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Good evening

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and welcome to our October 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 tonight. Can everyone hear me

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all right in the gallery? Thanks.

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This meeting's also being live streamed. So

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a big welcome to those tuning in online

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and of course welcome to my fellow

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counselors.

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Live captioning will accompany the live

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stream of this meeting. We hope that

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this assists those who may have hearing

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difficulties.

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I'd like to acknowledge that we meet on

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Wadawurrung country and that the Surf Coast

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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 my respects to their

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Elders past, present and emerging.

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Surf  Coast Shire Council is 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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land, sea, and water waterway country of

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the Surf Coast. I'd also like to

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acknowledge any Aboriginal people

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attending or viewing this meeting

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tonight.

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Earlier today, the Victorian Electoral

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Commission held a countback to fill the

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vacancy created on council following

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Rebecca Burke's recent resignation.

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The countback resulted in Eric Manugg

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receiving the highest amount of votes.

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Congratulations, Eric, if you're

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watching.

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 I understand the VC is still going

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through their processes and a formal

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outcome will be communicated in due

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course. I'd also like to take this

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opportunity to sincerely thank Rebecca

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for her contribution to council during

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her time with us.

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And now to our agenda for tonight. So,

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let's get underway.

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Council meetings operate according to

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our adopted governance rules which

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include the following processes. During

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the 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 including

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the seconder may speak to a motion for

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no more than 3 minutes. I ask that

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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 counselors as

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well as other members of the gallery. I

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also note that any unauthorized

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recording of the meeting is prohibited

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under our governance rules. However, you

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can access a copy of the official

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recording on our website after the

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meeting.

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I'll now recite the pledge as a sign of

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our commitment. As councilors, we carry

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out our responsibilities with diligence

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and 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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Turn to apologies. I'm aware that we

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have an apology from councelor Pattison

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for tonight's meeting. Are there any

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other apologies?

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No.

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 can I please have a mover and a

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second to accept that apology? Moved by

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councelor Schonfelder. Thank you. And

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seconded by councelor Walker. Thank you.

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 all those in favor.

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Thank you. That is carried.  6.

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Can I please have a mover and a second

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to confirm the minutes of the council

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meeting held on the 23rd of September,

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2025?

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 moved by councelor Grist and seconded

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by councelor Phelps. Thank you.

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All in favor?

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Thanks. That's carried unanimously. 6.

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There are no leave of absence requests

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that I'm aware of. Are there any leave

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of absence requests?

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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 for those online to be

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placed by the host in a virtual waiting

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room while the matter is being

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considered. Once the matter is resolved,

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the councelor and/or officer will be

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returned to the meeting. Are there any

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declarations of conflicts of interest

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for tonight's meeting?

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No. Thank you.

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If any conflicts arise during the

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meeting, please make them know known to

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me.

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 there any presentations from

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counselors for tonight's meeting?

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No. Thank you.

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The next agenda item is public question

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time. Public question time is a time for

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community members to ask questions or

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make a submission at a council meeting.

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We have two community members who have

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submitted two questions total tonight.

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Our first question is from Matt Hines

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from Toi regarding road safety and I

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know that Matt's here in person. Thanks

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for coming in Matt.

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Please come forward and ask your

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question.

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Thank you. Table's in different position

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tonight. Feels like you're a long way

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away.

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I was thinking we're a lot closer here.

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 so Matt Hines from Surf Coast

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Environment Group. So as of August,

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councils across Victoria have been able

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to implement 30 km speed limits. The

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road safety data on the benefits to

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pedestrian, bike rider, and driver

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safety is clear. 30 km an hour is

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significantly safer and has almost zero

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impact on car-based journey times.

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In South Australia, school zones have

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24/7 25 km per hour limits in

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recognition of the particular impact

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traffic speeds have on child safety and

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30 is the standard across cities, towns,

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and villages throughout much of Europe.

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Reduced speed limits also make our

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streets safer for older pedestrians,

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reduce the risk of vehicle crashes, and

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encourage more people to walk and ride

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bikes for short journeys. They also lead

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to lower vehicle emissions, resulting

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improved public health and reduced

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environmental impact.

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Is council considering making our

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streets safer and more livable for all

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users by introducing 30 km per hour

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speed limits in areas with high

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pedestrian and bike rider use, including

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in town centers, school zones, near

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playgrounds, sports grounds, beach

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fronts, and on streets without

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footpaths.

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Thanks for your question, Matt. I'm

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going to refer your question to the CEO

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for a response.

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Hi, Matt, and thanks for your question.

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 your timing is amazing actually

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because yes, council is considering

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 speed limit reductions in in high

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pedestrian areas in parts of the Surf

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Coast Shire. And so in relation to that,

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our road safety strategy currently has

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identified two strategic focus areas

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which relate to speed limit reductions.

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I'm sure you're across these, but for

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those who may not be, number one is

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improving the safety for vulnerable and

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unprotected road users. And number two

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is increasing the livability by making

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it safer for people to move around our

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towns.

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We were fortunate enough to um get some

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funding from the department of transport

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and planning to actually look at

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implementing speed limit reductions

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particularly in areas inlet angles Mogs

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Creek and Fair Haven.

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So we did some initial community

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consultation

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 and sought feedback and we got a lot

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of response um in relation to that and

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then we commissioned an independent

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detailed speed zone  assessment of

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those locations.

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Um and we are looking to implement some

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changes.  we will be  letting

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community members know

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 in the not too distant future and our

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intention would be to complete it by

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sort of June 2026 implementing both 30k

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and 40k areawide speed zones in in these

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locations um in line with the DTP speed

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limit guidelines. So yes would be the

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answer. All right. Thank you.

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Thank you, Matt.

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Our next question is from Julie Dingle

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of Anglesea regarding treaty negotiations.

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I can see Julie there. Hi, Julie. Thanks

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for coming in.

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Thank you. Um, yes, I'm Julie Dingle.

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Julie Dingle, Surf Coast for

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reconciliation and I just 

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wondering once Victoria's statewide

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treaty is passed in law, it'll be up to

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councils to negotiate with traditional

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owners. So, what preparations are being

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made by Surf Coast Council for these

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upcoming negotiations?

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Thanks for the question, Julie. I'm

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going to answer this one. The focus of

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our first nations work has centered

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around reconciliation through council's

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adopted statement of reconcil of

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commitment to reconciliation

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and implementing our reconciliation

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action plan. We'll work through

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understanding what treaty will look like

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and what our role will be practically.

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The statewide treaty bill which passed

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the lower house of state parliament

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recently indicates that the purpose of

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the bill is to establish a new entity

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gillang while evolved from Victoria's

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first people's assembly which is

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empowered to make rules guidelines and

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standards about issues that directly

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affect first peoples. Gangwa is

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described as having no powers to veto

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policy or legislation and it will be

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subject to the same oversight bodies as

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other independent agencies including

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vague  Victorian auditor general's

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office IBBACK and the ombbudsman. The

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Victorian Treaty Authority guidelines

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for local government states that

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councils are not a primary negotiation

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party but can be invited into local

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traditional owner treaty negotiations.

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We have strong relationships with First

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Nations people and have regular

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conversation with state government and

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this means that we are well positioned

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if the treaty bill passes the legis

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legislative assembly.

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Thanks Julie.

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Thanks very much.

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 that brings us to the end of public

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question time for tonight.

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There are no petitions for tonight's

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meeting, nor are there any notices of

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motion. So we come to the reports part

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of our council meeting agenda. Item 4.1,

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Surf Coast Shire Council annual report

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202425.

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The purpose of this report is to present

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the Surf Coast Shire Council annual

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report 202425

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to council. As mayor, I'm required in

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accordance with section 100 of the local

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government act 2020 to report on the

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implementation of the council plan by

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presenting the annual report at a

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council meeting open to the public.

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While we'll also be considering council

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plan reporting separately in the next

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agenda item, I'll make a couple of

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comments as part of the annual report.

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I'm pleased to present the annual report

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as tabled in the council meeting agenda.

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Some particular highlights relate to

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some of our long-term work which has a

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significant strategic impact including

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integrated planning and placemaking

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work. Our recognition of threats to the

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unique environments of the KARF wetlands

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and the partnership with the community

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and other agencies to address them. Our

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focus on enabling communities

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recognizing the talent and passion in

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local communities and helping people to

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make a difference.

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great progress towards walking and

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cycling options that help people get

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around without relying on cars and our

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organi organization's success in

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delivering projects during a highly

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challenging period.

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The report on the council plan

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implementation goes to the heart of our

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responsibility under the local

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government act to achieve the best

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outcomes for our municipal community

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including future generations.

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I'd also like to acknowledge the

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thoroughess of the annual report and the

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work done by the CEO and officers

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throughout the year to monitor progress

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and over recent weeks to put the report

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together.

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Now, we have a recommendation before us.

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Does anyone wish to move a motion?

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 Council Phelps, is that as per the

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recommendation? Thank you. And a second

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council Stapleton. Thank you, Councelor

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Phelps.

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Thank you, Mayor. Um, I'd like to just I

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won't go through too much. Just note

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that there's 544,000 in permanent

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savings. So, congratulations to all

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staff in achieving those savings. 

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the save funds do go towards increased

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costs that council has had to bear. Um,

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I'd like to note that state and federal

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governments continue to expect local

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government to provide a number of

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services without maintaining their share

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of funding. A critical cost shifting

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challenge which is mentioned on several

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occasions in the annual report.  by

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the way I might may I say the annual

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report has been laid out in a very

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readable format. Um it's not just a t

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tables of numbers. It does summarize

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various areas of council operation very

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well. So a well done to those involved

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in putting it together.  it's a

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comprehensive and it could otherwise

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been a fairly impenetrable document. 

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the annual report is here for noting as

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it's passed through a number of hoops to

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ensure it accurately portrays the 2425

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financial year and as such I recommend

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we accept as presented.

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Thank you, Councelor Phelps. Councelor

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Stafton.

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Thanks, Mayor. Um, so the annual report

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provides an interesting insight into the

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work of council and tells the story of

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our achievements and performance over

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the past financial year and also points

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to some of the challenges we've faced

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along the way. I think reading the

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report really opens your eyes to the

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breadth of services and operations that

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 council undertakes and is a great way

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to gain a true measure of spending

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across the entire SH and more

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understanding of how we've tracked

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against the council plan. There are many

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highlights identified in the annual

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report but I'm going to  wait until

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the next item on the agenda to talk

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about some of these or I'll become very

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repetitive. Um, what I will say is that

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in the last financial year, as councelor

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Phelps mentioned, $544,000 worth of

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permanent savings were realized through

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strategic business case investments and

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operational improvements. And

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additionally, council delivered a net

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surplus of $33.3 million, which was well

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above expectations, mostly due to

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favorable investment returns and a

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higher level of capital grants. Um,

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received an early unbudgeted receipt of

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the federal assistant grant for 2025 26.

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Um, for a quick overview of expenses, I

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really love the pie chart on page 17 of

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the annual report, which I know you

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don't have in front of you right now,

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but it's worth a look at. It just shows

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how council spent $100 of rates in the

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last financial year. So, it provides a

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really clear picture for people about

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how different services are being

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prioritized. And I think it's um

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important to note that the vast majority

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so a rough calculation of about $58 out

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of that $100 is spent on capital works

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maintenance and renewal and waste and

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recycling services. Um so that is the by

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by far the the highest portion of the

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pie um right down to the smallest

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portion which is 17 cents spent on first

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nations reconciliation and $1.66 on arts

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and libraries. So, I think it's good to

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just keep that um spending in

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perspective. If you'd like to look

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deeper into how Surf Coast performance

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this year tracks against previous years

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or even in relation to other local

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government areas, check out the know

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your council website. It's really

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informative and all the data um from the

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various councils will be published on

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there next month. On the subject of Surf

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Coast's performance and comparison with

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other local government areas, I'm going

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to take the opportunity to highlight the

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result from the recent Australian

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livability census which showed that Surf

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Coast is top four in the country.

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By way of background, researchers from

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Place Score went to every inch of the

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country looking at all 500 local

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government areas covering 15,000 suburbs

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and they asked 27,000 Australians what

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matters most to them. How happy are they

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living where they live? Each council was

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given a score out of 100 and Surf Coast

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came in fourth out of all 500 LGAs

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across the country only behind three

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metro councils which were Lane Cove in

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Sydney, Vincent in Perth and Inner West

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also in Sydney. This is something we

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should all feel really proud of. It

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means our residents are among the most

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satisfied in the country in terms of

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where they live and the amenities and

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services that they have access to.

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I think I've gone over time, so I'll

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finish up there.

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Thanks, Councelor Stapleton. Do any

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other counselors wish to speak to this

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item?

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Councelor Walker.

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Thank you, Mayor. Um, so the council's

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performance um against the council plan

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and the annual budget. This report

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highlights and details the breadth of

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council's services and operations,

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financial performance, governance and

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management processes and

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responsibilities fulfilled by council's

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executive management team and employers.

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gives clarity and transparency for

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everyone involved and especially for her

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community. Um further to what council

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stren point out  check out you know

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your council website to give further

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insights for your community  to

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compare data against previous years and

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against other councils and showing you

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we've got 40,000 people here at the

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moment next 8 years it's almost going to

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hit 50,000

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um 15 sorry 50,000 so it's an increase

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of nearly 10,000 got 15 12,000

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businesses in the Surf Coast and a

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little fact 1.4 4 million curbside

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pickups over the last year. Um just some

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nice little facts to look at but it

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gives really good transparency for

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everyone to look at. Gives a good

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picture of where we sit and obviously

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we've got a lot to in the future. Um and

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further to this then report and future

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reports sit alongside the strategic

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direction of a high performing council.

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So encourage everyone to look to it and

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look back on it in the future.

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Thank you councelor Walker. Do any other

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councilors wish to speak to this item?

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 councelor Shunfelder.  thank you

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mayor and I am  aware of the fact that

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um if you don't speak too promptly or

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soon the points that you've 

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highlighted can easily be highlighted by

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other colleagues and I must say they

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they've  done a a sterling job so to

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speak  this evening and I'm not sure

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if Vincent in  Perth is in the

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Sterling Shire or not or council but um

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I was just reflecting on what the deputy

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mayor was  purporting and I was

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wondering if there was a a case study

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into councilors wonder wondering where

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we would rate hopefully number one I try

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and remain humble in in saying that we

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have a,083.23

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two three kilometers of roads in the

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Surf Coast SH both sealed and unsealed.

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I once again congratulate the council on

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the annual report and note that it has

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been a transition this financial year

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because of the elections that we held.

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And  I would like to thank though the

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former counselors who who served and

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also the newly elected counselors along

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with um today the um councelor elect

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Manog who will become councelor proper I

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imagine once he's sworn in.

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The drought is also mentioned and I know

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the famous poem about Australia with the

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different conditions we have like

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flooding rains and the like um that we

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have had the freezing of rates for 2024

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to 25 levels for farmland and I don't

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think we're actually out of the drought

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yet unfortunately

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the adoption of the urban futures

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strategy and the ambition of sustainable

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growth and I know that that is

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debatable. What is sustainable growth?

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And I know people here tonight from

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Winrol Sea and what is sustainable for

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the future of of both of both places. It

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can be  debatable.

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the Winrol Sea Pool which I'm looking

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forward to using once the weather gets

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gets warmer and also the Wordy Bay

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aquatic and recreational center and also

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 the developments with the hockey

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pinch as well and um this year is not an

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Olympic year like last year but before

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we know it  we'll have the Olympics in

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Brisbane in seven years time and I know

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that Australians have done very well in

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hockey and also in swimming. So, we

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might have a future Olympic champion

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 living in our municipality.

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I'd like to just finally say that um

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having the um and supporting the

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Wtherong Traditional Owners Aboriginal

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Corporation to deliver another moving

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pilpin truthtelling event on 26th of

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January was another important step in

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our journey towards First Nations

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reconciliation.

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And my last point I might add is

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Australia with many economic indexes has

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the second highest standard of living in

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the entire world and many first nations

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people sadly their standard of living on

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average is not as high as um

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non-indigenous Australians. So thank you

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mayor.

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Thanks councelor Shanfelder. Do any

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other councilors wish to speak to this

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item? Councelor Barker. There's a

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temporary strong cash position, but

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that's going to get blown out as the

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years go on. We got some stupid EPA laws

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that mean we're going to have to shut

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down the landfill, which is going to

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make a massive environmental impact and

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cost impact on the municipality. Um

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the the rates continue to be way too

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high. Um,

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and for what people are getting charged,

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they're not getting a good value in

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return. You drive around town around the

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rest of municipality, you can wear your

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rosecolored glasses and say that

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everything's great, but it's not. Like

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for every bit of undulation and bump in

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the road and pothole that's not

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repaired, that allows other vehicles to

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travel over it and cause more damage,

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causing more costs in the future. And

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until we get those basics sorted, like

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you can keep pumping out these glossy

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broches, but the reality is is if you

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drive around and have a critical eye,

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you'll see everything that's going

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wrong. I've raised many of those

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elements through here and there's lots

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more that I'd like to say but we live in

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a world where free speech is not

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supported and I can be penalized for

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what I say so I'll leave it there.

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Thank you. Do any other counselors wish

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to speak to the item.

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Are there any closing remarks? Councelor

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Phelps?

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No. Thank you.

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We'll put the motion to a vote. All in

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favor

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and against.

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against.

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 sorry, councelor Barker, did you

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vote in favor or against?

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In favor?

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In favor.

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Thank you.

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It's noting.

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The motion's carried unanimously.

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Item 4.2, council plan 2021-2

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progress report end of year 4. The

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purpose of this report is for council to

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note the council plan progress report

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end of year 4. We have a recommendation

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before us. Does anyone wish to move a

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motion? Councelor Stapleton as per the

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recommendation.

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Yes, please.

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Thank you. Do we have a seconder?

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Councelor Walker. Thank you, Councelor

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Stapleton.

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Thank you, Mayor. Um, so this progress

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report is the final chapter of the

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council plan 2021 to 2025. It provides a

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roundup of the last 6 months along with

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:38.216
an overview of key achievements over the

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life of the four-year council plan. It

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is presented to us tonight for noting

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and indeed there are many things in this

00:24:45.520 --> 00:24:48.056
report that I think are worth noting.

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I've only got 5 minutes and I know you

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can all read so I won't labor the point

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but needless to say I'm really proud of

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:57.336
everything council has achieved during

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the last council term.

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This is not an exhaustive list. We

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:04.376
completed Surf Coast's first

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:06.535
reconciliation action plan. We

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established and built relationships with

00:25:08.320 --> 00:25:10.456
our traditional owner groups. We

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:12.696
developed our place and spaces state of

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play to inform the next steps of a

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:16.535
social infrastructure plan for the surf

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:19.336
coast. We completed the multiarts center

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:21.976
upgrade. We finally got the talk pool

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:23.976
funded and started construction on the

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:25.895
wordy bayair aquatic and recreation

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:28.535
center. We renewed the Winchy pool and

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.895
completed the wonderful adventure

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:31.655
playground and continued work on the

00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:33.816
Bowwin River loop walk to uplift the

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:35.816
entire Bwin Terrace precinct in

00:25:35.840 --> 00:25:38.840
Winelsey. We kicked off the new Toqui

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:40.775
hockey pitch and completed net court

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:43.799
upgrades around the Shire. I can't

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.895
possibly list all the achievements under

00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:47.816
strategy 4 to support people to be

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healthy and well, but encourage everyone

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to read everyone of the items on this

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list. These are at the heart of our

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:55.736
community.

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We secured more than $10 million in

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funding to deliver cycling and

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:01.336
pedestrian improvements. And we adopted

00:26:01.360 --> 00:26:03.255
the road safety and safer cycling

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:06.135
strategies. We delivered more than 210

00:26:06.159 --> 00:26:07.976
successful grants to community groups

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.895
totaling more than 600,000 for

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:11.736
communities to lead action in their own

00:26:11.760 --> 00:26:14.456
townships. We worked with Winchily and

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:16.456
Morat communities to develop their own

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:18.456
community plans. We supported the

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:20.216
Winchester Arboritum Trail to get

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:22.535
started. We established a carbon offset

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:24.456
site at Buckley planting thousands of

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:27.015
trees. We responded to, investigated,

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:29.176
and established a project to divert

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storm water away from the corff. We

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:35.176
installed over 316 kW of solar on

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:37.416
council facilities to generate and use

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:40.376
renewable energy on site.

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We switched to 100% renewable

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:45.336
electricity for council operations. We

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developed our circular economy action

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plan. We have completed flood studies

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and storm water studies to better

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:53.255
understand our future needs. And we

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:55.015
secured state government funding to help

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deliver integrated water management

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:59.255
projects for Winchily and Janjuk. We

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adopted the urban future strategy and

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:03.015
completed a comprehensive review of the

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:05.576
Surf Coast planning scheme. We developed

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:07.576
affordable accommodation action plans, a

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:09.336
housing concurge and implemented the

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:11.895
tiny house pilot. We adopted a 50-year

00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:13.816
lease with Housing Choices Australia for

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:15.416
the Aries Inlet affordable housing

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:17.736
project. and we adopted a community

00:27:17.760 --> 00:27:20.216
co-designed concept plan for a future

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:22.856
Angles community and health hub. We

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:24.856
provided land to an Anglo for the

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:26.936
development of 10 small sustainable

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:28.936
homes for local residents to age in

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:31.655
place at the Winelsey community village.

00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:33.576
We saw the Surf Coast Events brand go

00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:35.496
from strength to strength, attracting

00:27:35.520 --> 00:27:37.416
four new international events, the Surf

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:39.895
Coast Classic, the UCI Grand Fondo, the

00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:41.816
Bells Beach Longboard Classic, and Voly

00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:44.296
Fest along with support for many local

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:46.696
community events. We began the journey

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:49.255
of eco destination certification to

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attract visitors that align with our

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:53.655
community values while reinforcing our

00:27:53.679 --> 00:27:55.895
commitment to environmental stewardship

00:27:55.919 --> 00:27:58.919
and regenerative tourism. We developed a

00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:01.416
business concurge. We adopted the

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:03.736
economic development strategy and we

00:28:03.760 --> 00:28:05.496
implemented the new parklet guidelines

00:28:05.520 --> 00:28:08.135
for outdoor dining. We implemented the

00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:10.056
creative places strategy and we saw the

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:12.056
annual arts trail continue its stunning

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:14.616
record, attracting approximately 16,000

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:16.856
people and generating sales of around

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:19.880
$230,000 every year.

00:28:20.320 --> 00:28:21.976
Key community-led projects were

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.576
delivered across the Shire, including

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:25.416
the Bob Pettit yellow gums performance

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:27.576
stage, Winchy Bowls lighting, the

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:29.895
Winchester station mural, Deans Marsh

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:31.576
Pavilion, and the Cameron Park tree

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:34.216
sculpture in Anglesy. Over the life of

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:36.775
the council plan, $1.5 million of

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:38.535
recurrent savings has been achieved

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:40.616
through a range of initiatives such as

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:43.015
solar investments, improved procurement

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:45.255
practices, transition of assets and

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:47.416
services, and other innovations with

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:49.336
savings embedded into the long-term

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:51.336
financial plan to help secure our

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:53.736
future. This list is by no means

00:28:53.760 --> 00:28:55.576
exhaustive, but reflective of just some

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:57.496
of the key initiatives achieved through

00:28:57.520 --> 00:28:59.736
the last council term. I know there was

00:28:59.760 --> 00:29:01.816
a lot more work undertaken by many staff

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:03.816
across the organization and in

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:05.416
partnership with many members of our

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:07.655
community. It says a lot about what can

00:29:07.679 --> 00:29:09.816
be achieved with a strong council plan,

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:12.216
a cohesive council, a great commitment

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:14.456
from the organization and staff and

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:16.696
strong alignment with community. Thanks

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:18.375
to every single person who has had a

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:20.775
hand in seeing this last council plan

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:23.496
come to its completion. Thank you.

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Thanks councelor Dton, Councelor Walker.

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:29.015
Thank you, Mayor. And thank you, council

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:30.456
stable. And you've just highlighted

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:32.856
everything I was going to say, so like

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:34.135
you've only got three minutes, so it's

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:36.696
good. Um, even though I wasn't involved

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:39.720
as much as the council term for 2125 as

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.496
a new counselor, I'm happy to see what

00:29:41.520 --> 00:29:43.416
council has achieved over this time and

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.936
look forward now to continue moving

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:47.336
forward and progressing with the new

00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:50.216
council plan with clear strategies, 19

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:52.135
of them. Clear progress at the end of

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:54.135
term four, which is now, and some key

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:55.655
achievements shown through assessment

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:57.576
indicators, which is really important.

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I'm looking forward to reflecting on the

00:29:59.120 --> 00:30:01.015
new council plan each year and in the

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:02.936
next four years to come. A lot of

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:04.296
actions and outgoing plan have been

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:06.135
carried through to the new themes are

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:07.655
now embedded in Surf Coast SH's

00:30:07.679 --> 00:30:09.496
operations and strategies including

00:30:09.520 --> 00:30:11.895
climate change and reconciliation. The

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:14.056
community vision we can remind you of is

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:15.496
that from the hinterland to the coast

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from the first people to first peoples

00:30:17.520 --> 00:30:19.096
to the children of the future. We're an

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:20.775
active diverse community that lives

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:23.576
creativity to value protect and enhance

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:25.176
a natural environment and a unique

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:26.775
neighborhoods. We will leave the Surf

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:29.096
Coast Shire better than we found it. In

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:30.456
particular, that last part, we will

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.976
leave Surf Coast Shy better than we

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:33.736
found it. We've got a lot to do with the

00:30:33.760 --> 00:30:35.496
upcoming action plan for the cancer plan

00:30:35.520 --> 00:30:36.856
for the coming years. I encourage

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:39.816
everyone involved, not just in the last

00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:41.655
term, but now to view the report to see

00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:43.015
the depth and breadth the council set

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:44.616
out to achieve and look forward to the

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:46.616
next few years.

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Thank you, Councelor Walker. Do any

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:49.176
other councilors wish to speak?

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:50.216
Councelor Barker.

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:53.176
Thank for bringing up that um little

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.696
phrase about we'll leave Surf Coast

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:56.456
better than we found it. I've raised

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:59.480
this adnauseium previously where better

00:31:00.159 --> 00:31:02.936
is a subjective measure. Every one of us

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:04.535
in this room would have a a different

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:07.096
definition of what that is. And while

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:10.120
that remains in place, it it can't be

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:12.616
true because

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:14.696
because of the subjective nature of it.

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:17.336
And if you go into certain topics like

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:20.360
the pool, who can turn a $25 million 50

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:23.399
m pool into a $50 million 25 m pool? We

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:26.919
can. If you look at the Karaf wetlands

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:29.496
 water diversion, why did we need the

00:31:29.520 --> 00:31:31.576
feds to bail us out with taxpayer funds

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:33.176
from all around the country because

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:35.976
council messed up and allowed all of the

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:38.696
um the the water to flow through from

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:40.535
the developing area that caused the

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:43.176
problem in the first place. So it just

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:46.200
highlights that like

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:49.255
governments can generally only wreck

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:51.096
things.  and then when another

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:52.535
government or the own government comes

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:55.176
in to save the day, it's only because

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:57.495
another part of government screwed up.

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:59.895
Um and again, because I could be

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:02.456
penalized for saying what I actually

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:05.480
feel, um I'm going to leave it there

00:32:05.840 --> 00:32:07.736
because free speech is not supported in

00:32:07.760 --> 00:32:10.456
this environment.

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:12.135
Thank you. Do any other counselors wish

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:13.816
to speak to the item? Councelor Sean

00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:14.775
Felder.

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:17.799
I thank  the deputy mayor for her um

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:21.976
her summary and also  my other

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:24.135
colleagues for the contribution they've

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:27.159
made in relation to the council plan.

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:30.279
I'd like to touch on strategy seven, the

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:32.775
protect significant habitats,

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:35.799
landscapes, and biodiversity.

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:39.080
protect um in relation to that Janjuk

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:42.775
Creek daylighting project stage two has

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:45.015
been very exciting and I know that with

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:47.416
a lot of  development that has

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:49.495
occurred statewide

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:52.519
with the drainage  challenges

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:56.440
more of an environmental friendly 

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:59.480
approach is now  the norm which is

00:32:59.760 --> 00:33:01.816
fantastic and I know in Januk the

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:04.840
community there are very happy with that

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:08.535
There is the progression of the design

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:11.416
phase for corff wetlands storm water

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:14.440
diversion project which other councilors

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:17.096
have touched on the the cor and I must

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:19.176
say I'm very proud of the fact that um

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:21.255
we have an internationally significant

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:24.279
wetland in our municipality and I know

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:26.856
that during the election campaign last

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:29.880
year I was in Jerang campaigning and I

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:32.696
was at a dairy farm and only happened

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:35.720
once in my entire life I saw a flock of

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:38.216
the Orange Valley parrots and I wish I

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.976
was able to take a photo of them but it

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:42.856
happened so quickly and they are an

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:45.880
endangered species and their right to

00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:49.159
exist in my view is just as important as

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:52.616
anyone else's right to exist  in our

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:54.616
environment and I really hope that we

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:57.640
can help um

00:33:58.159 --> 00:34:01.159
endangered species to um to populate and

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:06.039
to um have a safer environment.

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:10.135
Um, also the fact that with the Buckley

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:13.159
U plantings as well,  the continued

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:16.440
planting of of carbon offset there and

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:18.375
maintenance that's being undertaken,

00:34:18.399 --> 00:34:20.615
that that's fantastic.

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:23.639
And um we are collaborating with other

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:26.536
agencies with the protection of the

00:34:26.560 --> 00:34:29.176
Angles River and the Pankac Creek

00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:31.736
through the Pankac Creek Community Hub

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:34.760
and Angles River Advisory Group. So and

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:38.055
also the completion of planting and

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:40.296
installation of a nesting box for

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:43.320
falcons as part of a corella management

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:47.639
project in Winrol Sea. And in 

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:50.216
summary, I'll make two final points.

00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:52.216
Falcons are the fastest birds in the

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:55.240
world. And my family, we're all Ford

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:57.256
people and we all know about the Ford

00:34:57.280 --> 00:35:00.136
Falcon motorc. We have heard about

00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:02.536
transition in relation to the new

00:35:02.560 --> 00:35:05.560
council plan taking place. And mayor, I

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:08.216
am in transition and you're wondering

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:10.856
what am I referring to from the footy

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:13.880
season to the cricket season. Now, thank

00:35:14.160 --> 00:35:15.976
you very much.

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.736
Thank you, councelor Sean Felder. Do any

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:19.496
other councilors wish to speak to this

00:35:19.520 --> 00:35:22.520
item?

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:24.696
No. Are there any closing comments?

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.976
Councelor Stapleton.

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:27.896
 look, I'll just quickly add I think

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:30.216
I've said everything I need to, but um,

00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:32.936
Councelor Patterson, who is sincerely

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:35.095
apologetic for not being able to be here

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:37.335
tonight, did ask me to pass on a few

00:35:37.359 --> 00:35:40.136
words. Um she was obviously she led the

00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:41.736
council through two years of the council

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:43.976
plan as mayor and just wanted to share

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:46.616
that she's um so proud of what's been

00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:48.856
achieved through the council plan some

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:50.776
very important milestones over the four

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:52.936
years  significant progress towards

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:55.016
reconciliation including the wadwangled

00:35:55.040 --> 00:35:57.656
lead pilpin increased cycle friendly

00:35:57.680 --> 00:35:59.496
routes so we don't need to be as reliant

00:35:59.520 --> 00:36:02.520
on cars to get around um support for so

00:36:02.640 --> 00:36:04.376
many amazing community initiatives

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:06.055
increased funding to grants it's all in

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:07.736
the report most important Importantly,

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:09.656
it demonstrates what council can achieve

00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:11.496
when councilors work together and can

00:36:11.520 --> 00:36:13.736
find common goals. Just a few words from

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:16.296
councelor Patterson. Thanks, May. Thank

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:18.055
you. We'll now put the motion to a vote.

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:20.856
All in favor?

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:22.296
Thank you. That motion is carried

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:25.320
unanimously.

00:36:26.160 --> 00:36:29.095
Item 4.3, Innovate Reconciliation Action

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:31.656
Plan or RAP. The purpose of this report

00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:33.335
is to present the innovate

00:36:33.359 --> 00:36:36.359
reconciliation action plan 2025 to 2027

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:39.896
to council for adoption. We have a

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:41.575
recommendation before us. Does anyone

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:43.256
wish to move a motion? Councelor

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:45.095
Stapleton as per the recommendation.

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.896
Thank you may

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:47.976
and a seconder

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:49.815
councelor Phelps. Thanks Councelor

00:36:49.839 --> 00:36:51.656
Stapleton.

00:36:51.680 --> 00:36:54.055
As counselors, we've been privileged to

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:55.815
be able to participate in cultural

00:36:55.839 --> 00:36:57.815
awareness training, walks on country,

00:36:57.839 --> 00:36:59.896
and the water led truthtelling event

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:02.296
Pilpurin during recent years. All of

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:04.216
which have deepened my understanding of

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:06.296
our true history. And while often

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:08.136
saddening me, it has enhanced my

00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:09.896
appreciation of the reconciliation

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:11.976
journey we are on and the importance of

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:14.216
it to our broader community. This

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:16.456
innovate reconciliation action plan or

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:18.776
RAP follows on from the work undertaken

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:21.335
as part of the previous respect RAP and

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:23.736
is reflective of council's statement of

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:25.815
commitment to reconciliation.

00:37:25.839 --> 00:37:27.736
The RAP provides an approved framework

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:29.656
for Surf Koshshire Council to continue

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:31.416
the journey of reconciliation with our

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:33.496
community, ensuring that our policies

00:37:33.520 --> 00:37:35.896
and practices are culturally responsive,

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:38.216
the cultural awareness and inclusivity

00:37:38.240 --> 00:37:40.616
are embedded across all areas of council

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:42.776
operations, and to ensure that we do

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:44.456
what we can to help create a more

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:46.296
respectful and fairer future for First

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:48.936
Nations people. The RAP aligns

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:50.856
strategically with the new council plan

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:52.936
adopted last month under the theme of

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:54.936
community well-being. And the goals of

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:56.856
the RAP are achievable within current

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:59.416
resourcing and budget allocations and

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:01.256
within the allocated time frame of two

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:03.256
years for completion.

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:05.095
The Surf Coast community has a

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:07.335
reputation of supporting and working in

00:38:07.359 --> 00:38:09.496
collaboration with First Nations people

00:38:09.520 --> 00:38:11.335
with many in our community showing a

00:38:11.359 --> 00:38:13.176
strong appreciation and respect for the

00:38:13.200 --> 00:38:15.095
deep cultural heritage of the

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:17.256
traditional owners. I would like to take

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:19.016
the opportunity to pay my respects and

00:38:19.040 --> 00:38:21.575
thank the Wadawang people and the gutter

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:23.896
and Gulagan people of the Mah nation who

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:25.815
along with their ancestors have nurtured

00:38:25.839 --> 00:38:27.575
and protected these lands and waterways

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:30.136
for thousands of generations. I know

00:38:30.160 --> 00:38:32.136
that many who now live on the Surf Coast

00:38:32.160 --> 00:38:34.456
are so grateful for this and place so

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:36.296
much value on having a strong connection

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:38.456
with and caring for the the local

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:40.936
natural environment. I'm hopeful that

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:42.536
the innovate RAP leads to a more

00:38:42.560 --> 00:38:44.696
sustained and measurable outcomes over

00:38:44.720 --> 00:38:46.376
the next two years, building stronger

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:48.376
partnerships and paving the way for

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:50.936
continued change and improvement.

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:53.335
The RAP outlines 16 key actions under

00:38:53.359 --> 00:38:56.136
four strategic pillars of relationships,

00:38:56.160 --> 00:38:59.160
respect, opportunities, and governance.

00:38:59.280 --> 00:39:01.256
Outcomes and timelines are also provided

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:03.976
for each action. One aspect of the

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:05.896
Innovate RAP is to help strengthen our

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:07.976
First Nations community by promoting the

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:10.216
use of suppliers and businesses owned by

00:39:10.240 --> 00:39:12.376
First Nations people through council's

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:14.696
procurement practices. The updated

00:39:14.720 --> 00:39:16.456
procurement policy will be considered

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:18.616
later on in the agenda tonight, but I

00:39:18.640 --> 00:39:19.976
will take the opportunity now to

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:22.055
acknowledge that over many years, many

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:23.815
indigenous people have been excluded

00:39:23.839 --> 00:39:25.976
from economic development opportunities

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:27.896
due to colonization and historical

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:29.575
marginalization.

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:31.496
Offering a weighted procurement pathway

00:39:31.520 --> 00:39:33.256
for First Nations businesses when

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:35.256
appropriate will hopefully go some way

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:37.256
to leveling out the playing field and

00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:38.776
provide opportunities for these

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:40.856
businesses to build capacity, expertise,

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:43.016
and resilience in the marketplace by

00:39:43.040 --> 00:39:44.616
working with council within a measured

00:39:44.640 --> 00:39:47.256
framework. I appreciate that the

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:49.335
reconciliation journey we're on is not

00:39:49.359 --> 00:39:51.016
always easy and it's not always

00:39:51.040 --> 00:39:53.176
straightforward, but right now it feels

00:39:53.200 --> 00:39:55.335
more important than ever for leaders

00:39:55.359 --> 00:39:57.016
like us to promote the importance of

00:39:57.040 --> 00:39:59.416
reconciliation in our community. So

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:00.936
together we can achieve a future where

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:02.616
there is greater listening, deeper

00:40:02.640 --> 00:40:05.256
understanding and respect and an ongoing

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:07.496
and an opportunity to reflect on how our

00:40:07.520 --> 00:40:09.656
shared history has shaped our current

00:40:09.680 --> 00:40:11.976
sense of place and belonging. This

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:13.815
innovate rap is an important opportunity

00:40:13.839 --> 00:40:15.656
for council to communicate our

00:40:15.680 --> 00:40:18.296
commitment to ongoing reconciliation.

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:20.696
I will conclude by quoting a paragraph

00:40:20.720 --> 00:40:22.696
from the eastern m introduction to the

00:40:22.720 --> 00:40:25.016
innovate rap.

00:40:25.040 --> 00:40:27.256
Having already completed a reflect rap,

00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:29.176
Surf Coast Shire has established a

00:40:29.200 --> 00:40:31.176
foundation upon which stronger

00:40:31.200 --> 00:40:33.976
actionoriented reconcil reconciliation

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:36.776
efforts can now be built. However, in

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:38.616
the landscape we have inherited

00:40:38.640 --> 00:40:40.936
following the referendum, racism and

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:43.016
abuse towards Aboriginal citizens and

00:40:43.040 --> 00:40:45.016
places of significance within the SH

00:40:45.040 --> 00:40:47.656
have intensified. This moment demands

00:40:47.680 --> 00:40:50.136
courage to try new approaches, deepen

00:40:50.160 --> 00:40:52.616
understanding and form stronger, more

00:40:52.640 --> 00:40:54.456
genuine partnerships through this

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:57.416
innovate rap. Thank you for listening

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:59.896
and I encourage councilors to show

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:02.055
courage and support the innovate rap

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:04.856
tonight. Thank you.

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:07.095
Thanks, Councelor Stapleton. 

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:09.496
councelor Phelps.

00:41:09.520 --> 00:41:12.520
Thank you, Mayor. Um, I am highly

00:41:12.560 --> 00:41:15.016
supportive of a reconciliation actu

00:41:15.040 --> 00:41:18.040
action plan um, which aims to infuse and

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:19.896
blend a unique culture into our

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:22.456
day-to-day lives everywhere to make an

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:24.456
Australia society like no other in the

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:27.480
world.  95% of the proposed innovate

00:41:27.839 --> 00:41:30.216
reconciliation action plan is great, but

00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:33.240
I am wary of establishing a two-tier

00:41:33.359 --> 00:41:35.815
society where those of one's specified

00:41:35.839 --> 00:41:37.815
racial heritage have rights, privileges,

00:41:37.839 --> 00:41:40.776
and benefits denied to all others. Um

00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:42.776
providing distinctly unfair advantage to

00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:45.016
some based only on race risks further

00:41:45.040 --> 00:41:47.815
division, racism, and discontent even in

00:41:47.839 --> 00:41:50.839
the face of severe past wrongs. So to

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:52.696
reiterate, I do support the great

00:41:52.720 --> 00:41:54.536
majority of this  reconciliation

00:41:54.560 --> 00:41:56.216
action plan. I just have some

00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:58.136
reservations about seeking for example

00:41:58.160 --> 00:42:00.456
preferential treatment within Surf Coast

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:02.936
SH for some aspects such as commercial

00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:05.736
suppliers as councilor Tapleton has

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:08.136
referred to. Um more on that when we

00:42:08.160 --> 00:42:11.160
come to the procurement policy later. I

00:42:11.359 --> 00:42:12.936
do recognize and support cultural

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:15.896
sensitivity where relevant. Um, however,

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:17.736
cultural sensitivity should apply to all

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:20.696
cultures as well as First Nations. Reps

00:42:20.720 --> 00:42:22.616
will come and go. What matters is the

00:42:22.640 --> 00:42:25.016
permanent changes they leave behind. I

00:42:25.040 --> 00:42:26.776
do see this RAP as heading in the right

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:29.016
direction and I don't see those elements

00:42:29.040 --> 00:42:30.696
I may have doubts over as having

00:42:30.720 --> 00:42:33.016
negative long-term effects. The

00:42:33.040 --> 00:42:35.016
procurement policy which is coming up

00:42:35.040 --> 00:42:37.176
governs any commercial activity between

00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:40.200
council and  first nations businesses

00:42:40.560 --> 00:42:42.295
and I believe has adequate limits and

00:42:42.319 --> 00:42:43.896
provisions to still require value for

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:45.896
money. So accordingly I encourage

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:47.896
councilors to accept this recommendation

00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:50.216
as presented. Thank you may

00:42:50.240 --> 00:42:51.815
thank you councelor Phelps. Do any other

00:42:51.839 --> 00:42:54.055
councilors wish to speak? Councelor Gri.

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:57.079
Thanks mayor. Um I'd also I'd like to

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:59.335
foreshadow an alternate motion to the

00:42:59.359 --> 00:43:01.176
one proposed. I provided that to

00:43:01.200 --> 00:43:02.536
governance and provided to council.

00:43:02.560 --> 00:43:04.055
Thank you, councelor Gri. So I'll ask

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:05.815
the governance team to display that

00:43:05.839 --> 00:43:08.839
alternate motion.

00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:17.496
So thanks councilors. Councelor Gri has

00:43:17.520 --> 00:43:20.520
foreshadowed an motion um in case this

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:25.000
substantive motion doesn't pass. So I'll

00:43:25.040 --> 00:43:28.040
just take a moment to absorb that.

00:43:28.240 --> 00:43:31.240
Councelor

00:43:42.720 --> 00:43:44.216
Chris, do you wish to speak to the

00:43:44.240 --> 00:43:45.256
motion?

00:43:45.280 --> 00:43:47.335
 yes. Thanks, May. Um, while there

00:43:47.359 --> 00:43:48.616
are aspects of this policy that I

00:43:48.640 --> 00:43:50.376
support, like the heritage  site

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:52.456
protection, my position is that

00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:54.216
councilors have not have had a fair or

00:43:54.240 --> 00:43:56.055
proper opportunity to review or shape

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:57.736
this policy before being asked to adopt

00:43:57.760 --> 00:44:00.055
it. The full document was only provided

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:01.416
to councilors the night before the last

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:02.936
briefing, giving councilors little time

00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:04.376
to review it and to make informed

00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:06.776
amendments during the briefing, and only

00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:08.456
six of nine councils were able to attend

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:10.456
that meeting. The previous briefing was

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:12.055
attended by just four councils where a

00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:13.736
couple of PowerPoint slides were used as

00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:16.760
the substance of this 26-page policy.

00:44:17.200 --> 00:44:18.776
This means there has been no genuine

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:20.216
opportunity for the full council group

00:44:20.240 --> 00:44:21.736
to discuss, debate, or propose

00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:23.656
amendments to improve the policy before

00:44:23.680 --> 00:44:25.815
it comes to a vote. And the fact that

00:44:25.839 --> 00:44:27.736
the alternate motion option two has been

00:44:27.760 --> 00:44:29.496
added by officers to this agenda item

00:44:29.520 --> 00:44:32.216
recognizes that fact.

00:44:32.240 --> 00:44:33.575
In addition, there's been no broad

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:35.416
community consultation on this policy.

00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:36.776
The community has not been asked for

00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:38.136
their views or given the chance to

00:44:38.160 --> 00:44:39.575
comment on how it will affect them or

00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:41.976
whether they support its approach. A

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:44.376
major concern, as councelor Phelps has

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:45.496
pointed out, is that the policy

00:44:45.520 --> 00:44:47.896
introduces race-based decision-m into

00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:50.136
council operations, something that runs

00:44:50.160 --> 00:44:51.416
counter to the principles of fairness

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:52.856
and equality that should underpin

00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:55.256
everything council does.

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:57.095
Policy that favors or disadvantages

00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:59.335
people based on race are divisive and

00:44:59.359 --> 00:45:01.176
risk creating unequal treatment with our

00:45:01.200 --> 00:45:04.200
community. Our council plan states, "We

00:45:04.640 --> 00:45:06.456
stand against racism and discrimination

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:08.216
of any kind." And yet much of this

00:45:08.240 --> 00:45:10.776
policy contradicts that statement.

00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:13.016
Councils also have not been given clear

00:45:13.040 --> 00:45:14.696
information about the staffing resources

00:45:14.720 --> 00:45:16.616
or budget that will be required to to

00:45:16.640 --> 00:45:19.095
deliver this policy. At a time when many

00:45:19.119 --> 00:45:20.456
local residents and rate payers are

00:45:20.480 --> 00:45:22.216
struggling to meet rising living costs,

00:45:22.240 --> 00:45:23.896
it is important that every new policy

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:25.896
represents value for money and delivers

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:27.656
benefits to the that reach the wider

00:45:27.680 --> 00:45:29.256
community, not just a small percentage

00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:31.095
of it.

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:32.616
Taken together, these issues suggest

00:45:32.640 --> 00:45:34.696
this policy, this policy is being pushed

00:45:34.720 --> 00:45:36.376
through too quickly and without proper

00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:39.176
scrutiny. It seems driven more more by

00:45:39.200 --> 00:45:40.696
political pressure and alignment with

00:45:40.720 --> 00:45:42.295
higher levels of government actions and

00:45:42.319 --> 00:45:44.136
funding priorities than by the real

00:45:44.160 --> 00:45:47.095
needs or will of our local community.

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:48.216
For these reasons, it would be

00:45:48.240 --> 00:45:49.656
irresponsible to adopt this policy in

00:45:49.680 --> 00:45:51.416
its current form. Council should defer

00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:53.335
the decision, undertake proper broad

00:45:53.359 --> 00:45:55.176
community consultation, and ensure all

00:45:55.200 --> 00:45:56.696
counselors and the community have a

00:45:56.720 --> 00:45:59.176
genuine say before moving forward. I

00:45:59.200 --> 00:46:00.616
therefore ask that you vote against the

00:46:00.640 --> 00:46:02.376
original motion and vote in favor of the

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:04.055
foreshadowed alternate motion that I've

00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:05.095
presented.

00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:05.575
Thanks.

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:07.176
Thank you, Councelor Gris. Do any other

00:46:07.200 --> 00:46:09.736
councilors wish to speak to the motion?

00:46:09.760 --> 00:46:11.656
Councelor Barker.

00:46:11.680 --> 00:46:13.095
Thank councelor Gris for highlighting

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:15.736
the um the heritage protections? That's

00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:18.136
one element that I can support. But

00:46:18.160 --> 00:46:20.456
broadly, the issues with racism come

00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:22.696
from having a special equal treatment

00:46:22.720 --> 00:46:24.856
where if people aren't treated equally,

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:27.880
that's what breeds racism.

00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:30.295
Councelor Phelps and myself have family

00:46:30.319 --> 00:46:32.856
origins in South Africa.

00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:35.880
Having to flee apartheid leaves an

00:46:36.240 --> 00:46:38.136
indelible mark in one's family of

00:46:38.160 --> 00:46:40.216
origin.

00:46:40.240 --> 00:46:43.016
And this reconciliation plan and

00:46:43.040 --> 00:46:45.095
everything that seeks to elevate one

00:46:45.119 --> 00:46:46.856
group of people based on their racial

00:46:46.880 --> 00:46:49.880
heritage is only setting the foundation

00:46:50.640 --> 00:46:53.640
for future discrimination based on race.

00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:56.616
Whereas if governments treat everyone

00:46:56.640 --> 00:46:59.640
equally, racism disappears mostly. Some

00:47:00.160 --> 00:47:03.160
people still will be, but that's people.

00:47:05.200 --> 00:47:07.815
If we end up treating people differently

00:47:07.839 --> 00:47:10.536
through the procurement process, that

00:47:10.560 --> 00:47:12.856
will have dramatic economic outcomes

00:47:12.880 --> 00:47:15.416
where, as I've seen in traffic

00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:17.496
management,

00:47:17.520 --> 00:47:19.896
you don't have to be a First Nations

00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:22.376
person to be employed by First Nations

00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:25.016
traffic management, but because of the

00:47:25.040 --> 00:47:26.936
way they're structured,

00:47:26.960 --> 00:47:29.256
they end up getting contracts where

00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:32.280
similarly placed contractors wouldn't

00:47:33.040 --> 00:47:34.936
simply because of the ownership. or

00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:36.456
naming

00:47:36.480 --> 00:47:39.480
and that to me is inequitable and that

00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:41.815
again drives further resentment and

00:47:41.839 --> 00:47:44.839
racism. So if you truly want to achieve

00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:47.896
reconciliation, start by treating

00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:50.776
everyone equally. When I was handing out

00:47:50.800 --> 00:47:53.496
flyers at the referendum, I was asked by

00:47:53.520 --> 00:47:55.656
a voter, let's have a debate. I want to

00:47:55.680 --> 00:47:58.216
hear why you want to treat people um why

00:47:58.240 --> 00:48:00.696
you want to vote the certain way. I

00:48:00.720 --> 00:48:02.536
said, "I'm voting no because I want to

00:48:02.560 --> 00:48:04.456
treat everyone equally, and I think it's

00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:05.736
important that governments at every

00:48:05.760 --> 00:48:07.976
level do that." Our local federal member

00:48:08.000 --> 00:48:11.000
had nothing in response.

00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:14.456
So, if you want to end racism, if you

00:48:14.480 --> 00:48:16.295
want to support better outcomes for

00:48:16.319 --> 00:48:18.696
Aboriginal Australians, vote against

00:48:18.720 --> 00:48:21.720
this and vote for Councelor Gri's

00:48:22.160 --> 00:48:24.456
foreshadowed motion that makes a bad

00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:27.480
situation less worse.

00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:30.136
Thank you, Councelor Barker. Do any

00:48:30.160 --> 00:48:31.575
other counselors wish to speak to the

00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:33.256
item? Councelor Walker.

00:48:33.280 --> 00:48:34.616
Thank you, Mayor and thank you everyone

00:48:34.640 --> 00:48:37.640
for their insights. Um, it's a delicate

00:48:38.400 --> 00:48:39.896
part of the world we are, but we live in

00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:42.136
a beautiful world and as in Australia it

00:48:42.160 --> 00:48:45.095
is.  the Nana innovative rap builds

00:48:45.119 --> 00:48:46.856
upon the previous reflect rap with

00:48:46.880 --> 00:48:49.656
tangible reconciliation initiatives

00:48:49.680 --> 00:48:52.055
align reconcilation Australia's rap

00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:53.896
framework was developed through

00:48:53.920 --> 00:48:55.575
consultation with traditional owners the

00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:57.016
broader first nations community and

00:48:57.040 --> 00:48:59.016
relevant stakeholders and it's endorsed

00:48:59.040 --> 00:49:01.656
from the reconciliation Australia.

00:49:01.680 --> 00:49:03.256
The proposed actions reps are achievable

00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:05.335
within the current resource and budget

00:49:05.359 --> 00:49:07.496
allocations. Council's commitment to

00:49:07.520 --> 00:49:08.856
culture awareness training and first

00:49:08.880 --> 00:49:10.776
nations and government engagement will

00:49:10.800 --> 00:49:12.055
be further strengthened through the

00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:14.856
innovative rep. Over the last year as a

00:49:14.880 --> 00:49:16.535
counselor but more importantly as an

00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:18.456
individual I've taken part in cultural

00:49:18.480 --> 00:49:21.095
awareness training with and east

00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:22.936
attended the national reconation week

00:49:22.960 --> 00:49:24.616
bridging the now to next which is even

00:49:24.640 --> 00:49:26.936
more important walked on country with

00:49:26.960 --> 00:49:29.095
Euro walk for truth with bonjul flying

00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:31.335
overhead which was amazing and also

00:49:31.359 --> 00:49:33.016
truthtelling and also attended the

00:49:33.040 --> 00:49:36.040
nanade and a lot more I love exploring

00:49:36.319 --> 00:49:37.575
the spiritual country especially in the

00:49:37.599 --> 00:49:39.256
valleys behind lawn which we all know

00:49:39.280 --> 00:49:42.136
it's very special to indigenous through

00:49:42.160 --> 00:49:44.055
these experiences This has helped myself

00:49:44.079 --> 00:49:45.575
reflect on the key pillars of the

00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:47.815
reflect rap, relationships, respect,

00:49:47.839 --> 00:49:49.896
opportunity, and governance. I look

00:49:49.920 --> 00:49:51.896
forward to the innovative rap with some

00:49:51.920 --> 00:49:54.295
tangible reconciliation outcomes as a

00:49:54.319 --> 00:49:56.535
shared journey walked together into the

00:49:56.559 --> 00:49:58.616
future. So, I encourage you to vote for

00:49:58.640 --> 00:49:59.896
this. Thanks.

00:49:59.920 --> 00:50:01.416
Thanks, Councelor Walker. Do any other

00:50:01.440 --> 00:50:03.095
counselors wish to speak? Councelor Sean

00:50:03.119 --> 00:50:06.119
Felder. Um, I'd like to, um, as a sixth

00:50:07.040 --> 00:50:10.040
generation resident of the Surf Coast,

00:50:10.400 --> 00:50:12.456
I'd like to acknowledge First Nations

00:50:12.480 --> 00:50:15.480
people with deep care and respect. And I

00:50:16.240 --> 00:50:18.295
have had discussions with people in the

00:50:18.319 --> 00:50:21.319
community about reconciliation. And I

00:50:21.359 --> 00:50:24.359
know that um, it has been debated what

00:50:25.280 --> 00:50:27.736
is reconciliation? And we had a a

00:50:27.760 --> 00:50:30.136
briefing, a council briefing on the

00:50:30.160 --> 00:50:33.160
matter. And I believe it is a journey

00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:37.880
and it will take a long time. And I know

00:50:38.400 --> 00:50:41.400
that with the history of  colonization

00:50:41.760 --> 00:50:44.760
and with conflict in the world,

00:50:45.040 --> 00:50:47.815
invasions took place

00:50:47.839 --> 00:50:50.216
worldwide in in many places and

00:50:50.240 --> 00:50:51.976
ironically England's one of the most

00:50:52.000 --> 00:50:54.376
invaded places in the world if not the

00:50:54.400 --> 00:50:57.400
most invaded place. I have actually

00:50:58.400 --> 00:51:01.400
agreed with community members that the

00:51:01.920 --> 00:51:04.920
colonization of Australia took place 250

00:51:05.119 --> 00:51:07.896
or over two centuries ago and that's

00:51:07.920 --> 00:51:10.920
relatively recent compared to other 

00:51:11.599 --> 00:51:14.376
conflicts and colonization

00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:16.376
 experiences that took place

00:51:16.400 --> 00:51:18.055
elsewhere.

00:51:18.079 --> 00:51:20.535
And I was reading your forward mayor

00:51:20.559 --> 00:51:23.095
about this matter and I'd like to quote

00:51:23.119 --> 00:51:25.335
us and say that reconciliation is about

00:51:25.359 --> 00:51:28.359
acknowledging the past, listening deeply

00:51:28.640 --> 00:51:31.640
in the present and walking together into

00:51:31.839 --> 00:51:34.535
the future. At Surf Coast Shai Council,

00:51:34.559 --> 00:51:37.559
we are committed to ensuring our region

00:51:38.160 --> 00:51:40.456
fosters an environment of respect,

00:51:40.480 --> 00:51:43.256
inclusion, and genuine partnerships with

00:51:43.280 --> 00:51:46.216
the First Nations communities.

00:51:46.240 --> 00:51:49.240
And for the first time, I will say this,

00:51:50.640 --> 00:51:53.496
the country now known as Australia was

00:51:53.520 --> 00:51:56.520
never seated at all. And I think we have

00:51:57.520 --> 00:51:59.656
a lot of work to do. And I understand

00:51:59.680 --> 00:52:02.680
the arguments about discrimination, but

00:52:02.720 --> 00:52:05.256
on average, many First Nations people

00:52:05.280 --> 00:52:08.280
are at a a terrible disadvantage. And I

00:52:08.640 --> 00:52:11.640
think there are ways in which we can try

00:52:11.680 --> 00:52:14.680
and address that. and um that's why I

00:52:15.520 --> 00:52:18.136
will be supporting this item. Mayor,

00:52:18.160 --> 00:52:18.776
thank you.

00:52:18.800 --> 00:52:20.376
Thank you, Councelor Seanfelder. Are

00:52:20.400 --> 00:52:22.376
there any closing comments? Councelor

00:52:22.400 --> 00:52:23.335
Stapleton.

00:52:23.359 --> 00:52:24.936
 thanks, Mayor. Just a couple of

00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:26.456
things. I guess it's important to

00:52:26.480 --> 00:52:29.480
clarify that the um RAP is not a policy.

00:52:30.000 --> 00:52:32.295
It's an action plan um developed by

00:52:32.319 --> 00:52:35.319
officers in response to an existing

00:52:35.520 --> 00:52:38.520
um council commitment to reconciliation.

00:52:38.720 --> 00:52:41.720
 we understand that it everything in

00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:43.815
the wrap can be achieved um within

00:52:43.839 --> 00:52:46.696
existing budgets and I know council did

00:52:46.720 --> 00:52:49.720
um approve the budget earlier this year.

00:52:50.400 --> 00:52:51.815
Um so it's certainly not something

00:52:51.839 --> 00:52:53.496
that's come out of the blue. It's a

00:52:53.520 --> 00:52:56.520
continuation of council's um commitment

00:52:56.720 --> 00:52:58.376
and provides the next steps on that

00:52:58.400 --> 00:53:01.016
journey of reconciliation. And just

00:53:01.040 --> 00:53:02.376
before I finish, I think it's also

00:53:02.400 --> 00:53:05.256
important to um contemplate the

00:53:05.280 --> 00:53:08.280
difference between equity and equality.

00:53:09.359 --> 00:53:11.976
I think equity is about lifting the

00:53:12.000 --> 00:53:15.000
capacity um of people who are either

00:53:15.280 --> 00:53:16.456
underprivileged or have been

00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:19.176
marginalized in different ways um for

00:53:19.200 --> 00:53:21.656
various reasons so that they can achieve

00:53:21.680 --> 00:53:24.295
equality. It doesn't mean everyone gets

00:53:24.319 --> 00:53:26.456
treated the same. So, I think it's um

00:53:26.480 --> 00:53:28.216
important for all of us to to consider

00:53:28.240 --> 00:53:30.295
that in our deliberations and I'll leave

00:53:30.319 --> 00:53:31.095
it there. Thanks.

00:53:31.119 --> 00:53:32.376
Thank you, Councelor Stapleton. We'll

00:53:32.400 --> 00:53:35.400
put the motion to a vote. All in favor

00:53:37.440 --> 00:53:39.656
and against.

00:53:39.680 --> 00:53:41.335
Thanks, councilors. That motion is

00:53:41.359 --> 00:53:44.359
carried. 52.

00:53:45.520 --> 00:53:48.136
Item 4.4, Mesmate Road Growth Area

00:53:48.160 --> 00:53:50.856
Update. The purpose of this report is to

00:53:50.880 --> 00:53:53.095
seek council's adoption of the Mesmate

00:53:53.119 --> 00:53:55.656
Road precinct concept plan as a basis to

00:53:55.680 --> 00:53:58.295
inform and influence negotiations with

00:53:58.319 --> 00:54:00.295
state government agencies and land

00:54:00.319 --> 00:54:03.095
owners. We have a recommendation before

00:54:03.119 --> 00:54:06.119
us. Does anyone wish to move a motion?

00:54:07.119 --> 00:54:09.176
 councelor Shanfelder as per the

00:54:09.200 --> 00:54:11.335
recommendation. Thank you. And seconded

00:54:11.359 --> 00:54:13.095
by councelor Phelps. Councelor

00:54:13.119 --> 00:54:14.216
Shanfelder.

00:54:14.240 --> 00:54:17.095
Thank you very much. Um, mayor, I

00:54:17.119 --> 00:54:19.095
acknowledge the fact that the Mesmemate

00:54:19.119 --> 00:54:22.119
Road  precinct is one of the last

00:54:22.400 --> 00:54:25.400
areas in Toi that's referred to as a a

00:54:27.440 --> 00:54:30.440
site and um I know it is of great

00:54:31.119 --> 00:54:32.776
interest to the community the

00:54:32.800 --> 00:54:35.800
development of of this area and um it's

00:54:36.480 --> 00:54:38.376
actually identified within the surf

00:54:38.400 --> 00:54:41.400
coast distinctive areas and landscape

00:54:41.839 --> 00:54:44.839
 environment and Um

00:54:45.920 --> 00:54:48.376
the concept plan has been prepared to

00:54:48.400 --> 00:54:51.256
align with objectives of the Surf Coast

00:54:51.280 --> 00:54:53.256
distinctive area and landscape statement

00:54:53.280 --> 00:54:56.280
of planning policy which are binding on

00:54:56.400 --> 00:54:58.456
all responsible public entities

00:54:58.480 --> 00:55:00.776
including council.

00:55:00.800 --> 00:55:03.095
The Surf Coast declared area framework

00:55:03.119 --> 00:55:05.575
plan identifies the messmate road growth

00:55:05.599 --> 00:55:07.976
area within the janjark protected

00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:10.535
settlement boundary and designates the

00:55:10.559 --> 00:55:13.559
land a future urban area.

00:55:14.480 --> 00:55:17.480
And um I think it's very exciting. There

00:55:17.920 --> 00:55:20.920
are lots of different  considerations.

00:55:21.359 --> 00:55:24.359
 I know that um there's First Nations

00:55:24.720 --> 00:55:27.016
Aboriginal cultural heritage. It's part

00:55:27.040 --> 00:55:30.040
of Wanderong country. And I know that um

00:55:32.720 --> 00:55:34.535
there's also environment and

00:55:34.559 --> 00:55:36.616
biodiversity

00:55:36.640 --> 00:55:39.640
 considerations as well. And I know

00:55:39.920 --> 00:55:42.456
there's remnant vegetation in the area

00:55:42.480 --> 00:55:45.480
opposite where we're um present tonight.

00:55:46.400 --> 00:55:48.295
That's one of the last remnant of

00:55:48.319 --> 00:55:51.319
original um vegetation of its type in

00:55:52.960 --> 00:55:55.896
toqu. And it's interesting how recently

00:55:55.920 --> 00:55:57.976
with memate I'm not aware of what

00:55:58.000 --> 00:56:00.456
messmate means. I'd be interested I

00:56:00.480 --> 00:56:02.616
don't know if I could ask a question

00:56:02.640 --> 00:56:05.640
mayor whether anyone would know. I'm

00:56:05.839 --> 00:56:07.575
happy to answer that because memade's a

00:56:07.599 --> 00:56:08.936
type of ucle. So

00:56:08.960 --> 00:56:10.856
Oh, thank you. You're able to answer

00:56:10.880 --> 00:56:12.295
that. Thank you. And pardon my

00:56:12.319 --> 00:56:13.335
ignorance,

00:56:13.359 --> 00:56:16.136
but I did recently learn to key. We all

00:56:16.160 --> 00:56:18.616
know what key means. Like there's new

00:56:18.640 --> 00:56:21.496
key in Docklands, Melbourne. And I was

00:56:21.520 --> 00:56:23.976
recently told that to talk I think it's

00:56:24.000 --> 00:56:27.000
Gaelic. It means  hill. So I thought

00:56:28.880 --> 00:56:30.856
that was quite interesting to to learn

00:56:30.880 --> 00:56:33.016
that

00:56:33.040 --> 00:56:36.040
we have the landscapes 

00:56:37.200 --> 00:56:40.200
 and its importance as well.

00:56:40.480 --> 00:56:43.480
Environmental risks and resilience

00:56:44.079 --> 00:56:47.079
and um water quality and security and as

00:56:47.359 --> 00:56:50.359
far as drainage as well.  and the fact

00:56:50.400 --> 00:56:53.256
that parts of this precinct do drain

00:56:53.280 --> 00:56:56.280
into the um or flow I should say into

00:56:56.720 --> 00:56:59.720
the car or part of it does and um

00:57:01.200 --> 00:57:03.496
historical heritage of the area to

00:57:03.520 --> 00:57:05.176
protect strengthen and promote the

00:57:05.200 --> 00:57:08.200
declared areas historic heritage values

00:57:08.559 --> 00:57:11.559
tourism agriculture and natural

00:57:11.680 --> 00:57:14.680
resources and strategic infrastructure

00:57:14.960 --> 00:57:17.656
as well and the teams working on this

00:57:17.680 --> 00:57:20.136
the strategic planning

00:57:20.160 --> 00:57:23.160
 teams have been um very enthusiastic

00:57:24.160 --> 00:57:26.775
and I share their enthusiasm in relation

00:57:26.799 --> 00:57:29.799
to this and um

00:57:31.440 --> 00:57:34.440
um I welcome my colleagues  input in

00:57:36.000 --> 00:57:38.696
relation to the methmate

00:57:38.720 --> 00:57:41.720
road growth area and um I recommend

00:57:43.920 --> 00:57:46.696
adopting this item. Thank you.

00:57:46.720 --> 00:57:47.896
Thank you councelor Seanfelder.

00:57:47.920 --> 00:57:49.575
Councelor Phelps.

00:57:49.599 --> 00:57:51.575
Thank you. Um, town planning is or at

00:57:51.599 --> 00:57:53.256
least it used to be a core

00:57:53.280 --> 00:57:55.416
responsibility for local government.

00:57:55.440 --> 00:57:57.575
Oh, sorry.

00:57:57.599 --> 00:58:00.055
I am so sorry. It's terrible.

00:58:00.079 --> 00:58:01.815
Um, as we've seen on the news, state

00:58:01.839 --> 00:58:03.815
government now has a a large degree of

00:58:03.839 --> 00:58:05.656
control. Um, all the same, a well

00:58:05.680 --> 00:58:08.136
balanced plan like this one is still

00:58:08.160 --> 00:58:09.976
important to influence the future of

00:58:10.000 --> 00:58:12.616
Toki's remaining large-scale development

00:58:12.640 --> 00:58:15.016
area. I would like to congratulate the

00:58:15.040 --> 00:58:16.295
planning staff involved for this

00:58:16.319 --> 00:58:18.055
proposal given it had to be fast-tracked

00:58:18.079 --> 00:58:19.815
in response to an application to state

00:58:19.839 --> 00:58:21.896
government for some of the remaining

00:58:21.920 --> 00:58:24.456
area.  this recommended development

00:58:24.480 --> 00:58:26.775
concept plan includes housing, open

00:58:26.799 --> 00:58:29.016
space for recreation, commercial space

00:58:29.040 --> 00:58:30.535
for local employment, community

00:58:30.559 --> 00:58:33.095
facilities, habitat and environmental

00:58:33.119 --> 00:58:34.856
considerations, traffic movement,

00:58:34.880 --> 00:58:37.335
waterways, drainage. In other words, a

00:58:37.359 --> 00:58:38.535
whole lot more than just a housing

00:58:38.559 --> 00:58:40.775
estate. It makes for a desirable and

00:58:40.799 --> 00:58:42.856
livable location long into the future.

00:58:42.880 --> 00:58:45.095
while contributing to required state

00:58:45.119 --> 00:58:47.335
government housing growth. So I think

00:58:47.359 --> 00:58:49.095
this is an excellent concept plan and I

00:58:49.119 --> 00:58:50.696
recommend councilors adopt it as the

00:58:50.720 --> 00:58:53.496
basis of a proposed comprehensive master

00:58:53.520 --> 00:58:56.216
plan for the messmate road precinct.

00:58:56.240 --> 00:58:57.736
Thanks councelor Phelps. Do any other

00:58:57.760 --> 00:58:59.736
counselors wish to speak to this item?

00:58:59.760 --> 00:59:01.095
 councel Barker.

00:59:01.119 --> 00:59:03.896
 first two questions. First question,

00:59:03.920 --> 00:59:05.896
how much money did council spend on

00:59:05.920 --> 00:59:08.055
developing this plan?

00:59:08.079 --> 00:59:10.055
So, I'm happy to take that question and

00:59:10.079 --> 00:59:11.896
refer it to the CEO if it's possible to

00:59:11.920 --> 00:59:13.496
answer it.

00:59:13.520 --> 00:59:15.256
 councelor Barker, I'll check with

00:59:15.280 --> 00:59:16.936
the general manager of placemaking and

00:59:16.960 --> 00:59:19.736
environment and see if he's aware of the

00:59:19.760 --> 00:59:21.176
costs.

00:59:21.200 --> 00:59:23.496
 through you, mayor. Um, not

00:59:23.520 --> 00:59:24.696
specifically. I'll have to take that on

00:59:24.720 --> 00:59:26.696
notice. There was some  technical work

00:59:26.720 --> 00:59:28.456
undertaken which was outsourced. So, we

00:59:28.480 --> 00:59:30.055
didn't  particularly in the water

00:59:30.079 --> 00:59:32.696
space. Um, otherwise it was put together

00:59:32.720 --> 00:59:35.256
using um internal planning staff.

00:59:35.280 --> 00:59:36.616
Thank you. And your second question,

00:59:36.640 --> 00:59:37.736
councelor Barker,

00:59:37.760 --> 00:59:39.976
 given that private land owners are

00:59:40.000 --> 00:59:41.416
going to benefit from any development

00:59:41.440 --> 00:59:43.896
that happens through here, were they

00:59:43.920 --> 00:59:45.815
asked to contribute to the development

00:59:45.839 --> 00:59:47.416
of this plan?

00:59:47.440 --> 00:59:49.896
I'll refer that also to the CEO.

00:59:49.920 --> 00:59:52.136
No, councelor Barker, they weren't. Um

00:59:52.160 --> 00:59:55.160
this was really to ensure that we had a

00:59:55.200 --> 00:59:57.335
good understanding of what our

00:59:57.359 --> 01:00:00.359
aspirations were for the full precinct

01:00:00.799 --> 01:00:03.799
given part of the precinct through the

01:00:04.160 --> 01:00:06.376
four land owners were keen to develop

01:00:06.400 --> 01:00:08.216
just that bit and we wanted to take a

01:00:08.240 --> 01:00:11.240
holistic approach. If this pro the next

01:00:11.359 --> 01:00:14.295
steps in this would be um our

01:00:14.319 --> 01:00:16.295
understanding if it's accepted by

01:00:16.319 --> 01:00:18.136
department of transport and planning

01:00:18.160 --> 01:00:20.856
that would then rely on those developers

01:00:20.880 --> 01:00:22.616
doing a lot of the technical work that

01:00:22.640 --> 01:00:24.696
would inform the next phases in the

01:00:24.720 --> 01:00:25.976
project.

01:00:26.000 --> 01:00:27.656
Thanks. So, we don't know how much we've

01:00:27.680 --> 01:00:30.216
spent.

01:00:30.240 --> 01:00:31.815
And then people that are struggling to

01:00:31.839 --> 01:00:34.376
put food on the table are funding the

01:00:34.400 --> 01:00:36.456
planning for people that are going to

01:00:36.480 --> 01:00:38.696
profit significantly off the development

01:00:38.720 --> 01:00:41.176
of their private land.

01:00:41.200 --> 01:00:44.200
I'd be very happy to support this plan

01:00:44.559 --> 01:00:47.095
because it allows more housing to be

01:00:47.119 --> 01:00:50.119
built and more supply reduces the the

01:00:51.200 --> 01:00:54.200
rate at which housing values are going

01:00:55.040 --> 01:00:58.040
up which means that it's somewhat more

01:00:58.319 --> 01:01:00.055
affordable for people to enter the

01:01:00.079 --> 01:01:01.575
housing market but it's never going to

01:01:01.599 --> 01:01:04.599
be affordable housing in toi

01:01:05.680 --> 01:01:07.256
I really would like to support this but

01:01:07.280 --> 01:01:10.216
if we don't know what we're spending

01:01:10.240 --> 01:01:12.136
and people who are going to profit from

01:01:12.160 --> 01:01:15.160
this are not being asked to contribute.

01:01:15.839 --> 01:01:18.839
I I can't support this at all.

01:01:19.359 --> 01:01:21.575
This organization puts out all this

01:01:21.599 --> 01:01:23.815
fluffy stuff about respect and

01:01:23.839 --> 01:01:26.376
consideration and equality. And then

01:01:26.400 --> 01:01:29.400
when it comes to this, it's just

01:01:30.960 --> 01:01:32.856
kick in the face to the people in the

01:01:32.880 --> 01:01:35.335
community that will not benefit from

01:01:35.359 --> 01:01:38.295
this development but have been forced to

01:01:38.319 --> 01:01:41.319
pay for it. won't be supporting it.

01:01:42.160 --> 01:01:43.896
Thank you. Do any other councilors wish

01:01:43.920 --> 01:01:45.176
to speak to the item? Councelor

01:01:45.200 --> 01:01:45.736
Seanfelder,

01:01:45.760 --> 01:01:47.416
I just wanted to ask a question just for

01:01:47.440 --> 01:01:49.976
clarification that with the developments

01:01:50.000 --> 01:01:52.856
that we have, there's a development

01:01:52.880 --> 01:01:55.416
contribution fund that the developers

01:01:55.440 --> 01:01:56.856
contribute towards and I'm just

01:01:56.880 --> 01:01:59.176
wondering just in a nutshell whether

01:01:59.200 --> 01:02:02.200
that could just be explained.  please.

01:02:02.640 --> 01:02:04.775
Okay, I'm happy to accept that question

01:02:04.799 --> 01:02:07.496
and refer it to the CEO.

01:02:07.520 --> 01:02:09.335
It's quite a technical question in some

01:02:09.359 --> 01:02:11.976
respects. Councelor Sean Velder, um

01:02:12.000 --> 01:02:13.575
perhaps the general manager of

01:02:13.599 --> 01:02:15.256
placemaking and environment might like

01:02:15.280 --> 01:02:18.280
to respond, but but in short

01:02:19.040 --> 01:02:22.040
in planning for the future growth in toi

01:02:24.000 --> 01:02:27.000
there's there's an opportunity to

01:02:27.040 --> 01:02:28.535
collect

01:02:28.559 --> 01:02:31.559
 money from developers to help fund

01:02:33.839 --> 01:02:36.839
future infrastructure needs. And so as

01:02:37.359 --> 01:02:40.136
part of developing a development

01:02:40.160 --> 01:02:43.016
contribution fund, you have to identify

01:02:43.040 --> 01:02:44.856
the projects that would be funded

01:02:44.880 --> 01:02:47.880
through such a fund. But perhaps um the

01:02:49.839 --> 01:02:51.335
general manager of placemaking and

01:02:51.359 --> 01:02:53.896
environment might like to further

01:02:53.920 --> 01:02:55.656
explain a DCP

01:02:55.680 --> 01:02:57.416
 through you may I mean that that's

01:02:57.440 --> 01:02:59.656
essentially it. there's um there's costs

01:02:59.680 --> 01:03:00.775
associated with the provision of

01:03:00.799 --> 01:03:03.799
infrastructure and so um that will be um

01:03:04.480 --> 01:03:05.656
determined through some kind of

01:03:05.680 --> 01:03:07.656
infrastructure contribution mechanism

01:03:07.680 --> 01:03:10.376
that's yet to be determined um and that

01:03:10.400 --> 01:03:12.055
would be incorporated into the planning

01:03:12.079 --> 01:03:15.079
scheme. Um in addition the um the

01:03:16.559 --> 01:03:19.559
amendments required to reszone the land

01:03:19.680 --> 01:03:21.335
um and to undertake various technical

01:03:21.359 --> 01:03:23.575
studies that would inform the the final

01:03:23.599 --> 01:03:26.599
development of the land um would be um

01:03:27.839 --> 01:03:30.839
at cost to developers. Um yep thank you

01:03:33.039 --> 01:03:36.039
Mr. Pike. Um councelor Stapleton.

01:03:36.559 --> 01:03:39.015
Thank you mayor. Um,

01:03:39.039 --> 01:03:41.335
so I guess it's important to clarify,

01:03:41.359 --> 01:03:43.815
and I hope I get this right, that um,

01:03:43.839 --> 01:03:46.839
council has not developed um, this

01:03:47.359 --> 01:03:50.359
concept plan to specifically support

01:03:51.760 --> 01:03:54.136
developers. It's actually developed it

01:03:54.160 --> 01:03:57.095
in response to some land owners in the

01:03:57.119 --> 01:04:00.119
messmate precinct approaching um state

01:04:01.200 --> 01:04:04.200
government to  be part of the  state

01:04:04.559 --> 01:04:06.055
government's

01:04:06.079 --> 01:04:07.976
 development facilitation program

01:04:08.000 --> 01:04:09.815
which essentially means they bypass

01:04:09.839 --> 01:04:12.535
council and fasttrack the development at

01:04:12.559 --> 01:04:13.896
a state level and the minister for

01:04:13.920 --> 01:04:16.535
planning becomes the decision-m. So with

01:04:16.559 --> 01:04:19.256
that in mind, um council acknowledged

01:04:19.280 --> 01:04:21.976
that it's it's really critical for 

01:04:22.000 --> 01:04:24.295
planning for this development um to

01:04:24.319 --> 01:04:27.319
align with the community aspirations for

01:04:27.440 --> 01:04:30.136
key as opposed to the land owners going

01:04:30.160 --> 01:04:32.216
direct to state government and just

01:04:32.240 --> 01:04:33.736
coming up with an outcome that's not

01:04:33.760 --> 01:04:35.575
necessarily consistent with what the

01:04:35.599 --> 01:04:38.599
Surf Coast community values. Um we know

01:04:39.359 --> 01:04:41.095
that the the concept plan has been

01:04:41.119 --> 01:04:43.015
informed by considerable community

01:04:43.039 --> 01:04:45.575
consultation through um the Dell process

01:04:45.599 --> 01:04:47.575
and our more recent urban future

01:04:47.599 --> 01:04:50.376
strategy and that the messmate precinct

01:04:50.400 --> 01:04:52.616
concept plan is a high level conceptual

01:04:52.640 --> 01:04:54.696
plan that we hope the state government

01:04:54.720 --> 01:04:57.720
will take on um to consider the growth

01:04:58.240 --> 01:05:01.240
of the mismake growth area as a whole um

01:05:01.440 --> 01:05:03.896
and that they use the plan to inform

01:05:03.920 --> 01:05:05.736
more detailed master planning and

01:05:05.760 --> 01:05:07.815
technical work for the mismake road

01:05:07.839 --> 01:05:10.376
growth area um which is the last green

01:05:10.400 --> 01:05:13.400
field site in to as the final growth

01:05:13.920 --> 01:05:15.976
area of to we want to make sure it's

01:05:16.000 --> 01:05:18.055
welldesigned well connected through a

01:05:18.079 --> 01:05:20.856
mix of land uses housing types access to

01:05:20.880 --> 01:05:23.176
open space community services and public

01:05:23.200 --> 01:05:25.256
transport we really want it to be a

01:05:25.280 --> 01:05:27.095
walkable connected sustainable and

01:05:27.119 --> 01:05:29.976
livable community um but as I indicated

01:05:30.000 --> 01:05:32.216
earlier there is a risk this may not

01:05:32.240 --> 01:05:34.696
happen so council has moved forward to

01:05:34.720 --> 01:05:37.720
create this concept plan um to try and

01:05:38.400 --> 01:05:41.015
address it. So the messmate growth area

01:05:41.039 --> 01:05:43.256
is made up of nine parcels of land with

01:05:43.280 --> 01:05:45.896
seven different land owners. So it's um

01:05:45.920 --> 01:05:48.055
a site that could go anywhere without

01:05:48.079 --> 01:05:50.456
this master planning. We were informed

01:05:50.480 --> 01:05:53.015
in April this year that a a group of

01:05:53.039 --> 01:05:54.856
land owners in the northern part of the

01:05:54.880 --> 01:05:57.256
precinct have lodged this inquiry with

01:05:57.280 --> 01:05:59.256
the department of transport and planning

01:05:59.280 --> 01:06:01.176
um to develop the northern half of the

01:06:01.200 --> 01:06:03.335
precinct in isolation.

01:06:03.359 --> 01:06:06.359
and council's um belief well I can't

01:06:07.440 --> 01:06:09.815
speak for everyone but um the the

01:06:09.839 --> 01:06:11.736
recommendation from planning officers is

01:06:11.760 --> 01:06:14.055
that this wouldn't provide  a holistic

01:06:14.079 --> 01:06:16.936
outcome for the methmate messmate growth

01:06:16.960 --> 01:06:18.616
area so it's important that we have a

01:06:18.640 --> 01:06:21.176
concept plan um that identifies key

01:06:21.200 --> 01:06:24.055
principles non-negotiables  like

01:06:24.079 --> 01:06:25.736
things around integrated water

01:06:25.760 --> 01:06:27.815
management environment protection

01:06:27.839 --> 01:06:30.696
housing diversity um open space social

01:06:30.720 --> 01:06:32.936
infrastructure and employment and

01:06:32.960 --> 01:06:34.856
something that's based on placemaking

01:06:34.880 --> 01:06:37.656
principles that we know contribute to um

01:06:37.680 --> 01:06:39.176
more sustainable neighborhoods and

01:06:39.200 --> 01:06:42.136
enable people to live locally.

01:06:42.160 --> 01:06:44.775
 I've gone over so I'll stop there.

01:06:44.799 --> 01:06:47.799
But h hopefully  council supports this

01:06:48.000 --> 01:06:49.736
precinct concept plan so that we can

01:06:49.760 --> 01:06:51.176
present it to state government and

01:06:51.200 --> 01:06:52.936
hopefully give council a better

01:06:52.960 --> 01:06:55.416
opportunity to influence the outcomes of

01:06:55.440 --> 01:06:57.656
development in that space.

01:06:57.680 --> 01:06:59.496
Thank you. Do any other counselors wish

01:06:59.520 --> 01:07:01.656
to speak? Councelor Walker. Thank you

01:07:01.680 --> 01:07:03.656
mayor and thank you councilors and

01:07:03.680 --> 01:07:06.136
anyone here today. So as you might know

01:07:06.160 --> 01:07:08.376
I grew up around here and and saw old

01:07:08.400 --> 01:07:10.216
key turn into new talk and and

01:07:10.240 --> 01:07:11.416
everything like that too and there's

01:07:11.440 --> 01:07:12.696
there's bad planning and then there's

01:07:12.720 --> 01:07:14.696
better planning and then there's

01:07:14.720 --> 01:07:17.656
planning for the future. So this you

01:07:17.680 --> 01:07:19.815
know by getting council involved um the

01:07:19.839 --> 01:07:21.896
preset concept plan documents council's

01:07:21.920 --> 01:07:23.815
development aspirations for the precinct

01:07:23.839 --> 01:07:25.256
providing guidance for land owners and

01:07:25.280 --> 01:07:27.335
the state government to inform inform

01:07:27.359 --> 01:07:29.896
future planning development proposals.

01:07:29.920 --> 01:07:31.976
It's exciting. It's the first steps in

01:07:32.000 --> 01:07:33.656
shaping the future urban structure of

01:07:33.680 --> 01:07:36.456
the mesme growth grow area growth area

01:07:36.480 --> 01:07:37.976
and this concept plan and it's good

01:07:38.000 --> 01:07:39.575
offices already met with greater talking

01:07:39.599 --> 01:07:41.815
alliance committee to talk through some

01:07:41.839 --> 01:07:43.015
of the concepts and get feedback

01:07:43.039 --> 01:07:45.335
already. The precent concept plan is a

01:07:45.359 --> 01:07:46.775
high level conceptual plan that will

01:07:46.799 --> 01:07:48.616
inform more detailed master plan and

01:07:48.640 --> 01:07:50.456
technical work.

01:07:50.480 --> 01:07:52.936
Mesmate road memate growth era sits

01:07:52.960 --> 01:07:55.095
aside the urban future strategy by

01:07:55.119 --> 01:07:57.176
adopting this initial concept plan as a

01:07:57.200 --> 01:07:59.015
basis to start negotiation with the

01:07:59.039 --> 01:08:01.176
various stakeholders. So I think it's

01:08:01.200 --> 01:08:03.335
good we're involved and want to see it

01:08:03.359 --> 01:08:06.359
work the best that it can.

01:08:07.520 --> 01:08:10.295
Okay. Thanks councelor Walker.  do any

01:08:10.319 --> 01:08:12.376
other councilors wish to speak?

01:08:12.400 --> 01:08:13.815
Councelor Gri.

01:08:13.839 --> 01:08:15.335
 thanks mayor. I've just got a a

01:08:15.359 --> 01:08:16.856
question.  it's based on some

01:08:16.880 --> 01:08:18.376
community emails that came through late

01:08:18.400 --> 01:08:20.775
this afternoon and what's been discussed

01:08:20.799 --> 01:08:22.936
here. If council is being bypassed in

01:08:22.960 --> 01:08:25.416
the development of this area, what input

01:08:25.440 --> 01:08:27.496
will council have in ensuring adequate

01:08:27.520 --> 01:08:30.520
storm water treatments areas are um

01:08:31.520 --> 01:08:32.856
provisioned so we don't have another

01:08:32.880 --> 01:08:35.880
situation like the graffer

01:08:36.319 --> 01:08:38.536
it to the CEO for a response and I'll

01:08:38.560 --> 01:08:40.775
invite the CEO to also pass on some

01:08:40.799 --> 01:08:42.536
information after that pertaining to

01:08:42.560 --> 01:08:44.376
councelor Barker's earlier question.

01:08:44.400 --> 01:08:46.936
Yeah.  thanks for the question

01:08:46.960 --> 01:08:48.536
councelor Gri because it is a really

01:08:48.560 --> 01:08:50.775
important one and so actually the

01:08:50.799 --> 01:08:53.799
initial work that we've done was around

01:08:54.319 --> 01:08:57.175
starting from the water element and

01:08:57.199 --> 01:08:59.655
because we don't want the storm water to

01:08:59.679 --> 01:09:02.295
be going down and through to the cor and

01:09:02.319 --> 01:09:05.016
so a particular focus of the work that

01:09:05.040 --> 01:09:07.335
we've been doing has been from starting

01:09:07.359 --> 01:09:10.359
with the water element. And so as part

01:09:11.040 --> 01:09:12.775
of the work we commissioned, that was

01:09:12.799 --> 01:09:14.616
some of the work that we commissioned.

01:09:14.640 --> 01:09:16.295
There's further work that would be

01:09:16.319 --> 01:09:19.319
required to as part of the um detailed

01:09:22.480 --> 01:09:24.856
design and negotiations that would be

01:09:24.880 --> 01:09:26.215
happening around what the future

01:09:26.239 --> 01:09:29.239
development would um look like and we

01:09:29.520 --> 01:09:32.520
would be seeking to provide input and

01:09:32.719 --> 01:09:35.719
submissions around that. So far, the

01:09:35.920 --> 01:09:37.416
Department of Transport and Planning

01:09:37.440 --> 01:09:40.440
have been quite um

01:09:41.040 --> 01:09:44.040
open to us providing input um and and

01:09:45.600 --> 01:09:48.600
and our advice into the future evolution

01:09:49.440 --> 01:09:52.440
of that development. But  the GM of

01:09:54.480 --> 01:09:57.256
placemaking environment might um like to

01:09:57.280 --> 01:09:59.496
add to that. But just to councelor

01:09:59.520 --> 01:10:02.520
Barker's questions earlier, the cost of

01:10:02.640 --> 01:10:05.640
the studies, we  spent $20,000 on

01:10:06.239 --> 01:10:09.239
urban design advice and $60,000 on the

01:10:09.520 --> 01:10:12.520
water studies as part of that work. But

01:10:12.640 --> 01:10:14.456
 the general manager of placemaking

01:10:14.480 --> 01:10:17.096
environment might add to

01:10:17.120 --> 01:10:18.856
 the response to your question. Well,

01:10:18.880 --> 01:10:20.616
just just one supplementary piece of

01:10:20.640 --> 01:10:22.776
information and and the intent of the

01:10:22.800 --> 01:10:25.800
report to council is to hopefully um 

01:10:27.280 --> 01:10:29.655
ensure that council is is at the table

01:10:29.679 --> 01:10:31.816
and providing advice.  as well as

01:10:31.840 --> 01:10:33.496
those studies particular to this

01:10:33.520 --> 01:10:35.896
precinct, we have council's um storm

01:10:35.920 --> 01:10:38.296
water treatment asset selection and

01:10:38.320 --> 01:10:40.135
design standards which were adopted last

01:10:40.159 --> 01:10:41.976
year by council. So these these are

01:10:42.000 --> 01:10:44.135
based on Melbourne water standards which

01:10:44.159 --> 01:10:46.776
are commonly applied across council. So

01:10:46.800 --> 01:10:49.175
they specify the technical requirements

01:10:49.199 --> 01:10:51.896
that the council has in relation to

01:10:51.920 --> 01:10:53.416
things like the size of constructed

01:10:53.440 --> 01:10:56.440
wetland relative to the the hard surface

01:10:56.719 --> 01:10:59.336
areas within a development. And so these

01:10:59.360 --> 01:11:01.175
things combine position council really

01:11:01.199 --> 01:11:04.135
well to establish um what what the

01:11:04.159 --> 01:11:07.159
expectations would be. And I I would um

01:11:08.480 --> 01:11:11.480
certainly very strongly hope and expect

01:11:11.760 --> 01:11:14.135
that the um Department of Transport and

01:11:14.159 --> 01:11:15.816
Planning um if they played a lead role

01:11:15.840 --> 01:11:18.135
here would take that into account um in

01:11:18.159 --> 01:11:19.655
considering the detailed design of the

01:11:19.679 --> 01:11:21.896
the precinct.

01:11:21.920 --> 01:11:24.135
Thank you, Mr. Pike.  councelor

01:11:24.159 --> 01:11:25.256
Greece, you'd like to speak to the

01:11:25.280 --> 01:11:25.655
motion? Can

01:11:25.679 --> 01:11:28.679
I just ask one more supplementary? Um

01:11:29.199 --> 01:11:31.576
because all those agencies were involved

01:11:31.600 --> 01:11:32.936
last time with the development of

01:11:32.960 --> 01:11:34.296
talking north as well. So those

01:11:34.320 --> 01:11:36.536
guidelines improved or changed to make

01:11:36.560 --> 01:11:37.416
sure

01:11:37.440 --> 01:11:37.976
Yeah.

01:11:38.000 --> 01:11:39.736
things haven't um

01:11:39.760 --> 01:11:40.936
happen again.

01:11:40.960 --> 01:11:43.496
Yeah. If if if Yeah. In short, so these

01:11:43.520 --> 01:11:44.856
were adopted last year in response to

01:11:44.880 --> 01:11:47.175
the fact that we didn't have those those

01:11:47.199 --> 01:11:50.199
guidelines. Um and there were a number

01:11:50.239 --> 01:11:51.976
of other improvements that council have

01:11:52.000 --> 01:11:54.776
made in the last 3 years, including the

01:11:54.800 --> 01:11:56.616
establishment of a a specialist storm

01:11:56.640 --> 01:11:59.640
water um engineering team that didn't

01:11:59.679 --> 01:12:02.456
previously exist. Um so we're in a much

01:12:02.480 --> 01:12:04.456
better position and commissioning um

01:12:04.480 --> 01:12:06.856
external studies where once our position

01:12:06.880 --> 01:12:09.880
was to um accept the advice of the um

01:12:11.520 --> 01:12:13.736
the work undertaken and commissioned by

01:12:13.760 --> 01:12:15.416
the developers. So we're we're pressure

01:12:15.440 --> 01:12:17.175
testing that and in fact we're actually

01:12:17.199 --> 01:12:19.416
being proactive by providing our

01:12:19.440 --> 01:12:22.440
standards um so developers know what to

01:12:22.480 --> 01:12:25.480
expect if they're to seek um planning

01:12:25.520 --> 01:12:28.520
permits. Thanks.

01:12:28.640 --> 01:12:30.856
Thank you. Don't need to speak. Okay. Do

01:12:30.880 --> 01:12:32.376
any other counselors wish to speak to

01:12:32.400 --> 01:12:34.936
the motion? I think that's everybody

01:12:34.960 --> 01:12:37.960
anyway.  councelor Seanfelder, do you

01:12:38.159 --> 01:12:39.496
have any closing comments?

01:12:39.520 --> 01:12:42.520
Yes, please. I I know it's um comprises

01:12:43.600 --> 01:12:45.576
so many facets that have been

01:12:45.600 --> 01:12:48.600
articulated by the different counselors

01:12:49.360 --> 01:12:52.360
and I know there is one part of the um

01:12:54.000 --> 01:12:57.000
the actual um messmate road urban growth

01:12:58.320 --> 01:13:01.096
area which I am very excited about and

01:13:01.120 --> 01:13:04.120
that is the ridgetop park and I know

01:13:04.159 --> 01:13:07.159
that Walty Burley Griffin he believed in

01:13:08.400 --> 01:13:10.536
hilltop areas or higher our elevated

01:13:10.560 --> 01:13:13.256
areas should be parks and I really think

01:13:13.280 --> 01:13:15.416
that's something that is fantastic and I

01:13:15.440 --> 01:13:18.440
look forward to seeing  that  grow

01:13:18.960 --> 01:13:21.960
and and come into hopefully fruition

01:13:23.280 --> 01:13:26.056
and also the fact too that um having

01:13:26.080 --> 01:13:29.080
trees and having essential green

01:13:29.760 --> 01:13:31.655
infrastructure

01:13:31.679 --> 01:13:34.679
so important and I know that um I

01:13:34.960 --> 01:13:36.776
probably need to learn more about

01:13:36.800 --> 01:13:39.416
different tree species because I know in

01:13:39.440 --> 01:13:42.440
 Spring Creek Valley, there was the

01:13:42.640 --> 01:13:45.640
yellow um gum which were quite prolific

01:13:46.719 --> 01:13:48.776
in this area previously and I'm hoping

01:13:48.800 --> 01:13:51.496
that we can have more plantings of that

01:13:51.520 --> 01:13:54.520
as well. So we can be quite  inventive

01:13:55.280 --> 01:13:58.280
and we can also be  sustainable as

01:13:58.800 --> 01:14:01.416
well. So thank you mayor.

01:14:01.440 --> 01:14:03.336
Thank you. We'll go to the vote. All in

01:14:03.360 --> 01:14:06.360
favor

01:14:06.719 --> 01:14:08.856
and against.

01:14:08.880 --> 01:14:11.880
Thanks councilors. That's carried 61.

01:14:13.679 --> 01:14:16.135
Item 4.5 lawn affordable housing

01:14:16.159 --> 01:14:17.976
project. The purpose of this report is

01:14:18.000 --> 01:14:19.896
to seek council's endorsement of the

01:14:19.920 --> 01:14:21.816
proposed project scope for the lawn

01:14:21.840 --> 01:14:23.976
affordable housing project. We have a

01:14:24.000 --> 01:14:25.736
recommendation before us. Does anyone

01:14:25.760 --> 01:14:27.976
wish to move a motion? Councelor Walker.

01:14:28.000 --> 01:14:29.416
Is it as per the recommendation?

01:14:29.440 --> 01:14:30.695
As per the recommendation.

01:14:30.719 --> 01:14:32.215
Thanks. And seconded by councelor

01:14:32.239 --> 01:14:33.976
Stapleton. Thank you. Take it away,

01:14:34.000 --> 01:14:35.096
Councelor Walker.

01:14:35.120 --> 01:14:37.416
Thank you, Mayor. Um, this has been a

01:14:37.440 --> 01:14:40.440
long time coming. Um, as you know, I

01:14:40.560 --> 01:14:42.135
live in lawn, been there for over 25

01:14:42.159 --> 01:14:43.896
years now. Um, the issue hasn't gone

01:14:43.920 --> 01:14:45.896
away. It's always been there. I'm just

01:14:45.920 --> 01:14:47.016
going to read the statement that come

01:14:47.040 --> 01:14:48.936
out of a working group involving

01:14:48.960 --> 01:14:50.856
multiple workshops with businesses, key

01:14:50.880 --> 01:14:52.616
workers, community leaders over the last

01:14:52.640 --> 01:14:54.536
6 months and the last probably 10 years

01:14:54.560 --> 01:14:56.616
that's come out of lawn has insufficient

01:14:56.640 --> 01:14:58.296
affordable long-term rental and own

01:14:58.320 --> 01:14:59.816
housing opportunities. This affects

01:14:59.840 --> 01:15:01.655
availability and quality of services by

01:15:01.679 --> 01:15:03.416
not accommodating and retaining low

01:15:03.440 --> 01:15:05.175
medium income families and key workers

01:15:05.199 --> 01:15:07.336
in industries such as hospitality,

01:15:07.360 --> 01:15:09.416
emergency services, education,

01:15:09.440 --> 01:15:12.296
healthcare, and to sustain a healthy

01:15:12.320 --> 01:15:15.256
contributing community year round.

01:15:15.280 --> 01:15:16.695
That's sort of in a nutshell what's

01:15:16.719 --> 01:15:19.336
happening down the coast and in other um

01:15:19.360 --> 01:15:21.896
tourist towns. We've we've had it um in

01:15:21.920 --> 01:15:23.336
areas in Angles, but not as bad as

01:15:23.360 --> 01:15:24.536
what's happened over the last few years

01:15:24.560 --> 01:15:27.016
here. The issue of long-term affordable

01:15:27.040 --> 01:15:28.776
rentals always been an issue. nothing

01:15:28.800 --> 01:15:30.536
new having attended workshops for over

01:15:30.560 --> 01:15:32.296
the last 20 years all with the same

01:15:32.320 --> 01:15:34.936
issue. What is proposed will give some

01:15:34.960 --> 01:15:37.496
real actions. An aging permanent

01:15:37.520 --> 01:15:39.256
population that isn't growing in numbers

01:15:39.280 --> 01:15:40.856
with no affordable options for anyone to

01:15:40.880 --> 01:15:42.695
live, work, and contribute to the

01:15:42.719 --> 01:15:44.296
community

01:15:44.320 --> 01:15:45.896
doesn't contribute to growing the lawn

01:15:45.920 --> 01:15:47.416
community sustainability ends up with

01:15:47.440 --> 01:15:49.896
the ghost town. Myself, many others in

01:15:49.920 --> 01:15:51.736
coastal tourism towns have moved rental

01:15:51.760 --> 01:15:54.296
houses many times. I've moved nine times

01:15:54.320 --> 01:15:57.320
over 12 years. Um I'm lucky I've got a

01:15:57.760 --> 01:16:00.616
permanent h house now. Um a lot have had

01:16:00.640 --> 01:16:02.536
to leave town over the years. As soon as

01:16:02.560 --> 01:16:04.936
a young couple um have children, the

01:16:04.960 --> 01:16:06.616
insecurity of having to live in these

01:16:06.640 --> 01:16:08.936
coastal towns without a permanent roof

01:16:08.960 --> 01:16:11.896
over there have to move. Um in line with

01:16:11.920 --> 01:16:13.416
that too, when you look at the rentals,

01:16:13.440 --> 01:16:14.776
there's only two properties which are

01:16:14.800 --> 01:16:17.800
over $850 a a week. um a lot of worked

01:16:19.280 --> 01:16:21.016
and lived in law for years after

01:16:21.040 --> 01:16:23.336
families have to leave and now since co

01:16:23.360 --> 01:16:24.776
the issue has been compounded with

01:16:24.800 --> 01:16:27.016
further unaffordability and let alone

01:16:27.040 --> 01:16:28.616
anything to rent with an increase in

01:16:28.640 --> 01:16:30.215
short-term accommodation against

01:16:30.239 --> 01:16:32.936
long-term even owning a second second

01:16:32.960 --> 01:16:34.695
home is becoming more and more

01:16:34.719 --> 01:16:36.936
unaffordable. Now these are from people

01:16:36.960 --> 01:16:39.096
who have also inherited homes over the

01:16:39.120 --> 01:16:40.376
years they just can't afford to keep

01:16:40.400 --> 01:16:43.016
them with especially with land tax. The

01:16:43.040 --> 01:16:44.616
town boundary is very limited and always

01:16:44.640 --> 01:16:45.896
the issue of land availability has

01:16:45.920 --> 01:16:47.496
always been an issue. we don't have the

01:16:47.520 --> 01:16:49.736
benefit of a growth area like we do here

01:16:49.760 --> 01:16:52.760
or win. The first step is to identify

01:16:52.960 --> 01:16:54.616
suitable sites for building new

01:16:54.640 --> 01:16:56.776
small-cale affordable housing. So in the

01:16:56.800 --> 01:16:58.296
future land can be secured for

01:16:58.320 --> 01:17:00.536
affordable accommodation. Land's very

01:17:00.560 --> 01:17:01.896
tidying lawn for any type of

01:17:01.920 --> 01:17:03.576
accommodation. But if we can find that,

01:17:03.600 --> 01:17:06.600
that's the first step. The second step

01:17:06.640 --> 01:17:08.776
in this is at the moment there's no

01:17:08.800 --> 01:17:10.536
incentive for second homeowners to

01:17:10.560 --> 01:17:12.616
permanently rent out the properties. And

01:17:12.640 --> 01:17:14.695
for some, the stress of increasing land

01:17:14.719 --> 01:17:16.776
tax and everything else is forcing rents

01:17:16.800 --> 01:17:19.576
up to over $800 or an extra $200 a week,

01:17:19.600 --> 01:17:22.215
which is well above the median um that

01:17:22.239 --> 01:17:23.736
people can afford down there or being

01:17:23.760 --> 01:17:26.760
sold off on a long-term properties that

01:17:27.520 --> 01:17:28.856
either having to put up rent an extra

01:17:28.880 --> 01:17:30.536
$250 a week or having to sell, which

01:17:30.560 --> 01:17:31.896
will eventually likely go back to

01:17:31.920 --> 01:17:33.976
holiday homes. Now, this isn't just for

01:17:34.000 --> 01:17:35.736
rentals for everyone. It's for your

01:17:35.760 --> 01:17:37.655
teachers down there. Um there's only one

01:17:37.679 --> 01:17:38.936
teacher that lives in law and the rest

01:17:38.960 --> 01:17:41.960
travel in. um emergency services, um

01:17:42.159 --> 01:17:44.695
paramedics, doctors, all that sort of

01:17:44.719 --> 01:17:46.135
things. Partly of the project will

01:17:46.159 --> 01:17:47.976
include advocacy for the design of an

01:17:48.000 --> 01:17:50.456
innovative land tax discount policy that

01:17:50.480 --> 01:17:52.376
could be piloted in lawn and have future

01:17:52.400 --> 01:17:54.616
application in other towns popular

01:17:54.640 --> 01:17:57.336
tourists. Now, there's no incentive in

01:17:57.360 --> 01:17:59.655
Victoria at all for holiday homeowners

01:17:59.679 --> 01:18:02.679
or second homeowners um at all to put

01:18:03.760 --> 01:18:05.655
their price their their prices back into

01:18:05.679 --> 01:18:08.056
the rental market. The potential benefit

01:18:08.080 --> 01:18:10.776
in incentivizing return of up to 25

01:18:10.800 --> 01:18:13.576
properties or just 4% of the houses to

01:18:13.600 --> 01:18:16.376
lawn the long-term rental market is more

01:18:16.400 --> 01:18:18.536
immediate relief for key workers unable

01:18:18.560 --> 01:18:21.336
to find affordable rentals in lawn. Part

01:18:21.360 --> 01:18:23.655
B doesn't require the time and cost

01:18:23.679 --> 01:18:25.175
funding associated with finding suitable

01:18:25.199 --> 01:18:26.536
housing and designing and constructing

01:18:26.560 --> 01:18:28.456
affordable housing. Simply putting,

01:18:28.480 --> 01:18:30.536
reducing a land tax will reduce the cost

01:18:30.560 --> 01:18:33.256
bene the cost burden on homeowners and

01:18:33.280 --> 01:18:35.896
will might encourage them to put it back

01:18:35.920 --> 01:18:37.816
into the the rental market. Now, a

01:18:37.840 --> 01:18:40.536
population of 1,025 homes increases at

01:18:40.560 --> 01:18:43.256
10fold as permanent long-term affordable

01:18:43.280 --> 01:18:44.936
accommodation.

01:18:44.960 --> 01:18:46.536
These options being put forward are a

01:18:46.560 --> 01:18:48.296
logical and real step forward securing

01:18:48.320 --> 01:18:49.896
Lawrence's future with sustainable

01:18:49.920 --> 01:18:52.376
growing population.

01:18:52.400 --> 01:18:55.175
And hopefully these sort of incentives

01:18:55.199 --> 01:18:57.896
will work. um firstly getting some land

01:18:57.920 --> 01:18:59.576
to start with and secondly try and

01:18:59.600 --> 01:19:01.336
incentivize at least some of the

01:19:01.360 --> 01:19:03.736
homeowners to put properties back on or

01:19:03.760 --> 01:19:05.976
some of the existing homeowners to keep

01:19:06.000 --> 01:19:08.215
their properties um in the rental market

01:19:08.239 --> 01:19:09.576
which some want to do but they just

01:19:09.600 --> 01:19:11.816
can't afford to keep them. Um so I

01:19:11.840 --> 01:19:14.616
encourage our fellow councils to support

01:19:14.640 --> 01:19:16.936
these two options in moving forward and

01:19:16.960 --> 01:19:18.376
it's great to see something on the table

01:19:18.400 --> 01:19:20.456
that's actually achievable. Thanks.

01:19:20.480 --> 01:19:21.816
Thanks Councelor Walker. Councelor

01:19:21.840 --> 01:19:24.840
Stton. Thanks, Mayor. And um councelor

01:19:25.120 --> 01:19:27.896
Walker has really given um the the

01:19:27.920 --> 01:19:29.896
breadth of the issue a good airing. So,

01:19:29.920 --> 01:19:32.856
I'd just add that it's um part of

01:19:32.880 --> 01:19:35.175
council's existing commitment to explore

01:19:35.199 --> 01:19:37.896
more options for affordable housing in

01:19:37.920 --> 01:19:40.695
the SH and particularly on the coast. Um

01:19:40.719 --> 01:19:43.096
we know that all our coastal communities

01:19:43.120 --> 01:19:44.936
are are suffering really suffering from

01:19:44.960 --> 01:19:47.896
a lack of affordable housing. Um and

01:19:47.920 --> 01:19:49.576
possibly no one feels this more than

01:19:49.600 --> 01:19:52.600
lawn.  where I guess the the issue of

01:19:53.040 --> 01:19:55.336
affordable housing probably first

01:19:55.360 --> 01:19:57.256
emerged as councelor Walker said 20

01:19:57.280 --> 01:19:59.736
years ago and  over the years that's

01:19:59.760 --> 01:20:01.976
progressively sort of moved along the

01:20:02.000 --> 01:20:03.655
coast until we're sort of in a position

01:20:03.679 --> 01:20:05.816
where um there's very little affordable

01:20:05.840 --> 01:20:08.296
accommodation for anyone in those

01:20:08.320 --> 01:20:11.320
coastal communities. Um I really valued

01:20:12.000 --> 01:20:14.856
attending the three  workshops that

01:20:14.880 --> 01:20:16.856
council ran in partnership with the lawn

01:20:16.880 --> 01:20:19.496
community earlier this year  where we

01:20:19.520 --> 01:20:22.456
heard directly from community about some

01:20:22.480 --> 01:20:24.776
of those impacts. Um, you know, there

01:20:24.800 --> 01:20:26.376
were there were a couple of paramedics

01:20:26.400 --> 01:20:29.175
there who spoke about the fact that to

01:20:29.199 --> 01:20:31.336
work at the lawn station, they need to

01:20:31.360 --> 01:20:34.360
live within 8 km of that lawn sort of

01:20:34.800 --> 01:20:37.096
paramedic unit, but there's no housing

01:20:37.120 --> 01:20:38.856
that they can afford on their salaries

01:20:38.880 --> 01:20:40.456
within that range. So, they they're

01:20:40.480 --> 01:20:41.896
faced with the prospect of losing their

01:20:41.920 --> 01:20:43.655
jobs. And that's just, you know, one

01:20:43.679 --> 01:20:45.416
very small example. I know that there's

01:20:45.440 --> 01:20:48.440
issues providing many key services um

01:20:48.800 --> 01:20:51.800
health services, child care, teaching,

01:20:51.920 --> 01:20:53.896
um a range of things as well as you know

01:20:53.920 --> 01:20:56.056
our local businesses and and hospitality

01:20:56.080 --> 01:20:59.080
which are a key part of the lawn um

01:20:59.360 --> 01:21:01.576
social infrastructure.

01:21:01.600 --> 01:21:04.296
 these two projects tackle the issue

01:21:04.320 --> 01:21:07.320
on two fronts. one is identifying the

01:21:07.520 --> 01:21:10.215
new land um which is probably more a

01:21:10.239 --> 01:21:12.695
longer term outcome and the other is as

01:21:12.719 --> 01:21:15.016
councelor Walker spoke to the the idea

01:21:15.040 --> 01:21:17.896
of using existing housing stock um that

01:21:17.920 --> 01:21:19.976
is underutilized and hopefully

01:21:20.000 --> 01:21:21.896
encouraging the state government to

01:21:21.920 --> 01:21:23.976
provide some incentives through land tax

01:21:24.000 --> 01:21:27.000
relief to encourage those homeowners who

01:21:27.600 --> 01:21:30.215
 might contemplate putting them um

01:21:30.239 --> 01:21:31.896
back on the long-term rental market

01:21:31.920 --> 01:21:34.296
instead of the the short-term Airbnb

01:21:34.320 --> 01:21:36.936
market to provide some affordable rental

01:21:36.960 --> 01:21:38.695
options for people in the lawn

01:21:38.719 --> 01:21:40.536
community. But yeah, I encourage

01:21:40.560 --> 01:21:43.016
everyone to support this. They're um

01:21:43.040 --> 01:21:44.616
they're good recommendations that have

01:21:44.640 --> 01:21:46.616
been developed in close partnership with

01:21:46.640 --> 01:21:47.976
the community.

01:21:48.000 --> 01:21:48.776
Thank you.

01:21:48.800 --> 01:21:50.536
Thank you. Do any other counselors wish

01:21:50.560 --> 01:21:53.175
to speak to the item? Council Gri.

01:21:53.199 --> 01:21:54.856
Thanks, Mayor. Can I first just get a

01:21:54.880 --> 01:21:57.256
clarification? Part A of the

01:21:57.280 --> 01:21:59.336
recommendation says to identify suitable

01:21:59.360 --> 01:22:02.360
sites, but um key consideration 6.1 says

01:22:03.600 --> 01:22:06.600
part A identifies suitable council land.

01:22:07.440 --> 01:22:10.135
Can that um what's why is that

01:22:10.159 --> 01:22:11.175
different?

01:22:11.199 --> 01:22:14.199
 put that to the CEO. Um

01:22:15.120 --> 01:22:16.695
thanks councelor Gri.

01:22:16.719 --> 01:22:18.376
It's a good it's a good question

01:22:18.400 --> 01:22:20.536
councelor Gri. The intention would be to

01:22:20.560 --> 01:22:23.560
look for suitable crown land sites

01:22:23.840 --> 01:22:25.816
primarily in the first instance which

01:22:25.840 --> 01:22:28.840
may be council but also maybe  other

01:22:29.920 --> 01:22:32.920
crown loun crown crown land sites 

01:22:34.800 --> 01:22:37.800
managed by DECA or Ban water or Gawka as

01:22:39.600 --> 01:22:42.536
options as part of that

01:22:42.560 --> 01:22:44.215
as well as council loan.

01:22:44.239 --> 01:22:47.239
Yeah, that's correct.

01:22:47.679 --> 01:22:49.496
Councelor Gri, do you wish to speak to

01:22:49.520 --> 01:22:50.936
the item?

01:22:50.960 --> 01:22:53.655
 first, is it possible to split these

01:22:53.679 --> 01:22:56.135
items when it comes to voting?

01:22:56.159 --> 01:22:59.159
Vote on them separately.

01:23:02.239 --> 01:23:04.776
Mayor Mayor, it's my understanding that

01:23:04.800 --> 01:23:07.576
a procedural motion could be moved.

01:23:07.600 --> 01:23:10.135
 that's my understanding too,

01:23:10.159 --> 01:23:11.655
Councelor Seanfelder. Thanks. I'll just

01:23:11.679 --> 01:23:12.936
check with the governance team whether

01:23:12.960 --> 01:23:15.016
that's feasible. Can I just ask a

01:23:15.040 --> 01:23:16.615
question before

01:23:16.639 --> 01:23:19.175
 and councelor Stton has a question

01:23:19.199 --> 01:23:19.816
about that?

01:23:19.840 --> 01:23:22.840
Um I would welcome some feedback um from

01:23:23.920 --> 01:23:26.456
officers if possible just around whether

01:23:26.480 --> 01:23:29.480
the  whether there would be

01:23:29.600 --> 01:23:32.600
implications for the community who I

01:23:32.719 --> 01:23:35.016
guess came up with those two solutions

01:23:35.040 --> 01:23:37.416
together. It was kind of a

01:23:37.440 --> 01:23:39.976
comp not a compromise.

01:23:40.000 --> 01:23:41.576
Both solutions were really important to

01:23:41.600 --> 01:23:42.856
the community. So it' be good just to

01:23:42.880 --> 01:23:44.615
understand from officers whether

01:23:44.639 --> 01:23:46.615
splitting that and potentially ending up

01:23:46.639 --> 01:23:48.695
with one supported and one not would

01:23:48.719 --> 01:23:51.016
create issues for the lawn community

01:23:51.040 --> 01:23:53.175
just in terms of how we approach it.

01:23:53.199 --> 01:23:56.199
So I'm happy to take that  question to

01:23:56.639 --> 01:23:58.615
provide further information to

01:23:58.639 --> 01:24:01.639
councilors on that subject.

01:24:01.760 --> 01:24:03.175
Thanks for the question councelor

01:24:03.199 --> 01:24:05.576
Stapleton. I wasn't at the workshops,

01:24:05.600 --> 01:24:07.736
but in all of the conversations I've had

01:24:07.760 --> 01:24:10.376
with those who are really committed to

01:24:10.400 --> 01:24:13.400
looking to find options for affordable

01:24:14.800 --> 01:24:17.800
housing in lawn. Finding sites has

01:24:18.880 --> 01:24:20.615
always been something that I've heard

01:24:20.639 --> 01:24:22.056
from them as being something that's

01:24:22.080 --> 01:24:25.080
really important to them. So I think 

01:24:28.080 --> 01:24:29.655
these

01:24:29.679 --> 01:24:32.679
this report has attempted to reflect the

01:24:33.120 --> 01:24:34.776
two

01:24:34.800 --> 01:24:37.736
priority areas from the lawn community.

01:24:37.760 --> 01:24:39.416
So

01:24:39.440 --> 01:24:41.896
um council could consider them

01:24:41.920 --> 01:24:44.920
separately but that probably doesn't

01:24:45.280 --> 01:24:47.496
then it it would then mean we aren't

01:24:47.520 --> 01:24:50.056
responding to the two requests from the

01:24:50.080 --> 01:24:53.080
lawn community.

01:24:54.960 --> 01:24:57.960
Thank you, CEO. Um, so

01:24:59.520 --> 01:25:01.416
councelor Sean, I'll just check with the

01:25:01.440 --> 01:25:02.856
governance team on the process. My

01:25:02.880 --> 01:25:04.936
understanding that a councelor can put a

01:25:04.960 --> 01:25:07.960
procedural motion to split the um the

01:25:08.480 --> 01:25:11.480
item into two parts.

01:25:11.679 --> 01:25:14.679
And in that case, I invite a counselor

01:25:15.120 --> 01:25:18.120
to um to put a procedural motion to that

01:25:18.560 --> 01:25:20.376
to that effect if they want to.

01:25:20.400 --> 01:25:22.135
If I could. Yep. I don't know what

01:25:22.159 --> 01:25:24.695
wording you need from me to instigate

01:25:24.719 --> 01:25:25.336
that.

01:25:25.360 --> 01:25:28.360
Um so councelor Grist is

01:25:29.120 --> 01:25:32.120
wanting to put a motion to split the um

01:25:32.320 --> 01:25:34.135
the existing recommendation in two

01:25:34.159 --> 01:25:37.159
parts.

01:25:39.280 --> 01:25:41.736
Um thank you mayor. So the motion would

01:25:41.760 --> 01:25:43.576
be the procedural motion that the

01:25:43.600 --> 01:25:45.256
substantive motion be voted on in

01:25:45.280 --> 01:25:46.695
separate parts.

01:25:46.719 --> 01:25:49.016
So that's a procedural motion. Do I have

01:25:49.040 --> 01:25:50.536
a seconder for the procedural motion?

01:25:50.560 --> 01:25:53.016
Councelor Barker

01:25:53.040 --> 01:25:55.016
and can I ask is there a debate on the

01:25:55.040 --> 01:25:58.040
procedural motion? No. So we vote on the

01:25:58.159 --> 01:26:00.615
procedural motion though. Okay. And do

01:26:00.639 --> 01:26:03.639
we do that now? Okay. So we we'll now

01:26:03.760 --> 01:26:05.256
proceed to a vote on the procedural

01:26:05.280 --> 01:26:08.215
motion to split the recommendation into

01:26:08.239 --> 01:26:11.239
two parts parts  A and B. So we'll go

01:26:12.719 --> 01:26:15.719
to that vote. All in favor

01:26:16.400 --> 01:26:19.400
and against

01:26:19.920 --> 01:26:22.920
and that is so that's so can we go again

01:26:24.560 --> 01:26:26.135
please

01:26:26.159 --> 01:26:29.159
um in favor

01:26:29.520 --> 01:26:31.336
in favor

01:26:31.360 --> 01:26:34.360
and against sorry yep thank you that's

01:26:35.360 --> 01:26:38.360
um that's lost  34

01:26:39.280 --> 01:26:41.976
which means that we revert to the um

01:26:42.000 --> 01:26:43.736
substantive motion being the two parts

01:26:43.760 --> 01:26:46.760
in one recommendation. And

01:26:47.440 --> 01:26:49.736
councelor Gri, have you actually spoken

01:26:49.760 --> 01:26:51.096
I don't believe you've spoken to that

01:26:51.120 --> 01:26:52.376
motion yet.

01:26:52.400 --> 01:26:53.496
To the original motion.

01:26:53.520 --> 01:26:53.816
Yeah.

01:26:53.840 --> 01:26:54.936
Yeah. Can I?

01:26:54.960 --> 01:26:57.960
Yes. Thank you. Um, so I think we

01:26:58.960 --> 01:27:00.776
shouldn't be supporting part A of this

01:27:00.800 --> 01:27:02.376
project. The simple reason is that it

01:27:02.400 --> 01:27:04.695
relies on using council own land and

01:27:04.719 --> 01:27:06.776
crown land which is an incredible

01:27:06.800 --> 01:27:08.456
incredibly scarce and valuable resource

01:27:08.480 --> 01:27:10.936
in lawn and along our coast. Um, once we

01:27:10.960 --> 01:27:12.536
give up public public land for a project

01:27:12.560 --> 01:27:14.376
like this, it's gone for decades, if not

01:27:14.400 --> 01:27:15.816
indefinitely,

01:27:15.840 --> 01:27:17.336
that means future councils won't have

01:27:17.360 --> 01:27:18.936
the flexibility to use that land for

01:27:18.960 --> 01:27:20.695
other community needs that might arise.

01:27:20.719 --> 01:27:22.456
Things like child care, health services,

01:27:22.480 --> 01:27:24.056
library, open spaces, or other new

01:27:24.080 --> 01:27:25.655
community facilities to meet future

01:27:25.679 --> 01:27:27.576
needs. I think that's extremely

01:27:27.600 --> 01:27:30.056
short-sighted. We also need to be clear

01:27:30.080 --> 01:27:32.056
about what the real issue is. Lawn

01:27:32.080 --> 01:27:33.336
doesn't have a shortage of houses.

01:27:33.360 --> 01:27:34.456
There's a shortage of long-term

01:27:34.480 --> 01:27:36.615
affordable rentals. Too many homes sit

01:27:36.639 --> 01:27:38.376
empty most of the year or are used only

01:27:38.400 --> 01:27:40.456
for short-term accommodation. So, the

01:27:40.480 --> 01:27:41.816
problem isn't a lack of land or

01:27:41.840 --> 01:27:43.655
buildings. It's how to how those

01:27:43.679 --> 01:27:46.056
existing properties are being used.

01:27:46.080 --> 01:27:47.655
Instead of handing over public land for

01:27:47.679 --> 01:27:49.016
cheap rental accommodation, tax

01:27:49.040 --> 01:27:50.615
incentives or rebates to encourage

01:27:50.639 --> 01:27:51.976
existing property owners to put their

01:27:52.000 --> 01:27:53.496
homes back in the long-term rental

01:27:53.520 --> 01:27:54.936
market is the most sustainable,

01:27:54.960 --> 01:27:56.615
environmentally, and community-friendly

01:27:56.639 --> 01:27:59.175
solution. Incentivizing increased rental

01:27:59.199 --> 01:28:00.856
availability is an immediate solution,

01:28:00.880 --> 01:28:02.296
and it won't cost the community its

01:28:02.320 --> 01:28:04.776
limited supply of public land. Once

01:28:04.800 --> 01:28:07.096
council land is gone, it's gone and

01:28:07.120 --> 01:28:08.936
future generations will rightly ask why

01:28:08.960 --> 01:28:10.215
we didn't protect its use for the

01:28:10.239 --> 01:28:11.816
increasing demand for community

01:28:11.840 --> 01:28:14.615
services. This reasons I can't support

01:28:14.639 --> 01:28:16.456
part A and it looks like I'm not

01:28:16.480 --> 01:28:19.480
supporting the motion.

01:28:19.679 --> 01:28:21.175
Thank you, Councelor Gri. Do any of the

01:28:21.199 --> 01:28:22.695
counselors wish to speak to the item?

01:28:22.719 --> 01:28:25.496
Councelor Barker,

01:28:25.520 --> 01:28:28.456
I really hope that councelor Gri's 

01:28:28.480 --> 01:28:30.296
procedural motion was going to get up

01:28:30.320 --> 01:28:31.896
because it basically splits an

01:28:31.920 --> 01:28:34.920
economically sound idea in part B from

01:28:35.520 --> 01:28:38.520
an economically reckless  point in

01:28:38.800 --> 01:28:41.256
part A.

01:28:41.280 --> 01:28:43.655
Councils don't have housing experience.

01:28:43.679 --> 01:28:46.679
We're not set up to work in this space.

01:28:47.360 --> 01:28:49.576
Getting us to do so is a recipe fraught

01:28:49.600 --> 01:28:51.816
with disaster.

01:28:51.840 --> 01:28:54.215
Whereas part B,

01:28:54.239 --> 01:28:57.239
creating tax incentives for those that

01:28:58.400 --> 01:29:01.400
have unused housing and put it on the

01:29:01.840 --> 01:29:04.456
long-term rental market is a much better

01:29:04.480 --> 01:29:07.480
idea. It basically costs a community

01:29:07.600 --> 01:29:10.600
nothing but results in a far better

01:29:10.800 --> 01:29:13.096
supply of housing.

01:29:13.120 --> 01:29:15.016
It comes back to basic economics. It's

01:29:15.040 --> 01:29:17.416
like there's many of us that understand

01:29:17.440 --> 01:29:20.056
year 10 economics or tertiary levels and

01:29:20.080 --> 01:29:22.456
it comes down to supply and demand. If

01:29:22.480 --> 01:29:24.135
you've got high demand and low supply,

01:29:24.159 --> 01:29:26.376
prices are going to be high. And if it's

01:29:26.400 --> 01:29:27.976
vice versa, then obviously prices are

01:29:28.000 --> 01:29:30.856
low. Throughout the coastal regions of

01:29:30.880 --> 01:29:32.856
the Surf Coast, we've got incredibly

01:29:32.880 --> 01:29:34.856
beautiful areas that lots of people want

01:29:34.880 --> 01:29:37.576
to live and we've got constrained supply

01:29:37.600 --> 01:29:39.655
that is always going to push the prices

01:29:39.679 --> 01:29:42.679
up. And like previous elements where

01:29:43.520 --> 01:29:45.816
I've talked about special equal, if we

01:29:45.840 --> 01:29:48.840
start creating special groups of people,

01:29:49.600 --> 01:29:52.376
that is going to breed resentment. If

01:29:52.400 --> 01:29:54.135
people know the nurses or the teachers

01:29:54.159 --> 01:29:57.159
or the doctors or it doesn't matter what

01:29:57.600 --> 01:30:00.600
level of service that someone gives to a

01:30:01.120 --> 01:30:03.336
community, if they're getting special

01:30:03.360 --> 01:30:05.896
treatment compared to others, that's

01:30:05.920 --> 01:30:08.920
going to result in resentment and

01:30:12.000 --> 01:30:15.000
The only way to fix this properly is to

01:30:15.840 --> 01:30:18.215
increase housing supply. So either we

01:30:18.239 --> 01:30:21.239
look to densify parts of lawn, cut into

01:30:22.480 --> 01:30:24.376
the forest and create more parcels of

01:30:24.400 --> 01:30:27.336
land or accept that things are going to

01:30:27.360 --> 01:30:29.096
be tight and it's up to the

01:30:29.120 --> 01:30:31.816
responsibility of employers working with

01:30:31.840 --> 01:30:33.336
employees

01:30:33.360 --> 01:30:35.576
to find strategies that give them

01:30:35.600 --> 01:30:38.536
housing. That might mean a business

01:30:38.560 --> 01:30:41.496
owner needs to go to land owners and

01:30:41.520 --> 01:30:44.520
ask, "I've got a need to employ certain

01:30:44.560 --> 01:30:47.496
people and have them live here and I'll

01:30:47.520 --> 01:30:50.520
offer you XY Z." might be financial or

01:30:50.719 --> 01:30:53.175
otherwise, but it puts the onus back on

01:30:53.199 --> 01:30:55.736
the individuals with the assets and with

01:30:55.760 --> 01:30:58.695
the need and desire

01:30:58.719 --> 01:31:01.256
to interact with each other rather than

01:31:01.280 --> 01:31:03.576
get council involved heading down a path

01:31:03.600 --> 01:31:06.600
that we've got no expertise in that's

01:31:07.440 --> 01:31:09.016
going to result in a sub-optimal

01:31:09.040 --> 01:31:11.336
outcome. Whereas if we can empower those

01:31:11.360 --> 01:31:14.360
that want to sort this problem out to do

01:31:14.960 --> 01:31:17.960
so without us getting involved

01:31:18.159 --> 01:31:19.655
and because we haven't been able to

01:31:19.679 --> 01:31:22.679
split the elements

01:31:22.880 --> 01:31:24.695
have to vote against it.

01:31:24.719 --> 01:31:26.215
Thanks councelor Barker. Do any other

01:31:26.239 --> 01:31:27.736
councilors wish to speak to the motion?

01:31:27.760 --> 01:31:29.976
Councelor Phelps.

01:31:30.000 --> 01:31:31.896
Thank you.  the pro this proposed

01:31:31.920 --> 01:31:34.296
project is to simply identify suitable

01:31:34.320 --> 01:31:36.456
sites that might be used for building or

01:31:36.480 --> 01:31:38.056
might be used for building new

01:31:38.080 --> 01:31:40.296
small-cale affordable housing and

01:31:40.320 --> 01:31:42.215
additionally to advocate to state

01:31:42.239 --> 01:31:43.976
government for the land tax discount

01:31:44.000 --> 01:31:47.000
policy a land tax discount policy to be

01:31:47.440 --> 01:31:50.135
piloted in lawn. While I think better

01:31:50.159 --> 01:31:51.576
public transport would be a much

01:31:51.600 --> 01:31:53.496
quicker, more effective and cheaper

01:31:53.520 --> 01:31:55.736
solution, it's still worth exploring

01:31:55.760 --> 01:31:57.175
these two options for longerterm

01:31:57.199 --> 01:31:59.496
assistance to lawns affordable housing.

01:31:59.520 --> 01:32:01.976
Woes housing isn't typically something

01:32:02.000 --> 01:32:04.695
for council to provide. However, we have

01:32:04.719 --> 01:32:06.296
seen some successful partnering

01:32:06.320 --> 01:32:08.536
partnering models in Winelsey areas and

01:32:08.560 --> 01:32:11.016
possibly in Anglesy. So, I'd just like

01:32:11.040 --> 01:32:12.776
to see where this project leads and I

01:32:12.800 --> 01:32:14.615
encourage councilors to support it.

01:32:14.639 --> 01:32:16.215
Thank you.

01:32:16.239 --> 01:32:17.816
Thanks, councelor Phelps. Councelor Sean

01:32:17.840 --> 01:32:18.536
Felder,

01:32:18.560 --> 01:32:21.016
Mayor, I understand there are different

01:32:21.040 --> 01:32:24.040
viewpoints on on this item and I do

01:32:24.880 --> 01:32:27.880
actually  largely agree with Councelor

01:32:28.159 --> 01:32:31.159
Phelps with what he has said and I know

01:32:32.000 --> 01:32:34.856
that there is a push for greater density

01:32:34.880 --> 01:32:37.880
in different townships and urban areas

01:32:38.960 --> 01:32:41.960
and also coastal towns. I would caution

01:32:43.360 --> 01:32:46.360
that this need which is so great and to

01:32:48.400 --> 01:32:51.400
allow affordable housing and different

01:32:51.600 --> 01:32:54.600
types of housing should not come at the

01:32:55.199 --> 01:32:58.199
expense of public land that is used for

01:32:59.199 --> 01:33:00.856
the public.

01:33:00.880 --> 01:33:02.376
However,

01:33:02.400 --> 01:33:05.016
I would admit that there are

01:33:05.040 --> 01:33:08.040
councilowned land areas and land owned

01:33:09.040 --> 01:33:12.040
by other stakeholders such as crown land

01:33:13.280 --> 01:33:16.135
which may be underutilized.

01:33:16.159 --> 01:33:19.159
So, so given that um I will be

01:33:20.080 --> 01:33:22.776
supporting this item. I know that the

01:33:22.800 --> 01:33:25.800
housing  crisis is actually worsening

01:33:27.360 --> 01:33:30.360
and um it's actually quite frightening

01:33:30.719 --> 01:33:33.016
 what many people are experiencing

01:33:33.040 --> 01:33:34.936
those who don't have  secure

01:33:34.960 --> 01:33:36.536
accommodation

01:33:36.560 --> 01:33:39.560
and I also agree with what councelor 

01:33:39.679 --> 01:33:42.296
Walker said earlier about I know people

01:33:42.320 --> 01:33:45.320
as well who who have left the area 

01:33:45.679 --> 01:33:47.976
for different reasons and people who've

01:33:48.000 --> 01:33:51.000
grown up  in our municipality And it

01:33:51.840 --> 01:33:54.840
has  honestly been heartbreaking to be

01:33:55.199 --> 01:33:58.199
honest. And um I know the way we live 

01:34:00.400 --> 01:34:03.400
is changing and might have to change 

01:34:05.040 --> 01:34:08.040
further. I know that in 2019 I went to

01:34:08.480 --> 01:34:10.936
Japan and I was very impressed with the

01:34:10.960 --> 01:34:13.016
housing there, the beautiful timber

01:34:13.040 --> 01:34:16.040
housing and maximizing space. And I I

01:34:17.920 --> 01:34:20.056
feel myself that I know that we live in

01:34:20.080 --> 01:34:23.080
a democracy where people make their own

01:34:23.840 --> 01:34:26.056
 self-determinations with how they

01:34:26.080 --> 01:34:28.456
live. But I personally I grew up in a

01:34:28.480 --> 01:34:31.480
house that had  one bathroom and I'm

01:34:32.159 --> 01:34:35.096
the youngest of four and many houses

01:34:35.120 --> 01:34:37.816
have an on suite now which I think is

01:34:37.840 --> 01:34:40.840
really environmentally unfriendly but I

01:34:41.280 --> 01:34:42.936
know that's another topic that we can

01:34:42.960 --> 01:34:45.960
talk about. But um I do believe housing

01:34:47.280 --> 01:34:50.280
is a human right and I think that this

01:34:51.360 --> 01:34:54.360
item and to support

01:34:54.960 --> 01:34:57.960
 part B also with the tax policy to be

01:34:58.239 --> 01:34:59.896
piloted in lawn and I think that's

01:34:59.920 --> 01:35:02.456
really ambitious and something that I

01:35:02.480 --> 01:35:04.215
would encourage the state government to

01:35:04.239 --> 01:35:06.536
do. Thank you.

01:35:06.560 --> 01:35:08.376
Thank you councelor Walker. Do you have

01:35:08.400 --> 01:35:09.496
any closing comments?

01:35:09.520 --> 01:35:11.175
 thank you for everyone's input. It's

01:35:11.199 --> 01:35:13.976
um yeah it's very passionate. Um we have

01:35:14.000 --> 01:35:15.496
had community input over the many years

01:35:15.520 --> 01:35:18.520
and as some of councils might have

01:35:18.560 --> 01:35:20.856
pointed out housing might not be us but

01:35:20.880 --> 01:35:23.576
community is so when we talk around have

01:35:23.600 --> 01:35:25.256
we tried these things we've tried adopt

01:35:25.280 --> 01:35:27.976
a worker campaigns we've gone to 

01:35:28.000 --> 01:35:29.496
individual house owners and it's a

01:35:29.520 --> 01:35:31.736
short-term fix. Yep. People move in

01:35:31.760 --> 01:35:33.175
there. They're comfortable 6 months then

01:35:33.199 --> 01:35:34.456
it gets sold and they've got to move

01:35:34.480 --> 01:35:36.135
out. I'm not talking about moving out.

01:35:36.159 --> 01:35:37.496
I'm talking about leaving town. So

01:35:37.520 --> 01:35:39.256
you're losing small community already.

01:35:39.280 --> 01:35:42.280
So by having any type of land available

01:35:43.840 --> 01:35:46.776
um council or crownland or anything like

01:35:46.800 --> 01:35:48.856
that does actually secure the future of

01:35:48.880 --> 01:35:51.496
of a town um for that sort of things. I

01:35:51.520 --> 01:35:52.695
know the community want to be able to go

01:35:52.719 --> 01:35:55.016
to local doctor have a paramedic turn up

01:35:55.040 --> 01:35:58.040
have a full football team. Um all them

01:35:58.239 --> 01:36:00.456
types of things that contribute to a

01:36:00.480 --> 01:36:03.256
growing community. Um I looked at the

01:36:03.280 --> 01:36:05.736
census 10, 15, 20 years ago and showed

01:36:05.760 --> 01:36:08.536
the the you know the retirement age

01:36:08.560 --> 01:36:11.096
going up, the amount of houses sitting

01:36:11.120 --> 01:36:12.776
there, the rental going up and you've

01:36:12.800 --> 01:36:15.800
look continue that true um trajectory.

01:36:16.000 --> 01:36:17.256
You've got a ghost town as I keep

01:36:17.280 --> 01:36:20.280
saying. So to grow a town um it's the

01:36:20.320 --> 01:36:21.736
same issues we're finding all across

01:36:21.760 --> 01:36:23.816
major tourism towns. But I think these

01:36:23.840 --> 01:36:26.056
kind of solutions are solutions as we

01:36:26.080 --> 01:36:27.576
said. We're trying to identify land

01:36:27.600 --> 01:36:30.135
which has never been able to be done in

01:36:30.159 --> 01:36:31.976
a in a way that we can do it bringing

01:36:32.000 --> 01:36:34.056
everyone together. So I think by having

01:36:34.080 --> 01:36:36.215
surf go involved even with the workshops

01:36:36.239 --> 01:36:38.856
to actually nut out what can actually be

01:36:38.880 --> 01:36:41.016
done is a really clear indication what

01:36:41.040 --> 01:36:43.256
can be done. Um and I encourage our

01:36:43.280 --> 01:36:45.256
fellow councilors to support that as a

01:36:45.280 --> 01:36:46.215
step forward.

01:36:46.239 --> 01:36:47.816
Thanks councelor Walker. We'll put the

01:36:47.840 --> 01:36:50.840
motion to a vote. All in favor?

01:36:52.239 --> 01:36:54.695
Thanks and against.

01:36:54.719 --> 01:36:57.719
Thank you. That motion is carried. 52.

01:37:00.800 --> 01:37:03.336
Item 4.6, council awareness raising

01:37:03.360 --> 01:37:06.360
events calendar 2026 to 29. The purpose

01:37:07.040 --> 01:37:08.856
of this report is for council to

01:37:08.880 --> 01:37:10.536
consider adopting a calendar of

01:37:10.560 --> 01:37:13.095
awareness raising events for the period

01:37:13.119 --> 01:37:16.119
2026 to 29. Officers have asked me to

01:37:16.560 --> 01:37:18.215
note that there was an administrative

01:37:18.239 --> 01:37:19.816
error in the recording of briefing

01:37:19.840 --> 01:37:22.376
attendance for this report as councelor

01:37:22.400 --> 01:37:24.615
Patterson was marked as present but was

01:37:24.639 --> 01:37:26.615
actually an apology. This will be

01:37:26.639 --> 01:37:29.175
rectified in the meeting minutes. We

01:37:29.199 --> 01:37:30.856
have a recommendation before us. Does

01:37:30.880 --> 01:37:33.576
anyone wish to move a motion? Councelor

01:37:33.600 --> 01:37:35.336
Stapleton as per the recommendation.

01:37:35.360 --> 01:37:37.896
Thank you. And a seconder. Councelor

01:37:37.920 --> 01:37:40.776
Phelps. Thank you. Councelor Stapleton.

01:37:40.800 --> 01:37:43.175
Thanks May. Um so I think this is a

01:37:43.199 --> 01:37:45.816
really important item  for councilors

01:37:45.840 --> 01:37:48.376
to consider.  it provides clarity for

01:37:48.400 --> 01:37:50.856
council and the community around what

01:37:50.880 --> 01:37:52.695
awareness raising events will be

01:37:52.719 --> 01:37:55.016
supported in coming years.  it

01:37:55.040 --> 01:37:57.095
provides scope and sets limits around

01:37:57.119 --> 01:37:59.016
what council will support and provides

01:37:59.040 --> 01:38:01.095
direction for how we and the community

01:38:01.119 --> 01:38:03.256
may choose to acknowledge matters of

01:38:03.280 --> 01:38:06.056
significance. Importantly,

01:38:06.080 --> 01:38:07.816
 publishing this calendar does not

01:38:07.840 --> 01:38:09.655
diminish the importance of other causes

01:38:09.679 --> 01:38:12.215
or events that are not included. But the

01:38:12.239 --> 01:38:13.816
reality is that council may be

01:38:13.840 --> 01:38:16.215
approached to support many worthy causes

01:38:16.239 --> 01:38:18.296
in our community, and it is necessary to

01:38:18.320 --> 01:38:20.296
set some limits and provide a balanced

01:38:20.320 --> 01:38:23.320
approach. The events identified here

01:38:23.520 --> 01:38:26.456
align with the new council plan  or

01:38:26.480 --> 01:38:28.296
other existing resolutions of council

01:38:28.320 --> 01:38:30.615
and provide a platform for people from

01:38:30.639 --> 01:38:32.296
various parts of our community to

01:38:32.320 --> 01:38:33.896
connect with council and with each

01:38:33.920 --> 01:38:36.536
other. Whether it's a First Nationsled

01:38:36.560 --> 01:38:38.456
truthtelling event on the 26th of

01:38:38.480 --> 01:38:40.456
January, International Women's Day,

01:38:40.480 --> 01:38:42.776
Mental Health Week, World Environment

01:38:42.800 --> 01:38:45.016
Day, or one of the other listed events,

01:38:45.040 --> 01:38:46.936
these are meaningful occasions for our

01:38:46.960 --> 01:38:49.256
community to come together in reflection

01:38:49.280 --> 01:38:51.576
or celebration and for council to

01:38:51.600 --> 01:38:53.496
demonstrate positive leadership and to

01:38:53.520 --> 01:38:55.095
raise awareness of issues that impact

01:38:55.119 --> 01:38:57.416
local people. The budget for these

01:38:57.440 --> 01:38:59.576
events is not proposed to change with

01:38:59.600 --> 01:39:02.600
$37,000 still allocated across the

01:39:02.639 --> 01:39:05.016
calendar year.  removing the tiered

01:39:05.040 --> 01:39:06.536
funding system provides greater

01:39:06.560 --> 01:39:08.376
flexibility for officers and I'm

01:39:08.400 --> 01:39:10.135
confident  they have the expertise to

01:39:10.159 --> 01:39:11.976
manage the budget fairly across the

01:39:12.000 --> 01:39:14.695
breadth of all of these events. Thank

01:39:14.719 --> 01:39:16.376
you to officers for giving the selection

01:39:16.400 --> 01:39:18.296
of events deep consideration which I

01:39:18.320 --> 01:39:20.776
know they have and for recommending this

01:39:20.800 --> 01:39:23.016
list to council which provides balance

01:39:23.040 --> 01:39:24.936
while covering interest for a broad

01:39:24.960 --> 01:39:27.655
cross section of our community. Thank

01:39:27.679 --> 01:39:28.695
you.

01:39:28.719 --> 01:39:31.175
Thank you councelor Phelps.

01:39:31.199 --> 01:39:33.016
Yeah, I think the recommended changes to

01:39:33.040 --> 01:39:35.095
this awareness raising events calendar

01:39:35.119 --> 01:39:36.856
are a great reflection of the new

01:39:36.880 --> 01:39:39.336
council plan.  removing tier one and

01:39:39.360 --> 01:39:41.655
tier 2 events to make a simpler single

01:39:41.679 --> 01:39:43.976
budget amount for allocation as

01:39:44.000 --> 01:39:45.655
appropriate is more practical and

01:39:45.679 --> 01:39:48.135
sensible. There is a good mix of causes

01:39:48.159 --> 01:39:49.336
spread throughout the year and of course

01:39:49.360 --> 01:39:50.936
in a perfect world we wouldn't need the

01:39:50.960 --> 01:39:52.856
calendar at all. But for the time being

01:39:52.880 --> 01:39:54.296
I think it is beneficial to raise

01:39:54.320 --> 01:39:56.056
awareness of issues that are important

01:39:56.080 --> 01:39:59.080
in and for our community. Accordingly, I

01:39:59.440 --> 01:40:01.256
do think we should adopt this proposed

01:40:01.280 --> 01:40:02.695
calendar.

01:40:02.719 --> 01:40:04.056
Thank you, councelor Phelps. Do any

01:40:04.080 --> 01:40:05.496
other counselors wish to speak to the

01:40:05.520 --> 01:40:07.576
motion?

01:40:07.600 --> 01:40:10.600
Councelor Barker,

01:40:10.880 --> 01:40:13.880
November 19th isn't listed, but if we

01:40:14.239 --> 01:40:16.615
have an overall view at everything on

01:40:16.639 --> 01:40:18.536
air, it's basically a woke calendar, a

01:40:18.560 --> 01:40:20.776
calendar that seeks to divide people

01:40:20.800 --> 01:40:23.800
based on race and sexual identity and

01:40:24.159 --> 01:40:26.056
whole bunch of other elements. But what

01:40:26.080 --> 01:40:28.856
do I raise November 19?

01:40:28.880 --> 01:40:30.615
We got 8th of March, International

01:40:30.639 --> 01:40:33.175
Women's Day. November 19th,

01:40:33.199 --> 01:40:35.496
International Men's Day. What this

01:40:35.520 --> 01:40:38.520
calendar represents is a sexist way of

01:40:39.119 --> 01:40:42.119
diminishing one sex over another.

01:40:42.960 --> 01:40:45.960
Women have issues, men have issues. And

01:40:46.159 --> 01:40:48.695
to elevate one over the other, giving

01:40:48.719 --> 01:40:51.256
that special equal treatment is

01:40:51.280 --> 01:40:54.280
basically a kick in the face to all men.

01:40:55.760 --> 01:40:58.760
I'm not going to raise a motion to get

01:40:59.199 --> 01:41:00.695
this changed because there's a clear

01:41:00.719 --> 01:41:03.336
nexus and whatever I raise is going to

01:41:03.360 --> 01:41:05.256
get voted down. So, I'm not going to

01:41:05.280 --> 01:41:07.576
waste my time or that of the council or

01:41:07.600 --> 01:41:10.536
the gallery. But if others want to

01:41:10.560 --> 01:41:12.296
include International Men's Day into the

01:41:12.320 --> 01:41:14.695
calendar, then I might consider voting

01:41:14.719 --> 01:41:17.719
for it as is. But as it stands, it's

01:41:18.239 --> 01:41:19.736
racist, sexist, and a whole bunch of

01:41:19.760 --> 01:41:21.416
other elements. So, I won't be voting

01:41:21.440 --> 01:41:22.615
for it.

01:41:22.639 --> 01:41:24.296
Thank you, Council Barker. Council

01:41:24.320 --> 01:41:24.776
Walker.

01:41:24.800 --> 01:41:27.016
Mayor, um I would like to move an

01:41:27.040 --> 01:41:29.896
amendment if I may.

01:41:29.920 --> 01:41:32.376
 what is your proposed amendment

01:41:32.400 --> 01:41:34.776
to include International Men's Day on

01:41:34.800 --> 01:41:37.256
November the 19th

01:41:37.280 --> 01:41:39.416
in this calendar?

01:41:39.440 --> 01:41:42.440
Thank you, Councelor Schonfelder. Um

01:41:44.080 --> 01:41:46.536
given Sorry, I just need to check the

01:41:46.560 --> 01:41:49.016
process with the governance team with

01:41:49.040 --> 01:41:52.040
the debate underway.

01:41:53.199 --> 01:41:55.016
Thank you, mayor. So, that would need a

01:41:55.040 --> 01:41:56.936
seconder and to go through the amendment

01:41:56.960 --> 01:41:58.215
process.

01:41:58.239 --> 01:42:00.135
Do we have a seconder for the proposed

01:42:00.159 --> 01:42:02.135
amendment?

01:42:02.159 --> 01:42:04.695
Councelor Barker.

01:42:04.719 --> 01:42:07.016
 thank you. Councelor Seanfelder,

01:42:07.040 --> 01:42:08.456
would you like to speak to the proposed

01:42:08.480 --> 01:42:09.175
amendment?

01:42:09.199 --> 01:42:10.615
I'll speak briefly.

01:42:10.639 --> 01:42:13.095
Let us ask a question. Sorry, Mayor.

01:42:13.119 --> 01:42:15.496
 what's your question? Um I am

01:42:15.520 --> 01:42:17.416
interested to hear from officers about

01:42:17.440 --> 01:42:18.936
whether there's been I know there's been

01:42:18.960 --> 01:42:21.016
a lot of community engagement on the

01:42:21.040 --> 01:42:23.655
events selected for this calendar. So I

01:42:23.679 --> 01:42:25.416
would like to understand whether there's

01:42:25.440 --> 01:42:27.256
been any feedback through that community

01:42:27.280 --> 01:42:28.615
engagement or demand for an

01:42:28.639 --> 01:42:31.639
international men's day event. I guess u

01:42:32.639 --> 01:42:34.615
this has sort of come out of the blue.

01:42:34.639 --> 01:42:37.639
So I'd like to have more insight into I

01:42:38.960 --> 01:42:40.695
guess the evidence behind the need for

01:42:40.719 --> 01:42:43.719
an international men's day celebration.

01:42:45.600 --> 01:42:47.175
 thanks. I'll accept that question

01:42:47.199 --> 01:42:50.199
and um seek a response from the CEO.

01:42:51.119 --> 01:42:53.175
 councelor Stapleton, I'm not aware

01:42:53.199 --> 01:42:55.496
of any, but let me ask the general

01:42:55.520 --> 01:42:57.816
manager for community

01:42:57.840 --> 01:43:00.376
life to respond.

01:43:00.400 --> 01:43:02.056
 yes, thanks for the question through

01:43:02.080 --> 01:43:04.296
your mayor. Um,

01:43:04.320 --> 01:43:05.896
most of the community engagement that

01:43:05.920 --> 01:43:07.576
was related to this item is through the

01:43:07.600 --> 01:43:09.576
council plan. So the the awareness

01:43:09.600 --> 01:43:11.576
raising calendar reflects the themes and

01:43:11.600 --> 01:43:14.056
the directions in the council plan. Um

01:43:14.080 --> 01:43:16.536
to my knowledge, we didn't receive any

01:43:16.560 --> 01:43:19.175
um  feedback or suggestions for

01:43:19.199 --> 01:43:20.296
International Women's Day through the

01:43:20.320 --> 01:43:22.296
council planning process. Um so that

01:43:22.320 --> 01:43:23.896
yeah, if that answered your question,

01:43:23.920 --> 01:43:24.695
International Women's Day.

01:43:24.719 --> 01:43:24.936
Sorry.

01:43:24.960 --> 01:43:26.215
International Men's Day. What did I say?

01:43:26.239 --> 01:43:26.776
Women's Day, I think.

01:43:26.800 --> 01:43:28.536
Well, there you go.

01:43:28.560 --> 01:43:31.095
Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Wait.  councelor

01:43:31.119 --> 01:43:32.376
Shanfelder, would you like to speak to

01:43:32.400 --> 01:43:33.736
the proposed amendment?

01:43:33.760 --> 01:43:36.536
Thank you.

01:43:36.560 --> 01:43:39.560
I do  concur with the sentiments from

01:43:40.159 --> 01:43:43.159
councelor Barker to a a certain degree

01:43:43.760 --> 01:43:46.760
that um men also have rights and one

01:43:49.040 --> 01:43:51.256
thing I am I'm am very concerned about

01:43:51.280 --> 01:43:54.280
is the suicide rates of men particularly

01:43:55.119 --> 01:43:58.119
young men and the fact that men are

01:43:58.159 --> 01:44:01.095
reluctant to speak out about issues and

01:44:01.119 --> 01:44:03.976
I've I've got two brothers and I know a

01:44:04.000 --> 01:44:06.615
lot of people where I live who are and I

01:44:06.639 --> 01:44:08.615
don't want to generalize too much but

01:44:08.639 --> 01:44:10.776
perhaps you know I don't want to be

01:44:10.800 --> 01:44:13.576
condescending of myself but they they

01:44:13.600 --> 01:44:16.600
are man's man and they're very masculine

01:44:17.199 --> 01:44:20.199
and and very um

01:44:20.239 --> 01:44:22.936
I don't know they're very strong people

01:44:22.960 --> 01:44:25.960
physically and  they have reached out

01:44:27.280 --> 01:44:29.896
to me and spoken to me about issues that

01:44:29.920 --> 01:44:31.655
have been of concern to them

01:44:31.679 --> 01:44:34.135
particularly the drought and I've had a

01:44:34.159 --> 01:44:36.776
Friday night where um I've had people

01:44:36.800 --> 01:44:39.800
call me crying and have been very upset

01:44:40.080 --> 01:44:43.080
and they said they really appreciated

01:44:44.080 --> 01:44:46.296
the opportunity to open up and talk to

01:44:46.320 --> 01:44:49.320
me about what was wrong. And I I said

01:44:49.679 --> 01:44:52.215
it's great to get get it off your chest

01:44:52.239 --> 01:44:55.239
and to talk to talk to people. And I'm

01:44:55.360 --> 01:44:58.360
not um downplaying the fact that

01:44:58.560 --> 01:45:01.175
International Women's Day is important.

01:45:01.199 --> 01:45:02.856
And I know in the past women weren't

01:45:02.880 --> 01:45:05.880
allowed to vote and women were conser 

01:45:06.159 --> 01:45:08.215
considered property and I I believe in

01:45:08.239 --> 01:45:11.239
Afghanistan under the Taliban regime

01:45:11.280 --> 01:45:14.280
women are considered property. I I stand

01:45:14.320 --> 01:45:16.695
to be corrected, but I realize there's

01:45:16.719 --> 01:45:19.719
been discrimination in the past, but I

01:45:19.920 --> 01:45:22.776
do think that um

01:45:22.800 --> 01:45:25.800
 I think that we should seriously

01:45:25.840 --> 01:45:27.736
consider having an international 

01:45:27.760 --> 01:45:29.816
men's day and I would be very happy to

01:45:29.840 --> 01:45:31.976
attend both the women's day and the

01:45:32.000 --> 01:45:34.215
men's day and I would like my colleagues

01:45:34.239 --> 01:45:37.239
to  support this amendment. Thank you.

01:45:39.280 --> 01:45:40.936
Thanks, Councelor Shanfelder. Councelor

01:45:40.960 --> 01:45:42.215
Bark, would you like to speak to the

01:45:42.239 --> 01:45:43.175
proposed amendment?

01:45:43.199 --> 01:45:44.776
You either believe in equality or you

01:45:44.800 --> 01:45:47.175
don't. And simple as that, I'll be

01:45:47.199 --> 01:45:48.776
voting for the amendment because it

01:45:48.800 --> 01:45:51.016
treats men and women on an equal playing

01:45:51.040 --> 01:45:52.215
field.

01:45:52.239 --> 01:45:53.816
Would any other councilors like to speak

01:45:53.840 --> 01:45:56.840
to the proposed amendment?

01:45:57.840 --> 01:45:59.095
Councelor Stapleton.

01:45:59.119 --> 01:46:02.119
Yeah. Look, um I think that it's really

01:46:02.480 --> 01:46:05.480
important for us to acknowledge that um

01:46:06.080 --> 01:46:09.080
definitely men and women have have

01:46:09.119 --> 01:46:11.256
different needs and should be respected

01:46:11.280 --> 01:46:14.280
and acknowledged equally. Um but I think

01:46:15.199 --> 01:46:17.976
that the reason we have  an

01:46:18.000 --> 01:46:19.816
international women's day is because

01:46:19.840 --> 01:46:22.840
there is broad acknowledgement that for

01:46:23.360 --> 01:46:26.056
um a long time  there's been a lot of

01:46:26.080 --> 01:46:29.080
work to try and  provide equity for

01:46:31.199 --> 01:46:33.655
for women. um there's been decades of

01:46:33.679 --> 01:46:36.679
struggle for equality and that often

01:46:37.360 --> 01:46:40.360
women's voices um and experiences have

01:46:40.800 --> 01:46:43.800
been silenced and ignored um whether

01:46:44.320 --> 01:46:47.320
it's in politics. I I'm noting that I'm

01:46:47.520 --> 01:46:49.736
one of seven male counselors sitting

01:46:49.760 --> 01:46:52.215
around the room now. So, um, you know,

01:46:52.239 --> 01:46:55.239
it's a it's a difficult argument to, I

01:46:55.600 --> 01:46:58.600
guess, acknowledge that we still live in

01:46:58.639 --> 01:47:01.016
a world where women aren't equally

01:47:01.040 --> 01:47:04.040
represented. Um, and that it's an

01:47:04.880 --> 01:47:07.496
ongoing challenge. Last term, we had

01:47:07.520 --> 01:47:10.520
five female counselors. Um, but I I feel

01:47:11.440 --> 01:47:13.576
like we're not making progress in that

01:47:13.600 --> 01:47:15.976
space. And that by highlighting

01:47:16.000 --> 01:47:17.655
International Women's Day, it's not

01:47:17.679 --> 01:47:19.816
diminishing the need for us to

01:47:19.840 --> 01:47:21.655
acknowledge the challenges that men have

01:47:21.679 --> 01:47:23.416
in our community. It's really important

01:47:23.440 --> 01:47:26.135
to acknowledge those. Um, but I guess

01:47:26.159 --> 01:47:28.856
trying to balance centuries of

01:47:28.880 --> 01:47:31.880
inequality, um, is really important and

01:47:32.080 --> 01:47:33.896
that highlighting International Women's

01:47:33.920 --> 01:47:36.920
Day is is one small way that we can we

01:47:38.080 --> 01:47:40.456
can do that. Um, we know that around the

01:47:40.480 --> 01:47:42.856
world, women still face higher rates of

01:47:42.880 --> 01:47:45.655
gender- based violence, um, lower pay

01:47:45.679 --> 01:47:48.679
for the same work,  limited access to

01:47:48.880 --> 01:47:51.880
health care and education. So, when

01:47:52.560 --> 01:47:54.776
we're elevating women's voices, we're

01:47:54.800 --> 01:47:57.256
not specifically giving them special

01:47:57.280 --> 01:47:59.496
treatment. We're just trying to balance

01:47:59.520 --> 01:48:02.520
those centuries of inequality. And it's

01:48:03.040 --> 01:48:04.456
important to note that it is

01:48:04.480 --> 01:48:06.856
International Women's Day. It's not just

01:48:06.880 --> 01:48:08.856
for Australian women. And honestly, I

01:48:08.880 --> 01:48:11.256
think you know, Australian women fare

01:48:11.280 --> 01:48:13.816
pretty well compared to some women in

01:48:13.840 --> 01:48:15.976
other parts of the world, but we still

01:48:16.000 --> 01:48:19.000
have a long way to go. And um part of

01:48:19.679 --> 01:48:21.256
acknowledging International Women's Day

01:48:21.280 --> 01:48:23.736
is about uplifting women across the

01:48:23.760 --> 01:48:26.056
entire world. So, I'll leave it at that.

01:48:26.080 --> 01:48:27.175
Thank you, Mayor.

01:48:27.199 --> 01:48:28.776
Thank you. Do any other counselors wish

01:48:28.800 --> 01:48:31.736
to speak to the proposed amendment?

01:48:31.760 --> 01:48:33.256
Councelor Phelps.

01:48:33.280 --> 01:48:34.456
I'd just like to add on to what

01:48:34.480 --> 01:48:36.296
councelor Stapleton is saying. I don't I

01:48:36.320 --> 01:48:38.615
don't see this adding International

01:48:38.639 --> 01:48:41.095
Men's Day as detracting in any way from

01:48:41.119 --> 01:48:43.256
International Women's Day. 

01:48:43.280 --> 01:48:46.135
International Men's Day reflects the

01:48:46.159 --> 01:48:48.615
modern day situation for men. It it is

01:48:48.639 --> 01:48:51.416
very much a balancing situation. Um it's

01:48:51.440 --> 01:48:53.736
meant to celebrate men as fathers,

01:48:53.760 --> 01:48:55.256
brothers,

01:48:55.280 --> 01:48:57.736
um all that sort of thing. It's it's

01:48:57.760 --> 01:48:59.655
also very much a contribution

01:48:59.679 --> 01:49:01.736
contribution towards

01:49:01.760 --> 01:49:04.760
sexual equality, gender equality. Um

01:49:06.800 --> 01:49:08.936
men are under a lot of stress as

01:49:08.960 --> 01:49:10.615
councelor Sean has pointed out. Men

01:49:10.639 --> 01:49:12.376
under are under a lot of stress and it's

01:49:12.400 --> 01:49:15.095
changing in the modern world. I would

01:49:15.119 --> 01:49:16.776
like to see this added to the calendar.

01:49:16.800 --> 01:49:19.336
It is an important day.  and we've

01:49:19.360 --> 01:49:21.496
seen a lot of focus on this sort of

01:49:21.520 --> 01:49:24.520
thing for men in particular.  we have

01:49:24.560 --> 01:49:26.695
a local legend in Turkey whose focus is

01:49:26.719 --> 01:49:29.095
on connection between men and males. It

01:49:29.119 --> 01:49:32.119
it's it's a serious situation in our

01:49:32.159 --> 01:49:34.135
current society that does need

01:49:34.159 --> 01:49:35.816
addressing and I don't think it detracts

01:49:35.840 --> 01:49:37.816
in any way from International Women's

01:49:37.840 --> 01:49:40.840
Day. There are they're separate things.

01:49:41.280 --> 01:49:44.280
Um so I'm highly supportive of this

01:49:44.719 --> 01:49:46.856
addition. I recognize it's a sudden

01:49:46.880 --> 01:49:48.376
impact on the on the calendar for for

01:49:48.400 --> 01:49:51.095
the officers. Unexpected, but I I think

01:49:51.119 --> 01:49:53.976
it's a valuable addition.

01:49:54.000 --> 01:49:55.576
Thank you.

01:49:55.600 --> 01:49:57.576
Thank you. Do any other councilors wish

01:49:57.600 --> 01:50:00.456
to speak to the proposed amendment?

01:50:00.480 --> 01:50:02.456
Can I just ask one more question?

01:50:02.480 --> 01:50:03.736
Go ahead. What's your question?

01:50:03.760 --> 01:50:05.816
Um, well, I guess it's around the at the

01:50:05.840 --> 01:50:08.536
moment officers have said they can

01:50:08.560 --> 01:50:11.496
retain the budget as it was at $37,000.

01:50:11.520 --> 01:50:13.095
So, it just be good to understand

01:50:13.119 --> 01:50:15.256
whether there's going to be a need to

01:50:15.280 --> 01:50:17.016
increase the budget to accommodate an

01:50:17.040 --> 01:50:18.615
additional event.

01:50:18.639 --> 01:50:20.456
Happy to take that question and seek a

01:50:20.480 --> 01:50:23.480
response from the CEO.

01:50:25.280 --> 01:50:26.776
Thanks for the question. I think we'd

01:50:26.800 --> 01:50:28.536
have to have a look at it and I guess

01:50:28.560 --> 01:50:31.560
it's it it is all a matter of scale for

01:50:31.920 --> 01:50:34.856
across. So you we either we focus on

01:50:34.880 --> 01:50:37.336
this many with this budget or we focus

01:50:37.360 --> 01:50:40.360
on that many events with that budget or

01:50:41.040 --> 01:50:43.095
in the next budget process we seek

01:50:43.119 --> 01:50:45.175
additional money if we think that we

01:50:45.199 --> 01:50:48.199
need to do that and

01:50:52.000 --> 01:50:55.000
Thank you. So with councelor Walker,

01:50:55.760 --> 01:50:57.655
thank you. Um

01:50:57.679 --> 01:50:59.576
yeah, I agree with the amendment coming

01:50:59.600 --> 01:51:01.976
forward um putting in the calendar. So

01:51:02.000 --> 01:51:03.896
when we we look at what it's called,

01:51:03.920 --> 01:51:05.896
it's a calendar of awareness raising

01:51:05.920 --> 01:51:08.920
events. So um you know, we look at what

01:51:09.679 --> 01:51:11.256
we're talking about example of

01:51:11.280 --> 01:51:13.016
activities, raising awareness for cause

01:51:13.040 --> 01:51:14.135
and community, connects committee

01:51:14.159 --> 01:51:16.695
members, facilitates engagement, builds

01:51:16.719 --> 01:51:18.456
partnerships. So I think it by adding it

01:51:18.480 --> 01:51:21.336
to the calendar doesn't deter away from

01:51:21.360 --> 01:51:23.416
any of the other events that are in

01:51:23.440 --> 01:51:25.816
there. If anything, I think it it lifts

01:51:25.840 --> 01:51:27.976
it even more um with awareness across

01:51:28.000 --> 01:51:30.776
the whole show. Thanks.

01:51:30.800 --> 01:51:32.456
Thank you, Councelor Walker. Do any

01:51:32.480 --> 01:51:33.976
other counselors wish to speak to the

01:51:34.000 --> 01:51:36.215
proposed amendment?

01:51:36.239 --> 01:51:38.056
No, we'll put the proposed amendment to

01:51:38.080 --> 01:51:41.080
a vote. All in favor?

01:51:42.960 --> 01:51:45.960
Thanks. And against? Thanks. So the

01:51:46.080 --> 01:51:49.080
amendment passes 61

01:51:50.480 --> 01:51:53.336
and so this that um so with that

01:51:53.360 --> 01:51:54.536
amendment and I'm I'm sure the

01:51:54.560 --> 01:51:56.776
governance team are noting the addition

01:51:56.800 --> 01:51:59.800
of that  we revert to the debate on

01:52:00.400 --> 01:52:02.776
the substantive motion

01:52:02.800 --> 01:52:05.256
and so far we've heard from councilors

01:52:05.280 --> 01:52:07.416
Stapleton who is the mover, councelor

01:52:07.440 --> 01:52:09.496
Phelps who seconded and councelor

01:52:09.520 --> 01:52:11.655
Barker.

01:52:11.679 --> 01:52:13.175
Are there any other counselors who wish

01:52:13.199 --> 01:52:14.856
to speak to the substantive motion?

01:52:14.880 --> 01:52:15.896
Councelor Sean Fel,

01:52:15.920 --> 01:52:18.856
I actually have a question um with Pil

01:52:18.880 --> 01:52:21.880
Pin and um I apologize, but what does

01:52:22.480 --> 01:52:25.416
that mean? The meaning of Pilin cuz it's

01:52:25.440 --> 01:52:26.215
a beautiful

01:52:26.239 --> 01:52:27.416
It means sunrise.

01:52:27.440 --> 01:52:28.296
Sunrise.

01:52:28.320 --> 01:52:28.695
Thank you.

01:52:28.719 --> 01:52:30.135
Would you like to speak to the motion?

01:52:30.159 --> 01:52:33.159
Yes. It's a beautiful  word and I I I

01:52:34.239 --> 01:52:37.239
really like it myself, but I I note that

01:52:37.360 --> 01:52:40.360
there's a change here of the description

01:52:40.400 --> 01:52:43.400
from  Pilparin to First Nationsled

01:52:43.599 --> 01:52:46.599
acknowledgement of January 26 and I'm

01:52:47.199 --> 01:52:48.776
not sure whether it will still be

01:52:48.800 --> 01:52:51.016
referred to as Pilpin

01:52:51.040 --> 01:52:54.040
or not. Can I just have clarification on

01:52:54.320 --> 01:52:56.135
that please?

01:52:56.159 --> 01:52:57.816
 sure. I'll take that as a question

01:52:57.840 --> 01:52:59.655
and my understanding is that we don't

01:52:59.679 --> 01:53:01.655
know yet whether traditional owners will

01:53:01.679 --> 01:53:04.456
seek to  continue to use that name but

01:53:04.480 --> 01:53:07.416
I hope that I'll be corrected if I'm

01:53:07.440 --> 01:53:09.976
wrong with that. So the intention of of

01:53:10.000 --> 01:53:12.456
broadening the concept councelor

01:53:12.480 --> 01:53:14.615
Schonfelder was so to give us

01:53:14.639 --> 01:53:17.639
flexibility  depending on which of our

01:53:17.840 --> 01:53:19.816
traditional owners or first nations

01:53:19.840 --> 01:53:21.896
people wanted to run an event on that

01:53:21.920 --> 01:53:24.615
day and flexibility to support them in

01:53:24.639 --> 01:53:27.336
doing that whether it's water through

01:53:27.360 --> 01:53:30.360
pilpin or one of our other um

01:53:30.480 --> 01:53:32.135
traditional owner groups or first

01:53:32.159 --> 01:53:34.536
nations groups.

01:53:34.560 --> 01:53:36.536
Thanks CEO. So, councelor Seanfelder,

01:53:36.560 --> 01:53:37.655
are you still speaking to me?

01:53:37.679 --> 01:53:40.376
Yes, please. I I'd just like to say I

01:53:40.400 --> 01:53:43.016
attended the first pilimin and I I think

01:53:43.040 --> 01:53:45.175
it's a beautiful name and I think that

01:53:45.199 --> 01:53:48.199
having having a reflection on um the

01:53:50.080 --> 01:53:53.080
January 26  is important and I know

01:53:53.840 --> 01:53:56.056
with discussions on this we've talked

01:53:56.080 --> 01:53:58.615
about  well I've actually been in

01:53:58.639 --> 01:54:00.376
discussions about whether you have a

01:54:00.400 --> 01:54:03.095
morning of mourning but I know that a

01:54:03.119 --> 01:54:06.119
council officer said I recall this said

01:54:07.280 --> 01:54:10.056
that having a morning of of reflection

01:54:10.080 --> 01:54:13.080
and I think that's really with care and

01:54:13.199 --> 01:54:16.199
um  great respect is something that um

01:54:18.719 --> 01:54:21.719
is really important and that I welcome.

01:54:22.320 --> 01:54:24.936
Also the world environment day is so

01:54:24.960 --> 01:54:27.655
important. I know that there's a saying

01:54:27.679 --> 01:54:30.679
to think globally and act locally and we

01:54:31.119 --> 01:54:32.936
only have one planet earth that we're

01:54:32.960 --> 01:54:35.960
aware of and I know the different days

01:54:37.119 --> 01:54:39.816
on this calendar really are very

01:54:39.840 --> 01:54:42.840
important and um I'm very happy that the

01:54:43.599 --> 01:54:46.599
amendment has been um  supported and

01:54:48.560 --> 01:54:51.560
 I recommend we support this item for

01:54:52.320 --> 01:54:54.776
adoption. Thank you. Thanks councelor

01:54:54.800 --> 01:54:56.296
Sean Felder. Do any other councilors

01:54:56.320 --> 01:54:58.135
wish to speak to the motion? Council

01:54:58.159 --> 01:54:58.856
Walker.

01:54:58.880 --> 01:55:01.736
Thank you mayor and thank you. Um

01:55:01.760 --> 01:55:03.655
this awareness raising events calendar

01:55:03.679 --> 01:55:05.256
directly links to their current council

01:55:05.280 --> 01:55:07.095
plan which was informed by extensive

01:55:07.119 --> 01:55:08.536
community engagement. The council plan

01:55:08.560 --> 01:55:10.856
was it indicates the calendar aligns

01:55:10.880 --> 01:55:12.615
with community expectations around

01:55:12.639 --> 01:55:15.496
well-being and inclusivity. Benchmarking

01:55:15.520 --> 01:55:17.896
with the other 78 Victorian councils has

01:55:17.920 --> 01:55:19.655
informed the development of the pro pros

01:55:19.679 --> 01:55:21.416
calendar. Also,

01:55:21.440 --> 01:55:22.936
council seeks to increase community

01:55:22.960 --> 01:55:25.016
participation and empowerment and will

01:55:25.040 --> 01:55:27.016
favor projects being led by community

01:55:27.040 --> 01:55:29.655
where possible, which is the ideal world

01:55:29.679 --> 01:55:31.816
is great. Council will foster healthy,

01:55:31.840 --> 01:55:33.175
active living and community connections

01:55:33.199 --> 01:55:35.336
for all ages groups that improve

01:55:35.360 --> 01:55:36.695
well-being and are equitable and

01:55:36.719 --> 01:55:38.376
inclusive.

01:55:38.400 --> 01:55:40.056
These events will raise awareness for

01:55:40.080 --> 01:55:41.655
causes in the community, connect

01:55:41.679 --> 01:55:42.856
community members with community

01:55:42.880 --> 01:55:44.856
services and groups, facilitate

01:55:44.880 --> 01:55:46.215
engagement between council and

01:55:46.239 --> 01:55:47.896
community, and build partnerships and

01:55:47.920 --> 01:55:49.496
creates opportunity within count the

01:55:49.520 --> 01:55:51.736
community.

01:55:51.760 --> 01:55:53.336
I welcome the removal of the tier event

01:55:53.360 --> 01:55:55.496
system um which helps with what we're

01:55:55.520 --> 01:55:57.016
just talking about and look forward to

01:55:57.040 --> 01:55:58.695
partaking these events. Also welcome the

01:55:58.719 --> 01:56:00.056
events of world environmental day,

01:56:00.080 --> 01:56:01.816
mental health week and the men's day

01:56:01.840 --> 01:56:03.575
also now which helps deliver a very

01:56:03.599 --> 01:56:05.336
diverse awareness raising events

01:56:05.360 --> 01:56:07.336
calendar um and supportive of this

01:56:07.360 --> 01:56:09.496
calendar. Thanks.

01:56:09.520 --> 01:56:10.856
Thank you, Councelor Walker. Do any

01:56:10.880 --> 01:56:12.135
other councilors wish to speak to the

01:56:12.159 --> 01:56:13.575
motion? Councelor Gri.

01:56:13.599 --> 01:56:15.575
Thanks, Mayor. Um, I'll acknowledge that

01:56:15.599 --> 01:56:17.095
this calendar of events is better than

01:56:17.119 --> 01:56:19.095
the previous and made even better with

01:56:19.119 --> 01:56:21.416
the the amendment. However, I can't

01:56:21.440 --> 01:56:23.095
support council involving itself in

01:56:23.119 --> 01:56:25.175
activism or promoting particular social

01:56:25.199 --> 01:56:27.655
or political causes. Our role should be

01:56:27.679 --> 01:56:29.256
to serve the whole community fairly and

01:56:29.280 --> 01:56:30.776
focus on the essential services and

01:56:30.800 --> 01:56:32.376
infrastructure that everyone relies on,

01:56:32.400 --> 01:56:34.536
not to act as a platform for ideology or

01:56:34.560 --> 01:56:36.536
political messaging.

01:56:36.560 --> 01:56:37.976
When council begins endorsing or

01:56:38.000 --> 01:56:39.736
promoting specific beliefs or causes,

01:56:39.760 --> 01:56:41.256
even though supported by other levels of

01:56:41.280 --> 01:56:42.615
government, we risk dividing our

01:56:42.639 --> 01:56:45.016
community instead of uniting it. As has

01:56:45.040 --> 01:56:46.856
just been demonstrated in a small way in

01:56:46.880 --> 01:56:48.376
the discussion over this item, even

01:56:48.400 --> 01:56:50.215
though it was eventually a unanimous

01:56:50.239 --> 01:56:51.896
decision,

01:56:51.920 --> 01:56:53.575
many residents expect council to stay

01:56:53.599 --> 01:56:55.095
neutral in matters of belief, culture,

01:56:55.119 --> 01:56:57.016
or social advocacy so that everyone,

01:56:57.040 --> 01:56:58.376
regardless of their personal views,

01:56:58.400 --> 01:57:01.095
feels equally represented. Additionally,

01:57:01.119 --> 01:57:03.416
there is no there is currently no

01:57:03.440 --> 01:57:05.336
transparency on how funding for each

01:57:05.360 --> 01:57:08.135
event is allocated, nor how going over

01:57:08.159 --> 01:57:09.655
budget on one event will impact

01:57:09.679 --> 01:57:11.095
resourcing for other events at the tail

01:57:11.119 --> 01:57:13.575
end of the calendar. For those reasons,

01:57:13.599 --> 01:57:15.256
I can't support adopting this policy on

01:57:15.280 --> 01:57:16.695
principal.

01:57:16.719 --> 01:57:19.496
Thanks, Councelor Gri.  councelor

01:57:19.520 --> 01:57:21.016
Stapleton, do you have any closing

01:57:21.040 --> 01:57:21.575
remarks?

01:57:21.599 --> 01:57:22.856
No. Thanks, Mayor.

01:57:22.880 --> 01:57:24.376
Thank you. We'll put the motion to a

01:57:24.400 --> 01:57:27.400
vote. All in favor?

01:57:28.000 --> 01:57:29.896
and against.

01:57:29.920 --> 01:57:32.920
Thanks councelors that's carried 52.

01:57:34.800 --> 01:57:37.175
So I'm proposing that we move on to the

01:57:37.199 --> 01:57:39.016
next item before taking a break. Are

01:57:39.040 --> 01:57:41.496
there any objections to that? Could

01:57:41.520 --> 01:57:44.135
be a long one.

01:57:44.159 --> 01:57:47.159
Item 4.7 SCS019

01:57:47.280 --> 01:57:49.175
procurement policy. The purpose of this

01:57:49.199 --> 01:57:52.199
report is to present an updated SCS019

01:57:53.040 --> 01:57:54.695
procurement policy to council for

01:57:54.719 --> 01:57:56.615
adoption. We have a recommendation

01:57:56.639 --> 01:57:58.215
before us. Does anyone wish to move a

01:57:58.239 --> 01:58:00.296
motion? Councelor Stapleton. Is that as

01:58:00.320 --> 01:58:01.256
per the recommendation?

01:58:01.280 --> 01:58:02.296
It is. Thanks, Mayor.

01:58:02.320 --> 01:58:04.856
Thanks. Is there a seconder?

01:58:04.880 --> 01:58:06.695
Councelor Seanfelder. Thank you.

01:58:06.719 --> 01:58:08.215
Councelor Stapleton.

01:58:08.239 --> 01:58:10.376
Thanks, Mayor. Um, so officers have

01:58:10.400 --> 01:58:13.336
undertaken a significant review of the

01:58:13.360 --> 01:58:15.256
procurement, that's a hard word to say,

01:58:15.280 --> 01:58:17.736
policy, which we are now being asked to

01:58:17.760 --> 01:58:19.336
adopt to ensure that council's

01:58:19.360 --> 01:58:21.016
procurement activity remains

01:58:21.040 --> 01:58:23.736
legislatively compliant and aligned to

01:58:23.760 --> 01:58:26.760
sector best practice. Last year, the MAV

01:58:27.119 --> 01:58:29.575
or the Municipal Association of Victoria

01:58:29.599 --> 01:58:31.896
released best practice guidelines for

01:58:31.920 --> 01:58:34.215
procurement and this year published a

01:58:34.239 --> 01:58:35.816
template to support council's

01:58:35.840 --> 01:58:38.215
procurement policy development. I know

01:58:38.239 --> 01:58:40.135
that officers have undertaken an

01:58:40.159 --> 01:58:41.976
enormous amount of work to bring us a

01:58:42.000 --> 01:58:43.816
revised policy that reflects best

01:58:43.840 --> 01:58:46.296
practice and is designed to achieve the

01:58:46.320 --> 01:58:48.135
best outcomes for council and our

01:58:48.159 --> 01:58:51.159
community. The updated policy proposed

01:58:51.199 --> 01:58:53.016
for Surf Coast aligns with the MAV

01:58:53.040 --> 01:58:55.016
template to help ensure a strategic

01:58:55.040 --> 01:58:57.095
approach to procurement while achieving

01:58:57.119 --> 01:58:59.416
value for money and sustainability. It

01:58:59.440 --> 01:59:01.175
has been benchmarked against 10 other

01:59:01.199 --> 01:59:04.135
councils, including all from G21 and is

01:59:04.159 --> 01:59:06.215
recommended to us by our audit and risk

01:59:06.239 --> 01:59:08.536
committee. It aligns with our council

01:59:08.560 --> 01:59:10.215
plan direction for a high performing

01:59:10.239 --> 01:59:12.296
council and supports our commitment to

01:59:12.320 --> 01:59:14.376
uphold the highest standards of

01:59:14.400 --> 01:59:15.976
property, accountability and

01:59:16.000 --> 01:59:18.776
transparency in all procurement. The

01:59:18.800 --> 01:59:21.416
policy principles are based on open and

01:59:21.440 --> 01:59:23.976
fair competition, delivery of value for

01:59:24.000 --> 01:59:26.695
money outcomes, consistency and control

01:59:26.719 --> 01:59:29.175
over council's procurement processes,

01:59:29.199 --> 01:59:30.776
accountability to rate payers and

01:59:30.800 --> 01:59:32.536
residents, ethical behavior within

01:59:32.560 --> 01:59:34.695
council's procurement, achieving

01:59:34.719 --> 01:59:37.016
sustainability  with respect to

01:59:37.040 --> 01:59:38.856
social, economic and environmental

01:59:38.880 --> 01:59:41.655
factors and applying a strategic appro

01:59:41.679 --> 01:59:43.416
approach to procurement to maximize

01:59:43.440 --> 01:59:46.440
value and efficiency. Importantly, this

01:59:46.560 --> 01:59:49.016
policy makes it clear that lowest price

01:59:49.040 --> 01:59:51.575
is not the only measure of public value.

01:59:51.599 --> 01:59:53.896
A procurement policy presents us with an

01:59:53.920 --> 01:59:55.416
opportunity to advance council's

01:59:55.440 --> 01:59:57.736
strategic priorities, including social,

01:59:57.760 --> 02:00:00.760
environmental, and economic goals by

02:00:00.800 --> 02:00:02.695
integrating sustainable procurement

02:00:02.719 --> 02:00:04.695
principles into purchasing decisions.

02:00:04.719 --> 02:00:06.376
This policy helps to ensure that

02:00:06.400 --> 02:00:08.776
economic, social and environmental and

02:00:08.800 --> 02:00:10.615
ethical considerations are embedded into

02:00:10.639 --> 02:00:12.056
procurement planning and decisions

02:00:12.080 --> 02:00:14.536
wherever practical and in a proportional

02:00:14.560 --> 02:00:16.936
manner which is important. As part of a

02:00:16.960 --> 02:00:19.655
tender or request for quotation process,

02:00:19.679 --> 02:00:22.056
an evaluation panel may assign a waiting

02:00:22.080 --> 02:00:24.856
of up to 10% to a single evaluation

02:00:24.880 --> 02:00:26.856
criterion. or for the purpose of

02:00:26.880 --> 02:00:28.695
achieving multiple sustainability

02:00:28.719 --> 02:00:31.416
outcomes, an evaluation panel may assign

02:00:31.440 --> 02:00:32.936
a combined waiting for the relevant

02:00:32.960 --> 02:00:35.960
selection criteria that does not exceed

02:00:36.080 --> 02:00:39.080
20% in total, recognizing one or more of

02:00:39.119 --> 02:00:40.776
the following: environmentally

02:00:40.800 --> 02:00:43.175
sustainable benefits, strengthening and

02:00:43.199 --> 02:00:44.776
building the economic growth of First

02:00:44.800 --> 02:00:47.256
Nations businesses, social benefits, and

02:00:47.280 --> 02:00:49.095
promoting economic benefits to the local

02:00:49.119 --> 02:00:52.119
region by supporting local businesses.

02:00:52.400 --> 02:00:54.296
A one-off general exemption for

02:00:54.320 --> 02:00:57.175
procurement up to $100,000 allows

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officers the option to seek a direct

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quotation to achieve social benefit.

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This allows first time and once only

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engagement of a social enterprise or

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first nations business without a

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competitive procurement process.

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Um, by supporting First Nations people

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through this process to be more

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competitive, we are hopefully building

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capacity and enabling these businesses

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to strengthen their skills and expertise

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and provide more employment

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opportunities for local indigenous

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people. I'll leave it there. Thanks,

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Mayor.

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Thank you, Councelor Sean Felder. 

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at the moment I won't speak, mayor.

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Thank you. Do any other counselors wish

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to speak to this item? Councelor Barker,

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I won't be supporting it because it's

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racist.

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Do any other counselors wish to speak to

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the item? Councelor Gri.

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Thanks, Mayor. Um, I've also got a um

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alternate motion for this item um to

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that I've provided.

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Thank you. If the governance team can

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share that, please. We'll take a moment

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to read it.

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Thank you. Councelor Gri, would you like

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to speak to the motion?

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Thanks, Mayor. And um bear with me. I'm

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going to get a little bit preachy on

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this one. Um, last month a councelor

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spoke passionately about being on the

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right side of history. Tonight I'd like

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to remind us what has guided the right

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side of history for centuries. The

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belief in individual freedom, equality

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before the law, and the rejection of

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state imposed favoritism.

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The Christian Bible that has provided

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the moral compass for Western democracy

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for centuries gives the following

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examples.

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From the book of Timothy, I charge you

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to keep these instructions without

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partiality and do nothing out of

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favoritism.

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And from the book of James, believers in

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our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not

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show favoritism.

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If religion isn't your guide, then

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perhaps George Orwell's warning will

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suffice that when governments begin

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deciding which groups deserve special

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treatment, they sow division and

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resentment and erode the very freedoms

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they claim to protect. And if neither

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description nor literature moves you, we

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can simply turn to our own council plan.

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On page 21, it states clearly, Surf

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Coast will stand against racism and

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discrimination of any kind. not some

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kinds of any kind. This policy currently

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embeds what's called positive or

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affirmative action. But let's be honest,

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it means government deciding who wins

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and who misses out based on identity,

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not merit. That isn't fairness. It's

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controlled. It's control dressed up as

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compassion.

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The libertarian principle is simple. The

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role of government is to create a level

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playing field, not to tilt it. The

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moment we empower bureaucracy to treat

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people differently based on race, belief

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or background, we abandon the core

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values that makes a free society

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possible, equality of opportunity, not

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equality of outcome. If we truly believe

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in fairness, unity, and the freedom of

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every individual to succeed on their own

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merit, then we must reject this policy.

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Government should never be in the

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business of deciding who deserves

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preference. Its only business is justice

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without bias. anything else risk the

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same overreach and division we saw

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during the co years. I therefore ask

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that you vote down this motion and

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support my foreshadowed motion.

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Thank you councelor Gri. Do any other

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councilors wish to speak to the motion?

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Councelor Phelps.

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Thank you. Um as a matter of

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transparency I see a clear and public

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procurement policy as being essential.

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 this updated policy details how

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council will seek and obtain suppliers

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of products and services. I think it's

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well laid out. comprehensive, comparable

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to other councils around us and prepares

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for a general local government

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procurement procedure coming our way in

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a year or two.  this procurement

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policy should serve sir koshar well in

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its aims to obtain best value for rate

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payers and taxpayers although I will

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note responsibility for that ultimately

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rests on councelor shoulders in terms of

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governance. It includes special

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provisions for social enterprises and

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First Nations businesses with

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appropriate limits on contract

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longevity, repetition, and total value.

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These are of course optional, and I'm

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particularly pleased to see local social

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enterprises be given potential

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opportunities. I note too that local

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businesses can be given a preferential

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waiting to spend rateayer money locally

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for local benefit. And accordingly, I

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say we should adopt this policy as

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recommended.

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Thank you, councelor Phelps. Do any

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other councilors wish to speak to the

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motion? Councelor Walker.

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Thank you, Mayor. Um, it's well put

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together this procurement policy. 

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the significant restructure of the

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policy document and amendments proposed

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in the revised procurement policy are

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result of the following factors. 2024

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release of the MAV procurement of best

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practice procurement guidelines for

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local government Victoria. Benchmarking

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of 10 councils procurement policies that

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have been revised post release. the

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guidelines which is most of them are um

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the G21 around us internal consultation

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process with key internal departments

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and publishing the of the MAV

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procurement best practice template

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procurement policy u published um 31st

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of July in 2025.

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Um the policy supports integration of

02:06:20.480 --> 02:06:22.296
sustainable procurement principles in

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purchasing decisions ensuring that

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economic, environmental, social and

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ethical considerations are embedded into

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procurement planning and decisions

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wherever practical and proportional. I

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respect everyone's opinion on this and

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um yeah, I'd support this um procurement

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policy going forward.

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Thank you. Councelor Walker, councelor

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Shanford, did you wish to speak to the

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motion? I understand the different well

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I understand to a certain degree the

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different arguments  that have been 

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advocated on this  policy. I do

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however feel that um one example is

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when it comes to procurement there was a

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um automotive um company that assembled

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trucks in Port Melbourne and I felt that

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if you had a had a company that were

02:07:15.520 --> 02:07:18.456
employing local people and employing

02:07:18.480 --> 02:07:21.480
Victorian people where possible  and

02:07:22.400 --> 02:07:25.400
within reason trying to support those 

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companies would be something that um

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would be  recommended and preferable.

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I do note the MAV um has  guidelines

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in relation to this and the other

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councils that  councelor Walker spoke

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about. The fact that it aligns with them

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is important. So I will be supporting

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this item. Thank you.

02:07:52.320 --> 02:07:54.135
Thank you. Councelor Stapleton, do you

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have any closing comments?  yeah,

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look, I'll just refer to a response that

02:07:58.560 --> 02:08:01.560
we received from officers in relation to

02:08:01.599 --> 02:08:03.416
a question about the potential

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discriminatory nature of the procurement

02:08:05.280 --> 02:08:07.575
policy. um which was that council's

02:08:07.599 --> 02:08:10.296
proposed and established approach to

02:08:10.320 --> 02:08:11.976
allowing the option of waiting social

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benefit including First Nations, local

02:08:14.400 --> 02:08:16.615
business and other social enterprise in

02:08:16.639 --> 02:08:18.376
assessing tenders has been considered by

02:08:18.400 --> 02:08:20.376
our legal unit and that the actions

02:08:20.400 --> 02:08:22.296
proposed within the procurement policy

02:08:22.320 --> 02:08:24.695
do not constitute discrimination as

02:08:24.719 --> 02:08:26.695
confirmed in section 84 of the Charter

02:08:26.719 --> 02:08:29.416
of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act

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which states measures taken for the

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purpose of assisting or advancing

02:08:33.599 --> 02:08:35.256
persons or groups of persons

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disadvantaged ed because of

02:08:36.880 --> 02:08:38.856
discrimination does not constitute

02:08:38.880 --> 02:08:41.736
discrimination. Um and just one final

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comment again councelor Patterson just

02:08:43.760 --> 02:08:46.760
had  asked me to note that this 

02:08:47.199 --> 02:08:49.575
item came to audit and risk. Um there

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was strong support from the audit and

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risk committee for the work that's been

02:08:53.040 --> 02:08:55.575
done by council on this policy and 

02:08:55.599 --> 02:08:57.655
recommend the policy being put forward.

02:08:57.679 --> 02:08:59.896
It's benchmarked against MAV and very

02:08:59.920 --> 02:09:01.655
robust and thorough and will result in

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sound procurement decision-m.

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Thank you. Thanks counselors. We'll put

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the motion to a vote. All in favor?

02:09:10.480 --> 02:09:12.615
Thanks and against.

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Thank you. That's carried 52.

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 can I have a mover for  to suspend

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mover and second to suspend standing

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orders for a break? Councelor Phelps and

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Councelor Stton. All in favor?

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Thank you. We're now going to pause for

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a break until 8:20.

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Thanks, Mayor.

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Can I please have a mover and a second

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to resume standing orders to resume the

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meeting?

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Thanks, Councelor Gri. To the second.

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Thanks, Councelor Stapleton. All in

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favor.

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Thank you. We're now back on. We're up

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to item 4.8, draft SCS050,

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service review policy for community

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consultation. The purpose of this report

02:10:03.679 --> 02:10:06.679
is to present the draft SCS050

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service review policy to council to seek

02:10:10.159 --> 02:10:11.976
endorsement for the purpose of public

02:10:12.000 --> 02:10:14.135
exhibition. We have a recommendation

02:10:14.159 --> 02:10:15.655
before us. Does anyone wish to move a

02:10:15.679 --> 02:10:17.095
motion?

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Council Phelps as per the

02:10:18.639 --> 02:10:21.639
recommendation. Thank you. And a second.

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Thanks, Councelor Stton. Councelor

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Phelps.

02:10:24.639 --> 02:10:26.215
Yeah. A short and straightforward policy

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that sets out how we review all the

02:10:27.920 --> 02:10:30.776
different services council provides.

02:10:30.800 --> 02:10:32.135
 we can't review everything all at

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once with literally hundreds of services

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being managed. So this policy both

02:10:35.520 --> 02:10:38.296
prioritizes what to look at when and how

02:10:38.320 --> 02:10:40.615
to assess it. Looking forward to getting

02:10:40.639 --> 02:10:42.615
stuck into service reviews to make sure

02:10:42.639 --> 02:10:44.296
the council is providing the right mix

02:10:44.320 --> 02:10:46.695
of services to the right degree to the

02:10:46.719 --> 02:10:48.296
right people at the right level of

02:10:48.320 --> 02:10:51.175
rateayer or taxpayer support. We can't

02:10:51.199 --> 02:10:52.615
do everything for everyone and this is

02:10:52.639 --> 02:10:55.639
where the rates go. I expect this policy

02:10:55.679 --> 02:10:57.416
policy to be very useful in providing a

02:10:57.440 --> 02:10:59.336
focus for what we look into and what we

02:10:59.360 --> 02:11:01.175
subsequ sub subsequently decide. So I'm

02:11:01.199 --> 02:11:03.175
happy to endorse it being put on public

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exhibition.

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Thank you councelor Phelps. Councelor

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Stapleton.

02:11:06.719 --> 02:11:08.776
Thanks Mayor.  as we all know, council

02:11:08.800 --> 02:11:11.416
delivers a broad range of services to

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the community. At last count, I believe

02:11:13.280 --> 02:11:16.280
officers identified 18 core services, 59

02:11:16.800 --> 02:11:19.575
service activities, and 284 service

02:11:19.599 --> 02:11:22.215
functions. These core services range

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from asset management, civil operations

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and early years to environment,

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integrated planning, arts and creative

02:11:28.400 --> 02:11:30.615
economy, tourism and more. There are

02:11:30.639 --> 02:11:32.536
various reasons for various services.

02:11:32.560 --> 02:11:34.215
Many are driven by legislative

02:11:34.239 --> 02:11:36.456
requirements. Some to achieve a

02:11:36.480 --> 02:11:38.695
particular outcome for our community and

02:11:38.719 --> 02:11:40.615
some are provided in an open market

02:11:40.639 --> 02:11:42.776
where other providers are able to offer

02:11:42.800 --> 02:11:45.575
the same service to the community. As we

02:11:45.599 --> 02:11:47.575
all strive to achieve better outcomes,

02:11:47.599 --> 02:11:49.575
cost efficiencies, and to ensure council

02:11:49.599 --> 02:11:51.816
services meet the community's diverse

02:11:51.840 --> 02:11:54.215
and changing needs, it makes sense to

02:11:54.239 --> 02:11:56.055
review our service delivery to look at

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quality, efficiency, effectiveness, and

02:11:58.159 --> 02:11:59.976
of course, cost to deliver these

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services. Are we delivering the right

02:12:02.159 --> 02:12:04.456
outcomes and having the right impact? Is

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the service still relevant and fit for

02:12:06.159 --> 02:12:08.776
purpose? Is it sustainable? Are we using

02:12:08.800 --> 02:12:10.376
council's resources in the most

02:12:10.400 --> 02:12:12.615
efficient and effective way? These are

02:12:12.639 --> 02:12:13.976
some of the questions that need to be

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asked as part of a service review and in

02:12:16.400 --> 02:12:17.896
considering council's long-term

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financial sustainability in providing

02:12:20.159 --> 02:12:21.896
the range of services it does to

02:12:21.920 --> 02:12:24.536
community. Council has delivered a range

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of successful service reviews over the

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years transitioning from or changing

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services for various reasons and after

02:12:31.599 --> 02:12:34.135
considerable evaluation. But until now

02:12:34.159 --> 02:12:36.376
this has not been led by policy. This is

02:12:36.400 --> 02:12:38.376
a new policy that has been developed to

02:12:38.400 --> 02:12:41.175
help set clear criteria and guide

02:12:41.199 --> 02:12:43.095
decision-making and priorities for

02:12:43.119 --> 02:12:45.256
future service reviews while ensuring

02:12:45.280 --> 02:12:47.016
that council continues to meet its

02:12:47.040 --> 02:12:48.615
obligations under the local government

02:12:48.639 --> 02:12:50.936
act and also respond to community needs

02:12:50.960 --> 02:12:53.095
and aspirations. It's a lot to balance

02:12:53.119 --> 02:12:56.119
and get right. The policy outlines three

02:12:56.320 --> 02:12:58.215
key key

02:12:58.239 --> 02:13:01.095
criteria for prioritizing what services

02:13:01.119 --> 02:13:02.776
should be reviewed which will be an

02:13:02.800 --> 02:13:04.776
important part of the next part of the

02:13:04.800 --> 02:13:06.776
conversation and includes things like

02:13:06.800 --> 02:13:08.615
alignment to the council plan, risk

02:13:08.639 --> 02:13:10.536
exposure, demand for the service, cost

02:13:10.560 --> 02:13:13.016
of delivery, standards of service and

02:13:13.040 --> 02:13:14.936
impacts of technology or lack of

02:13:14.960 --> 02:13:17.016
operational resources. These are all

02:13:17.040 --> 02:13:18.776
things that council  will have to

02:13:18.800 --> 02:13:21.256
grapple with and it will be helpful to

02:13:21.280 --> 02:13:24.280
have this criteria um to allocate to

02:13:24.639 --> 02:13:26.776
know how to allocate resources

02:13:26.800 --> 02:13:28.296
essentially helping to ensure that we

02:13:28.320 --> 02:13:30.135
get the best bang for our buck as part

02:13:30.159 --> 02:13:33.095
of the service review program. It's a

02:13:33.119 --> 02:13:35.095
good policy and I'm keen to see it

02:13:35.119 --> 02:13:37.256
implemented so that this council can

02:13:37.280 --> 02:13:38.695
move forward with identifying what

02:13:38.719 --> 02:13:40.536
service reviews are most needed in the

02:13:40.560 --> 02:13:42.776
coming term. So I encourage my fellow

02:13:42.800 --> 02:13:44.776
counselors to endorse the draft tonight

02:13:44.800 --> 02:13:46.695
so it can go out for consultation and

02:13:46.719 --> 02:13:48.536
give community an opportunity to provide

02:13:48.560 --> 02:13:50.695
their feedback too. Thank you.

02:13:50.719 --> 02:13:52.215
Thank you. Do any other counselors wish

02:13:52.239 --> 02:13:54.376
to speak to the motion? Councelor

02:13:54.400 --> 02:13:55.256
Walker.

02:13:55.280 --> 02:13:58.280
Thank you ma'am. Um as highlighted some

02:13:59.119 --> 02:14:01.095
of our services are legislative other

02:14:01.119 --> 02:14:02.776
services are delivered to a particular

02:14:02.800 --> 02:14:04.456
community outcome and some services are

02:14:04.480 --> 02:14:06.776
delivered to open market. Council should

02:14:06.800 --> 02:14:08.536
periodically review the services

02:14:08.560 --> 02:14:10.456
delivers to ensure that those services

02:14:10.480 --> 02:14:12.215
continue to meet the community's diverse

02:14:12.239 --> 02:14:14.296
and changing needs and priorities now

02:14:14.320 --> 02:14:16.456
and into the future. A culture of

02:14:16.480 --> 02:14:18.456
continuous improvement. A service review

02:14:18.480 --> 02:14:20.695
is a process that considers the costs,

02:14:20.719 --> 02:14:22.615
quality, efficiency, and effectiveness

02:14:22.639 --> 02:14:24.695
of the service that the council provides

02:14:24.719 --> 02:14:26.456
to its community and to meet community

02:14:26.480 --> 02:14:27.976
expectations.

02:14:28.000 --> 02:14:29.575
These reviews sit in line with our

02:14:29.599 --> 02:14:31.655
council plan, a high performing council,

02:14:31.679 --> 02:14:34.215
and I welcome the draft review policy

02:14:34.239 --> 02:14:35.896
for public exhibition and invite

02:14:35.920 --> 02:14:38.296
feedback from the community. Thanks.

02:14:38.320 --> 02:14:40.055
Thank you. Do any other councilors wish

02:14:40.079 --> 02:14:43.079
to speak to the motion?

02:14:43.520 --> 02:14:44.856
 councelor Barker.

02:14:44.880 --> 02:14:46.536
 quick question. It references the

02:14:46.560 --> 02:14:49.560
community vision 2021. Is that accurate?

02:14:51.199 --> 02:14:54.199
Um, it's not a terrible policy. Um, have

02:14:55.280 --> 02:14:56.536
to vote for it to go out to the

02:14:56.560 --> 02:14:59.560
community. Um,

02:15:01.199 --> 02:15:03.095
my concern is that it's not followed

02:15:03.119 --> 02:15:06.119
through to the letter. Um, and that we

02:15:06.320 --> 02:15:08.776
continue offering services that aren't

02:15:08.800 --> 02:15:10.776
necessary because we've got a whole lot

02:15:10.800 --> 02:15:13.736
that aren't at the moment. And we've got

02:15:13.760 --> 02:15:15.896
we're doing too much and we have

02:15:15.920 --> 02:15:18.920
constrained financial 

02:15:19.760 --> 02:15:22.760
flow, revenue flow. Um,

02:15:23.040 --> 02:15:25.736
and if you don't get brutal with the

02:15:25.760 --> 02:15:28.135
service review, it's just going to mean

02:15:28.159 --> 02:15:30.296
that our infrastructure that's terrible

02:15:30.320 --> 02:15:31.416
at the moment is only going to get

02:15:31.440 --> 02:15:34.296
worse.

02:15:34.320 --> 02:15:36.296
Thank you. Do any other councilors wish

02:15:36.320 --> 02:15:39.320
to speak to the motion?

02:15:39.520 --> 02:15:41.416
No. Thanks. Are there any other Are

02:15:41.440 --> 02:15:42.936
there any closing comments, Councelor

02:15:42.960 --> 02:15:43.896
Phelps?

02:15:43.920 --> 02:15:45.016
No. Thank you.

02:15:45.040 --> 02:15:46.615
Thanks. We'll put the motion to a vote.

02:15:46.639 --> 02:15:48.776
All in favor?

02:15:48.800 --> 02:15:51.800
Thanks. That's carried unanimously.

02:15:52.320 --> 02:15:54.936
4.9 SCS035

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flag policy. The purpose of this report

02:15:57.199 --> 02:16:00.199
is to present the revised SCS035

02:16:00.480 --> 02:16:03.480
flag policy which includes the 2025 to

02:16:04.000 --> 02:16:06.695
29 flag schedule for council's

02:16:06.719 --> 02:16:09.095
consideration and adoption. Officers

02:16:09.119 --> 02:16:10.615
have asked me to note that there was an

02:16:10.639 --> 02:16:12.615
administrative error in the recording of

02:16:12.639 --> 02:16:15.095
briefing attendance for this report as

02:16:15.119 --> 02:16:16.695
councelor Patterson was marked as

02:16:16.719 --> 02:16:19.719
present but was actually an apology.

02:16:20.320 --> 02:16:22.215
This will be rectified in the meeting

02:16:22.239 --> 02:16:24.776
minutes. We have a recommendation before

02:16:24.800 --> 02:16:27.016
us. Does anyone wish to move a motion?

02:16:27.040 --> 02:16:29.016
Councelor Stapleton as per the

02:16:29.040 --> 02:16:30.055
recommendation.

02:16:30.079 --> 02:16:32.375
Thank you. And a seconder.

02:16:32.399 --> 02:16:34.455
Councelor Sean Felder. Thanks, Councelor

02:16:34.479 --> 02:16:35.655
Stableton.

02:16:35.679 --> 02:16:38.535
Thanks, Mayor. Um the flag the flag

02:16:38.559 --> 02:16:41.335
policy ensures that flags flown outside

02:16:41.359 --> 02:16:43.176
the office here follow the Australian

02:16:43.200 --> 02:16:46.136
government's flag protocols while also

02:16:46.160 --> 02:16:48.295
establishing guidelines for flying other

02:16:48.319 --> 02:16:49.976
flags that are significant to the surf

02:16:50.000 --> 02:16:52.375
coast community. Having a clear policy

02:16:52.399 --> 02:16:54.455
and a flag flying schedule provides

02:16:54.479 --> 02:16:57.176
guidance and consistency on what flags

02:16:57.200 --> 02:16:59.816
should be flown when and where and gives

02:16:59.840 --> 02:17:02.535
community clarity around the process.

02:17:02.559 --> 02:17:05.559
For anyone who is unclear, we have three

02:17:06.000 --> 02:17:07.736
flag poles on the northern side of the

02:17:07.760 --> 02:17:09.976
council building facing the highway

02:17:10.000 --> 02:17:13.000
known as the ceremonial poles and three

02:17:13.040 --> 02:17:14.695
on the southern side at the front

02:17:14.719 --> 02:17:17.655
entrance easily identified as the front

02:17:17.679 --> 02:17:20.216
entrance poles. These two sets of flag

02:17:20.240 --> 02:17:22.535
poles are primarily used to fly the

02:17:22.559 --> 02:17:24.615
Australian flag, the Aboriginal flag and

02:17:24.639 --> 02:17:26.936
the Surf Coast flag or the tourist

02:17:26.960 --> 02:17:28.776
straight island flag with some

02:17:28.800 --> 02:17:30.776
occasional variations in accordance with

02:17:30.800 --> 02:17:33.335
this policy or as required by Australian

02:17:33.359 --> 02:17:35.335
government protocols.

02:17:35.359 --> 02:17:37.096
There is another flag pole on the front

02:17:37.120 --> 02:17:39.335
lawn and one at the pond. These two flag

02:17:39.359 --> 02:17:41.816
poles are mostly used to fly flags in

02:17:41.840 --> 02:17:43.495
accordance with our events calendar and

02:17:43.519 --> 02:17:46.375
in response to community requests. The

02:17:46.399 --> 02:17:48.615
flag schedule supports long-standing

02:17:48.639 --> 02:17:50.856
requests from our community to fly flags

02:17:50.880 --> 02:17:53.655
at significant times, including the RSL

02:17:53.679 --> 02:17:55.655
flag, the rainbow flag, the transgender

02:17:55.679 --> 02:17:57.655
flag, and provides opportunities to

02:17:57.679 --> 02:18:00.375
create a more inclusive community. It is

02:18:00.399 --> 02:18:02.375
a process that has worked well now for

02:18:02.399 --> 02:18:04.615
many years, helping to achieve positive

02:18:04.639 --> 02:18:06.455
social outcomes such as providing

02:18:06.479 --> 02:18:09.016
visibility, inclusion, belonging,

02:18:09.040 --> 02:18:11.575
education, awareness, and support to

02:18:11.599 --> 02:18:14.056
mark important milestones.

02:18:14.080 --> 02:18:15.736
The new council plan highlights

02:18:15.760 --> 02:18:18.056
community well-being as a key priority.

02:18:18.080 --> 02:18:19.816
And we heard from our community panel

02:18:19.840 --> 02:18:22.216
the importance of fostering an inclusive

02:18:22.240 --> 02:18:24.216
community that respects and values

02:18:24.240 --> 02:18:26.615
diverse perspectives with an emphasis on

02:18:26.639 --> 02:18:29.415
consideration of young people.

02:18:29.439 --> 02:18:32.439
Flying flags is one way, a simple way

02:18:32.559 --> 02:18:34.535
for council to show that it hears and

02:18:34.559 --> 02:18:36.936
recognizes the importance of diversity

02:18:36.960 --> 02:18:39.816
in our community. Consideration must be

02:18:39.840 --> 02:18:41.816
given to ongoing community requests to

02:18:41.840 --> 02:18:43.736
fly flags and this policy and schedule

02:18:43.760 --> 02:18:45.816
are effective in guiding officers on how

02:18:45.840 --> 02:18:48.535
to respond to these requests. I know

02:18:48.559 --> 02:18:50.216
that there has been some contention in

02:18:50.240 --> 02:18:52.216
the past about flag flying on the surf

02:18:52.240 --> 02:18:54.936
coast. But since this policy and

02:18:54.960 --> 02:18:57.335
schedule have been in place about seven

02:18:57.359 --> 02:18:59.655
or eight years now, I think council has

02:18:59.679 --> 02:19:01.495
received very little criticism in

02:19:01.519 --> 02:19:03.655
relation to flags. I think this has been

02:19:03.679 --> 02:19:06.216
another positive outcome of the policy.

02:19:06.240 --> 02:19:08.136
With this in mind, minimal change has

02:19:08.160 --> 02:19:09.896
been made to the existing policy apart

02:19:09.920 --> 02:19:12.375
from providing greater greater clarity

02:19:12.399 --> 02:19:14.856
around which flags take precedence when

02:19:14.880 --> 02:19:17.415
on display. It's a good policy achieving

02:19:17.439 --> 02:19:20.295
the desired outcomes and I encourage my

02:19:20.319 --> 02:19:21.896
fellow counselors to give it their

02:19:21.920 --> 02:19:23.655
support.

02:19:23.679 --> 02:19:26.615
Thanks, Councelor Shunfelder.

02:19:26.639 --> 02:19:29.639
I will second this um item. However, I I

02:19:31.679 --> 02:19:34.056
do not personally agree with flying the

02:19:34.080 --> 02:19:36.375
Aboriginal flag and Toouristra Islander

02:19:36.399 --> 02:19:39.399
flags at half mast on the 26th of

02:19:39.760 --> 02:19:41.976
January because it's my understanding

02:19:42.000 --> 02:19:45.000
that as far as the Australian national

02:19:45.599 --> 02:19:48.599
um flag protocols. I don't think that um

02:19:50.319 --> 02:19:53.016
that is not directed from the federal

02:19:53.040 --> 02:19:56.040
government. And even though I do support

02:19:57.359 --> 02:19:59.096
reconciliation,

02:19:59.120 --> 02:20:01.736
I do feel that some of the efforts that

02:20:01.760 --> 02:20:03.256
we

02:20:03.280 --> 02:20:05.896
um undertake actually have the opposite

02:20:05.920 --> 02:20:07.816
effect. I think it actually affects

02:20:07.840 --> 02:20:10.840
mental health of  first nations people

02:20:11.680 --> 02:20:13.496
detrimentally

02:20:13.520 --> 02:20:15.576
and there are first nations people who

02:20:15.600 --> 02:20:18.056
actually support Australia Day. So they

02:20:18.080 --> 02:20:21.080
don't all feel the same way about about

02:20:21.520 --> 02:20:23.415
this issue.

02:20:23.439 --> 02:20:25.656
If a colleague of mine wants to move an

02:20:25.680 --> 02:20:27.896
amendment to this, I I would support

02:20:27.920 --> 02:20:30.920
that. I won't move amendment myself, but

02:20:31.280 --> 02:20:33.896
I just wanted to make that part clear.

02:20:33.920 --> 02:20:35.016
Thank you.

02:20:35.040 --> 02:20:36.776
Thank you, Councelor Seanfelder. Do any

02:20:36.800 --> 02:20:38.536
other councilors wish to speak to the

02:20:38.560 --> 02:20:40.056
motion?

02:20:40.080 --> 02:20:41.016
Councelor Barker,

02:20:41.040 --> 02:20:42.375
if you want to end division in the

02:20:42.399 --> 02:20:44.776
community, scrap the whole policy. Each

02:20:44.800 --> 02:20:47.576
of the flags can be viewed negatively by

02:20:47.600 --> 02:20:49.816
members of the community. And by flying

02:20:49.840 --> 02:20:52.840
the flags and trying to balance one

02:20:53.760 --> 02:20:56.760
component by flying a different flag for

02:20:57.200 --> 02:20:59.976
another component,

02:21:00.000 --> 02:21:03.000
it just defeats the purpose. Um,

02:21:03.359 --> 02:21:05.096
if you want to cause division within the

02:21:05.120 --> 02:21:07.816
community, vote for the motion as it

02:21:07.840 --> 02:21:10.840
stands. Um, but I won't be.

02:21:11.120 --> 02:21:12.776
Thank you. Do any other councilors wish

02:21:12.800 --> 02:21:15.800
to speak to the motion? Councelor Grie.

02:21:16.560 --> 02:21:18.776
Thanks, Mayor.  again, I don't

02:21:18.800 --> 02:21:20.216
support council involving itself in

02:21:20.240 --> 02:21:22.136
activism or the promotion of 

02:21:22.160 --> 02:21:24.616
particular social or political causes.

02:21:24.640 --> 02:21:26.375
Our role is to serve the whole community

02:21:26.399 --> 02:21:28.375
fairly, focusing on essential services

02:21:28.399 --> 02:21:29.896
and infrastructure that benefit

02:21:29.920 --> 02:21:32.136
everyone, not to act as a platform for

02:21:32.160 --> 02:21:35.016
ideology or political messaging. This

02:21:35.040 --> 02:21:36.696
policy unfortunately shifts council's

02:21:36.720 --> 02:21:38.536
focus away from unity and service and

02:21:38.560 --> 02:21:39.976
instead the majority of the flag

02:21:40.000 --> 02:21:41.896
schedule embeds divisive ideas drawn

02:21:41.920 --> 02:21:43.656
from identity politics and cultural

02:21:43.680 --> 02:21:46.455
Marxism. It risks creating community

02:21:46.479 --> 02:21:48.136
division based on causes and groups

02:21:48.160 --> 02:21:49.736
rather than celebrating what we share in

02:21:49.760 --> 02:21:52.295
common as a community. I believe council

02:21:52.319 --> 02:21:53.576
should stand for inclusion through

02:21:53.600 --> 02:21:55.335
fairness and equal treatment, not

02:21:55.359 --> 02:21:57.016
through selective virtue signals that

02:21:57.040 --> 02:21:58.856
promote divisive political or

02:21:58.880 --> 02:22:01.016
ideological movements. For that reason,

02:22:01.040 --> 02:22:03.576
I won't be supporting the flag policy.

02:22:03.600 --> 02:22:05.415
Thank you. Do any other councilors wish

02:22:05.439 --> 02:22:07.016
to speak to the motion? Councelor

02:22:07.040 --> 02:22:07.496
Phelps,

02:22:07.520 --> 02:22:10.520
quick question. Um, with regard to the

02:22:10.880 --> 02:22:12.936
Aboriginal flag and the Toristra Island

02:22:12.960 --> 02:22:15.016
flags at half mast on the 26th of

02:22:15.040 --> 02:22:17.415
January, the policy says on the front

02:22:17.439 --> 02:22:20.439
lawn and the pond, so do these other

02:22:20.479 --> 02:22:23.256
flags remain at full. Okay. Yes, they

02:22:23.280 --> 02:22:23.576
do.

02:22:23.600 --> 02:22:25.176
Thank you.

02:22:25.200 --> 02:22:26.375
Councelor Phelps, do you want to speak

02:22:26.399 --> 02:22:27.976
to the motion? Do any other counselors

02:22:28.000 --> 02:22:29.736
wish to speak to the motion? Councelor

02:22:29.760 --> 02:22:30.295
Walker,

02:22:30.319 --> 02:22:32.776
thank you. Just quick um flying flags

02:22:32.800 --> 02:22:34.295
can contribute to positive social

02:22:34.319 --> 02:22:36.056
outcomes when considered approach is

02:22:36.080 --> 02:22:38.776
taken. Some of these outcomes outcomes

02:22:38.800 --> 02:22:40.536
include representation, visibility,

02:22:40.560 --> 02:22:42.216
inclusion, belonging, education,

02:22:42.240 --> 02:22:44.375
awareness and support to mark important

02:22:44.399 --> 02:22:47.399
milestones and historical events. Um I

02:22:48.640 --> 02:22:50.936
think we've got seven flags

02:22:50.960 --> 02:22:53.176
scheduled on there. Um when we talk

02:22:53.200 --> 02:22:54.776
about diversity, it covers a lot of

02:22:54.800 --> 02:22:56.776
diversity in that which is great. City

02:22:56.800 --> 02:22:59.176
of Melman have up to 23. So, I think

02:22:59.200 --> 02:23:02.200
we've got a good share of our um

02:23:02.720 --> 02:23:04.536
representation of diversity within our

02:23:04.560 --> 02:23:07.096
community. The seven flags. Thank you.

02:23:07.120 --> 02:23:08.856
Thank you, Councelor Walker. Councelor

02:23:08.880 --> 02:23:10.216
Stapleton, do you have any closing

02:23:10.240 --> 02:23:10.856
comments?

02:23:10.880 --> 02:23:13.335
 thanks, Mayor. I'd just I guess like

02:23:13.359 --> 02:23:15.656
to point out that the policy is not

02:23:15.680 --> 02:23:18.136
about um ideology or political

02:23:18.160 --> 02:23:19.496
motivation. It's actually about

02:23:19.520 --> 02:23:22.520
community well-being. And there were

02:23:22.560 --> 02:23:25.560
various um pieces of research and

02:23:25.680 --> 02:23:27.335
evidence in the report, but one that I'

02:23:27.359 --> 02:23:29.496
I'd like to read out in relation to this

02:23:29.520 --> 02:23:31.816
is that visibility is particularly

02:23:31.840 --> 02:23:33.576
important when it comes to young people.

02:23:33.600 --> 02:23:36.056
Flying the rainbow or transgender flag

02:23:36.080 --> 02:23:38.375
may seem arbitrary, but to a young

02:23:38.399 --> 02:23:40.856
person experiencing marginalization, it

02:23:40.880 --> 02:23:43.880
signifies validation and safety. A

02:23:44.000 --> 02:23:47.000
national survey of almost 3,000 LGBTQIA

02:23:48.080 --> 02:23:51.080
plus young people aged 13 to 25 found

02:23:51.680 --> 02:23:53.656
that having visible support such as

02:23:53.680 --> 02:23:56.680
flags and posters, etc. helped them feel

02:23:56.960 --> 02:23:59.960
accepted and safe. And I think that um

02:24:00.319 --> 02:24:02.616
if we're serious about our community

02:24:02.640 --> 02:24:04.616
well-being and about being inclusive for

02:24:04.640 --> 02:24:06.696
all, then  the flag policy and the

02:24:06.720 --> 02:24:09.016
flag schedule is one way that we can

02:24:09.040 --> 02:24:10.936
show our community that they're seen and

02:24:10.960 --> 02:24:11.896
heard.

02:24:11.920 --> 02:24:13.816
Thanks, Mayor. Thank you. We'll put the

02:24:13.840 --> 02:24:16.840
motion to a vote. All in favor

02:24:17.200 --> 02:24:19.256
and against.

02:24:19.280 --> 02:24:22.280
Thanks. It's carried 52.

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[Applause]

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4.10 SCS047

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public lighting policy and guidelines.

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The purpose of this report is to seek

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council's adoption of SCS047

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public lighting policy and public

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lighting guidelines. We have a

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recommendation before us. Does anyone

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wish to move a motion? Councelor

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Walker, is that as per the

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recommendation?

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Yes, it is. Thanks,

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ma'am. And do we have a seconder?

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Councelor Stapleton. Thanks, Council

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Walker.

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I think you after the draft feedback,

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there's some good feedback from this

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policy. Um, the policy guidelines will

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provide a clear framework for council,

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council staff, the community, other key

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stakeholders for the implementation and

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management of public lighting within the

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Surf Coast. Currently there's a lack of

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clarity level of inconsistency in

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decision-m the adoption of this policy

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and guidelines will clearly define

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responsibilities within council for

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public lighting provide a consistent

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framework for decision- making  from

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the feedback there was some um good

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feedback around the dark skies um which

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is great to see um emphasis on the

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importance of preserving natural

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darkness aligning with the dark skies

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principles which is something I know

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there are community are passionate about

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um

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and mostly got some good feedback,

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supported the proposal, lighting

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principles, expressing a preference for

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limiting public lighting to key areas

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such as roads and active recreation and

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commercial zones. So, um it's good to

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get the feedback and get this um policy

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through for clarity and for everyone

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involved. So, I support it. Thanks.

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Thanks, Councelor Walker. Councelor

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Stapleton.

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Yep. I second everything Councelor

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Walker has said. Um it's great to see

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this  come to council for adoption.

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It's been in development for a couple of

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years. Um there has been a lot of um

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engagement and effort by members of our

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community um in relation to council

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creating a lighting policy. Um which was

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um on the basis of them wanting to

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create a dark sky destination in Aries

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Inlet. Um so I know that our community

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is very much behind

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um the policy. I think that it provides

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balance obviously things like safety 

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are important considerations but I think

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um with the framework and the clear

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guidance um around the management of

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sustainable public lighting  it will

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help us to achieve  the dark sky

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destination that we're seeking while

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still providing the amenity that is

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important for our community.

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Thank you. Do any other counselors wish

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to speak to this policy? Councelor

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Barker

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questions first. Um what's the budgetary

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impact in terms of infrastructure

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upgrades and  costs of electricity?

02:27:10.720 --> 02:27:13.496
I'm happy to take that question. Refer

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to the CEO.

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 thanks for the question councelor

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Barker. Um and the general manager of

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placemaking and environment may be able

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to assist with this. But in terms of our

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intention would be that we wouldn't be

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just implementing

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it immediately the policy was adopted.

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The intention would be as we renew our

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lighting,

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we would then  ensure that it complies

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with this policy. And actually some of

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the  the intentions of this policy

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will mean that we'll have cheaper costs

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because of the sorts of lighting that

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we'll be using. The specifics of it I

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don't have um with me at this meeting

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but perhaps  the general manager of

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placemaking and environment might be

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able to talk to it in more detail. Well

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I through you may really I was just

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going to reinforce the same point that

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so I won't repeat what the um CDA said.

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Thank you. Councelor Barker, do you want

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to speak to the motion?

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If you want us to endorse policy and

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you've got no idea of the costs,

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that's the most economically reckless

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thing that you could do.

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Point of order, mayor.

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What's your point of order? But based on

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the um code of conduct, the model code

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of conduct, counselors

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 must  treat others, including

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members of council staff, with dignity,

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fairness, objectivity, courtesy, and

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respect. And I I don't think councilors

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Barker council Barker's comments do

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that.

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 I'll allow the point of order.

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Councelor Barker, can you please um just

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talk to the motion without

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um

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without dis showing disrespect towards

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the organization?

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Section five of the code of conduct

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specifies that no part of this code of

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conduct

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political debate.

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Can you can you please stick to the

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motion?

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Councelor Barker, can you please

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continue to talk to the motion?

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I was before I was interrupted.

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This is anti-democrat.

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 we'll just take a pause for um for 5

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minutes.

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 can I have a mover and a second to

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just to suspend standing orders for a

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quick break? Thanks councilors Sean

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Felder and Gri. All in favor.

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Thanks. We'll take a quick break. 5

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minutes.

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Live stream is back on. So we resume the

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meeting.  and we are in the debate on

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item 4.10 SCS047

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public lighting policy and guidelines.

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So far we've heard from councilors

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Walker, Stapleton, and Barker. Do any

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other counselors wish to speak to the

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motion? Councelor Gri.

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Thanks, Mayor. Just quickly, I'd like to

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thank officers for taking on board

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councelor feedback and removing the

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public surveillance provisions from the

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draft lighting policy. It's important

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that council focuses on safety and

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efficiency without crossing into

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surveillance or unnecessary monitoring

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of residents. Protecting individual

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privacy and limiting government

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government intrusion should always

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remain a guiding principle in our

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policies. So, it's comforting that the

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mention of surveillance capability has

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been removed from this policy. Thanks.

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Thank you. Do any other councilors wish

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to speak to the motion?

02:30:51.760 --> 02:30:53.415
Thanks. Are there any closing comments?

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Councelor Walker?

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 no. Thanks, ma'am.

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Okay, we'll put the motion to a vote.

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All in favor?

02:31:00.720 --> 02:31:03.720
Thanks. That's carried unanimously.

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Item 4.11, SCS038,

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Council of Workplace Health and Safety

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Policy. The purpose of this report is to

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present the reviewed SCS038

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Council of Workplace Health and Safety

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Policy to Council for adoption. We have

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a recommendation before us. Does anyone

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wish to move a motion?

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Council Walker. Thank you. As per the

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recommendation

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as per the recommendation.

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Thank you. Do we have a second?

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Councelor Sean Felder. Thanks,

02:31:34.960 --> 02:31:36.936
Councelor Walker.

02:31:36.960 --> 02:31:38.856
 just quickly the policy is designed

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to ensure that council is provided with

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the necessary information to show that

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council individual councils are

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compliant with their obligations as

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officers under occupational act

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occupational health and safety act 2020

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2004.

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Um I support this moving forward. It

02:31:55.120 --> 02:31:57.256
gives some good clarity for us as

02:31:57.280 --> 02:31:59.256
councils but also everyone else involved

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with council um including officers and

02:32:03.600 --> 02:32:06.600
staff. Thanks. Thank you.  councelor

02:32:06.720 --> 02:32:08.216
Seanfelder,

02:32:08.240 --> 02:32:11.096
mayor, there's been quite a lot of

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advances in this area and I I do know

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that the state government have a

02:32:16.240 --> 02:32:18.856
separate act when it comes to bullying

02:32:18.880 --> 02:32:21.880
as well and in the past there was

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treatment in workplaces which um today

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are completely unacceptable which I

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think is fantastic. So I thought I'd

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just highlight that point.

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Thank you. Do any other counselors wish

02:32:34.479 --> 02:32:37.479
to speak to the motion?

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Are there any closing comments?

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Councelor Walker?

02:32:39.840 --> 02:32:41.415
 no thanks.

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We'll put the motion to a vote. All in

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favor?

02:32:45.600 --> 02:32:47.016
Thank you, councilors. That's carried

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unanimously.

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4.12 implementation of the planning

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scheme review 2024 amendment C147 surf

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request to appoint a planning panel. The

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purpose of this report is to consider

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submissions to amendment C147 surf and

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to determine the next step in the

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amendment process as prescribed under

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section 23 of the Planning and

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Environment Act 987. We have a

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recommendation. Does anyone wish to move

02:33:17.520 --> 02:33:19.415
a motion?

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Council Stapleton as per the

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recommendation. Thank you. And a

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seconder. Councelor Phelps. Thank you.

02:33:25.680 --> 02:33:26.856
Councelor Stapleton.

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 yes. Look, councilors have received a

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very thorough briefing from officers in

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relation to this. Um the planning scheme

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review was undertaken last year and then

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the amendment um to implement the key

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recommendations from that planning

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scheme review um was adopted  was

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exhibited  earlier this year between

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March and April. And following that

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exhibition period, council received five

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submissions. Um, four of those have been

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resolved through um, consultation, but

02:34:02.560 --> 02:34:05.176
one remains unresolved and in that

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instance, council  has an obligation

02:34:07.359 --> 02:34:10.359
to refer the amendment  to a panel

02:34:10.560 --> 02:34:13.560
appointed by the minister for planning.

02:34:13.920 --> 02:34:16.920
Um so this recommendation is asking that

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council um refers the unresolved

02:34:19.920 --> 02:34:22.375
submission  and then we will consider

02:34:22.399 --> 02:34:25.176
the report of the panel um at a a future

02:34:25.200 --> 02:34:27.496
council meeting which will resolve in

02:34:27.520 --> 02:34:29.576
the adoption or abandonment of the

02:34:29.600 --> 02:34:32.600
amendment. Um hopefully um it is the

02:34:32.800 --> 02:34:34.216
adoption of the amendment because an

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enormous amount of work has gone into

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the planning scheme review. It's not

02:34:38.160 --> 02:34:41.160
something that's  taken on lightly.

02:34:41.359 --> 02:34:44.359
It's  extremely thorough and well

02:34:44.880 --> 02:34:47.256
thought out with extensive communic um

02:34:47.280 --> 02:34:49.736
consultation with the community.  so

02:34:49.760 --> 02:34:52.216
hopefully we can get through this um

02:34:52.240 --> 02:34:55.240
panel process.  the amendment can be

02:34:56.160 --> 02:34:57.976
resolved and then we can go ahead and

02:34:58.000 --> 02:35:00.295
implement it into the planning scheme.

02:35:00.319 --> 02:35:00.856
Thanks.

02:35:00.880 --> 02:35:03.256
Thank you councelor Phelps. 

02:35:03.280 --> 02:35:04.696
councelor Stapleton has covered it

02:35:04.720 --> 02:35:06.136
nicely. I have nothing further to add.

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Thank you.

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Thank you. Do any other counselors wish

02:35:08.240 --> 02:35:11.096
to speak to this motion?

02:35:11.120 --> 02:35:12.455
Are there any closing comments?

02:35:12.479 --> 02:35:13.335
Councelor Stapleton.

02:35:13.359 --> 02:35:14.056
Thanks, May.

02:35:14.080 --> 02:35:17.080
Put the motion to a vote. All in favor?

02:35:17.439 --> 02:35:20.439
Thanks. It's carried unanimously.

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4.13 award of contract T26/001

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Weed and Pest Animal Management

02:35:30.080 --> 02:35:32.696
Services. The purpose of this report is

02:35:32.720 --> 02:35:34.776
to seek council's approval to award

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contract T-260001

02:35:37.840 --> 02:35:39.576
weed and pest animal management

02:35:39.600 --> 02:35:41.896
services. As the recommendation was

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redacted in the agenda, I'll now ask

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officers to share the unredacted

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recommendation before we proceed.

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While they're doing that, officers have

02:35:53.840 --> 02:35:55.816
also asked that I note that one of the

02:35:55.840 --> 02:35:57.976
tenderers for this contract is also the

02:35:58.000 --> 02:36:01.000
mayor of Klewway Shire. officers have

02:36:01.040 --> 02:36:02.856
obtained independent advice and

02:36:02.880 --> 02:36:04.856
confirmed this re that this connection

02:36:04.880 --> 02:36:07.096
does not give rise to any conflict of

02:36:07.120 --> 02:36:09.816
interest. We have a recommendation

02:36:09.840 --> 02:36:11.415
before us. Does anyone wish to move a

02:36:11.439 --> 02:36:14.056
motion? Councelor Sean Pelder

02:36:14.080 --> 02:36:14.856
as read.

02:36:14.880 --> 02:36:17.096
Thank you. And seconded by councelor

02:36:17.120 --> 02:36:19.256
Phelps.

02:36:19.280 --> 02:36:20.536
Councelor Sean Felder.

02:36:20.560 --> 02:36:23.560
I will reserve my right to speak.

02:36:23.840 --> 02:36:25.656
 councelor Phelps.

02:36:25.680 --> 02:36:27.576
I just simply say yes. So, the

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establishment of a panel of nine

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qualified and experienced weed and pest

02:36:31.359 --> 02:36:33.816
animal management contractors will help

02:36:33.840 --> 02:36:35.736
ensure council can effectively maintain

02:36:35.760 --> 02:36:38.375
assets, meet legal responsibilities for

02:36:38.399 --> 02:36:41.399
pest, plant, and animal control, 

02:36:41.439 --> 02:36:43.256
including fire prevention,  and

02:36:43.280 --> 02:36:45.096
achieve long-term environmental benefits

02:36:45.120 --> 02:36:47.496
across the SH. Good to see nine

02:36:47.520 --> 02:36:49.335
successful tenderers.

02:36:49.359 --> 02:36:50.856
Thank you. Do any other counselors wish

02:36:50.880 --> 02:36:53.335
to speak to the motion?

02:36:53.359 --> 02:36:54.375
Councelor Gri.

02:36:54.399 --> 02:36:56.136
Yeah, I just have a quick question. Is

02:36:56.160 --> 02:36:58.856
there a policy on weed and pest animal

02:36:58.880 --> 02:37:01.415
management?  happy to take that

02:37:01.439 --> 02:37:03.256
question. Thank you,

02:37:03.280 --> 02:37:05.016
CEO. That's a good question. And there

02:37:05.040 --> 02:37:08.040
is  I might

02:37:09.040 --> 02:37:11.656
think um our GM of placemaking and

02:37:11.680 --> 02:37:13.256
environment is responsible for that

02:37:13.280 --> 02:37:16.136
policy, but our GM of community life is

02:37:16.160 --> 02:37:19.160
responsible for delivering that policy.

02:37:24.960 --> 02:37:27.256
So through you, mayor. So we have a

02:37:27.280 --> 02:37:30.280
rabbit management policy. Um we have a

02:37:30.399 --> 02:37:32.216
broad environmental policy, but we don't

02:37:32.240 --> 02:37:35.240
have one that that that covers the full

02:37:35.359 --> 02:37:38.359
range of um the specifics of of pest,

02:37:39.040 --> 02:37:41.096
plants, and animals. Yeah. So we don't

02:37:41.120 --> 02:37:43.656
have a pest, plants, and animals policy,

02:37:43.680 --> 02:37:45.335
but it would be broadly covered under

02:37:45.359 --> 02:37:47.176
the environmental policy.

02:37:47.200 --> 02:37:48.936
Okay. Thanks for the clarification.

02:37:48.960 --> 02:37:50.375
Councelor Gri, do you wish to speak to

02:37:50.399 --> 02:37:50.856
the motion?

02:37:50.880 --> 02:37:51.256
Thanks, ma'am.

02:37:51.280 --> 02:37:52.936
Do any other counselors wish to speak to

02:37:52.960 --> 02:37:55.256
the motion?

02:37:55.280 --> 02:37:56.936
 councelor Shanfelder, do you wish to

02:37:56.960 --> 02:37:57.816
speak to the motion?

02:37:57.840 --> 02:37:59.335
No, thank you.

02:37:59.359 --> 02:38:01.736
Okay, we'll put the motion to a vote.

02:38:01.760 --> 02:38:04.136
All in favor?

02:38:04.160 --> 02:38:07.160
Thanks. That's carried unanimously.

02:38:07.840 --> 02:38:10.840
4.14 Revocation of SCS039,

02:38:11.920 --> 02:38:13.415
Councelor Equal Opportunity and

02:38:13.439 --> 02:38:16.375
Workplace Behaviors Policy. The purpose

02:38:16.399 --> 02:38:18.295
of this report is to seek council's

02:38:18.319 --> 02:38:21.319
revocation of SCS039

02:38:21.760 --> 02:38:23.256
councelor equal opportunity and

02:38:23.280 --> 02:38:25.976
workplace behaviors policy. We have a

02:38:26.000 --> 02:38:27.656
recommendation before us. Does anyone

02:38:27.680 --> 02:38:29.656
wish to move a motion?

02:38:29.680 --> 02:38:31.415
Councelor Phelps as per the

02:38:31.439 --> 02:38:31.976
recommendation.

02:38:32.000 --> 02:38:33.016
As per the recommendation.

02:38:33.040 --> 02:38:35.256
Thank you. And a seconder. Councelor

02:38:35.280 --> 02:38:37.496
Gri. Councelor Phelps.

02:38:37.520 --> 02:38:39.096
I think it's straightforward. Um so this

02:38:39.120 --> 02:38:40.776
is a policy that's either duplicated

02:38:40.800 --> 02:38:42.696
elsewhere or not required anymore. So

02:38:42.720 --> 02:38:44.295
it's being removed.

02:38:44.319 --> 02:38:44.856
Thank you.

02:38:44.880 --> 02:38:46.216
Thank you. you and councelor Gris.

02:38:46.240 --> 02:38:46.936
No, thanks ma'am.

02:38:46.960 --> 02:38:48.536
Do any other counselors wish to speak to

02:38:48.560 --> 02:38:50.295
the motion?

02:38:50.319 --> 02:38:52.696
No closing comments. Councelor Phelps

02:38:52.720 --> 02:38:55.720
put the motion to a vote. All in favor?

02:38:56.080 --> 02:38:59.080
Thank you. That's carried unanimously.

02:38:59.280 --> 02:39:02.280
4.15 Revocation of SCS053

02:39:03.120 --> 02:39:06.120
CEO reimbursement policy. The purpose of

02:39:06.319 --> 02:39:08.136
this report is to seek council's

02:39:08.160 --> 02:39:11.160
revocation of SCS053

02:39:11.200 --> 02:39:14.056
CEO reimbursement policy. We have a

02:39:14.080 --> 02:39:15.896
recommendation. Does anyone wish to move

02:39:15.920 --> 02:39:18.136
a motion?

02:39:18.160 --> 02:39:20.375
Councelor Phelps. Thank you. As per

02:39:20.399 --> 02:39:21.256
as per the recommendation.

02:39:21.280 --> 02:39:24.216
Thank you. And a second.

02:39:24.240 --> 02:39:25.896
Thank you, Councelor Walker. Councelor

02:39:25.920 --> 02:39:28.616
Phelps

02:39:28.640 --> 02:39:31.096
no longer required. So quite

02:39:31.120 --> 02:39:31.976
straightforward.

02:39:32.000 --> 02:39:34.295
Okay. Thank you. And councelor Walker.

02:39:34.319 --> 02:39:36.455
 nothing. Thank you, Matt. And do any

02:39:36.479 --> 02:39:37.816
other counselors wish to speak to the

02:39:37.840 --> 02:39:39.656
motion?

02:39:39.680 --> 02:39:42.375
And closing comments? Put the motion to

02:39:42.399 --> 02:39:44.856
a vote. All in favor?

02:39:44.880 --> 02:39:47.880
Thanks. It's carried unanimously.

02:39:49.840 --> 02:39:52.616
4.16 Project budget adjustments and cash

02:39:52.640 --> 02:39:55.640
reserve transfers October 2025. This

02:39:56.319 --> 02:39:59.319
report contains proposed budget

02:39:59.520 --> 02:40:01.736
project budget adjustments and cash

02:40:01.760 --> 02:40:04.760
reserve transfers for council approval.

02:40:05.280 --> 02:40:06.936
The report presents adjustments

02:40:06.960 --> 02:40:09.176
including existing projects requiring

02:40:09.200 --> 02:40:11.976
adjustment, project closures, new

02:40:12.000 --> 02:40:15.000
projects to be initiated, chief

02:40:15.040 --> 02:40:17.016
executive officer approved transfers

02:40:17.040 --> 02:40:19.496
under delegation or corrections to prior

02:40:19.520 --> 02:40:22.455
reports presented to council. We have a

02:40:22.479 --> 02:40:24.056
recommendation. Does anyone wish to move

02:40:24.080 --> 02:40:26.216
a motion?

02:40:26.240 --> 02:40:28.696
 councelor Stapleton as per the

02:40:28.720 --> 02:40:30.856
recommendation and a seconder. Councelor

02:40:30.880 --> 02:40:33.880
Phelps. Thank you. Councelor Stapleton.

02:40:35.920 --> 02:40:38.295
Thank you, Mayor. Um, yeah, as  you've

02:40:38.319 --> 02:40:41.319
outlined, this item is um primarily to

02:40:41.680 --> 02:40:44.680
provide insight into project adjustments

02:40:45.200 --> 02:40:47.176
um budget allocations and really to

02:40:47.200 --> 02:40:49.896
provide transparency the community and

02:40:49.920 --> 02:40:52.920
insight for  councilors to understand

02:40:53.200 --> 02:40:55.176
where there's been variations and the

02:40:55.200 --> 02:40:57.256
reason for it. I'd like to acknowledge

02:40:57.280 --> 02:41:00.056
the  work that  officers have put

02:41:00.080 --> 02:41:03.016
into  the presentation of this

02:41:03.040 --> 02:41:04.776
information to make it more accessible

02:41:04.800 --> 02:41:07.800
for everybody and to  I guess increase

02:41:08.800 --> 02:41:11.496
um the explanations to help people

02:41:11.520 --> 02:41:13.656
understand some of the context that sits

02:41:13.680 --> 02:41:16.680
behind  some of the variations and the

02:41:16.720 --> 02:41:19.096
projects. The one project that I will

02:41:19.120 --> 02:41:22.120
just flag that is listed on here is the

02:41:22.160 --> 02:41:24.295
Anderson road night redesign of the

02:41:24.319 --> 02:41:27.319
accessible um toilet  the public

02:41:28.080 --> 02:41:31.080
toilet issue in Aries Inlet has been 

02:41:31.200 --> 02:41:34.056
a long-standing one particularly at the

02:41:34.080 --> 02:41:37.080
 Aries Inlet Hall or the Anderson Road

02:41:37.120 --> 02:41:39.576
Knight Reserve  is where the Aries

02:41:39.600 --> 02:41:42.056
Inlet Hall is located but essentially

02:41:42.080 --> 02:41:43.576
there's been a long-standing issue with

02:41:43.600 --> 02:41:46.536
the internal um

02:41:46.560 --> 02:41:49.560
 accessible toilet and  this

02:41:51.600 --> 02:41:54.600
allocation will go a long way to

02:41:54.720 --> 02:41:57.496
enabling the community asset committee

02:41:57.520 --> 02:41:59.576
there to work with council. I think the

02:41:59.600 --> 02:42:02.600
asset committee is putting in  25 a

02:42:03.120 --> 02:42:05.335
half almost,000

02:42:05.359 --> 02:42:08.359
um towards the expanded scope 

02:42:08.399 --> 02:42:11.399
ensuring that we have a fully compliant

02:42:11.520 --> 02:42:13.816
user-friendly DDA toilet facility which

02:42:13.840 --> 02:42:16.840
can also be accessed externally  which

02:42:17.200 --> 02:42:20.136
will solve two issues for the price of

02:42:20.160 --> 02:42:22.455
one.

02:42:22.479 --> 02:42:23.176
Thank you, Mayor.

02:42:23.200 --> 02:42:24.696
Thank you, Councelor Stapleton.

02:42:24.720 --> 02:42:25.816
Councelor Phelps.

02:42:25.840 --> 02:42:27.736
 councelor Stapleton stole my thunder.

02:42:27.760 --> 02:42:29.736
Um, I'd like to also complement the new

02:42:29.760 --> 02:42:31.335
layout. It it is a much clearer and

02:42:31.359 --> 02:42:33.415
easier way to read what's what's

02:42:33.439 --> 02:42:34.696
happening with the movement of funds

02:42:34.720 --> 02:42:37.720
within projects. Thank you.

02:42:38.000 --> 02:42:39.656
Thanks. Do any other counselors wish to

02:42:39.680 --> 02:42:41.415
speak to the motion? Councelor Gri.

02:42:41.439 --> 02:42:43.176
Thanks, Mayor. Um, I'm going to vote

02:42:43.200 --> 02:42:45.896
against this um item just to purely

02:42:45.920 --> 02:42:47.656
inspire greater detail in the reporting

02:42:47.680 --> 02:42:49.016
particularly in the funding source

02:42:49.040 --> 02:42:50.616
column.

02:42:50.640 --> 02:42:52.536
Thank you. Do any other counselors wish

02:42:52.560 --> 02:42:55.256
to speak to the motion? I um

02:42:55.280 --> 02:42:56.536
councelor Sean Felder

02:42:56.560 --> 02:42:59.560
I might just highlight the fact that um

02:43:00.000 --> 02:43:03.000
it was um mentioned here about land

02:43:03.359 --> 02:43:06.295
purchase public access in Winrol Sea and

02:43:06.319 --> 02:43:09.319
it was acquisition of 161 m squared land

02:43:10.160 --> 02:43:11.896
from a private land owner which I

02:43:11.920 --> 02:43:14.920
believe was the Bwin Hotel the car park

02:43:15.680 --> 02:43:18.536
there and that's the third oldest hotel

02:43:18.560 --> 02:43:20.856
in Victoria which is quite historically

02:43:20.880 --> 02:43:23.016
significant but it's interesting how

02:43:23.040 --> 02:43:24.856
some titles.

02:43:24.880 --> 02:43:26.375
Um,

02:43:26.399 --> 02:43:29.399
at the municipal association of Victoria

02:43:30.399 --> 02:43:32.856
annual conference, I spoke with people

02:43:32.880 --> 02:43:35.576
from the land titles um, office. And

02:43:35.600 --> 02:43:37.656
it's interesting how even in our own

02:43:37.680 --> 02:43:40.680
municipality, some titles cover  bits

02:43:41.600 --> 02:43:44.136
of road and that can be discovered over

02:43:44.160 --> 02:43:47.160
time. And this really is something that

02:43:47.279 --> 02:43:50.279
um should make the access for that area

02:43:50.399 --> 02:43:53.399
better as far as the roundabout. And I

02:43:54.319 --> 02:43:57.319
will say that um the project for the um

02:43:59.120 --> 02:44:02.056
to address the Coronal impacts in Winrol

02:44:02.080 --> 02:44:05.016
Sea is fantastic. That was funded by the

02:44:05.040 --> 02:44:08.040
state government and that was $45,000

02:44:09.920 --> 02:44:12.056
and that is wonderful to try and

02:44:12.080 --> 02:44:15.080
discourage coronelas from  corellas

02:44:17.760 --> 02:44:20.760
sorry from the um from that precinct.

02:44:22.800 --> 02:44:25.800
There was also um

02:44:26.319 --> 02:44:28.936
a project about the industrial estate as

02:44:28.960 --> 02:44:31.960
well and that was mentioned here

02:44:32.240 --> 02:44:35.240
and um I'm just trying to bring that up

02:44:35.680 --> 02:44:37.415
now.

02:44:37.439 --> 02:44:39.896
I was just going to refer to that to

02:44:39.920 --> 02:44:42.136
enable the sale of lot two of additional

02:44:42.160 --> 02:44:45.016
scope was required to incorporate design

02:44:45.040 --> 02:44:46.455
and construction of storm water

02:44:46.479 --> 02:44:48.136
infrastructure as part of the sale

02:44:48.160 --> 02:44:50.936
conditions. And there is a saying I

02:44:50.960 --> 02:44:52.375
learned at the Victorian Farmers

02:44:52.399 --> 02:44:54.776
Federation as a policy analyst that

02:44:54.800 --> 02:44:56.536
where you have industry you have

02:44:56.560 --> 02:44:59.560
community and the industrial precinct in

02:44:59.760 --> 02:45:02.616
Winterc is very important together with

02:45:02.640 --> 02:45:05.096
other employment and industrial

02:45:05.120 --> 02:45:08.120
precincts within the SH. Thank you.

02:45:08.640 --> 02:45:10.616
Thank you councelor Sean Felder. Do any

02:45:10.640 --> 02:45:12.295
other councilors wish to speak to the

02:45:12.319 --> 02:45:14.056
motion?

02:45:14.080 --> 02:45:15.016
Councelor Walker.

02:45:15.040 --> 02:45:16.856
 yes, thank you.

02:45:16.880 --> 02:45:18.696
the project details are great and the

02:45:18.720 --> 02:45:21.720
basis for variation does slow show some

02:45:21.920 --> 02:45:24.696
um transparency for not just councilors

02:45:24.720 --> 02:45:26.056
but the general public when they're

02:45:26.080 --> 02:45:27.096
looking at these sort of things. So I

02:45:27.120 --> 02:45:29.255
welcome that also and I particularly

02:45:29.279 --> 02:45:31.415
welcome the um everyone else to talk

02:45:31.439 --> 02:45:33.255
about but the IMOV bike light safety

02:45:33.279 --> 02:45:35.176
initiative I'm really um excited for

02:45:35.200 --> 02:45:38.200
that to go out um and get done and and

02:45:38.240 --> 02:45:41.176
which basically details um the safety of

02:45:41.200 --> 02:45:43.736
bikes as a pilot program um around which

02:45:43.760 --> 02:45:46.216
we know is a big issue. So, um it' be

02:45:46.240 --> 02:45:47.736
good to actually get some strong data

02:45:47.760 --> 02:45:50.375
from that when it does come out. But

02:45:50.399 --> 02:45:51.976
again, um yeah, it' be good to see some

02:45:52.000 --> 02:45:55.000
more funding source um in that column. A

02:45:55.520 --> 02:45:58.375
bit more um detail around that would be

02:45:58.399 --> 02:46:00.536
good also. Thank you. Thank you. Are

02:46:00.560 --> 02:46:02.216
there any closing comments? Councelor

02:46:02.240 --> 02:46:03.096
Stapleton.

02:46:03.120 --> 02:46:03.976
Thanks, May.

02:46:04.000 --> 02:46:05.976
Thanks. We'll put the motion to a vote.

02:46:06.000 --> 02:46:08.536
All in favor

02:46:08.560 --> 02:46:11.560
and against. Thanks. That's carried. 41.

02:46:13.439 --> 02:46:16.439
Is that 51? 55.

02:46:17.920 --> 02:46:20.920
Thank you all. 4.17 conflict of interest

02:46:21.760 --> 02:46:24.056
records. The purpose of this report is

02:46:24.080 --> 02:46:26.056
to present conflict of interest records

02:46:26.080 --> 02:46:27.816
received since the previous council

02:46:27.840 --> 02:46:30.455
meeting. We have a recommendation. Does

02:46:30.479 --> 02:46:32.375
anyone wish to move a motion? Thank you,

02:46:32.399 --> 02:46:33.816
councelor Sean Felder. As per the

02:46:33.840 --> 02:46:36.840
recommendation, thank you and a second.

02:46:37.120 --> 02:46:39.255
Councelor Phelps. Thanks, Councelor Sean

02:46:39.279 --> 02:46:39.576
Felder.

02:46:39.600 --> 02:46:41.736
I'll reserve my right to speak. and

02:46:41.760 --> 02:46:44.375
councelor Phelps. Do any councilors wish

02:46:44.399 --> 02:46:46.856
to speak to the motion? Councelor

02:46:46.880 --> 02:46:49.016
Seanfelder, do you wish to speak to the

02:46:49.040 --> 02:46:49.335
motion?

02:46:49.359 --> 02:46:49.816
No. Thank you.

02:46:49.840 --> 02:46:50.936
No. Okay.

02:46:50.960 --> 02:46:52.616
 we'll put the motion to a vote. All

02:46:52.640 --> 02:46:54.696
in favor?

02:46:54.720 --> 02:46:57.720
Thanks. That's carried unanimously.

02:46:58.319 --> 02:47:01.319
 that's the end of our um open section

02:47:02.000 --> 02:47:04.295
of the meeting. Next up, we have one

02:47:04.319 --> 02:47:07.016
confidential item to consider tonight.

02:47:07.040 --> 02:47:08.856
So, we now need to close the meeting to

02:47:08.880 --> 02:47:11.176
the public and end our live stream. So,

02:47:11.200 --> 02:47:12.696
I wish to thank everyone who's joined us

02:47:12.720 --> 02:47:15.176
tonight, both in person and online.

02:47:15.200 --> 02:47:18.200
Thank you.

02:47:19.520 --> 02:47:22.520
Safe trip home.

02:47:24.640 --> 02:47:27.255
Can I have counselors to move and second

02:47:27.279 --> 02:47:29.176
a motion to move into confidential,

02:47:29.200 --> 02:47:31.335
please? Moved by councelor Schonfelder,

02:47:31.359 --> 02:47:33.736
seconded by councelor Stapleton. All in

02:47:33.760 --> 02:47:36.375
favor?

02:47:36.399 --> 02:47:39.399
And against? Thank you. So that's

02:47:40.240 --> 02:47:43.240
carried um 51