --> 01:14:26.456
maneuvers, looking for a car park, which

01:14:26.480 --> 01:14:28.056
could actually make things less safe for

01:14:28.080 --> 01:14:30.376
cyclists, not more.

01:14:30.400 --> 01:14:32.135
 before I became a counselor, I served

01:14:32.159 --> 01:14:33.736
on the community consultation panel for

01:14:33.760 --> 01:14:36.135
the North Tori to talk town center safe

01:14:36.159 --> 01:14:38.296
cycling corridor project. , so I want

01:14:38.320 --> 01:14:40.056
to be clear. I strongly value safe

01:14:40.080 --> 01:14:42.456
cycling. However, after taking the time

01:14:42.480 --> 01:14:43.976
over the weekend to ride and observe the

01:14:44.000 --> 01:14:45.896
intersection myself, what I saw makes me

01:14:45.920 --> 01:14:47.336
question the benefits of the womb

01:14:47.360 --> 01:14:49.336
crossing for cyclists who are the group

01:14:49.360 --> 01:14:51.576
most at risk. The crossing isn't visible

01:14:51.600 --> 01:14:53.096
when riding north because of a high

01:14:53.120 --> 01:14:54.936
hedge and a fence and it's not in the

01:14:54.960 --> 01:14:57.576
natural line of travel. Cyclists and

01:14:57.600 --> 01:14:59.016
particularly the youngest cyclists will

01:14:59.040 --> 01:15:00.776
almost certainly continue straight

01:15:00.800 --> 01:15:02.296
across at the top of the street rather

01:15:02.320 --> 01:15:04.215
than detour to the setback warm back

01:15:04.239 --> 01:15:06.215
crossing.

01:15:06.239 --> 01:15:07.896
I think there are simpler and more

01:15:07.920 --> 01:15:09.416
effective safety improvements we could

01:15:09.440 --> 01:15:11.256
look at instead, such as rumble strips

01:15:11.280 --> 01:15:12.936
on FiShire er Street to slow cars down

01:15:12.960 --> 01:15:15.175
before they turn into Lockard Drive,

01:15:15.199 --> 01:15:17.256
road treatments to discourage to

01:15:17.280 --> 01:15:19.576
discourage cars cutting corners into the

01:15:19.600 --> 01:15:22.215
bike lanes on FiShire er and Lockard Drive,

01:15:22.239 --> 01:15:24.056
and rumble rumble strips and painted

01:15:24.080 --> 01:15:25.976
signage on the footpath to warn and slow

01:15:26.000 --> 01:15:27.576
both cyclists and pedestrians before

01:15:27.600 --> 01:15:29.816
crossing. These options would be cheaper

01:15:29.840 --> 01:15:32.536
and I believe safer in practice.

01:15:32.560 --> 01:15:35.016
 I therefore can't support  item two

01:15:35.040 --> 01:15:36.695
of the recommendation in this agenda,

01:15:36.719 --> 01:15:38.135
not because of the petition, but because

01:15:38.159 --> 01:15:39.976
of the questionable funding and safety

01:15:40.000 --> 01:15:42.296
outcomes of the proposal. I encourage

01:15:42.320 --> 01:15:45.016
councilors to vote with councelor

01:15:45.040 --> 01:15:46.856
Shire onfelder's proposal to allow officers

01:15:46.880 --> 01:15:49.816
the opportunity to reassess a better and

01:15:49.840 --> 01:15:51.496
more affordable safety outcome for this

01:15:51.520 --> 01:15:53.096
intersection that doesn't negatively

01:15:53.120 --> 01:15:54.616
impact the local residents and

01:15:54.640 --> 01:15:56.376
businesses nor potentially cause more

01:15:56.400 --> 01:15:58.536
harm than it resolves.

01:15:58.560 --> 01:15:59.976
Thanks, Councelor Gri. Do any other

01:16:00.000 --> 01:16:02.776
councilors wiShire  to speak to this motion?

01:16:02.800 --> 01:16:05.016
, councelor Walker.

01:16:05.040 --> 01:16:08.040
, thank you, Mayor. Um,

01:16:08.080 --> 01:16:10.135
yeah, Walmart crossings are a key safe

01:16:10.159 --> 01:16:11.976
system infrastructure solution to

01:16:12.000 --> 01:16:14.135
provide a safer road network and also

01:16:14.159 --> 01:16:15.896
encourage active transport and reduce

01:16:15.920 --> 01:16:17.336
the need to use vehicles when moving

01:16:17.360 --> 01:16:20.056
around townShire ips. However, given that

01:16:20.080 --> 01:16:22.776
180 signatures  regardless if it's um

01:16:22.800 --> 01:16:24.776
compliant with the petition and the five

01:16:24.800 --> 01:16:26.695
car parks, there's also a large vacant

01:16:26.719 --> 01:16:28.936
block um that sits there as yet to be

01:16:28.960 --> 01:16:31.576
determined what will go there. Um if

01:16:31.600 --> 01:16:33.175
this is put in there, who knows what

01:16:33.199 --> 01:16:34.376
will what will be there if it's

01:16:34.400 --> 01:16:35.736
residential or not. There might be more

01:16:35.760 --> 01:16:37.496
demand for parking also. So, we've got

01:16:37.520 --> 01:16:39.736
to note that also. Um and also noting

01:16:39.760 --> 01:16:41.336
from the recommendation or from the

01:16:41.360 --> 01:16:42.695
reports, but there's no reported

01:16:42.719 --> 01:16:45.719
accidents at Lockard Drive intersection

01:16:45.760 --> 01:16:48.760
um as such. um definitely support 

01:16:50.320 --> 01:16:52.616
safer cycling and road infrastructure,

01:16:52.640 --> 01:16:54.695
but as again um as councelor Chris Gris

01:16:54.719 --> 01:16:56.135
point out that the funding might not be

01:16:56.159 --> 01:16:57.736
there and and it's also been highlighted

01:16:57.760 --> 01:17:00.296
that's not a priority for other projects

01:17:00.320 --> 01:17:03.320
and I would be reluctant to um support

01:17:04.159 --> 01:17:07.016
um yeah support having a warm crossing

01:17:07.040 --> 01:17:08.616
there at the moment.

01:17:08.640 --> 01:17:10.456
Thanks councelor Walker. Do any

01:17:10.480 --> 01:17:11.576
councelor Phelps?

01:17:11.600 --> 01:17:13.256
Thank you Mayor. Um, I'd just like to

01:17:13.280 --> 01:17:15.655
say I'm I'm a very big proponent of of

01:17:15.679 --> 01:17:17.336
human behavior where going with human

01:17:17.360 --> 01:17:19.016
behavior rather than trying to fight it.

01:17:19.040 --> 01:17:20.776
Um, so I appreciate councelor Barker's

01:17:20.800 --> 01:17:23.096
point about the the natural inclination

01:17:23.120 --> 01:17:24.456
of people to go straight. And I have to

01:17:24.480 --> 01:17:25.816
say looking at the diagram, it looks

01:17:25.840 --> 01:17:27.736
like there are going to be ramps on the

01:17:27.760 --> 01:17:29.655
corners of the intersection. Why would

01:17:29.679 --> 01:17:31.816
you go 10 m up the road, cross over, and

01:17:31.840 --> 01:17:34.840
then walk 10 m back? Um, so on that

01:17:35.040 --> 01:17:37.096
basis, I'm I'm convinced that it would

01:17:37.120 --> 01:17:39.175
be while back crossings work a treat. We

01:17:39.199 --> 01:17:41.336
know they do. Um, that's probably the

01:17:41.360 --> 01:17:43.016
wrong location for one. I'm not sure

01:17:43.040 --> 01:17:45.096
that human behavior would would use it

01:17:45.120 --> 01:17:46.776
as much as intended.

01:17:46.800 --> 01:17:47.576
Thank you, Mayor.

01:17:47.600 --> 01:17:49.175
Thank you. Do any other counselors wiShire 

01:17:49.199 --> 01:17:50.536
to speak to this motion? Councelor

01:17:50.560 --> 01:17:51.096
Burke.

01:17:51.120 --> 01:17:53.976
Thank you, Mayor. , yeah, I I would

01:17:54.000 --> 01:17:55.576
like to see other planning options

01:17:55.600 --> 01:17:57.976
around this proposal. Um, I don't feel

01:17:58.000 --> 01:17:59.655
this particular recommendation's going

01:17:59.679 --> 01:18:02.679
to hit the mark for its intention. Um,

01:18:03.280 --> 01:18:06.280
so I'll be supporting Councelor Sean

01:18:06.480 --> 01:18:08.215
Fer.

01:18:08.239 --> 01:18:09.816
Thanks, Councelor Burke. Are there any

01:18:09.840 --> 01:18:11.736
closing comments? Councelor Sean Feler.

01:18:11.760 --> 01:18:12.936
No, thank you.

01:18:12.960 --> 01:18:15.175
We'll put that motion to a vote. All

01:18:15.199 --> 01:18:18.199
those in favor

01:18:18.719 --> 01:18:21.719
and against.

01:18:22.400 --> 01:18:25.400
Thank you. That motion is carried. 

01:18:26.159 --> 01:18:29.159
62.

01:18:35.120 --> 01:18:38.120
The next item 4.2 Two is audit and risk

01:18:38.640 --> 01:18:41.640
committee bianual activity report. The

01:18:41.679 --> 01:18:43.736
purpose of this report is to provide

01:18:43.760 --> 01:18:45.655
councilors with an update on the

01:18:45.679 --> 01:18:48.296
activities, findings and recommendations

01:18:48.320 --> 01:18:50.296
of the audit and risk committee for the

01:18:50.320 --> 01:18:53.320
past 6 months as required by section 545

01:18:54.719 --> 01:18:57.416
of the local government act 2020. We

01:18:57.440 --> 01:18:59.336
have a recommendation before us. Does

01:18:59.360 --> 01:19:01.576
anyone wiShire  to move a motion? Council

01:19:01.600 --> 01:19:04.215
Gri. What is the motion? As per the

01:19:04.239 --> 01:19:05.655
recommendation recommendation. Thanks.

01:19:05.679 --> 01:19:07.096
Thanks, Councelor Gri. Is there a

01:19:07.120 --> 01:19:09.736
second?

01:19:09.760 --> 01:19:12.695
, councelor Patterson. Thanks,

01:19:12.719 --> 01:19:15.576
Councelor Gri. Thanks, Mayor. , the

01:19:15.600 --> 01:19:16.936
audit and risk committee's work and the

01:19:16.960 --> 01:19:18.936
bannual report is an important mechanism

01:19:18.960 --> 01:19:20.936
to ensure council is managing finances

01:19:20.960 --> 01:19:22.856
with a high degree of diligence to meet

01:19:22.880 --> 01:19:25.016
to help meet all legal and statutory

01:19:25.040 --> 01:19:27.816
requirements. During  the recent

01:19:27.840 --> 01:19:28.936
period, the committee accompliShire ed

01:19:28.960 --> 01:19:30.936
several important outcomes. 

01:19:30.960 --> 01:19:32.776
strengthening governance, we fareweed

01:19:32.800 --> 01:19:34.135
one member of the art committee and

01:19:34.159 --> 01:19:36.376
welcomed a new appointee, ensuring

01:19:36.400 --> 01:19:38.936
continuity of expertise. We also oversaw

01:19:38.960 --> 01:19:40.936
the review and adoption of the updated

01:19:40.960 --> 01:19:42.616
committee charter in February, which

01:19:42.640 --> 01:19:44.695
keeps us aligned with the local

01:19:44.719 --> 01:19:46.936
government act.

01:19:46.960 --> 01:19:48.936
Improving financial management. Across

01:19:48.960 --> 01:19:50.376
three meetings, we carefully reviewed

01:19:50.400 --> 01:19:52.616
council's quarterly budget reports. We

01:19:52.640 --> 01:19:54.536
confirmed that key financial indicators

01:19:54.560 --> 01:19:57.496
remain strong and raised no concerns. We

01:19:57.520 --> 01:19:59.175
also commended staff for improvements in

01:19:59.199 --> 01:20:00.616
accounting practices including

01:20:00.640 --> 01:20:02.695
streamlining superenuation and asset

01:20:02.719 --> 01:20:04.616
accounting.

01:20:04.640 --> 01:20:06.856
Supporting audit quality, we received

01:20:06.880 --> 01:20:08.776
the Victorian auditor general's audit

01:20:08.800 --> 01:20:10.215
strategy and the interim management

01:20:10.239 --> 01:20:11.896
letter. Only one business improvement

01:20:11.920 --> 01:20:14.920
opportunity was identified on policy

01:20:14.960 --> 01:20:16.936
review timelines and management is

01:20:16.960 --> 01:20:19.416
already addressing this.

01:20:19.440 --> 01:20:21.416
Advancing risk management. We endorsed

01:20:21.440 --> 01:20:23.655
an updated risk management policy and

01:20:23.679 --> 01:20:25.256
framework that now specifically

01:20:25.280 --> 01:20:27.096
incorporates a climate risk and business

01:20:27.120 --> 01:20:28.776
continuity planning strengthening

01:20:28.800 --> 01:20:31.416
council's resilience.

01:20:31.440 --> 01:20:33.416
Modernizing internal controls, we

01:20:33.440 --> 01:20:35.576
monitored cyber and information security

01:20:35.600 --> 01:20:37.256
and for the first time reviewed a draft

01:20:37.280 --> 01:20:39.816
artificial intelligence policy. This set

01:20:39.840 --> 01:20:42.135
surf cohire apart as an early mover in

01:20:42.159 --> 01:20:45.159
responsibly responsibly planning for AI

01:20:45.199 --> 01:20:48.199
 and its use in local government.

01:20:48.719 --> 01:20:50.376
Driving accountability through internal

01:20:50.400 --> 01:20:52.296
audit. We reviewed and tracked progress

01:20:52.320 --> 01:20:53.896
on several audits including public

01:20:53.920 --> 01:20:55.256
health compliance, developer

01:20:55.280 --> 01:20:57.096
contributions, asset management, and

01:20:57.120 --> 01:20:59.175
financial controls. We also endorsed the

01:20:59.199 --> 01:21:02.199
2526 strategic internal audit plan,

01:21:02.800 --> 01:21:04.536
ensuring a clear program of assurance

01:21:04.560 --> 01:21:06.616
work going forward.

01:21:06.640 --> 01:21:07.976
In Shire ort, this period has been about

01:21:08.000 --> 01:21:09.256
strengthening council's governance

01:21:09.280 --> 01:21:11.576
foundations, improving transparency, and

01:21:11.600 --> 01:21:12.856
positioning the organization for

01:21:12.880 --> 01:21:14.695
challenges such as natural disaster risk

01:21:14.719 --> 01:21:16.776
and the emer emergence of artificial

01:21:16.800 --> 01:21:18.936
intelligence. I recommend councils

01:21:18.960 --> 01:21:20.616
receive the report.

01:21:20.640 --> 01:21:22.056
Thank you, councelor Gri. Councelor

01:21:22.080 --> 01:21:25.080
Patterson.

01:21:28.320 --> 01:21:30.296
Thank you.  and thank you councelor

01:21:30.320 --> 01:21:31.976
Gri for that wonderful summary of of

01:21:32.000 --> 01:21:33.655
what we've been doing. Councelor Grist

01:21:33.679 --> 01:21:35.256
and I are both on the audit and risk

01:21:35.280 --> 01:21:37.576
committee. Um and as has already been

01:21:37.600 --> 01:21:39.976
raised, this um banual update is a way

01:21:40.000 --> 01:21:41.576
to formally note and receive the work

01:21:41.600 --> 01:21:42.856
carried out by the audit and risk

01:21:42.880 --> 01:21:45.016
committee. Um it ensures that council

01:21:45.040 --> 01:21:46.936
remains updated on key audit and risk

01:21:46.960 --> 01:21:49.960
matters. Um and it's really about public

01:21:50.400 --> 01:21:52.135
transparency as well. great for the

01:21:52.159 --> 01:21:53.655
community to also see in the agenda

01:21:53.679 --> 01:21:55.416
papers what happens at our audit risk

01:21:55.440 --> 01:21:58.440
committee and um what I so what I might

01:21:59.199 --> 01:22:01.336
talk about is the recent  Victorian

01:22:01.360 --> 01:22:03.976
auditor general's  report results of

01:22:04.000 --> 01:22:06.615
the 23 to 24 audits local government and

01:22:06.639 --> 01:22:08.856
this demonstrated that Surf Coast is a

01:22:08.880 --> 01:22:11.016
real leader in the sector and in the

01:22:11.040 --> 01:22:12.215
words of the audit and risk chair

01:22:12.239 --> 01:22:15.239
Michael um in his summary of that to us

01:22:16.000 --> 01:22:18.135
he says that the Surf Coast council

01:22:18.159 --> 01:22:21.096
emerges from the 2324 Vega audit cycle

01:22:21.120 --> 01:22:22.936
as a model of elegant local government

01:22:22.960 --> 01:22:25.175
practice. In his view, the Shire 's

01:22:25.199 --> 01:22:27.576
strengths are its financial its fiscal

01:22:27.600 --> 01:22:29.336
responsibility, governance,

01:22:29.360 --> 01:22:30.936
infrastructure planning, and proactive

01:22:30.960 --> 01:22:33.096
risk management, which sets a positive

01:22:33.120 --> 01:22:35.096
example for peer councils across the

01:22:35.120 --> 01:22:37.096
state. Now, they're his words and I

01:22:37.120 --> 01:22:38.615
think and he's very well respected

01:22:38.639 --> 01:22:41.175
within the local government sector um as

01:22:41.199 --> 01:22:43.175
well as as what's come in that report.

01:22:43.199 --> 01:22:45.416
And so, I think that's um a great thing

01:22:45.440 --> 01:22:47.016
to hear about the council that we are

01:22:47.040 --> 01:22:49.096
all a part of. Um, and I commend our

01:22:49.120 --> 01:22:50.376
officers for the wonderful work that

01:22:50.400 --> 01:22:52.856
they're doing. So, thank you very much.

01:22:52.880 --> 01:22:54.296
Thank you, councelor Patterson. Do any

01:22:54.320 --> 01:22:56.056
other counselors wiShire  to speak to this

01:22:56.080 --> 01:22:58.776
item? Councelor Phelps.

01:22:58.800 --> 01:23:01.016
As  councelor Gri has noted, the um

01:23:01.040 --> 01:23:03.175
audit risk committee by report is

01:23:03.199 --> 01:23:05.175
mandatory by law and provides

01:23:05.199 --> 01:23:06.936
independent oversight of council's

01:23:06.960 --> 01:23:08.135
governance, risk management, and

01:23:08.159 --> 01:23:10.936
internal control practices. These

01:23:10.960 --> 01:23:12.135
members are the members of this

01:23:12.159 --> 01:23:14.456
committee are industry experts who know

01:23:14.480 --> 01:23:16.135
what they're looking at and what they're

01:23:16.159 --> 01:23:19.159
looking for. I believe no items of sign

01:23:19.440 --> 01:23:21.096
significant concern have been raised and

01:23:21.120 --> 01:23:22.776
in fact surf cohire management have been

01:23:22.800 --> 01:23:24.936
complemented in a number of areas again

01:23:24.960 --> 01:23:26.536
as councilors Grist and Patterson have

01:23:26.560 --> 01:23:28.536
mentioned the audit and risk committee

01:23:28.560 --> 01:23:30.376
which includes councelor representation

01:23:30.400 --> 01:23:32.456
by councilors Grist and Patterson gives

01:23:32.480 --> 01:23:34.215
me confidence that we can both trust the

01:23:34.239 --> 01:23:36.456
financials being presented and also that

01:23:36.480 --> 01:23:37.655
the right things are in place to

01:23:37.679 --> 01:23:39.336
reasonably protect against the likes of

01:23:39.360 --> 01:23:41.736
fraud and corruption and accordingly I

01:23:41.760 --> 01:23:43.256
support the recommendation to receive

01:23:43.280 --> 01:23:44.615
this report.

01:23:44.639 --> 01:23:46.135
Thank you councelor Phelps. Do any other

01:23:46.159 --> 01:23:49.159
counselors wiShire  to speak to this item?

01:23:49.520 --> 01:23:51.576
No. Thank you. And are there any closing

01:23:51.600 --> 01:23:53.256
comments, councelor Grist?

01:23:53.280 --> 01:23:54.615
No. Thank you, Mayor.

01:23:54.639 --> 01:23:56.536
Okay, we'll put that motion to a vote.

01:23:56.560 --> 01:23:59.560
All those in favor?

01:23:59.679 --> 01:24:00.936
Thanks. That motion is carried

01:24:00.960 --> 01:24:03.960
unanimously.

01:24:05.199 --> 01:24:08.199
Item 4.3 by annual customer experience

01:24:08.639 --> 01:24:11.639
update January to June 2025. The purpose

01:24:12.000 --> 01:24:13.976
of this report is to provide council

01:24:14.000 --> 01:24:15.976
with the customer experience bianual

01:24:16.000 --> 01:24:19.000
update for January to June 2025. We have

01:24:19.920 --> 01:24:21.736
a recommendation. Does anyone wiShire  to

01:24:21.760 --> 01:24:24.760
move a motion?

01:24:25.520 --> 01:24:28.215
 councelor Patterson. Is that as per

01:24:28.239 --> 01:24:30.615
the recommendation?

01:24:30.639 --> 01:24:33.016
Thanks. And seconded. Thank you. And

01:24:33.040 --> 01:24:35.736
seconded by councelor Phelps. Thanks

01:24:35.760 --> 01:24:38.760
councelor Patterson.

01:24:38.800 --> 01:24:40.776
Thank you. So, um, through this banual

01:24:40.800 --> 01:24:42.695
customer experience update, um, it's

01:24:42.719 --> 01:24:44.296
clear that council works hard to respond

01:24:44.320 --> 01:24:46.936
to customer requests. Over 18,000

01:24:46.960 --> 01:24:49.256
requests in the six months reporting

01:24:49.280 --> 01:24:51.655
period. Um, this bannual customer

01:24:51.679 --> 01:24:53.416
experience update provides information

01:24:53.440 --> 01:24:55.336
about council's performance against a

01:24:55.360 --> 01:24:57.816
range of um, metrics. It ensures that

01:24:57.840 --> 01:24:59.896
council continues to understand the

01:24:59.920 --> 01:25:02.056
customer experience it's providing. Um,

01:25:02.080 --> 01:25:04.056
and it enables us to learn from feedback

01:25:04.080 --> 01:25:06.215
to better meet our customers

01:25:06.239 --> 01:25:09.239
expectations. The data in this report I

01:25:09.520 --> 01:25:11.736
think demonstrates customers receive

01:25:11.760 --> 01:25:13.655
consistent service complaints are

01:25:13.679 --> 01:25:15.736
managed through council's policy and the

01:25:15.760 --> 01:25:17.576
vast majority of tasks are completed

01:25:17.600 --> 01:25:19.336
with the design within the designated

01:25:19.360 --> 01:25:21.576
time fra time frames. Customer

01:25:21.600 --> 01:25:23.416
satisfaction is high when people have

01:25:23.440 --> 01:25:25.496
received a service or interacted with

01:25:25.520 --> 01:25:28.215
council. Um and the results are

01:25:28.239 --> 01:25:30.056
generally an improvement on the last 6

01:25:30.080 --> 01:25:32.215
months. The report also demonstrates

01:25:32.239 --> 01:25:34.056
that council is implementing a number of

01:25:34.080 --> 01:25:36.056
actions to repro to improve the

01:25:36.080 --> 01:25:37.816
performance it provides when it comes to

01:25:37.840 --> 01:25:39.576
customer experience. So even though we

01:25:39.600 --> 01:25:41.655
have a good level of customer

01:25:41.679 --> 01:25:43.416
experience, we are doing things to

01:25:43.440 --> 01:25:45.016
continue to improve that and this

01:25:45.040 --> 01:25:47.256
includes a new customer request software

01:25:47.280 --> 01:25:49.175
to improve and encourage self-service

01:25:49.199 --> 01:25:51.816
options and online support. Um some

01:25:51.840 --> 01:25:53.416
other things to note are the civil

01:25:53.440 --> 01:25:55.655
maintenance resource increase as per the

01:25:55.679 --> 01:25:57.576
budget which takes into effect straight

01:25:57.600 --> 01:25:59.096
away and this will increase maintenance

01:25:59.120 --> 01:26:00.695
efforts on sealed roads and unsealed

01:26:00.719 --> 01:26:02.056
roads and that's some of the areas that

01:26:02.080 --> 01:26:04.536
we can continue to improve and then also

01:26:04.560 --> 01:26:07.560
the continuation of um the

01:26:07.600 --> 01:26:09.175
implementation of recommendations from

01:26:09.199 --> 01:26:11.576
the unsealed road review. Um this will

01:26:11.600 --> 01:26:13.416
also be some important work because I

01:26:13.440 --> 01:26:15.096
think you know we see this data in the

01:26:15.120 --> 01:26:17.336
banual pism experience but it's then

01:26:17.360 --> 01:26:18.856
great to see what council is doing to

01:26:18.880 --> 01:26:21.256
continue to evolve and and improve on

01:26:21.280 --> 01:26:24.056
already good results but also I think we

01:26:24.080 --> 01:26:26.135
can't really talk about customer

01:26:26.159 --> 01:26:28.776
experience without talking about the

01:26:28.800 --> 01:26:31.800
recent results from the snaps solve um

01:26:32.320 --> 01:26:34.695
review or or you know survey that was

01:26:34.719 --> 01:26:36.376
recently publiShire ed in the herald sun and

01:26:36.400 --> 01:26:38.296
if you're not aware of snaps solve app

01:26:38.320 --> 01:26:39.736
it's a really easy way to log your

01:26:39.760 --> 01:26:41.976
concerns and maintenance issues for um

01:26:42.000 --> 01:26:44.056
local government.  but based on their

01:26:44.080 --> 01:26:45.896
evaluation, Surf KoShire er is ranked

01:26:45.920 --> 01:26:47.576
eightth in the state in terms of

01:26:47.600 --> 01:26:49.736
satisfaction. Um and the data uses a mix

01:26:49.760 --> 01:26:51.816
of incident reports as well as a survey

01:26:51.840 --> 01:26:54.840
of 13,700 rate payers to gauge

01:26:55.199 --> 01:26:56.776
satisfaction on a range of factors

01:26:56.800 --> 01:26:59.016
looking at roads, parking, footpaths,

01:26:59.040 --> 01:27:00.536
waste, and graffiti. And councelor

01:27:00.560 --> 01:27:01.816
Phelps called that out in the

01:27:01.840 --> 01:27:04.776
presentations

01:27:04.800 --> 01:27:06.296
earlier

01:27:06.320 --> 01:27:09.016
um in at the beginning of this meeting.

01:27:09.040 --> 01:27:11.016
So look, overall um we can see there's

01:27:11.040 --> 01:27:12.615
been many many customer requests coming

01:27:12.639 --> 01:27:15.416
into council.  it's and there's some

01:27:15.440 --> 01:27:17.256
varying data, but the general trend is

01:27:17.280 --> 01:27:19.096
an is an improvement. Um and then we can

01:27:19.120 --> 01:27:20.376
look at it then from that other snap

01:27:20.400 --> 01:27:21.736
sense old results which really

01:27:21.760 --> 01:27:23.496
demonstrate that it's a tough gig

01:27:23.520 --> 01:27:25.016
working in local government and we're

01:27:25.040 --> 01:27:26.776
still and we're ranked about eighth in

01:27:26.800 --> 01:27:28.296
the state on the experience that we

01:27:28.320 --> 01:27:31.320
provide. So  I encourage you to um

01:27:31.600 --> 01:27:33.816
support the motion. Thank you.

01:27:33.840 --> 01:27:35.496
Thanks Councelor Patterson. Councelor

01:27:35.520 --> 01:27:36.456
Phelps.

01:27:36.480 --> 01:27:38.376
Thank you Mayor. Um I think this

01:27:38.400 --> 01:27:40.296
customer experience update  for the

01:27:40.320 --> 01:27:41.736
first half of this year reflects well on

01:27:41.760 --> 01:27:43.816
circos and it's pleasing to see a number

01:27:43.840 --> 01:27:46.776
of improvements flowing from it. Um in

01:27:46.800 --> 01:27:48.456
particular I too would like to highlight

01:27:48.480 --> 01:27:50.215
the new more efficient system for the

01:27:50.239 --> 01:27:51.496
public to report issues and make

01:27:51.520 --> 01:27:54.296
requests. Um a strengthened focus on

01:27:54.320 --> 01:27:56.936
more and better communication and a

01:27:56.960 --> 01:27:58.296
significant step up in the maintenance

01:27:58.320 --> 01:28:00.695
of sealed and unsealed roads. Um no

01:28:00.719 --> 01:28:02.536
organization of this size and complexity

01:28:02.560 --> 01:28:04.376
is perfect and there will always be

01:28:04.400 --> 01:28:06.296
opportunity for improvement. I'm

01:28:06.320 --> 01:28:08.056
confident updates like this are taken as

01:28:08.080 --> 01:28:10.376
intended as clues on how to do better. I

01:28:10.400 --> 01:28:11.816
look forward to seeing a comparison of

01:28:11.840 --> 01:28:14.056
this update to the same time next year.

01:28:14.080 --> 01:28:15.016
Thank you, mate.

01:28:15.040 --> 01:28:16.936
Thank you. Do any other councilors wiShire 

01:28:16.960 --> 01:28:19.896
to speak to this item? Councelor Barker.

01:28:19.920 --> 01:28:22.536
Cheers. Um received plenty of metrics,

01:28:22.560 --> 01:28:25.560
call times, um digital update provider

01:28:26.000 --> 01:28:28.615
score. Um but what's missing is any link

01:28:28.639 --> 01:28:31.576
to cost efficiency. Um how does each

01:28:31.600 --> 01:28:34.600
resolve? how does each  complaint or

01:28:35.280 --> 01:28:37.736
request get resolved and what's it cost?

01:28:37.760 --> 01:28:40.760
Um because without knowing that um we

01:28:41.760 --> 01:28:43.976
can't really improve or Shire ow you full

01:28:44.000 --> 01:28:47.000
transparency of the process. Um

01:28:49.280 --> 01:28:51.336
we refer to residents and rate payers as

01:28:51.360 --> 01:28:53.175
customers. I have a significant

01:28:53.199 --> 01:28:55.336
opposition to this. Customers implies

01:28:55.360 --> 01:28:57.256
that people have a choice. They can go

01:28:57.280 --> 01:28:59.976
to Surf Coast Shire ia A or Surf Coast Shire  B.

01:29:00.000 --> 01:29:02.615
That's not the case.

01:29:02.639 --> 01:29:05.576
We're residents and rate payers.

01:29:05.600 --> 01:29:08.536
We Shire ould be elevated above the the

01:29:08.560 --> 01:29:11.560
status of customer because it's not us

01:29:13.040 --> 01:29:14.936
as residents and rate payers coming to

01:29:14.960 --> 01:29:17.960
the organization by choice. We are

01:29:18.000 --> 01:29:20.536
forced to pay for the services that

01:29:20.560 --> 01:29:23.560
council run and I think that needs to be

01:29:24.000 --> 01:29:27.000
understood.

01:29:28.239 --> 01:29:29.576
Now, if you have a look, it's only a

01:29:29.600 --> 01:29:31.256
marginal increase, but complaints

01:29:31.280 --> 01:29:33.496
investigated under policy has increased.

01:29:33.520 --> 01:29:34.936
That to me indicates that there's

01:29:34.960 --> 01:29:37.096
failings that need a resolution, and

01:29:37.120 --> 01:29:40.120
this report does not does not expand on

01:29:40.560 --> 01:29:43.336
that. Um,

01:29:43.360 --> 01:29:45.016
further on down in the report, you'll

01:29:45.040 --> 01:29:47.496
see the community satisfaction survey.

01:29:47.520 --> 01:29:49.816
You'll notice that many metrics are

01:29:49.840 --> 01:29:52.840
reducing over time, which Shire ows a lack

01:29:52.960 --> 01:29:55.256
of trust from the community in the

01:29:55.280 --> 01:29:56.456
service that they're getting from

01:29:56.480 --> 01:29:59.480
council. But if you look really closely,

01:30:00.239 --> 01:30:02.856
you'll see marginal upticks in the year

01:30:02.880 --> 01:30:05.336
after a local government election. Shire ows

01:30:05.360 --> 01:30:06.856
that people are sort of like, "Yeah, we

01:30:06.880 --> 01:30:08.936
had the election, we got change, and

01:30:08.960 --> 01:30:11.736
then it continues on a downward trend."

01:30:11.760 --> 01:30:14.695
Um,

01:30:14.719 --> 01:30:17.719
overall looking at the stats from the

01:30:18.239 --> 01:30:20.376
year after the last general council

01:30:20.400 --> 01:30:23.400
election, the stats are down again. So

01:30:23.440 --> 01:30:25.736
whatever we are doing is contributing

01:30:25.760 --> 01:30:28.760
negatively to the experience that people

01:30:29.520 --> 01:30:31.816
who answer the community satisfaction

01:30:31.840 --> 01:30:34.376
survey are giving.

01:30:34.400 --> 01:30:36.296
So publiShire ing the data is good but

01:30:36.320 --> 01:30:39.096
metrics without a value for money

01:30:39.120 --> 01:30:42.120
element  just risk being as window

01:30:42.159 --> 01:30:43.976
dressing I'll support it because it's

01:30:44.000 --> 01:30:46.456
simply noting it but there's a lot to

01:30:46.480 --> 01:30:48.615
gain out of this and if we don't reflect

01:30:48.639 --> 01:30:51.639
on the areas that we can improve on

01:30:52.239 --> 01:30:53.816
I can just see that that community

01:30:53.840 --> 01:30:56.215
satisfaction result is going to is going

01:30:56.239 --> 01:30:59.239
to continue to decline.

01:30:59.280 --> 01:31:00.856
Thank you councelor Barker councelor

01:31:00.880 --> 01:31:01.896
Walker.

01:31:01.920 --> 01:31:04.920
 thank you Mayor. Um, as it's as it's

01:31:05.520 --> 01:31:08.520
stated, it's a  um not a customer

01:31:10.080 --> 01:31:13.080
satisfaction survey, but a um

01:31:14.400 --> 01:31:17.336
community satisfaction survey, which is

01:31:17.360 --> 01:31:19.016
great. So, the word community is great

01:31:19.040 --> 01:31:20.296
instead of customer. So, I agree with

01:31:20.320 --> 01:31:23.096
that, Council Bucker. Um

01:31:23.120 --> 01:31:25.655
600 respondents rated council 57 out of

01:31:25.679 --> 01:31:27.816
100 for overall performance, same time

01:31:27.840 --> 01:31:30.135
as last year's result.  seven points

01:31:30.159 --> 01:31:33.159
higher. Um that's not easy working in

01:31:33.760 --> 01:31:35.096
any levels of government and trust

01:31:35.120 --> 01:31:36.615
overall in all levels of governments can

01:31:36.639 --> 01:31:38.615
be lower. However, there are some key

01:31:38.639 --> 01:31:41.096
insights, improvements and responses to

01:31:41.120 --> 01:31:42.536
the customer data presented in the

01:31:42.560 --> 01:31:44.376
report  including council's

01:31:44.400 --> 01:31:45.816
implementing a new customer request

01:31:45.840 --> 01:31:47.816
service software system to improve and

01:31:47.840 --> 01:31:50.215
encourage self-service options online

01:31:50.239 --> 01:31:51.736
which will keep customers informed in

01:31:51.760 --> 01:31:53.016
real time of the progress of the

01:31:53.040 --> 01:31:55.576
request.  clear and ongoing improved

01:31:55.600 --> 01:31:57.096
communications with stakeholders and

01:31:57.120 --> 01:31:59.896
customers. Um and a few other things in

01:31:59.920 --> 01:32:02.536
the report. So, it's a good report for

01:32:02.560 --> 01:32:04.776
transparency, but also a good report to

01:32:04.800 --> 01:32:07.336
Shire ow where we can improve in in all

01:32:07.360 --> 01:32:10.360
levels of  government, not just local

01:32:10.400 --> 01:32:13.336
government. Um, so yes, I will be

01:32:13.360 --> 01:32:15.256
supporting this report.

01:32:15.280 --> 01:32:16.856
Thanks, Councelor Walker. Do any other

01:32:16.880 --> 01:32:19.880
counselors wiShire  to speak to this item?

01:32:20.159 --> 01:32:21.096
Councelor Schonfelder.

01:32:21.120 --> 01:32:23.816
, Mayor, I'd like to say briefly that

01:32:23.840 --> 01:32:26.376
the results seem to be similar to the

01:32:26.400 --> 01:32:27.896
previous year, which I think is a

01:32:27.920 --> 01:32:29.976
positive. So, I think if the results

01:32:30.000 --> 01:32:33.000
weren't similar, um, it'd be more of a a

01:32:34.080 --> 01:32:35.655
concern.

01:32:35.679 --> 01:32:37.976
I like to think of different members of

01:32:38.000 --> 01:32:41.000
the community as being stakeholders. I

01:32:41.280 --> 01:32:42.695
know we've talked about what are their

01:32:42.719 --> 01:32:45.496
customers or , rateayers and

01:32:45.520 --> 01:32:47.416
residents, but I think we can all agree

01:32:47.440 --> 01:32:50.296
that they're stakeholders.

01:32:50.320 --> 01:32:53.320
So um and like councelor Phelps, I look

01:32:53.440 --> 01:32:56.440
forward to  seeing next year's result

01:32:57.600 --> 01:33:00.600
and hoping that's a better result. And I

01:33:01.199 --> 01:33:03.816
do concur with my colleagues that each

01:33:03.840 --> 01:33:05.416
level of government there are a lot of

01:33:05.440 --> 01:33:08.440
challenges and  one prime minister

01:33:08.800 --> 01:33:11.800
said life wasn't meant to be easy. So

01:33:11.840 --> 01:33:13.096
thank you Mayor.

01:33:13.120 --> 01:33:14.615
Thanks councelor Shire anfelder. Do any

01:33:14.639 --> 01:33:15.976
other councilors wiShire  to speak to the

01:33:16.000 --> 01:33:17.175
motion? Councelor Berg.

01:33:17.199 --> 01:33:19.496
Thank you Mayor.  I think it's really

01:33:19.520 --> 01:33:21.976
important that we get um these insights

01:33:22.000 --> 01:33:25.000
and feedback. Um I've I also am of the

01:33:25.600 --> 01:33:28.536
mindset that a customer is completely

01:33:28.560 --> 01:33:31.560
off the mark in terms of um a definition

01:33:32.880 --> 01:33:35.880
there.  and and I'm also keen to see

01:33:36.239 --> 01:33:39.239
how we can  improve noting these the

01:33:40.239 --> 01:33:42.135
feedback that we've got and and how we

01:33:42.159 --> 01:33:44.376
can benchmark ourselves and and commit

01:33:44.400 --> 01:33:47.400
to better results this time next year.

01:33:47.440 --> 01:33:50.215
Thank you, councelor Burke. Do any other

01:33:50.239 --> 01:33:52.856
counselors wiShire  to speak to the item?

01:33:52.880 --> 01:33:55.096
No. Thank you. And are there any closing

01:33:55.120 --> 01:33:57.976
comments? Councelor Patterson?

01:33:58.000 --> 01:34:01.000
Yes, Lee. Thank you, Mayor. Um, I just

01:34:01.040 --> 01:34:02.695
wanted to note that the results of the

01:34:02.719 --> 01:34:04.695
community satisfaction survey. It's a

01:34:04.719 --> 01:34:07.256
phone based survey. Um, and there were

01:34:07.280 --> 01:34:09.175
400 permanent residents and 200

01:34:09.199 --> 01:34:11.016
non-permanent residents that took part

01:34:11.040 --> 01:34:14.040
in that survey, but it took 18,400 phone

01:34:14.880 --> 01:34:17.496
calls to achieve that those 600

01:34:17.520 --> 01:34:19.416
responses. So, I think we need to think

01:34:19.440 --> 01:34:21.016
about that in light of the responses

01:34:21.040 --> 01:34:23.416
that have come forward. And really, the

01:34:23.440 --> 01:34:26.440
Snap Smol um evaluation I think is a far

01:34:27.199 --> 01:34:29.256
better a more modern way of evaluating

01:34:29.280 --> 01:34:31.256
sort of the performance of our our

01:34:31.280 --> 01:34:33.256
council. Um, and it's great to see how

01:34:33.280 --> 01:34:34.856
well we're performing when when we look

01:34:34.880 --> 01:34:37.816
at that. I think it was 15,000 um actual

01:34:37.840 --> 01:34:40.840
surveys and not just the 600 from 18,000

01:34:40.960 --> 01:34:43.416
calls.  but still regardless of

01:34:43.440 --> 01:34:45.336
whatever medium it is to get that do

01:34:45.360 --> 01:34:47.175
those surveys, we need to take those

01:34:47.199 --> 01:34:49.256
results on board and we always want to

01:34:49.280 --> 01:34:51.496
move forward and improve and and

01:34:51.520 --> 01:34:54.056
increase the performance and and the way

01:34:54.080 --> 01:34:56.615
that our community is um being responded

01:34:56.639 --> 01:34:58.296
to. So thank you.

01:34:58.320 --> 01:34:59.816
Thanks Councelor Patterson. We'll put

01:34:59.840 --> 01:35:02.840
the motion to a vote. All in favor?

01:35:04.000 --> 01:35:07.000
Thanks. That's carried unanimously.

01:35:07.920 --> 01:35:10.920
The next item is 4.4

01:35:11.600 --> 01:35:14.456
MAV or Municipal Association of Victoria

01:35:14.480 --> 01:35:16.856
October state council meeting motion.

01:35:16.880 --> 01:35:19.416
The purpose of this report is to seek

01:35:19.440 --> 01:35:21.736
council's retrospective endorsement of a

01:35:21.760 --> 01:35:23.736
motion to be tabled at the Municipal

01:35:23.760 --> 01:35:26.296
Association of Victoria State Council

01:35:26.320 --> 01:35:28.135
meeting to be held on the 10th of

01:35:28.159 --> 01:35:30.056
October this year. We have a

01:35:30.080 --> 01:35:32.056
recommendation before us. Does anyone

01:35:32.080 --> 01:35:33.976
wiShire  to move a motion? Councelor Sean

01:35:34.000 --> 01:35:35.416
Felder. Is that as per the

01:35:35.440 --> 01:35:37.416
recommendation? Thank you. And councelor

01:35:37.440 --> 01:35:40.056
Phelps seconding. Thanks. Councelor Sean

01:35:40.080 --> 01:35:42.615
Felder. the recommendation that the

01:35:42.639 --> 01:35:45.016
council endorses the following motion

01:35:45.040 --> 01:35:46.536
which has been submitted to the

01:35:46.560 --> 01:35:49.256
municipal association of Victoria for

01:35:49.280 --> 01:35:51.336
tableabling at the MAV state council

01:35:51.360 --> 01:35:54.360
meeting on the 10th of October 2025

01:35:55.840 --> 01:35:58.376
reads that the MAV calls on the

01:35:58.400 --> 01:36:00.695
Victorian government to allocate funding

01:36:00.719 --> 01:36:03.496
from the municipal and industrial levy

01:36:03.520 --> 01:36:06.376
or another appropriate funding source to

01:36:06.400 --> 01:36:09.400
enable councils to meet EPA requirements

01:36:09.600 --> 01:36:11.896
and objectives for landfill

01:36:11.920 --> 01:36:14.215
rehabilitation. The outcome of this is

01:36:14.239 --> 01:36:17.175
acceptance of this recommendation

01:36:17.199 --> 01:36:19.976
endorsing a motion submitting to the MAV

01:36:20.000 --> 01:36:23.000
earlier in August and enables the Surf

01:36:23.520 --> 01:36:26.056
Coast Shire  to enlist state sector support

01:36:26.080 --> 01:36:28.856
for advocacy on a matter of significance

01:36:28.880 --> 01:36:31.880
to our community. The key considerations

01:36:32.320 --> 01:36:35.175
is that the MAV opened the submissions

01:36:35.199 --> 01:36:37.576
process for motions for its October

01:36:37.600 --> 01:36:40.600
state council meeting after the cuto off

01:36:40.719 --> 01:36:43.576
date for reports to be tabled at Surf

01:36:43.600 --> 01:36:46.600
Coast Shire ire Council's July meeting and

01:36:46.719 --> 01:36:49.496
the submission deadline fell prior to

01:36:49.520 --> 01:36:51.655
the August council meeting.

01:36:51.679 --> 01:36:54.456
Consequently, MAV is allowing councils

01:36:54.480 --> 01:36:57.256
to submit motions and then advise of

01:36:57.280 --> 01:37:00.280
council endorsement retrospectively.

01:37:00.639 --> 01:37:03.496
The MAV state council meeting provides

01:37:03.520 --> 01:37:06.296
Surf Coast Shire ai Council with a means to

01:37:06.320 --> 01:37:08.615
enlist the support of the peak body for

01:37:08.639 --> 01:37:10.776
Victorian councils.

01:37:10.800 --> 01:37:12.695
The motion recommended through this

01:37:12.719 --> 01:37:14.936
report aligns to the strategic

01:37:14.960 --> 01:37:17.816
priorities of MAV and to the council's

01:37:17.840 --> 01:37:20.615
own advocacy priorities. The latter were

01:37:20.639 --> 01:37:23.639
adopted in June 2025.

01:37:25.280 --> 01:37:27.976
I'd like to um highlight the fact that

01:37:28.000 --> 01:37:31.000
rehabilitation costs have escalated at a

01:37:31.280 --> 01:37:34.056
higher rate than waste fees and higher

01:37:34.080 --> 01:37:37.080
than the rate cap. The challenge is

01:37:37.760 --> 01:37:40.695
exorated for rural councils as their

01:37:40.719 --> 01:37:43.336
small rate base means the high cost of

01:37:43.360 --> 01:37:45.655
landfill rehabilitation has a

01:37:45.679 --> 01:37:48.679
significant impact on our ability to

01:37:49.280 --> 01:37:51.655
fund other important community services

01:37:51.679 --> 01:37:54.679
and facilities. Landfill operators do

01:37:55.679 --> 01:37:57.736
have discretion on the amount charged

01:37:57.760 --> 01:38:00.215
through gate fees, but it's a delicate

01:38:00.239 --> 01:38:03.239
balance because setting higher gate fees

01:38:03.760 --> 01:38:05.816
runs the risk of an increase in dumped

01:38:05.840 --> 01:38:08.376
rubbiShire , which ultimately adds cost to

01:38:08.400 --> 01:38:11.256
councils. Higher gate fees can also lead

01:38:11.280 --> 01:38:13.095
to commercial clients Shire ifting their

01:38:13.119 --> 01:38:15.655
operations to other more competitive

01:38:15.679 --> 01:38:18.135
providers. The Victorian government

01:38:18.159 --> 01:38:20.856
imposes a municipal and industrial

01:38:20.880 --> 01:38:23.655
landfill levy on landfill operators.

01:38:23.679 --> 01:38:26.135
Funds collected through the MAV or sorry

01:38:26.159 --> 01:38:28.456
through the levy are partly used to

01:38:28.480 --> 01:38:30.776
cover the costs of government agencies

01:38:30.800 --> 01:38:33.800
responsible for managing recycling waste

01:38:33.920 --> 01:38:36.920
and pollution.

01:38:36.960 --> 01:38:39.960
I have attended MAV um conferences

01:38:41.280 --> 01:38:43.976
in the previous term of council and I

01:38:44.000 --> 01:38:47.000
have cited this example previously where

01:38:47.119 --> 01:38:50.119
there was a motion to ban wood heaters

01:38:50.400 --> 01:38:53.400
and um I know where I live at Barabal

01:38:54.000 --> 01:38:55.576
there was a time when the power went off

01:38:55.600 --> 01:38:58.600
for 4 days there's no natural gas

01:38:58.719 --> 01:39:01.719
provided so there would have been no

01:39:01.920 --> 01:39:04.920
heating so that just gives an example of

01:39:05.040 --> 01:39:06.615
the importance importance of advocacy at

01:39:06.639 --> 01:39:09.639
the MAV level because I advocated to

01:39:09.760 --> 01:39:12.760
retain the right to have a wood heater

01:39:12.880 --> 01:39:15.416
and I know advocating in this space as

01:39:15.440 --> 01:39:18.440
far as the waste  costs and challenge

01:39:19.920 --> 01:39:22.920
is is crucial and I've heard recently on

01:39:23.600 --> 01:39:26.135
the radio that  the landfills are all

01:39:26.159 --> 01:39:28.215
filling up in Victoria and it's becoming

01:39:28.239 --> 01:39:31.239
a a massive problem and um we need to

01:39:32.000 --> 01:39:34.056
look at recycling and we actually need

01:39:34.080 --> 01:39:37.016
to look at other options. s as well. And

01:39:37.040 --> 01:39:39.736
I do know that the the rates as well as

01:39:39.760 --> 01:39:42.760
far as the rate cap, the local 

01:39:42.800 --> 01:39:45.576
stakeholders, residents and and rate

01:39:45.600 --> 01:39:48.600
payers with the cost of living crisis

01:39:48.800 --> 01:39:51.095
that we have. There's only so much that

01:39:51.119 --> 01:39:54.119
people can can pay. So, um I really look

01:39:55.119 --> 01:39:57.655
forward to this motion being presented

01:39:57.679 --> 01:40:00.679
and I cannot stress the importance of um

01:40:01.760 --> 01:40:04.760
of advocacy and the um state government

01:40:06.080 --> 01:40:08.695
assisting in this area. Thank you,

01:40:08.719 --> 01:40:09.416
Mayor.

01:40:09.440 --> 01:40:11.256
Thanks, Councelor Schonfelder. Councelor

01:40:11.280 --> 01:40:12.536
Phelps.

01:40:12.560 --> 01:40:14.536
Thank you, Mayor. Um, as councelor Shire an

01:40:14.560 --> 01:40:16.615
Felder has outlined, um, this is a

01:40:16.639 --> 01:40:18.296
recommendation to endorse a motion

01:40:18.320 --> 01:40:20.215
already put to the municipal association

01:40:20.239 --> 01:40:22.296
of Victoria requesting them to advocate

01:40:22.320 --> 01:40:24.936
to state government for support to land,

01:40:24.960 --> 01:40:27.336
, for landfall rehabilitation

01:40:27.360 --> 01:40:28.936
using the state's fund created

01:40:28.960 --> 01:40:31.095
specifically for waste management.

01:40:31.119 --> 01:40:32.856
Rayers contribute to that fund through

01:40:32.880 --> 01:40:35.736
the EPA levy on the rates bill. This is

01:40:35.760 --> 01:40:37.736
a retrospective recommendation due to

01:40:37.760 --> 01:40:39.496
the timing of the MAV's opening and

01:40:39.520 --> 01:40:42.296
closing deadlines for submissions. The

01:40:42.320 --> 01:40:43.816
motion is proposed because our own

01:40:43.840 --> 01:40:45.655
angles landfall site will need to be

01:40:45.679 --> 01:40:47.576
closed and rehabilitated in line with

01:40:47.600 --> 01:40:49.736
regulations within the next few years,

01:40:49.760 --> 01:40:52.296
probably two or three at significant

01:40:52.320 --> 01:40:53.976
local expense and we're seeking

01:40:54.000 --> 01:40:55.736
financial assistance from a state fund

01:40:55.760 --> 01:40:58.215
available set up for that type of work.

01:40:58.239 --> 01:40:59.736
I do find it a little odd that we even

01:40:59.760 --> 01:41:01.496
have to ask for such advocacy given that

01:41:01.520 --> 01:41:02.856
all rate payers have been paying into

01:41:02.880 --> 01:41:05.496
that that state fund for years.

01:41:05.520 --> 01:41:06.615
Accordingly, I support this

01:41:06.639 --> 01:41:08.456
recommendation as it aims to reduce the

01:41:08.480 --> 01:41:10.536
impact on rateayer costs in the near

01:41:10.560 --> 01:41:12.456
future. Thank you.

01:41:12.480 --> 01:41:14.456
Thank you, councelor Phelps. Do any

01:41:14.480 --> 01:41:16.056
other counselors wiShire  to speak to this

01:41:16.080 --> 01:41:18.536
motion? Councelor Barker.

01:41:18.560 --> 01:41:20.776
Thanks. Um

01:41:20.800 --> 01:41:23.016
the item proposed to put in motion mav.

01:41:23.040 --> 01:41:24.615
Um the problem is the report doesn't

01:41:24.639 --> 01:41:27.496
Shire ow what it costs for external elements

01:41:27.520 --> 01:41:29.576
related to this like council attendance,

01:41:29.600 --> 01:41:31.816
officer support, that's for a separate

01:41:31.840 --> 01:41:34.840
time. Um the motion being advocated for

01:41:34.880 --> 01:41:37.416
is sound. Um, but if we're paying into a

01:41:37.440 --> 01:41:40.215
fund for a specific purpose like what

01:41:40.239 --> 01:41:42.135
councelor Phelps talks about, we

01:41:42.159 --> 01:41:44.456
Shire ouldn't have to beg for it for its

01:41:44.480 --> 01:41:46.056
purpose.

01:41:46.080 --> 01:41:48.615
Um,

01:41:48.639 --> 01:41:50.776
our role under the act is for local

01:41:50.800 --> 01:41:53.800
service delivery and if advocacy reduces

01:41:54.800 --> 01:41:57.576
this cost for rate payers, that's great.

01:41:57.600 --> 01:41:59.095
Um,

01:41:59.119 --> 01:42:00.695
but we need to make sure it's within our

01:42:00.719 --> 01:42:03.095
mandate.

01:42:03.119 --> 01:42:04.695
What I want to highlight though is that

01:42:04.719 --> 01:42:07.719
the position that we're in in having to

01:42:08.400 --> 01:42:11.400
close the landfill and rehabilitate it

01:42:11.520 --> 01:42:14.520
is largely driven by laws that the state

01:42:14.800 --> 01:42:17.800
government have through the EPA.

01:42:18.400 --> 01:42:20.776
If we are to look at the causal factor

01:42:20.800 --> 01:42:23.655
and not just the symptom, we need to

01:42:23.679 --> 01:42:26.135
look at advocating to the EPA to reduce

01:42:26.159 --> 01:42:28.936
the regulations that are dictating the

01:42:28.960 --> 01:42:31.416
closures of the landfill, which is only

01:42:31.440 --> 01:42:32.936
going to increase the environmental

01:42:32.960 --> 01:42:34.536
impacts where we're going to have to use

01:42:34.560 --> 01:42:37.560
high production like larger trucks to

01:42:37.600 --> 01:42:40.215
move our waste outside of the Shire  if we

01:42:40.239 --> 01:42:41.655
don't have the ability to manage it

01:42:41.679 --> 01:42:44.679
within.

01:42:45.280 --> 01:42:48.280
So, while this motion I can support

01:42:48.639 --> 01:42:51.576
because it's not terrible, um, what we

01:42:51.600 --> 01:42:54.215
Shire ould be looking at is advocacy to

01:42:54.239 --> 01:42:57.175
address the causal factor as to why we

01:42:57.199 --> 01:43:00.135
need to close the landfills in what I

01:43:00.159 --> 01:43:03.159
think is a premature time. Um, I have to

01:43:04.080 --> 01:43:07.016
support the motion as is, but

01:43:07.040 --> 01:43:10.040
you got to think outside the box.

01:43:11.360 --> 01:43:12.936
Thanks, councelor Barker. Do any other

01:43:12.960 --> 01:43:15.960
counselors wiShire  to speak to this motion?

01:43:18.159 --> 01:43:19.816
And are there any closing comments?

01:43:19.840 --> 01:43:20.856
Councelor Schonfelder.

01:43:20.880 --> 01:43:22.776
Yes, please. I'd like to thank councelor

01:43:22.800 --> 01:43:25.736
Phelps and councelor Barker for their

01:43:25.760 --> 01:43:28.760
for their contribution and I concur with

01:43:28.880 --> 01:43:31.816
the sentiments expressed  from them

01:43:31.840 --> 01:43:34.536
particularly with councelor Phelps in

01:43:34.560 --> 01:43:37.560
relation to the fact that the levy

01:43:38.000 --> 01:43:40.615
Shire ould be directed towards the intent of

01:43:40.639 --> 01:43:42.615
where the money is supposed to be funded

01:43:42.639 --> 01:43:45.639
towards and councelor Phelps 

01:43:45.760 --> 01:43:48.135
mentioned the angles landfill and the

01:43:48.159 --> 01:43:50.135
cost to rehabilitate it which I thought

01:43:50.159 --> 01:43:52.856
I'd just mention at the moment it's

01:43:52.880 --> 01:43:55.880
estimated to be $12.6 million. That's

01:43:56.719 --> 01:43:59.655
currently so in the future it might cost

01:43:59.679 --> 01:44:02.376
more and that's a significant proportion

01:44:02.400 --> 01:44:04.695
of council's budget.

01:44:04.719 --> 01:44:06.936
I'd also like to say that councelor Bark

01:44:06.960 --> 01:44:09.576
is saying we need to look outside the

01:44:09.600 --> 01:44:12.600
square. I feel as though with um

01:44:12.639 --> 01:44:14.936
packaging and with the rubbiShire  we have

01:44:14.960 --> 01:44:17.960
different recycling bins and we are

01:44:18.560 --> 01:44:20.856
innovative and a trends setter in

01:44:20.880 --> 01:44:23.816
relation to having a green waste bin and

01:44:23.840 --> 01:44:26.776
we've actually I think are a leading

01:44:26.800 --> 01:44:29.095
council in relation to that also with

01:44:29.119 --> 01:44:31.736
glass recycling as well. So I still

01:44:31.760 --> 01:44:34.296
think we need to be creative and and

01:44:34.320 --> 01:44:37.320
inventive as well. So, um, I ask my

01:44:38.639 --> 01:44:40.856
colleagues to support this, , motion,

01:44:40.880 --> 01:44:42.615
please.

01:44:42.639 --> 01:44:44.296
Thanks, Councelor Schonfelder. We put

01:44:44.320 --> 01:44:45.976
the motion to a vote. All those in

01:44:46.000 --> 01:44:49.000
favor?

01:44:49.679 --> 01:44:51.016
Thanks. That motion is carried

01:44:51.040 --> 01:44:53.175
unanimously.

01:44:53.199 --> 01:44:55.256
Item 4.5,

01:44:55.280 --> 01:44:57.576
road safety strategy and action plan,

01:44:57.600 --> 01:45:00.600
2022 to 27, year 2 project progress

01:45:01.440 --> 01:45:04.215
update. The purpose of this report is to

01:45:04.239 --> 01:45:06.056
provide council with an update on the

01:45:06.080 --> 01:45:08.376
second year of the road safety strategy

01:45:08.400 --> 01:45:11.400
at action plan 2022 to 27 and to seek

01:45:12.400 --> 01:45:15.256
authorization for the CEO to apply for

01:45:15.280 --> 01:45:17.655
funding for projects that align with the

01:45:17.679 --> 01:45:19.816
adopted road safety strategy and action

01:45:19.840 --> 01:45:22.840
plan 2022 to 27. We have a

01:45:23.119 --> 01:45:24.695
recommendation before us. Does anyone

01:45:24.719 --> 01:45:27.719
wiShire  to move a motion?

01:45:33.520 --> 01:45:36.135
, councelor Schonfelder

01:45:36.159 --> 01:45:39.016
as read Mayor as per the recommendation.

01:45:39.040 --> 01:45:41.976
Do we have a second for that motion?

01:45:42.000 --> 01:45:44.215
Councelor Burke. Thank you. Councelor

01:45:44.239 --> 01:45:47.095
Sean. Mayor, I have um like since

01:45:47.119 --> 01:45:49.496
becoming a surf coach Shire y counselor in

01:45:49.520 --> 01:45:52.520
one way monopolized the road advocacy,

01:45:53.040 --> 01:45:55.576
you could say  space which I have

01:45:55.600 --> 01:45:58.600
enjoyed and um I thank  the

01:45:59.920 --> 01:46:02.296
organization for their work in relation

01:46:02.320 --> 01:46:05.320
to improving roads and in particular the

01:46:05.679 --> 01:46:08.679
CEO who is former um CEO of Vicros and I

01:46:10.480 --> 01:46:13.480
understand that  her interest is U

01:46:15.119 --> 01:46:17.095
substantial and her knowledge is

01:46:17.119 --> 01:46:19.976
extensive. And in effect, this is just

01:46:20.000 --> 01:46:23.000
increasing the ability to act with

01:46:23.360 --> 01:46:26.360
projects up to 3,000 $3 million rather

01:46:27.040 --> 01:46:29.496
where it was previously less than that.

01:46:29.520 --> 01:46:31.976
But when you look at inflation,

01:46:32.000 --> 01:46:34.936
 we have to keep that in mind that um

01:46:34.960 --> 01:46:37.655
to have flexibility

01:46:37.679 --> 01:46:39.416
um

01:46:39.440 --> 01:46:41.496
given inflation and the fact that it's

01:46:41.520 --> 01:46:44.456
where no money from the council is being

01:46:44.480 --> 01:46:47.480
used. So as far as it's from grants that

01:46:48.239 --> 01:46:50.615
are allocated to the organization from

01:46:50.639 --> 01:46:52.936
external bodies.

01:46:52.960 --> 01:46:55.960
So um I encourage my colleagues to

01:46:56.080 --> 01:46:58.376
support this item. Thank you. Thanks,

01:46:58.400 --> 01:47:00.776
Councelor Shire anfelder. Councelor Burke.

01:47:00.800 --> 01:47:02.936
Thank you, Mayor. Um, yeah, just

01:47:02.960 --> 01:47:05.960
quickly, um, being a of a back to basics

01:47:06.880 --> 01:47:09.736
mindset, , road safety and maintenance

01:47:09.760 --> 01:47:12.456
is is one of the priorities that I think

01:47:12.480 --> 01:47:15.175
is really important for our Shire . So, I'm

01:47:15.199 --> 01:47:17.576
happy to support this recommendation.

01:47:17.600 --> 01:47:19.016
Thanks, Councelor Burke. Do any other

01:47:19.040 --> 01:47:20.856
councilors wiShire  to speak to this motion?

01:47:20.880 --> 01:47:23.880
Councelor Patterson.

01:47:26.800 --> 01:47:29.800
Thank you. Um, so yes, the the report

01:47:30.239 --> 01:47:31.976
notes the two-year progress of the

01:47:32.000 --> 01:47:34.695
5-year road safety action plan and it

01:47:34.719 --> 01:47:36.215
outlines the positive achievements and

01:47:36.239 --> 01:47:37.896
challenges for road safety and the surf

01:47:37.920 --> 01:47:40.215
coast in the context of as you all know

01:47:40.239 --> 01:47:41.736
we have high visitation rates and

01:47:41.760 --> 01:47:43.576
population growth and so those

01:47:43.600 --> 01:47:46.536
challenges are compounded over time. But

01:47:46.560 --> 01:47:48.456
the strategic

01:47:48.480 --> 01:47:50.456
um targets bringing the number of people

01:47:50.480 --> 01:47:53.175
killed on the Surf Coast council roads

01:47:53.199 --> 01:47:56.135
down by 50% by 2030 and the number of

01:47:56.159 --> 01:47:58.456
people seriously injured down by 30% by

01:47:58.480 --> 01:48:00.776
2030. So there's some very important

01:48:00.800 --> 01:48:02.936
targets that we're working towards and

01:48:02.960 --> 01:48:05.016
the progress update we need to look at

01:48:05.040 --> 01:48:06.456
it in light of the current economic

01:48:06.480 --> 01:48:07.816
climate in local government which is

01:48:07.840 --> 01:48:09.896
rate capping um escalating you know

01:48:09.920 --> 01:48:11.175
market pressures and the increasing

01:48:11.199 --> 01:48:12.776
infrastructure delivery costs. So that

01:48:12.800 --> 01:48:15.016
really impacts the ability of the Shire  to

01:48:15.040 --> 01:48:16.856
address some of those um broader

01:48:16.880 --> 01:48:19.576
infrastructure challenges. But um

01:48:19.600 --> 01:48:21.095
council has prioritized the addition of

01:48:21.119 --> 01:48:22.936
a full-time senior engineer in the road

01:48:22.960 --> 01:48:25.816
safety team to focus on strategic work

01:48:25.840 --> 01:48:27.655
and including project planning and

01:48:27.679 --> 01:48:30.296
delivery. Um as well as the increase to

01:48:30.320 --> 01:48:32.376
council civil operations team to manage

01:48:32.400 --> 01:48:34.695
everyday road maintenance work. um

01:48:34.719 --> 01:48:36.615
officers are also workers working on

01:48:36.639 --> 01:48:38.376
fostering collaborative partnerShire ips

01:48:38.400 --> 01:48:40.776
across council and external teams to

01:48:40.800 --> 01:48:42.936
leverage um resourcing across different

01:48:42.960 --> 01:48:45.416
organiz across our organization and our

01:48:45.440 --> 01:48:47.655
partners to really amplify that road

01:48:47.679 --> 01:48:49.175
safety message. So I think there's some

01:48:49.199 --> 01:48:51.416
great work being done here um and

01:48:51.440 --> 01:48:54.440
obviously more to come. Thank you.

01:48:54.480 --> 01:48:56.376
Thanks councelor Patterson. Do any other

01:48:56.400 --> 01:48:57.736
counselors wiShire  to speak to this?

01:48:57.760 --> 01:48:58.856
Councelor Walker.

01:48:58.880 --> 01:49:00.615
Thank you Mayor.  the road safety

01:49:00.639 --> 01:49:03.256
strategy and action plan for 22 to 27.

01:49:03.280 --> 01:49:04.695
It's an important document especially

01:49:04.719 --> 01:49:06.856
with a growing population and visitors

01:49:06.880 --> 01:49:08.695
and an increase in road accidents but

01:49:08.719 --> 01:49:10.936
actions are lagging primary as a result

01:49:10.960 --> 01:49:12.936
of resource constraints applying to all

01:49:12.960 --> 01:49:15.095
major road safety partners including

01:49:15.119 --> 01:49:16.936
council transport Victoria and Victoria

01:49:16.960 --> 01:49:19.095
Police. The black spot program with

01:49:19.119 --> 01:49:20.856
infrastructural treatments along with

01:49:20.880 --> 01:49:22.615
known craShire  patterns has Shire own a strong

01:49:22.639 --> 01:49:24.615
reduction in craShire es. Therefore funding

01:49:24.639 --> 01:49:25.976
for the black spot program is essential

01:49:26.000 --> 01:49:28.376
in delivering the road safety strategy.

01:49:28.400 --> 01:49:29.976
Both the federal black spot program and

01:49:30.000 --> 01:49:31.655
the safe local road infrastructure

01:49:31.679 --> 01:49:32.936
program provide opportunities for

01:49:32.960 --> 01:49:35.816
council to seek funding at a high r at

01:49:35.840 --> 01:49:38.376
high risk craShire  locations and priorities

01:49:38.400 --> 01:49:40.536
active transport interventions aligning

01:49:40.560 --> 01:49:42.936
with the road safety strategy and a safe

01:49:42.960 --> 01:49:45.256
cycling strategy on top of the surf

01:49:45.280 --> 01:49:47.095
coore assets. We must continually

01:49:47.119 --> 01:49:49.496
advocate for Vic roads to become safer

01:49:49.520 --> 01:49:51.175
for all users including the great ocean

01:49:51.199 --> 01:49:53.816
road and major roads around us too. Um

01:49:53.840 --> 01:49:56.215
there's a lot of work to be done in this

01:49:56.239 --> 01:49:57.976
strategy and hopefully we can get the

01:49:58.000 --> 01:50:00.056
funding and help we need to get the

01:50:00.080 --> 01:50:02.215
roads safer for the future.

01:50:02.239 --> 01:50:04.215
Thank you councelor Walker. Councelor

01:50:04.239 --> 01:50:04.695
Barker.

01:50:04.719 --> 01:50:07.719
Thanks. Um there's too much emphasis on

01:50:08.400 --> 01:50:11.016
education behavioral change campaigns.

01:50:11.040 --> 01:50:13.655
Um that's not council's responsibility.

01:50:13.679 --> 01:50:15.976
State government's responsible for safer

01:50:16.000 --> 01:50:19.000
road use. Um we've got very finite

01:50:19.679 --> 01:50:22.056
resources. So, if we start engaging in

01:50:22.080 --> 01:50:23.576
that space, we're going to be

01:50:23.600 --> 01:50:25.175
insufficient because we just don't have

01:50:25.199 --> 01:50:27.336
the funds to be able to do it properly.

01:50:27.360 --> 01:50:28.936
Um

01:50:28.960 --> 01:50:31.960
the the craShire  data Shire ows that craShire es

01:50:32.800 --> 01:50:35.416
remain roughly the same. Um serious

01:50:35.440 --> 01:50:38.296
injuries are down, which is good. Um but

01:50:38.320 --> 01:50:40.056
some of the major issues are Forest Road

01:50:40.080 --> 01:50:43.080
and Capeway Road. Kotway roads partially

01:50:43.199 --> 01:50:45.416
 Vic Roads Road. So, we need to be

01:50:45.440 --> 01:50:47.256
able to work with the state on improving

01:50:47.280 --> 01:50:50.280
that. That's a pretty significant issue.

01:50:50.560 --> 01:50:53.560
Um overall I support some interventions

01:50:54.800 --> 01:50:56.615
um like safer intersections, crossings,

01:50:56.639 --> 01:50:59.639
and minimal signage. Um but funding

01:51:00.080 --> 01:51:02.536
educational campaigns while basic road

01:51:02.560 --> 01:51:05.560
conditions lag isn't a good use of

01:51:05.600 --> 01:51:07.896
finite resources.

01:51:07.920 --> 01:51:10.135
We've got

01:51:10.159 --> 01:51:12.215
serious issues within the way we fix the

01:51:12.239 --> 01:51:15.239
roads by having a very labor intensive

01:51:15.280 --> 01:51:18.215
way of repairing roads where there's

01:51:18.239 --> 01:51:20.296
equipment out there that if we had it we

01:51:20.320 --> 01:51:22.695
could fix roads much more efficiently

01:51:22.719 --> 01:51:25.719
and effectively i.e. much cheaper and

01:51:26.000 --> 01:51:29.000
much better. Um but while we're

01:51:29.520 --> 01:51:31.175
allocating funds that could purchase

01:51:31.199 --> 01:51:33.016
those items go to these education

01:51:33.040 --> 01:51:35.896
campaigns, we're just going to have a

01:51:35.920 --> 01:51:38.920
terrible outcome. Um

01:51:39.599 --> 01:51:40.936
that's mainly because road safety

01:51:40.960 --> 01:51:43.736
primarily comes from keeping roads car

01:51:43.760 --> 01:51:46.376
and truckworthy. We're compelled to keep

01:51:46.400 --> 01:51:49.400
our cars and trucks roadworthy. But when

01:51:50.480 --> 01:51:53.480
the opposite isn't achieved and

01:51:53.760 --> 01:51:56.760
governments provide unsafe roads, it's a

01:51:57.040 --> 01:51:59.655
pretty hypocritical process to expect

01:51:59.679 --> 01:52:01.976
that we keep our vehicles up to

01:52:02.000 --> 01:52:03.416
standard, but governments aren't

01:52:03.440 --> 01:52:04.776
required to keep the roads up to

01:52:04.800 --> 01:52:07.800
standard. Um, if we can get the road

01:52:08.400 --> 01:52:11.400
condition up to a good level, that'll

01:52:11.920 --> 01:52:14.695
have a much better impact on road safety

01:52:14.719 --> 01:52:17.336
than any of these education campaigns

01:52:17.360 --> 01:52:18.936
will ever do.

01:52:18.960 --> 01:52:20.456
Thanks, Councelor Barker. Do any other

01:52:20.480 --> 01:52:23.480
councilors wiShire  to speak to this motion?

01:52:24.000 --> 01:52:25.575
No. Thank you. Are there any closing

01:52:25.599 --> 01:52:27.655
comments? Councelor Schonfelder.  I'd

01:52:27.679 --> 01:52:29.896
like to thank my colleagues for their

01:52:29.920 --> 01:52:32.376
input and I agree with what has been

01:52:32.400 --> 01:52:35.400
purported and the black spot funding is

01:52:36.159 --> 01:52:39.159
so important and I'd highlight for those

01:52:40.400 --> 01:52:43.400
 present that  part of the blackspot

01:52:43.840 --> 01:52:45.816
applications

01:52:45.840 --> 01:52:48.840
 include Capeway Road to Buckley Road

01:52:49.360 --> 01:52:52.360
south to Mat's road barrier installation

01:52:53.679 --> 01:52:56.135
and line marking to mitigate risk of

01:52:56.159 --> 01:52:58.776
serious serious injury or fatal outcome

01:52:58.800 --> 01:53:01.800
for vehicles leaving the road. And we

01:53:02.639 --> 01:53:05.416
have spent  we've received money from

01:53:05.440 --> 01:53:07.416
the state government, but we have spent

01:53:07.440 --> 01:53:10.135
millions of dollars on Capeway Road and

01:53:10.159 --> 01:53:13.159
we wiShire  to continue spending millions of

01:53:14.320 --> 01:53:17.095
dollars on Kotway Road as a very high

01:53:17.119 --> 01:53:19.575
priority. Thank you, Mayor.

01:53:19.599 --> 01:53:21.175
Thanks, Councelor Schonfelder. We'll put

01:53:21.199 --> 01:53:24.199
the motion to a vote. All in favor?

01:53:25.119 --> 01:53:28.119
Thanks. It's carried unanimously.

01:53:28.159 --> 01:53:30.215
So, we are closing in on the 2hour mark,

01:53:30.239 --> 01:53:33.239
but we'll um we'll forge on for the

01:53:33.440 --> 01:53:35.256
moment.

01:53:35.280 --> 01:53:38.280
The next item is the economic four item

01:53:38.560 --> 01:53:41.175
4.6 economic development and creative

01:53:41.199 --> 01:53:43.816
places strategy progress update. The

01:53:43.840 --> 01:53:46.296
purpose of this report is to provide an

01:53:46.320 --> 01:53:48.615
annual progress update on the

01:53:48.639 --> 01:53:50.056
implementation of the economic

01:53:50.080 --> 01:53:53.080
development creative places strategies

01:53:53.360 --> 01:53:55.655
and Australian National Surfing Museum

01:53:55.679 --> 01:53:58.679
master plan for the July 2024 to June

01:53:59.040 --> 01:54:02.040
2025 period. We have a recommendation

01:54:02.080 --> 01:54:04.856
before us. Does anyone wiShire  to move a

01:54:04.880 --> 01:54:06.695
motion? Councelor Patterson. Thank you.

01:54:06.719 --> 01:54:09.496
Is that as per the recommendation?

01:54:09.520 --> 01:54:10.376
Yes, it is.

01:54:10.400 --> 01:54:12.536
Thanks. And a seconder. Councelor

01:54:12.560 --> 01:54:15.560
Walker. Thanks councelor Patterson.

01:54:16.560 --> 01:54:18.856
Thank you. So um this item is to note

01:54:18.880 --> 01:54:20.936
the progress of the annual update on the

01:54:20.960 --> 01:54:22.695
implementation of the economic

01:54:22.719 --> 01:54:25.095
development creative places strategy and

01:54:25.119 --> 01:54:26.776
the Australian National Surfing Museum

01:54:26.800 --> 01:54:29.800
master plan for July 2024 to June 2025.

01:54:31.040 --> 01:54:32.776
And the report I think really

01:54:32.800 --> 01:54:34.536
demonstrates what a prosperous and

01:54:34.560 --> 01:54:36.456
amazing flouriShire ing place the Surf Coast

01:54:36.480 --> 01:54:38.695
is. and we have a strong sense of place

01:54:38.719 --> 01:54:41.256
and identity um where contributions to

01:54:41.280 --> 01:54:43.336
well-being, environment, and the economy

01:54:43.360 --> 01:54:45.896
are known and valued. There are so many

01:54:45.920 --> 01:54:47.655
amazing projects and activities that are

01:54:47.679 --> 01:54:49.095
highlighted through this update. I was

01:54:49.119 --> 01:54:50.936
really excited and reminded of all these

01:54:50.960 --> 01:54:52.615
wonderful things that have been going on

01:54:52.639 --> 01:54:54.776
when I was reading it. And it's great to

01:54:54.800 --> 01:54:56.615
see these laid out in the report with

01:54:56.639 --> 01:54:58.456
due credit for the amazing work that is

01:54:58.480 --> 01:55:00.456
happening in our Shire . And so I've just

01:55:00.480 --> 01:55:01.976
picked out a few that I felt really

01:55:02.000 --> 01:55:04.856
enthusiastic about. , one of them is

01:55:04.880 --> 01:55:06.856
the completion of the $ 1.5 million

01:55:06.880 --> 01:55:09.175
multiart center refurbiShire ment in Beach

01:55:09.199 --> 01:55:12.056
Road, um, the old stadium there, um, to

01:55:12.080 --> 01:55:13.736
enhance the theater and gallery spaces

01:55:13.760 --> 01:55:15.496
and bringing them up to building code.

01:55:15.520 --> 01:55:17.655
So, the broader MAC project, it's an

01:55:17.679 --> 01:55:19.496
exciting project and one that brings so

01:55:19.520 --> 01:55:21.816
much to our region for the arts um, both

01:55:21.840 --> 01:55:23.816
visual arts and performing arts with so

01:55:23.840 --> 01:55:26.456
many wonderful um, plays and um, art

01:55:26.480 --> 01:55:28.456
exhibitions and the like. It's just a

01:55:28.480 --> 01:55:30.056
hive of activity when there's a gallery

01:55:30.080 --> 01:55:33.080
opening there or or a play on. Um and um

01:55:33.679 --> 01:55:35.256
this has been many years in the making

01:55:35.280 --> 01:55:37.095
and the MAC really demonstrate what

01:55:37.119 --> 01:55:38.456
happens when our community comes

01:55:38.480 --> 01:55:40.695
together behind the arts and works with

01:55:40.719 --> 01:55:42.615
council to repurpose the old stadium

01:55:42.639 --> 01:55:45.416
space. For me, the indoor sports courts,

01:55:45.440 --> 01:55:47.416
it's completely unrecognizable from the

01:55:47.440 --> 01:55:48.856
place that I used to take my kids to

01:55:48.880 --> 01:55:51.416
kinder gym, you know, years ago to now

01:55:51.440 --> 01:55:52.856
this beautiful gallery and theater

01:55:52.880 --> 01:55:55.880
space. I'm also um really  happy with

01:55:56.800 --> 01:55:58.296
what we've done around the parklet

01:55:58.320 --> 01:56:00.296
guidelines enabling the transformation

01:56:00.320 --> 01:56:02.376
transformation of our outdoor street

01:56:02.400 --> 01:56:04.856
spaces. Um the beach hotel in Janjark

01:56:04.880 --> 01:56:07.256
has had a parklet um it was part of the

01:56:07.280 --> 01:56:09.575
trial and it then once the guidelines

01:56:09.599 --> 01:56:12.599
were um endorsed it it had an actual you

01:56:12.719 --> 01:56:14.135
know outside of the parklet using the

01:56:14.159 --> 01:56:15.816
guide outside of the trial using the

01:56:15.840 --> 01:56:17.336
guidelines. that had a parklet last

01:56:17.360 --> 01:56:19.575
summer. Um, and that was just a really

01:56:19.599 --> 01:56:21.336
great place  for people to come

01:56:21.360 --> 01:56:23.896
together when using the hotel for out

01:56:23.920 --> 01:56:26.056
and outdoor space, but actually during

01:56:26.080 --> 01:56:27.816
the day people would have coffees from

01:56:27.840 --> 01:56:30.215
the other cafes and sit um in that

01:56:30.239 --> 01:56:31.896
space. And so it really breathed some

01:56:31.920 --> 01:56:34.920
life into um the Danjark Shire op area um

01:56:35.760 --> 01:56:38.296
and was was much loved all through both

01:56:38.320 --> 01:56:40.615
evenings and daytime. There are also

01:56:40.639 --> 01:56:42.456
many activities and programs that are

01:56:42.480 --> 01:56:44.695
focused on capacity building um within

01:56:44.719 --> 01:56:46.056
our community and some of these include

01:56:46.080 --> 01:56:48.215
the better business skills program with

01:56:48.239 --> 01:56:50.936
nine workShire ops um that were completed

01:56:50.960 --> 01:56:53.960
and 178 people attended obviously and

01:56:54.000 --> 01:56:55.896
then there's the Shire ed talks and lunches

01:56:55.920 --> 01:56:57.256
lunch and learn sessions for the

01:56:57.280 --> 01:56:59.655
creative industries. And then how could

01:56:59.679 --> 01:57:00.936
we not talk about the visitor

01:57:00.960 --> 01:57:03.960
information centers um with 143,673

01:57:05.599 --> 01:57:08.599
inquiries um and selling over $400,000

01:57:09.199 --> 01:57:11.095
worth of goods and some of those goods

01:57:11.119 --> 01:57:13.655
are obviously um people from our Shire  as

01:57:13.679 --> 01:57:15.256
well selling them within those visitor

01:57:15.280 --> 01:57:17.736
information centers and a call about the

01:57:17.760 --> 01:57:19.976
lawn visitor information center. I'm

01:57:20.000 --> 01:57:21.896
pretty sure when I last heard it is the

01:57:21.920 --> 01:57:24.135
second highest visitor visitor

01:57:24.159 --> 01:57:26.135
information center in the state, second

01:57:26.159 --> 01:57:28.536
only to Fed Square. And that's a pretty

01:57:28.560 --> 01:57:30.215
astounding number of people visiting

01:57:30.239 --> 01:57:33.239
that visitor information center. And and

01:57:33.440 --> 01:57:35.175
I've still got a little bit longer, so I

01:57:35.199 --> 01:57:36.456
will go on with a couple of other

01:57:36.480 --> 01:57:38.135
amazing things from this report. The

01:57:38.159 --> 01:57:40.135
Anglesy Art Space, that's also a

01:57:40.159 --> 01:57:41.736
wonderful community art gallery, and

01:57:41.760 --> 01:57:43.416
there was 16 exhibitions over the

01:57:43.440 --> 01:57:46.440
period. Um, and 60 over nearly $62,000

01:57:47.199 --> 01:57:50.135
in sales. Um, and the space provides an

01:57:50.159 --> 01:57:51.575
outlet for emerging artists and

01:57:51.599 --> 01:57:53.736
community groups to Shire owcase their work.

01:57:53.760 --> 01:57:56.056
A friend of mine was a new to painting

01:57:56.080 --> 01:57:58.615
and Shire e put her  piece into the

01:57:58.639 --> 01:58:00.776
calendar entry thing a couple of years

01:58:00.800 --> 01:58:02.776
ago. Shire e'd never ever exhibited her work

01:58:02.800 --> 01:58:04.776
before, but Shire e's an amazing artist and

01:58:04.800 --> 01:58:07.336
Shire e ended up um being selected for the

01:58:07.360 --> 01:58:09.655
calendar that year. Um and I think, you

01:58:09.679 --> 01:58:11.575
know, that really got her realizing that

01:58:11.599 --> 01:58:13.016
Shire e was a talented artist and kind of

01:58:13.040 --> 01:58:15.095
demonstrates the benefit of places like

01:58:15.119 --> 01:58:17.016
um the Anklesy Art Space where community

01:58:17.040 --> 01:58:20.040
can exhibit. Um and then obviously the

01:58:20.080 --> 01:58:22.695
arts trail. Um that's an amazing weekend

01:58:22.719 --> 01:58:25.416
of art and workShire ops across the Shire . Um

01:58:25.440 --> 01:58:27.256
and we are a creative hot spot here in

01:58:27.280 --> 01:58:28.776
the Surf Coast and this brings people

01:58:28.800 --> 01:58:30.936
from all over the region and beyond to

01:58:30.960 --> 01:58:33.736
visit um the working studios. I know so

01:58:33.760 --> 01:58:35.816
many people both artists and just art

01:58:35.840 --> 01:58:38.296
appreciators really look forward to the

01:58:38.320 --> 01:58:40.776
arts trail each year. Um and one of the

01:58:40.800 --> 01:58:42.936
stats in the paper is 51% of those

01:58:42.960 --> 01:58:45.575
attending the trail in 2024 were from

01:58:45.599 --> 01:58:47.175
outside the region. So that's really

01:58:47.199 --> 01:58:49.175
bringing people to our region to to

01:58:49.199 --> 01:58:51.016
engage in a grassroots level as part of

01:58:51.040 --> 01:58:53.095
that arts trail.

01:58:53.119 --> 01:58:56.056
Um there's obviously lots of large

01:58:56.080 --> 01:58:57.976
events that we all know about like the

01:58:58.000 --> 01:59:01.000
Peter Pub in lawn, um the Cadell Evans

01:59:01.119 --> 01:59:03.736
Great Ocean Road Race and the Ripkill

01:59:03.760 --> 01:59:05.896
Pro. There are so many wonderful events

01:59:05.920 --> 01:59:07.496
and they bring millions and millions of

01:59:07.520 --> 01:59:09.736
dollars to our region through the um

01:59:09.760 --> 01:59:11.976
publicity that they bring, but also all

01:59:12.000 --> 01:59:14.456
the visitors that come. um 20,000

01:59:14.480 --> 01:59:16.376
spectators to the Cadal Evans Great

01:59:16.400 --> 01:59:18.936
Ocean Road Race, 40,000 spectators to

01:59:18.960 --> 01:59:21.256
RepCal Pro. And so there's a significant

01:59:21.280 --> 01:59:23.336
benefit to our region, but also for our

01:59:23.360 --> 01:59:24.695
community because I don't know if anyone

01:59:24.719 --> 01:59:26.776
else loves ringing a cowbell as the as

01:59:26.800 --> 01:59:29.336
the road races zoom by. Um there's a lot

01:59:29.360 --> 01:59:30.615
of fun that happens with all those

01:59:30.639 --> 01:59:32.456
events. So great work to our team for

01:59:32.480 --> 01:59:34.536
everything they're doing um as demon

01:59:34.560 --> 01:59:37.256
demonstrated through this um strategy

01:59:37.280 --> 01:59:38.776
update. Thank you.

01:59:38.800 --> 01:59:41.256
Thanks, Councelor Patterson. Councelor

01:59:41.280 --> 01:59:44.280
Walker. Thank you, Mayor. Um, I'm happy

01:59:45.520 --> 01:59:47.736
to say I was part of that  I think it

01:59:47.760 --> 01:59:50.376
was 160,000 or something over a year

01:59:50.400 --> 01:59:52.135
back in the day at the lawn visitor

01:59:52.159 --> 01:59:53.095
center when we had in there, which

01:59:53.119 --> 01:59:55.976
averaged out, um,

01:59:56.000 --> 01:59:58.776
yeah, about 2,000 2,000 a day, I think

01:59:58.800 --> 02:00:01.095
it was, um, visitors through the door.

02:00:01.119 --> 02:00:03.256
So, the value of visitor centers

02:00:03.280 --> 02:00:05.976
creating yield is um, not necessarily

02:00:06.000 --> 02:00:07.976
sometimes put out there as much as what

02:00:08.000 --> 02:00:09.416
they do. And the volunteers that help

02:00:09.440 --> 02:00:12.440
run it, it's pretty amazing. Um so the

02:00:12.719 --> 02:00:14.615
34 projects are highlighted across the

02:00:14.639 --> 02:00:16.856
strategies and master plan from this

02:00:16.880 --> 02:00:19.175
year June or last year June to this year

02:00:19.199 --> 02:00:21.175
June  involve the economic development

02:00:21.199 --> 02:00:23.016
strategy Australian National Surfing

02:00:23.040 --> 02:00:24.936
Museum master plan and creative spaces

02:00:24.960 --> 02:00:27.256
strategy with the five themes enabling

02:00:27.280 --> 02:00:29.256
foundations connecting communities

02:00:29.280 --> 02:00:31.336
regenerating environments supporting

02:00:31.360 --> 02:00:34.360
aspirations in building reputation Shire ows

02:00:34.480 --> 02:00:36.296
what the economic development arts and

02:00:36.320 --> 02:00:38.215
tourism team do and some highlights

02:00:38.239 --> 02:00:40.615
include from the themes include

02:00:40.639 --> 02:00:42.776
the new Surf Coast events web page which

02:00:42.800 --> 02:00:45.800
is run by the Shire  which is a fantastic um

02:00:46.639 --> 02:00:49.256
new element that we can actually people

02:00:49.280 --> 02:00:50.936
can just put in their events on there

02:00:50.960 --> 02:00:52.856
and encourage anyone who's got a local

02:00:52.880 --> 02:00:55.016
event or any event um to put on there

02:00:55.040 --> 02:00:57.256
which helps spread the word. Um it's a

02:00:57.280 --> 02:00:58.776
great asset we've got there. 

02:00:58.800 --> 02:01:00.215
supporting of large events including the

02:01:00.239 --> 02:01:01.655
Grand Fondo coming up. We've been

02:01:01.679 --> 02:01:03.496
working um with business traders and

02:01:03.520 --> 02:01:05.175
also with economic development team how

02:01:05.199 --> 02:01:07.095
we can get the most out of this

02:01:07.119 --> 02:01:09.416
fantastic event behind the scenes which

02:01:09.440 --> 02:01:11.336
isn't just a 4-day event but it's richly

02:01:11.360 --> 02:01:13.655
a a couple of months leading in and

02:01:13.679 --> 02:01:14.936
weeks leading into and how we can get

02:01:14.960 --> 02:01:16.856
the best out of that as businesses too.

02:01:16.880 --> 02:01:18.776
So there's a lot behind the scene that

02:01:18.800 --> 02:01:21.256
you might not see.  the moldy arts

02:01:21.280 --> 02:01:24.215
center refurb um adoption of the park

02:01:24.239 --> 02:01:26.536
guidelines for businesses business

02:01:26.560 --> 02:01:28.615
concur which cuts through the red tape

02:01:28.639 --> 02:01:30.936
and looking forward to the eco

02:01:30.960 --> 02:01:33.016
destination certification

02:01:33.040 --> 02:01:34.695
um which is in the pipeline too that's

02:01:34.719 --> 02:01:37.016
something will really help with our um

02:01:37.040 --> 02:01:40.040
over tourism in the area um really look

02:01:40.639 --> 02:01:42.776
forward to welcoming back the the winter

02:01:42.800 --> 02:01:45.655
vic u when it gets back that was used to

02:01:45.679 --> 02:01:47.575
help run that back in the day and it was

02:01:47.599 --> 02:01:49.816
 from a winter point to some of

02:01:49.840 --> 02:01:51.416
nicest people ever to work in a visitor

02:01:51.440 --> 02:01:54.376
center up here. Um

02:01:54.400 --> 02:01:55.976
there still needs to be more active

02:01:56.000 --> 02:01:57.816
support and communication with um our

02:01:57.840 --> 02:01:59.896
commercial businesses, but some of these

02:01:59.920 --> 02:02:01.575
highlights help our local businesses

02:02:01.599 --> 02:02:03.976
greatly. However, one thing this report

02:02:04.000 --> 02:02:05.416
doesn't highlight is the pressure of

02:02:05.440 --> 02:02:07.816
running a small business or a medium

02:02:07.840 --> 02:02:09.736
business  with increase of rent,

02:02:09.760 --> 02:02:11.896
produce, tariffs, taxes, staff

02:02:11.920 --> 02:02:14.135
Shire ortages, and now wages. It's hard even

02:02:14.159 --> 02:02:15.816
just to make a living in a most one of

02:02:15.840 --> 02:02:16.936
the most beautiful areas we've got

02:02:16.960 --> 02:02:19.496
around here. So get out there, support

02:02:19.520 --> 02:02:21.736
local, and support all the community

02:02:21.760 --> 02:02:23.416
arts, businesses, and events that make

02:02:23.440 --> 02:02:25.976
up our Shire . Um, get out there and, you

02:02:26.000 --> 02:02:28.615
know, support local. Um, I look forward

02:02:28.639 --> 02:02:30.536
to council's working proactive with the

02:02:30.560 --> 02:02:32.056
team to deliver the outcomes of the

02:02:32.080 --> 02:02:34.536
strategies now and for the future. Um,

02:02:34.560 --> 02:02:36.056
and it really highlights what happens

02:02:36.080 --> 02:02:38.456
behind the scenes. Um, and look forward

02:02:38.480 --> 02:02:39.575
to it. Thanks.

02:02:39.599 --> 02:02:41.016
Thanks, Councelor Walker. Do any other

02:02:41.040 --> 02:02:42.615
counselors wiShire  to speak to this item?

02:02:42.639 --> 02:02:43.575
Councelor Barker.

02:02:43.599 --> 02:02:46.599
Thanks. Um just like to extend on what

02:02:47.760 --> 02:02:49.416
councelor Walker was saying about

02:02:49.440 --> 02:02:52.056
running business. Um it's just getting

02:02:52.080 --> 02:02:54.056
harder as time goes on with all the

02:02:54.080 --> 02:02:57.080
elements um he raised.

02:02:57.679 --> 02:02:59.336
But what's more concerning to me is that

02:02:59.360 --> 02:03:02.360
the the large amount of businesses um

02:03:02.480 --> 02:03:05.480
essentially just want to be left to

02:03:05.520 --> 02:03:07.256
their own devices, run the way they want

02:03:07.280 --> 02:03:10.135
to run. Um and anytime council

02:03:10.159 --> 02:03:12.856
intervenes, it just makes situation

02:03:12.880 --> 02:03:15.880
worse. Um, a lot of businesses pay very

02:03:17.119 --> 02:03:20.119
very high levels of rates and they don't

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even get a bin. Um, but then we've got

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the creative industry space that we end

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up funding spaces for artists to Shire ow

02:03:31.760 --> 02:03:34.760
their goods. , some people like that.

02:03:34.880 --> 02:03:36.856
Others like me don't think that

02:03:36.880 --> 02:03:39.880
everyone's rates Shire ould be used on

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targeting specific industries.

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Um,

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things like that can make you feel good

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on the inside because you're helping

02:03:52.080 --> 02:03:54.536
something that you particularly like,

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but I'd rather we take our hands off

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intervening on everyone and let people

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run business um, and be creative or do

02:04:05.199 --> 02:04:08.056
whatever they want in their own space.

02:04:08.080 --> 02:04:09.816
Um,

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yeah, there there's a large amount of

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elements in this report that I think are

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good, but I don't think Shire ould be paid

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by rate. So, I'll just leave it at that.

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Thanks, Councelor Barker. Do any other

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councilors wiShire  to speak to this item?

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Councelor Phelps.

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Thank you, Mayor. Um, over the last

02:04:26.000 --> 02:04:27.416
financial year, Surf Coast has

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undertaken dozens, if not hundreds of

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events and activities to build and

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support communities, industries, and

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groups. And I imagine most if not all of

02:04:35.119 --> 02:04:36.615
those here and watching online will have

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enjoyed some of them. As we've heard,

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these include skills building workShire ops

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such as better business skills,

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operating several visitor information

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centers, major events like the Cadel

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Evans bike races and the Ripcur Pro

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Surfing ChampionShire ip, the annual arts

02:04:50.400 --> 02:04:52.936
trail, and many more. I too would like

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to make a Shire out out to the Hoop Gallery

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for their first exhibition called Big in

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their newly renovated gallery space at

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the Multi Arts Center. Hoop is a great

02:05:00.960 --> 02:05:02.776
example of an independent self-funding

02:05:02.800 --> 02:05:04.936
organization aiming to develop and

02:05:04.960 --> 02:05:06.776
promote new and establiShire ed artists in

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all sorts of media across the Shire . Um, I

02:05:09.199 --> 02:05:10.856
do highly recommend calling in to see

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something a bit unique and different.

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, community community connection is

02:05:15.119 --> 02:05:16.536
something that only local government can

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be good at compared to state or federal

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government. There are, as always,

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fine-tuning improvements to be made and

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what council funds and how, but I

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commend the Shire  staff for all their

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efforts and successes over the last

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financial year. Thank you. Thanks,

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Councelor Phelps. Do any other

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counselors wiShire  to speak? Councelor Gri.

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Thanks, Mayor. Um, this is a sound

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report highlighting some great outcomes,

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and I'm happy to receive it. , but I

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think it risks looking at our programs

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through rose colored glasses if we don't

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also include the costs of running these

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programs to achieve these outcomes. I

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ask that this can be included in future

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reports so the community has a better

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appreciation of what these programs are

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costing them and whether to continue

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funding them or not.

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Thank you, councelor Gri. Councelor Shire .

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, Mayor, I thought that my colleagues

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might have mentioned what I was going to

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say and um I do agree about the visitor

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information  centers, the importance

02:06:07.679 --> 02:06:10.679
of them. And I know having visited

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Niagara Falls, I went to the visitor

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information center there and was told

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about a part of the river, Niagara River

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below the falls, that there's a

02:06:20.000 --> 02:06:22.695
whirlpool there. And unless I had gone

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to that visitor information center, I

02:06:24.560 --> 02:06:26.456
would not have known about that. And

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that was just amazing. And I know that

02:06:29.760 --> 02:06:32.760
going to lawn for example, and what a

02:06:32.960 --> 02:06:35.960
what a wonderful u credit to our Shire  the

02:06:37.280 --> 02:06:39.736
fact that it's the second most visited

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visitor information center there. And I

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do think councelor  Walker Shire ould take

02:06:44.400 --> 02:06:46.615
some credit for that for his involvement

02:06:46.639 --> 02:06:49.639
there as well.  the fact that people

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will visit there and ask about where

02:06:51.599 --> 02:06:54.599
Esken Falls is or what to do there and I

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know there are days where rainy days or

02:06:57.520 --> 02:06:59.575
days that aren't as hot and people come

02:06:59.599 --> 02:07:02.215
to Winroly as well to go to Bowwin Park

02:07:02.239 --> 02:07:04.615
and and have visited the visit their

02:07:04.639 --> 02:07:07.175
information center wanting to know where

02:07:07.199 --> 02:07:09.416
to go and receiving local and very

02:07:09.440 --> 02:07:12.440
enthusiastic advice from people who who

02:07:12.560 --> 02:07:15.336
love our area. I thought I'd mention the

02:07:15.360 --> 02:07:17.976
Winchelsea  Town Center loading zone

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safety review. The importance of that.

02:07:20.880 --> 02:07:22.856
It was a coordinated response to a

02:07:22.880 --> 02:07:25.880
public safety issue identified caused by

02:07:26.639 --> 02:07:29.639
increased delivery truck movements.

02:07:30.320 --> 02:07:33.320
Both Winchelsea  and Toi over my lifetime

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have changed enormously. People talk

02:07:36.000 --> 02:07:38.776
about the new normal and the fact that

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the trucks are much bigger and we have

02:07:41.599 --> 02:07:44.599
to adapt and and um realize the

02:07:45.199 --> 02:07:47.256
importance of that particularly in an

02:07:47.280 --> 02:07:50.280
economic context. There's also drought

02:07:50.560 --> 02:07:53.560
support and from October 2024, we began

02:07:54.320 --> 02:07:55.976
tracking the increasing impact of

02:07:56.000 --> 02:07:57.816
drought and participating in the

02:07:57.840 --> 02:08:00.615
Southwest Drought Coordination Group.

02:08:00.639 --> 02:08:02.536
Officers promoted relevant state

02:08:02.560 --> 02:08:04.215
government grants and worked closely

02:08:04.239 --> 02:08:06.376
with the rural financial counseling

02:08:06.400 --> 02:08:08.856
service and other support agencies to

02:08:08.880 --> 02:08:11.880
ensure farmers knew where to turn for

02:08:12.000 --> 02:08:13.896
help. And we really hope that the

02:08:13.920 --> 02:08:16.536
drought does break. So, we just have to

02:08:16.560 --> 02:08:19.560
touch wood and just hope for the best.

02:08:19.920 --> 02:08:22.920
Finally, in the absence of councelor 

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Stabson, I'd like to mention a place I

02:08:26.000 --> 02:08:29.000
really love in the Shire ow, Aries Inlet and

02:08:29.520 --> 02:08:32.520
the Top Shire ops design improvements, a

02:08:32.639 --> 02:08:35.095
placemaking initiative to enhance the

02:08:35.119 --> 02:08:37.896
gateway to Aries Inlet Top Shire ops. Guided

02:08:37.920 --> 02:08:40.296
by community feedback and aiming to

02:08:40.320 --> 02:08:42.856
preserve the coastal village atmosphere,

02:08:42.880 --> 02:08:45.016
improving safety, amenity, and

02:08:45.040 --> 02:08:48.040
connection. So in closing, keeping our

02:08:48.639 --> 02:08:51.639
coastal and country and small town feel

02:08:52.320 --> 02:08:55.175
is so important and I think that all

02:08:55.199 --> 02:08:57.655
stakeholders and residents and rate

02:08:57.679 --> 02:09:00.679
payers want that to continue. Thank you.

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Thanks councelor Seanfelder.  do any

02:09:03.440 --> 02:09:05.095
other counselors wiShire  to speak to the

02:09:05.119 --> 02:09:06.695
motion?

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Are there any closing comments?

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Councelor Patterson?

02:09:10.400 --> 02:09:12.376
No. We'll put the motion to a vote. All

02:09:12.400 --> 02:09:14.776
in favor?

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Thanks. That's carried unanimously.

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So that brings us to the 2hour mark of

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the meeting. So um I might look for a

02:09:23.199 --> 02:09:25.496
mover and a second to suspend standing

02:09:25.520 --> 02:09:26.776
order so that we can take a break.

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Thanks. Moved by councelor Shire felder and

02:09:29.199 --> 02:09:31.416
seconded by councelor Grist. All in

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favor?

02:09:33.360 --> 02:09:35.976
Thank you. So we'll take a Shire ort break

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and can we back be back on at 8:20

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please?

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All right. So, the recording is back on

02:09:44.480 --> 02:09:47.480
and can I have a mover and a second to

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resume standing orders? Resume the

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meeting. Thanks. Moved by councelor

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Barker and seconded by councelor Walker.

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All in favor?

02:09:55.440 --> 02:09:58.440
Thanks. So, we are back on

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and into item 4.7, positive aging

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advisory committee members, further term

02:10:04.960 --> 02:10:07.496
of appointment.

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And just a quick Shire out out to the

02:10:09.360 --> 02:10:12.135
dieards who are still with us in the in

02:10:12.159 --> 02:10:14.536
the gallery. The purpose of this report

02:10:14.560 --> 02:10:17.416
is to reappoint three positive aging

02:10:17.440 --> 02:10:19.655
advisory committee members for a further

02:10:19.679 --> 02:10:22.679
three-year term. Lynn Batson, Greg Diva,

02:10:23.280 --> 02:10:25.896
and Sue Cole. Officers have noted that

02:10:25.920 --> 02:10:27.896
there is an error in the spelling of one

02:10:27.920 --> 02:10:30.055
of those names in the agenda and will

02:10:30.079 --> 02:10:32.456
now Shire are the correct recommendation on

02:10:32.480 --> 02:10:35.480
the screen for clarity.

02:10:40.560 --> 02:10:42.776
Thank you.

02:10:42.800 --> 02:10:45.575
Yep, that's better.

02:10:45.599 --> 02:10:47.336
All right. Thanks to the governance team

02:10:47.360 --> 02:10:50.135
for correcting the record on that.

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Um, we have a recommendation before us.

02:10:52.239 --> 02:10:53.976
Does anyone wiShire  to move a motion?

02:10:54.000 --> 02:10:55.736
Councelor Phelps. Is it as per the

02:10:55.760 --> 02:10:56.055
recommendation?

02:10:56.079 --> 02:10:57.256
As per the recommendation. Thank you.

02:10:57.280 --> 02:10:59.416
Thank you. And a seconder.

02:10:59.440 --> 02:11:01.736
, councelor Walker. Thanks, Councelor

02:11:01.760 --> 02:11:03.575
Phelps.  as the councelor

02:11:03.599 --> 02:11:05.655
representative on the positive aging

02:11:05.679 --> 02:11:07.175
advisory committee, I'm pleased to see

02:11:07.199 --> 02:11:08.936
Greg Lynn and Sue offer themselves for

02:11:08.960 --> 02:11:11.336
another three-year ter  term. Um

02:11:11.360 --> 02:11:13.496
giving their time, experience and local

02:11:13.520 --> 02:11:16.215
insights for to talk Morak and Deans

02:11:16.239 --> 02:11:18.776
Marsh  Bambber respectively.  this

02:11:18.800 --> 02:11:20.215
committee provides a direct link to the

02:11:20.239 --> 02:11:21.655
growing aging section of our community

02:11:21.679 --> 02:11:23.496
and I must say the meetings have been

02:11:23.520 --> 02:11:25.575
friendly, sociable and very useful from

02:11:25.599 --> 02:11:27.736
my perspective. The positive aging

02:11:27.760 --> 02:11:29.575
advisory committee operates in parallel

02:11:29.599 --> 02:11:31.175
with the allabilities advisory

02:11:31.199 --> 02:11:33.575
committee.  and this month two the two

02:11:33.599 --> 02:11:35.095
committees held a joint meeting which I

02:11:35.119 --> 02:11:37.095
found particularly beneficial to

02:11:37.119 --> 02:11:39.256
understand um both what the committees

02:11:39.280 --> 02:11:40.856
have in common and how perspectives

02:11:40.880 --> 02:11:42.456
differ.

02:11:42.480 --> 02:11:44.936
Both provide valuable input to council.

02:11:44.960 --> 02:11:46.296
I'd like to congratulate the all

02:11:46.320 --> 02:11:48.296
abilities chair Tim Hart on his recent

02:11:48.320 --> 02:11:50.695
appointment to the Victorian Disability

02:11:50.719 --> 02:11:53.256
Advisory Council. I'm happy to recommend

02:11:53.280 --> 02:11:56.215
Lynn, Sue, and Greg for reappoint. Thank

02:11:56.239 --> 02:11:58.456
you. Thank you, councelor Phelps and

02:11:58.480 --> 02:11:59.896
Councelor Walker.

02:11:59.920 --> 02:12:02.135
 thank you, Mayor. Um I was also at

02:12:02.159 --> 02:12:04.296
the positive aging and all ability all

02:12:04.320 --> 02:12:06.615
abilities advisory committee  meeting

02:12:06.639 --> 02:12:09.016
and lunch. It was fantastic to meet 

02:12:09.040 --> 02:12:10.456
the crew from the positive aging

02:12:10.480 --> 02:12:12.536
committee. Um as I'm also the rep on the

02:12:12.560 --> 02:12:15.416
all abilities advisory committee. Um

02:12:15.440 --> 02:12:17.736
it's great to see so much of our local

02:12:17.760 --> 02:12:19.175
community involved in these important

02:12:19.199 --> 02:12:21.016
committees in such a proactive and

02:12:21.040 --> 02:12:23.976
inclusive way. Um and second that um

02:12:24.000 --> 02:12:27.000
Tim's um congratulations to Tim also and

02:12:27.520 --> 02:12:30.520
congratulations on the three standing

02:12:30.719 --> 02:12:32.776
again for the very important positive

02:12:32.800 --> 02:12:34.856
aging committee.

02:12:34.880 --> 02:12:36.536
Thanks Councelor Walker. Do any other

02:12:36.560 --> 02:12:39.560
counselors wiShire  to speak to this item?

02:12:40.079 --> 02:12:41.736
No thanks. And are there any closing

02:12:41.760 --> 02:12:43.256
comments?

02:12:43.280 --> 02:12:45.016
Thanks. We'll put the motion to a vote.

02:12:45.040 --> 02:12:47.575
All in favor?

02:12:47.599 --> 02:12:50.599
Thanks. That's carried unanimously.

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The next item is 4.8 award of contract.

02:12:56.320 --> 02:12:56.856
Thank you.

02:12:56.880 --> 02:12:59.256
Thanks. Thanks. T award of contract

02:12:59.280 --> 02:13:01.976
T25/044

02:13:02.000 --> 02:13:04.695
traffic management services. Purpose of

02:13:04.719 --> 02:13:07.095
this report is to seek council's

02:13:07.119 --> 02:13:10.119
approval to award contract T25/000044

02:13:14.000 --> 02:13:16.296
traffic management services. As part of

02:13:16.320 --> 02:13:18.135
the recommendation for this item was

02:13:18.159 --> 02:13:20.376
redacted in the agenda. I will ask

02:13:20.400 --> 02:13:22.135
officers to Shire are this on the screen

02:13:22.159 --> 02:13:25.159
before we continue.

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We have a recommendation before us. Does

02:13:35.840 --> 02:13:38.840
anyone wiShire  to move a motion?

02:13:39.360 --> 02:13:40.856
Noting that I can't see councelor

02:13:40.880 --> 02:13:42.135
Patterson at the moment. Thank you,

02:13:42.159 --> 02:13:44.376
councelor Shire anfelder.

02:13:44.400 --> 02:13:47.400
And a second

02:13:47.440 --> 02:13:50.296
 council Phelps. Thanks.  councelor

02:13:50.320 --> 02:13:51.016
Schonfelder.

02:13:51.040 --> 02:13:54.040
I I will reserve my right but I 

02:13:54.560 --> 02:13:57.560
support the item and motion as it is

02:13:57.679 --> 02:13:59.736
presented.

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Okay. Councelor Phelps.

02:14:01.520 --> 02:14:04.520
 happy to see um a fairly um

02:14:06.320 --> 02:14:09.175
well done appraisal of of each of the um

02:14:09.199 --> 02:14:11.575
tenderers.  and it seems to me it's a

02:14:11.599 --> 02:14:14.599
very um um open process  clear process

02:14:16.079 --> 02:14:18.296
and and the the two being recommended

02:14:18.320 --> 02:14:21.320
are  worthy winners for the tender.

02:14:22.079 --> 02:14:22.456
Thank you.

02:14:22.480 --> 02:14:23.736
Thank you councelor Phelps. Do any other

02:14:23.760 --> 02:14:26.536
councilors wiShire  to speak to this item?

02:14:26.560 --> 02:14:29.560
Councelor Barker

02:14:30.800 --> 02:14:33.800
two or three.

02:14:34.000 --> 02:14:37.000
um in this age of regulatory overburden

02:14:39.679 --> 02:14:42.456
that the state puts on us um truck

02:14:42.480 --> 02:14:45.480
management's a necessity um

02:14:46.639 --> 02:14:49.016
but the actual value for this isn't

02:14:49.040 --> 02:14:52.040
widely known um

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I think residents deserve to see what

02:14:55.360 --> 02:14:58.296
these contracts are worth um but it's

02:14:58.320 --> 02:15:00.296
only hidden in confidential documents

02:15:00.320 --> 02:15:02.776
that get sent to counselors and we're

02:15:02.800 --> 02:15:04.296
not even providing provided a briefing

02:15:04.320 --> 02:15:07.320
on the matter. Um,

02:15:09.119 --> 02:15:10.615
given that we haven't even been briefed

02:15:10.639 --> 02:15:12.776
on the matter as seen in point 29 on the

02:15:12.800 --> 02:15:15.655
agenda, , I won't be supporting it.

02:15:15.679 --> 02:15:17.016
Thank you, councelor Barker. Do any

02:15:17.040 --> 02:15:18.936
other counselors wiShire  to speak to this

02:15:18.960 --> 02:15:21.575
item?

02:15:21.599 --> 02:15:24.135
No. And are there any closing comments?

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Councelor Schonfelder? No. Thank you.

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We'll put the motion to a vote. All in

02:15:28.079 --> 02:15:31.079
favor?

02:15:31.520 --> 02:15:33.336
Thanks, councilors. That motion is

02:15:33.360 --> 02:15:36.360
carried 71.

02:15:39.280 --> 02:15:42.280
The next item is item 4.9 award of

02:15:42.719 --> 02:15:45.719
contract T25/050

02:15:46.320 --> 02:15:48.856
cartage of quarry products. The purpose

02:15:48.880 --> 02:15:51.655
of this report is to seek council's

02:15:51.679 --> 02:15:54.679
approval to award contract T25/050

02:15:56.560 --> 02:15:59.416
cartage of Corey products. As part of

02:15:59.440 --> 02:16:01.336
the recommendation for this item was red

02:16:01.360 --> 02:16:03.655
redacted in the agenda. I will ask

02:16:03.679 --> 02:16:05.336
officers to Shire are this on the screen

02:16:05.360 --> 02:16:08.360
before we continue. Thank you.

02:16:08.960 --> 02:16:11.960
Thanks.

02:16:14.719 --> 02:16:17.095
We have a recommendation before us. Does

02:16:17.119 --> 02:16:19.816
anyone wiShire  to move a motion? Councelor

02:16:19.840 --> 02:16:21.736
Schonfelder as per the recommendation.

02:16:21.760 --> 02:16:24.760
Thank you. And a seconder.

02:16:26.320 --> 02:16:28.695
Councelor Phelps. Thanks, Councelor Sean

02:16:28.719 --> 02:16:29.175
Felder.

02:16:29.199 --> 02:16:32.199
I I will move this item as it is read

02:16:32.479 --> 02:16:35.479
and it is so important the cartage of of

02:16:36.880 --> 02:16:39.736
um quarry products and in particular

02:16:39.760 --> 02:16:42.760
water cartage as well. I've learned the

02:16:42.880 --> 02:16:45.880
importance of um with unsealed roads

02:16:45.920 --> 02:16:48.920
when it comes to grading them. Having a

02:16:49.280 --> 02:16:51.335
a water

02:16:51.359 --> 02:16:53.736
um truck there

02:16:53.760 --> 02:16:55.736
is important particularly given the

02:16:55.760 --> 02:16:57.415
drought conditions that we've had and

02:16:57.439 --> 02:16:59.415
we've had to increase our capacity in

02:16:59.439 --> 02:17:02.439
that in that space. I'll just take this

02:17:02.800 --> 02:17:05.800
opportunity  to say that in Moria, it

02:17:06.639 --> 02:17:09.639
is my personal view that um I don't

02:17:10.719 --> 02:17:13.096
think  trucks Shire ould really be allowed

02:17:13.120 --> 02:17:16.120
in the townShire ip prior to 9:00 a.m. So, I

02:17:17.359 --> 02:17:19.816
thought I'd I'd just make that known

02:17:19.840 --> 02:17:22.375
publicly. I realize that there are

02:17:22.399 --> 02:17:25.399
people who are truck drivers and and 

02:17:25.519 --> 02:17:27.415
who are trying to make a living and I

02:17:27.439 --> 02:17:29.816
respect that but I I just think safety

02:17:29.840 --> 02:17:32.840
is an issue  in Morak in particular.

02:17:34.000 --> 02:17:35.176
Thank you Mayor.

02:17:35.200 --> 02:17:37.016
Thanks councelor Schonfelder. Councelor

02:17:37.040 --> 02:17:37.736
Phelps

02:17:37.760 --> 02:17:38.615
nothing. Thanks.

02:17:38.639 --> 02:17:40.216
No. Do any other counselors wiShire  to

02:17:40.240 --> 02:17:42.295
speak to this item? Councelor Barker.

02:17:42.319 --> 02:17:44.375
Same as the last item.  it's a

02:17:44.399 --> 02:17:47.016
significant expense and again the

02:17:47.040 --> 02:17:48.856
details are hidden in confidential items

02:17:48.880 --> 02:17:51.415
that can only be seen by counselors and

02:17:51.439 --> 02:17:53.335
not having a briefing on it. I won't be

02:17:53.359 --> 02:17:55.176
supporting it. With regards to councelor

02:17:55.200 --> 02:17:57.655
Shire felder's comment about truck drivers,

02:17:57.679 --> 02:18:00.056
if trucks were prohibited from going

02:18:00.080 --> 02:18:02.136
through any particular area until 9:00

02:18:02.160 --> 02:18:03.896
a.m., a lot of truck drivers would have

02:18:03.920 --> 02:18:06.695
like 5 hours of wasted time from when

02:18:06.719 --> 02:18:09.415
they start work. So I won't be endorsing

02:18:09.439 --> 02:18:12.439
any sort of restrictions on that.

02:18:13.280 --> 02:18:14.856
Thanks councelor Barker. Councelor

02:18:14.880 --> 02:18:17.880
Patterson.

02:18:18.880 --> 02:18:21.880
Thank you. So  today we're um this is

02:18:23.200 --> 02:18:25.976
a a panel of rates contract um which

02:18:26.000 --> 02:18:29.000
we're awarding  for um quarry products

02:18:30.559 --> 02:18:32.375
as councilor Schonfelder has spoken

02:18:32.399 --> 02:18:35.399
about um and it was undertaken through a

02:18:36.399 --> 02:18:38.776
public tender process um in accordance

02:18:38.800 --> 02:18:41.415
with council's procurement policy. So um

02:18:41.439 --> 02:18:43.575
briefings of councilors isn't required

02:18:43.599 --> 02:18:46.136
as part of that policy. So it's set out

02:18:46.160 --> 02:18:48.455
in that in council procurement policy.

02:18:48.479 --> 02:18:50.936
Um the process that public tenders

02:18:50.960 --> 02:18:52.856
happen, you know, and the process that

02:18:52.880 --> 02:18:55.880
they go through and we have um skilled

02:18:56.080 --> 02:18:57.736
project managers and the like employed

02:18:57.760 --> 02:19:00.455
at council to undertake that work for us

02:19:00.479 --> 02:19:02.936
and we if we look through the paper for

02:19:02.960 --> 02:19:04.936
the community to understand the criteria

02:19:04.960 --> 02:19:06.936
and the like that, you know, the process

02:19:06.960 --> 02:19:09.495
that's happened um that's that's in the

02:19:09.519 --> 02:19:11.976
public record. Yes, the specific costs

02:19:12.000 --> 02:19:15.000
aren't but um how it was the positions

02:19:15.599 --> 02:19:18.375
of the evaluation panel whether they you

02:19:18.399 --> 02:19:21.399
know and the waiting so there's a 50%

02:19:21.519 --> 02:19:24.519
finance criteria 30% capacity capability

02:19:25.040 --> 02:19:27.896
and capacity criteria 10% you know their

02:19:27.920 --> 02:19:29.655
systems like ONS environment and the

02:19:29.679 --> 02:19:32.136
like and 10% on social sustainability so

02:19:32.160 --> 02:19:34.056
they have to be you know local content

02:19:34.080 --> 02:19:36.136
those sorts of things so the process is

02:19:36.160 --> 02:19:38.136
really clear yes the actual dollars are

02:19:38.160 --> 02:19:39.896
commercial and confidence and so they're

02:19:39.920 --> 02:19:42.856
provided but I think our council um has

02:19:42.880 --> 02:19:45.096
a robust procurement policy and that's

02:19:45.120 --> 02:19:47.256
being followed and there are a lot of

02:19:47.280 --> 02:19:50.056
contracts that are awarded um and it's

02:19:50.080 --> 02:19:51.816
not the council's role to be involved in

02:19:51.840 --> 02:19:54.776
the operational detail of each of those

02:19:54.800 --> 02:19:57.016
so um I encourage you to support the

02:19:57.040 --> 02:19:58.616
recommendation

02:19:58.640 --> 02:20:01.415
thanks councelor Patterson um do any

02:20:01.439 --> 02:20:03.016
other counselors wiShire  to speak to the

02:20:03.040 --> 02:20:05.016
motion

02:20:05.040 --> 02:20:06.776
no thank you are there any closing

02:20:06.800 --> 02:20:08.856
comments councelor Sean Helder we'll put

02:20:08.880 --> 02:20:11.880
the motion to a vote. All in favor?

02:20:14.080 --> 02:20:15.736
Thanks, councilors. That motion is

02:20:15.760 --> 02:20:18.760
carried.  71.

02:20:20.560 --> 02:20:23.560
The next item is 4.10

02:20:24.399 --> 02:20:25.976
independent audit and risk committee

02:20:26.000 --> 02:20:28.216
member fees. The purpose of this report

02:20:28.240 --> 02:20:30.936
is for council to review and consider

02:20:30.960 --> 02:20:33.496
approving the audit and risk committee

02:20:33.520 --> 02:20:36.136
independent member fees. We have a

02:20:36.160 --> 02:20:38.136
recommendation before us. Does anyone

02:20:38.160 --> 02:20:41.096
wiShire  to move a motion?

02:20:41.120 --> 02:20:43.176
Councelor Gri, thank you. Is that as per

02:20:43.200 --> 02:20:43.896
the recommendation?

02:20:43.920 --> 02:20:45.096
As per the recommendation,

02:20:45.120 --> 02:20:48.120
thank you. And second,

02:20:48.399 --> 02:20:50.455
, councelor Patterson. Thanks,

02:20:50.479 --> 02:20:52.536
Councelor Gri.

02:20:52.560 --> 02:20:53.976
Thanks, Mayor. I'll just quickly run

02:20:54.000 --> 02:20:55.736
through  what's being proposed here.

02:20:55.760 --> 02:20:57.176
The council is being asked to approve a

02:20:57.200 --> 02:20:58.856
modest increase in the sitting fees for

02:20:58.880 --> 02:21:00.616
our independent audit and risk committee

02:21:00.640 --> 02:21:03.640
members from 700 to 735 per meeting for

02:21:04.640 --> 02:21:07.640
general members and from 950 to $1,16.50

02:21:09.840 --> 02:21:12.455
per meeting for the independent chair.

02:21:12.479 --> 02:21:13.896
This recommendation comes after a

02:21:13.920 --> 02:21:15.816
benchmarking exercise was conducted

02:21:15.840 --> 02:21:17.496
across other large rural councils in

02:21:17.520 --> 02:21:19.976
Victoria. The results Shire owed that on

02:21:20.000 --> 02:21:21.415
average member fees have increased by

02:21:21.439 --> 02:21:24.295
around 5% and chairs fees by around 7%

02:21:24.319 --> 02:21:26.375
since 2023.

02:21:26.399 --> 02:21:28.056
The proposed adjustments bring our fees

02:21:28.080 --> 02:21:30.616
into line with these sector standards.

02:21:30.640 --> 02:21:32.136
The audit and risk committee plays a

02:21:32.160 --> 02:21:33.576
critical role for council. It provides

02:21:33.600 --> 02:21:35.976
independent oversight and expert advice

02:21:36.000 --> 02:21:38.295
on financial reporting. And I'll

02:21:38.319 --> 02:21:40.776
highlight expert advice. The independent

02:21:40.800 --> 02:21:43.576
members are leaders in their field. Risk

02:21:43.600 --> 02:21:45.656
management and internal controls.

02:21:45.680 --> 02:21:47.176
Members meet five times a year for

02:21:47.200 --> 02:21:49.176
several hours each time with significant

02:21:49.200 --> 02:21:51.496
preparation and travel involved. Their

02:21:51.520 --> 02:21:53.016
expertise helps ensure council is

02:21:53.040 --> 02:21:55.096
transparent, accountable, and trusted in

02:21:55.120 --> 02:21:57.415
its financial decision-making.

02:21:57.439 --> 02:21:59.096
The last review of member fees was in

02:21:59.120 --> 02:22:01.096
2023. Updating them every two years is

02:22:01.120 --> 02:22:02.776
consistent with our charter and reflects

02:22:02.800 --> 02:22:05.096
the expectation that remuneration Shire ould

02:22:05.120 --> 02:22:07.176
be reviewed regularly to remain fair and

02:22:07.200 --> 02:22:08.696
competitive. Without appropriate

02:22:08.720 --> 02:22:10.455
remuneration, we risk losing the skills

02:22:10.479 --> 02:22:11.896
and experience that are so valuable to

02:22:11.920 --> 02:22:14.136
council. Importantly, the financial

02:22:14.160 --> 02:22:16.136
impact of this increase is minimal. The

02:22:16.160 --> 02:22:19.160
changes amounts to an additional $857

02:22:19.200 --> 02:22:21.415
across the financial year, which can be

02:22:21.439 --> 02:22:23.415
managed within the existing budget. The

02:22:23.439 --> 02:22:24.936
total cost of independent member fees

02:22:24.960 --> 02:22:27.960
for the year will be just over $16,000.

02:22:28.160 --> 02:22:30.455
In summary, this is a small well just a

02:22:30.479 --> 02:22:32.616
small well-justified adjustment that

02:22:32.640 --> 02:22:34.136
ensures our audit and risk committee

02:22:34.160 --> 02:22:36.056
remains aligned with sector benchmarks,

02:22:36.080 --> 02:22:37.656
supports the attraction and retention of

02:22:37.680 --> 02:22:39.816
skilled independent experts and

02:22:39.840 --> 02:22:42.056
strengthens council's credibility as a

02:22:42.080 --> 02:22:43.176
responsible and accountable

02:22:43.200 --> 02:22:45.496
organization. For those reasons, I

02:22:45.520 --> 02:22:47.176
support the recommendation.

02:22:47.200 --> 02:22:49.576
Thank you, Councelor Gri and councelor

02:22:49.600 --> 02:22:52.536
Patterson.

02:22:52.560 --> 02:22:54.056
Thank you. I also support the

02:22:54.080 --> 02:22:57.080
recommendation and echo councelor Gri um

02:22:57.120 --> 02:22:59.016
his comments around the capable audit

02:22:59.040 --> 02:23:01.496
and risk committee members that we have.

02:23:01.520 --> 02:23:04.056
um councelor Chris and I were both part

02:23:04.080 --> 02:23:06.056
of the interview process when we had a

02:23:06.080 --> 02:23:08.056
new member join earlier in the year and

02:23:08.080 --> 02:23:09.736
we have some very highc caliber um

02:23:09.760 --> 02:23:11.896
people that applied for that and it's

02:23:11.920 --> 02:23:14.920
important that we continue to um attract

02:23:15.280 --> 02:23:18.280
such um caliber to our audit and risk

02:23:18.399 --> 02:23:20.616
committee and we need to be therefore um

02:23:20.640 --> 02:23:23.176
paying in line with you know the market.

02:23:23.200 --> 02:23:25.576
So I think this is an important motion.

02:23:25.600 --> 02:23:27.096
Thank you.

02:23:27.120 --> 02:23:29.016
Thanks councelor Patterson. Do any other

02:23:29.040 --> 02:23:32.040
councilors wiShire  to speak to this motion?

02:23:32.080 --> 02:23:33.415
Councelor Phelps.

02:23:33.439 --> 02:23:34.616
Yeah, I'd just like to say while at

02:23:34.640 --> 02:23:35.976
first glance it may look like fee

02:23:36.000 --> 02:23:38.536
increases of 5% for committee members

02:23:38.560 --> 02:23:40.216
and 7% for the chair are higher than

02:23:40.240 --> 02:23:42.216
might be expected,  we do need to

02:23:42.240 --> 02:23:44.295
recall that CPI was a touch over 4% for

02:23:44.319 --> 02:23:47.319
23 and just under 3% for 2024 and though

02:23:47.680 --> 02:23:50.056
that these fees are adjusted only every

02:23:50.080 --> 02:23:52.056
2 years. Um so accordingly the

02:23:52.080 --> 02:23:55.016
recommended increases from 700 to 735

02:23:55.040 --> 02:23:58.040
and 950 to 1016 do calculate out to be a

02:23:58.560 --> 02:23:59.816
little under where they would be if kept

02:23:59.840 --> 02:24:01.736
in line with CPI over each of the last

02:24:01.760 --> 02:24:04.136
two years. Um as mentioned previously

02:24:04.160 --> 02:24:05.576
the audit and risk committee members are

02:24:05.600 --> 02:24:07.656
highly experienced and qualified and

02:24:07.680 --> 02:24:09.256
provide significant independent

02:24:09.280 --> 02:24:10.776
oversight benefits to council and

02:24:10.800 --> 02:24:13.415
rateayers. Um the downside of poor

02:24:13.439 --> 02:24:15.656
systems can be very large. So I do

02:24:15.680 --> 02:24:16.616
believe they are well worth the

02:24:16.640 --> 02:24:18.696
investment and I approve the recommended

02:24:18.720 --> 02:24:21.720
revised fees. Thank you.

02:24:24.240 --> 02:24:25.896
Thank you, councelor Phelps. Do any

02:24:25.920 --> 02:24:28.056
other councilors wiShire  to speak to the

02:24:28.080 --> 02:24:30.216
motion?

02:24:30.240 --> 02:24:33.240
, we will now Sorry, I've lost my

02:24:33.359 --> 02:24:34.776
place. Councelor Gri, do you have any

02:24:34.800 --> 02:24:35.415
closing comments?

02:24:35.439 --> 02:24:36.536
No, thanks, ma'am.

02:24:36.560 --> 02:24:38.295
Thanks. We'll now put the motion to a

02:24:38.319 --> 02:24:41.319
vote. All in favor?

02:24:42.080 --> 02:24:44.536
, thank you. That motion is carried

02:24:44.560 --> 02:24:47.560
unanimously.

02:24:54.640 --> 02:24:57.256
Yeah. So, councilors, the CEO's reminded

02:24:57.280 --> 02:25:00.136
me that on the previous item 4.9 award

02:25:00.160 --> 02:25:02.536
of contract for quarry products, , I

02:25:02.560 --> 02:25:05.560
didn't ask for who was against that um

02:25:05.920 --> 02:25:08.696
motion. So, I did record um that the

02:25:08.720 --> 02:25:11.176
motion was carried 71, but I didn't ask

02:25:11.200 --> 02:25:12.936
who was against. So, my apologies for

02:25:12.960 --> 02:25:14.696
missing that. And so I'm going to go

02:25:14.720 --> 02:25:17.720
back to um asking who is against um that

02:25:18.960 --> 02:25:21.960
motion regarding quarry products and

02:25:23.439 --> 02:25:25.896
 sorry we we'll do um the whole thing.

02:25:25.920 --> 02:25:28.920
So who who was for that motion seven

02:25:29.359 --> 02:25:31.335
 sorry

02:25:31.359 --> 02:25:34.359
yep thank you and against so thanks 71.

02:25:34.880 --> 02:25:36.616
Thanks for the correction and apologies

02:25:36.640 --> 02:25:37.656
for my lapse

02:25:37.680 --> 02:25:39.656
that occurred on the other contract boat

02:25:39.680 --> 02:25:41.335
did it as well? Okay. My apologies,

02:25:41.359 --> 02:25:43.496
councelor Barker.

02:25:43.520 --> 02:25:45.415
 would you prefer if we retook that

02:25:45.439 --> 02:25:46.776
vote as well or

02:25:46.800 --> 02:25:49.736
I'm not running the meeting.

02:25:49.760 --> 02:25:51.335
Okay. I'll retake that vote. And I

02:25:51.359 --> 02:25:53.976
apologize for having missed that step.

02:25:54.000 --> 02:25:55.896
So we're now going back to retake the

02:25:55.920 --> 02:25:57.736
vote on traffic management services

02:25:57.760 --> 02:26:00.760
award of contract. All in favor?

02:26:02.479 --> 02:26:05.479
Thank you and against. Thank you.

02:26:06.240 --> 02:26:09.096
Carried 71. And my apologies again for

02:26:09.120 --> 02:26:12.120
missing that step.

02:26:14.880 --> 02:26:17.880
The next item is 4.11 project budget

02:26:18.080 --> 02:26:20.616
adjustments and caShire  reserve transfers

02:26:20.640 --> 02:26:22.616
August 2025.

02:26:22.640 --> 02:26:25.640
This report contains proposed budget

02:26:25.840 --> 02:26:27.656
project budget adjustments and caShire 

02:26:27.680 --> 02:26:30.680
reserve transfers for council approval.

02:26:30.960 --> 02:26:32.776
The report presents adjustments

02:26:32.800 --> 02:26:34.856
including existing projects requiring

02:26:34.880 --> 02:26:37.736
adjustment, project closures, new

02:26:37.760 --> 02:26:40.056
projects to be initiated, chief

02:26:40.080 --> 02:26:42.056
executive officer approved transfers

02:26:42.080 --> 02:26:45.080
under delegation or corrections to prior

02:26:45.120 --> 02:26:47.816
reports presented to council. We have a

02:26:47.840 --> 02:26:49.896
recommendation. Does anyone wiShire  to move

02:26:49.920 --> 02:26:52.216
a motion?

02:26:52.240 --> 02:26:53.976
, councelor Schonfelder. Thank you. Is

02:26:54.000 --> 02:26:56.856
that as per the recommendation? Thanks.

02:26:56.880 --> 02:26:59.880
and a seconder,

02:27:04.080 --> 02:27:06.375
councelor Phelps. Thank you,

02:27:06.399 --> 02:27:08.696
councelor Schonfelder. This report

02:27:08.720 --> 02:27:11.096
regularly brings decisions to council

02:27:11.120 --> 02:27:13.256
about material changes to project

02:27:13.280 --> 02:27:15.976
budgets and provides visibility about

02:27:16.000 --> 02:27:19.000
CEO approved project changes, material

02:27:19.280 --> 02:27:22.280
project budget transfers or new projects

02:27:22.800 --> 02:27:24.936
endorsed by the executive management

02:27:24.960 --> 02:27:27.960
team which not yet approved by council

02:27:28.160 --> 02:27:31.160
are presented for approval. This process

02:27:31.280 --> 02:27:33.656
ensures that councilors decide on

02:27:33.680 --> 02:27:36.455
changes and are kept informed whilst

02:27:36.479 --> 02:27:39.016
allowing for smooth project delivery.

02:27:39.040 --> 02:27:41.496
The report also provides transparency

02:27:41.520 --> 02:27:43.576
for the community.

02:27:43.600 --> 02:27:46.600
Now, I would like to mention with much

02:27:47.600 --> 02:27:50.600
delight the FreShire water Creek Riding Shire ed

02:27:51.120 --> 02:27:54.120
the fact that many  females

02:27:54.640 --> 02:27:57.640
participate in equin activities and I

02:27:58.160 --> 02:28:00.776
think it's important to encourage 

02:28:00.800 --> 02:28:03.800
women in sport and I think it's a

02:28:04.640 --> 02:28:07.640
fantastic facility in FreShire water Creek

02:28:08.319 --> 02:28:10.216
and um I don't know about the carbon

02:28:10.240 --> 02:28:13.240
emissions of horses Mayor I know They do

02:28:13.840 --> 02:28:16.056
um droppings, but I'm not sure exactly

02:28:16.080 --> 02:28:19.080
how much of a carbon  outlay they

02:28:19.200 --> 02:28:21.736
have. I I would possibly argue as a

02:28:21.760 --> 02:28:24.536
hippopile, which means a lover of

02:28:24.560 --> 02:28:27.560
horses, that they perhaps admit less

02:28:27.680 --> 02:28:30.680
emissions than other sporting pursuits.

02:28:30.800 --> 02:28:33.576
I know you're very much a keen cyclist

02:28:33.600 --> 02:28:36.295
along with councelor Grist as well. So

02:28:36.319 --> 02:28:38.455
you'd probably argue that that pursuit

02:28:38.479 --> 02:28:41.479
would also um be more environmentally

02:28:42.000 --> 02:28:44.136
friendly as well.

02:28:44.160 --> 02:28:47.160
Capeotway Road around $3 million spent

02:28:47.840 --> 02:28:49.976
there which is very warmly welcomed by

02:28:50.000 --> 02:28:53.000
the community. also worthy Bay Stadium.

02:28:54.000 --> 02:28:57.000
There's an extra 45,000 there, which is

02:28:57.120 --> 02:29:00.120
for some curtains and also to re do some

02:29:02.960 --> 02:29:05.816
more um just some changes with the

02:29:05.840 --> 02:29:08.776
seating there. And I know that that

02:29:08.800 --> 02:29:10.536
facility

02:29:10.560 --> 02:29:13.560
needs a greater seating capacity and I

02:29:13.760 --> 02:29:16.295
think that is welcomed by the community

02:29:16.319 --> 02:29:19.319
and by the basketball fraternity. So, I

02:29:19.680 --> 02:29:22.455
thought I'd just mention a few of the

02:29:22.479 --> 02:29:24.776
points highlighted in the report. Thank

02:29:24.800 --> 02:29:26.056
you, Mayor.

02:29:26.080 --> 02:29:27.976
Thank you, Councelor Seanfelder.

02:29:28.000 --> 02:29:30.776
Councelor Phelps, , broadly happy with

02:29:30.800 --> 02:29:33.256
tables one to six as presented. However,

02:29:33.280 --> 02:29:35.576
I do still have an outstanding query.

02:29:35.600 --> 02:29:38.600
Um, with regard to the transfer of

02:29:38.800 --> 02:29:41.736
$27,000 on the accumulated un

02:29:41.760 --> 02:29:44.455
unallocated caShire  reserve for the Cadell

02:29:44.479 --> 02:29:47.096
Evans Great Ocean Road race, I would

02:29:47.120 --> 02:29:49.576
believe I'm waiting to hear why why that

02:29:49.600 --> 02:29:51.335
would have come out of unallocated caShire 

02:29:51.359 --> 02:29:53.736
reserve. Other than that, I'm happy with

02:29:53.760 --> 02:29:55.976
the numbers and the transparency of the

02:29:56.000 --> 02:29:57.656
tables.

02:29:57.680 --> 02:29:59.576
Thanks, Councelor Phelps. So, I believe

02:29:59.600 --> 02:30:01.256
that that question has been taken on

02:30:01.280 --> 02:30:03.496
notice and we're waiting for an answer

02:30:03.520 --> 02:30:05.816
to you. So, thanks for that.

02:30:05.840 --> 02:30:08.056
 do any other councilors wiShire  to speak

02:30:08.080 --> 02:30:11.080
to this item? Councelor Barker,

02:30:11.359 --> 02:30:13.656
my overall concern is not any one item

02:30:13.680 --> 02:30:16.680
specifically, but the frequency. This

02:30:16.880 --> 02:30:18.616
has been happening for years the whole

02:30:18.640 --> 02:30:20.696
time I've been on council and it's

02:30:20.720 --> 02:30:23.720
constant reShire uffleling of money. Um and

02:30:24.800 --> 02:30:26.375
to me that suggests weak initial

02:30:26.399 --> 02:30:29.399
planning. You've got a lot of people

02:30:29.680 --> 02:30:32.680
employed to manage all these projects

02:30:33.840 --> 02:30:36.455
and where savings can be made and those

02:30:36.479 --> 02:30:39.415
savings go back to funds that can

02:30:39.439 --> 02:30:41.976
receive them.

02:30:42.000 --> 02:30:44.136
It Shire ows that we don't have a very good

02:30:44.160 --> 02:30:47.016
handle on what things are going to cost

02:30:47.040 --> 02:30:48.696
where things blow out. That's a

02:30:48.720 --> 02:30:51.496
significant concern and that's where we

02:30:51.520 --> 02:30:54.216
end up having to pinch from other areas

02:30:54.240 --> 02:30:57.240
and pay different bits and bobs. But I

02:30:57.680 --> 02:30:59.335
did want to touch on one element, the

02:30:59.359 --> 02:31:02.056
the money regarding the basketball

02:31:02.080 --> 02:31:04.455
stadium seating. I'm incredibly

02:31:04.479 --> 02:31:06.536
disappointed in the mismanagement of

02:31:06.560 --> 02:31:09.096
this project, especially given that the

02:31:09.120 --> 02:31:11.096
basketball association were willing to

02:31:11.120 --> 02:31:14.120
project manage the the whole process.

02:31:16.319 --> 02:31:18.696
We'll never know for sure, but I think

02:31:18.720 --> 02:31:21.016
this whole debacle

02:31:21.040 --> 02:31:23.496
would have been avoided if it were being

02:31:23.520 --> 02:31:26.455
managed by those most involved in the

02:31:26.479 --> 02:31:29.256
project. Where we have an opportunity

02:31:29.280 --> 02:31:32.280
for people that have an interest in the

02:31:32.960 --> 02:31:35.256
topic and they have the capacity to

02:31:35.280 --> 02:31:37.256
project manage, I think we'll get far

02:31:37.280 --> 02:31:39.976
better outcomes than managing it in

02:31:40.000 --> 02:31:41.656
house.

02:31:41.680 --> 02:31:43.415
And if there isn't the desire and

02:31:43.439 --> 02:31:45.496
capability in other areas to project

02:31:45.520 --> 02:31:47.256
manage, then maybe we Shire ouldn't be

02:31:47.280 --> 02:31:49.176
spending the money on that.

02:31:49.200 --> 02:31:51.096
Additionally, because of the fire

02:31:51.120 --> 02:31:52.696
regulations

02:31:52.720 --> 02:31:55.720
impacting the seating configuration,

02:31:56.880 --> 02:31:58.856
this comes back to state governments

02:31:58.880 --> 02:32:01.415
that we've had both now and historically

02:32:01.439 --> 02:32:04.439
of both colors that have contributed to

02:32:05.520 --> 02:32:07.816
introducing and changing these fire

02:32:07.840 --> 02:32:10.216
regulations that have been the primary

02:32:10.240 --> 02:32:13.240
cause of not allowing the seats to be

02:32:14.319 --> 02:32:17.319
used as they came. Um,

02:32:18.880 --> 02:32:21.335
they're not very happy.

02:32:21.359 --> 02:32:22.776
Thank you, councelor Barker. Do any

02:32:22.800 --> 02:32:24.856
other councilors wiShire  to speak to this

02:32:24.880 --> 02:32:26.616
motion?

02:32:26.640 --> 02:32:27.736
Councelor Gri.

02:32:27.760 --> 02:32:29.736
, yeah, just briefly. Thanks, Mayor. I

02:32:29.760 --> 02:32:31.656
have similar concerns with the Wordy

02:32:31.680 --> 02:32:34.680
Bayer stadium seating um issue and also

02:32:36.560 --> 02:32:39.096
awaiting the information about the um

02:32:39.120 --> 02:32:42.120
Cadell's  road race movement in the

02:32:44.000 --> 02:32:46.216
budget. Um, without knowing that, I

02:32:46.240 --> 02:32:49.096
don't feel comfortable approving

02:32:49.120 --> 02:32:52.120
um, this item, so I'll be voting against

02:32:52.240 --> 02:32:53.176
it.

02:32:53.200 --> 02:32:54.696
Thanks, Councelor Greece. Do any other

02:32:54.720 --> 02:32:57.720
counselors wiShire  to speak to the motion?

02:32:57.760 --> 02:33:00.760
Councelor Patterson.

02:33:01.840 --> 02:33:04.216
Thank you. Um I I guess I just wanted to

02:33:04.240 --> 02:33:06.056
talk about the the basis of the project

02:33:06.080 --> 02:33:08.696
budget adjustments and so identifying

02:33:08.720 --> 02:33:10.856
that this is really a lot of it is sort

02:33:10.880 --> 02:33:13.576
of an accounting type spreadShire eet

02:33:13.600 --> 02:33:15.415
demonstrating for example when grant

02:33:15.439 --> 02:33:18.136
funding comes in um you know there's an

02:33:18.160 --> 02:33:20.455
allocation that's put in and it's

02:33:20.479 --> 02:33:21.816
demonstrated that we've received that

02:33:21.840 --> 02:33:24.136
money and it's gone to the project. So

02:33:24.160 --> 02:33:26.216
it's not always that there's a change in

02:33:26.240 --> 02:33:28.136
the budget per se but more that the

02:33:28.160 --> 02:33:29.656
grant funding has come in and it's

02:33:29.680 --> 02:33:31.816
registered within this project budget.

02:33:31.840 --> 02:33:34.840
um and transfers table. And so I I think

02:33:35.200 --> 02:33:38.136
it's um unfair to imply that there's

02:33:38.160 --> 02:33:40.455
mismanagement of um projects that are

02:33:40.479 --> 02:33:43.479
happening. Um there's it's very normal

02:33:44.399 --> 02:33:47.335
for project budgets to vary you know 10

02:33:47.359 --> 02:33:50.359
to 15% um across projects and because of

02:33:51.680 --> 02:33:53.736
the level of transparency that the Shire 

02:33:53.760 --> 02:33:56.455
wants to provide to its residents rate

02:33:56.479 --> 02:33:59.415
payers customers um you know then that

02:33:59.439 --> 02:34:02.439
is recorded on this  project budgets

02:34:02.880 --> 02:34:04.856
Shire eet I mean sometimes there are

02:34:04.880 --> 02:34:07.335
recordings of you know $20 that come in

02:34:07.359 --> 02:34:09.256
that that that's not a mismanagement

02:34:09.280 --> 02:34:11.016
that's just a level of transparency

02:34:11.040 --> 02:34:13.415
that's provided. And so it's great that

02:34:13.439 --> 02:34:16.136
that that happens and that we counselors

02:34:16.160 --> 02:34:17.976
and the community can really see where

02:34:18.000 --> 02:34:19.816
the money is moving between projects and

02:34:19.840 --> 02:34:22.455
what it's reallocated or or or moved

02:34:22.479 --> 02:34:24.856
from um when it comes in and goes out.

02:34:24.880 --> 02:34:27.256
So it's really an accounting process.

02:34:27.280 --> 02:34:29.335
There are many projects that continue

02:34:29.359 --> 02:34:31.656
across the Shire  that go, you know, within

02:34:31.680 --> 02:34:33.256
budget and they don't need to come on to

02:34:33.280 --> 02:34:34.936
these tables that are just, you know,

02:34:34.960 --> 02:34:37.960
day in day out work. Thank you.

02:34:38.240 --> 02:34:39.736
Thank you, Councelor Patterson. Do any

02:34:39.760 --> 02:34:41.176
other counselors wiShire  to speak to the

02:34:41.200 --> 02:34:43.335
item?

02:34:43.359 --> 02:34:45.176
No. Thanks. Councelor Seanfelder, do you

02:34:45.200 --> 02:34:46.216
have any closing comments?

02:34:46.240 --> 02:34:49.240
, yes. I um want to just add that with

02:34:49.840 --> 02:34:51.976
the FreShire water Creek riding Shire ed that

02:34:52.000 --> 02:34:55.000
actually came under budget by $15,000

02:34:55.600 --> 02:34:58.600
and also another item pertaining to

02:34:59.040 --> 02:35:02.040
Victorian Storms project savings account

02:35:02.720 --> 02:35:05.720
that  came under budget by $4,000

02:35:06.240 --> 02:35:09.240
which is positive. So I do feel that um

02:35:10.000 --> 02:35:12.856
as councelor Patterson said that there

02:35:12.880 --> 02:35:15.576
are times when it varies. Sometimes we

02:35:15.600 --> 02:35:17.896
do have savings which is good. So in a

02:35:17.920 --> 02:35:20.536
perfect world be great to have projects

02:35:20.560 --> 02:35:22.776
under budget and to have more savings.

02:35:22.800 --> 02:35:25.800
So I think that's a reasonable comment.

02:35:26.000 --> 02:35:27.496
Thank you.

02:35:27.520 --> 02:35:29.096
Thank you councelor Seanfelder. We'll

02:35:29.120 --> 02:35:31.176
put that motion to a vote. All those in

02:35:31.200 --> 02:35:34.200
favor?

02:35:34.960 --> 02:35:37.960
Thank you and against.

02:35:38.319 --> 02:35:41.176
Thanks counselors. So that is carried

02:35:41.200 --> 02:35:44.200
53.

02:35:47.280 --> 02:35:50.280
The next item is 4.12 instrument of

02:35:50.560 --> 02:35:52.295
appointment and authorization planning

02:35:52.319 --> 02:35:55.016
and environment act 1987.

02:35:55.040 --> 02:35:56.776
The purpose of this report is to seek

02:35:56.800 --> 02:35:58.536
council's appointment of authorized

02:35:58.560 --> 02:35:59.896
officers under the planning and

02:35:59.920 --> 02:36:02.920
environment act 1987 through the updated

02:36:03.120 --> 02:36:04.536
instrument of appointment and

02:36:04.560 --> 02:36:06.136
authorization.

02:36:06.160 --> 02:36:08.776
This instrument requires updating due to

02:36:08.800 --> 02:36:11.576
recent staff changes. The content of the

02:36:11.600 --> 02:36:13.335
instrument has also been slightly

02:36:13.359 --> 02:36:15.736
rewarded to reflect changes to the

02:36:15.760 --> 02:36:18.616
template provided by external lawyers.

02:36:18.640 --> 02:36:20.536
We have a recommendation. Does anyone

02:36:20.560 --> 02:36:23.176
wiShire  to move a motion? Councelor Barka.

02:36:23.200 --> 02:36:24.536
as per the recommendation.

02:36:24.560 --> 02:36:25.176
Yes.

02:36:25.200 --> 02:36:27.656
Thank you. And a second.

02:36:27.680 --> 02:36:30.375
Councelor Phelps. Thanks.  councelor

02:36:30.399 --> 02:36:31.096
Barker,

02:36:31.120 --> 02:36:32.776
I just appreciate the updates to the

02:36:32.800 --> 02:36:33.896
template.

02:36:33.920 --> 02:36:35.335
Thank you. And councelor Phelps?

02:36:35.359 --> 02:36:36.375
No comments.

02:36:36.399 --> 02:36:38.136
Do any other counselors wiShire  to speak to

02:36:38.160 --> 02:36:40.136
the motion?

02:36:40.160 --> 02:36:41.656
And no closing comments?

02:36:41.680 --> 02:36:42.295
No.

02:36:42.319 --> 02:36:45.319
We'll put that to a vote. All in favor?

02:36:46.000 --> 02:36:47.256
Thanks. That motion's carried

02:36:47.280 --> 02:36:49.576
unanimously.

02:36:49.600 --> 02:36:52.600
4.13 conflict of interest records. The

02:36:52.960 --> 02:36:54.616
purpose of this report is to present

02:36:54.640 --> 02:36:56.776
conflict of interest records received

02:36:56.800 --> 02:36:59.576
since the previous council meeting. An

02:36:59.600 --> 02:37:01.656
administrative error has been identified

02:37:01.680 --> 02:37:04.216
in one of these records and officers

02:37:04.240 --> 02:37:06.455
have provid prepared an updated

02:37:06.479 --> 02:37:08.616
recommendation to enable this to be

02:37:08.640 --> 02:37:11.496
rectified. If this could please be

02:37:11.520 --> 02:37:14.520
Shire ared by the governance team.

02:37:26.240 --> 02:37:27.576
Thanks counselors. We have a

02:37:27.600 --> 02:37:29.256
recommendation. Does anyone wiShire  to move

02:37:29.280 --> 02:37:32.136
a motion?

02:37:32.160 --> 02:37:34.295
, councelor Seanfelder as per the

02:37:34.319 --> 02:37:36.295
recommendation. Thank you. And councelor

02:37:36.319 --> 02:37:39.319
Phelps seconding. Thanks. Do you wiShire  to

02:37:39.359 --> 02:37:41.415
speak to the motion council? just just

02:37:41.439 --> 02:37:44.439
briefly  that um with conflicts of

02:37:45.280 --> 02:37:47.016
interest, it's interesting how you can

02:37:47.040 --> 02:37:49.256
have also a perceived conflict of

02:37:49.280 --> 02:37:52.280
interest. This um item Shire ows

02:37:52.560 --> 02:37:55.560
transparency which is so important and

02:37:55.760 --> 02:37:57.816
 for meaningful engagement with the

02:37:57.840 --> 02:38:00.136
community. Thank you.

02:38:00.160 --> 02:38:01.816
Thanks, Councelor Schonfelder. Councelor

02:38:01.840 --> 02:38:03.335
Phelps, do you wiShire  to speak?

02:38:03.359 --> 02:38:05.096
Do any other counselors wiShire  to speak to

02:38:05.120 --> 02:38:07.176
this item?

02:38:07.200 --> 02:38:09.256
And are there any closing comments?

02:38:09.280 --> 02:38:11.736
We'll put it to a vote. All those in

02:38:11.760 --> 02:38:14.056
favor.

02:38:14.080 --> 02:38:15.415
Thanks councilors. That's carried

02:38:15.439 --> 02:38:18.439
unanimously.

02:38:19.200 --> 02:38:22.200
So that um brings us to the end of the

02:38:22.560 --> 02:38:25.560
open part of tonight's meeting.

02:38:27.040 --> 02:38:30.040
 so are we

02:38:30.960 --> 02:38:33.096
so sorry I'm bit fried at the moment.

02:38:33.120 --> 02:38:34.375
I'm going to have to ask the governance

02:38:34.399 --> 02:38:37.399
team what's what's next.

02:38:37.600 --> 02:38:40.455
confidential.

02:38:40.479 --> 02:38:42.295
Okay. So, can I have a mover and a

02:38:42.319 --> 02:38:44.056
second to move into confidential? Moved

02:38:44.080 --> 02:38:46.056
by councelor Shire unfelder and seconded by

02:38:46.080 --> 02:38:49.080
councelor Phelps. Thanks. All in favor?

02:38:50.880 --> 02:38:53.736
Sorry. All in favor?

02:38:53.760 --> 02:38:56.760
Thanks. And against.

02:38:56.800 --> 02:38:59.800
 thank you. So that is carried. Um 53.