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Welcome to our council meeting. I'm

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Robyn Seymour. I'm the chief executive

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officer of the Surf Coast Shire.  Surf Coast

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Local Government  spans the area of

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the traditional lands of the Wadawurrong

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People, the Gulidjan and the Gadubanud

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People of the Maar Nation.

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Might say that again. Surf Shire local

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government area spans the traditional

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lands of the Wadawurrung people, the Gulidjan

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and the Gadubanud people of the Maar

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Nation. I'd like to acknowledge that

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here in Torquay in the main council

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office we're gathered on Wadawurrong

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country and I pay my respects to Elders

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past, present and emerging. The Wadawurrung

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people have nurtured and protected these

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lands and waterways for thousands of

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generations and I am so grateful for the

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opportunity to work, live and play in

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such a beautiful part of the world.

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I also wish to acknowledge any

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Aboriginal people who might be viewing

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 the meeting tonight. The purpose of

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this meeting is to determine the Mayoral

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term and to elect a Mayor and Deputy

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Mayor in accordance with section 25 of

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the local government act 2020. I will be

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chairing this meeting until such time as

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a Mayor is elected. It's a pleasure to

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welcome members of the community and

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quite a lot of staff  into the chamber

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tonight. This meeting is also being

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live streamed. So, a big welcome to anyone

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who's tuning in online.

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 live captioning will also accompany

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the live stream and we hope that

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this assists those who may have hearing

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difficulties.

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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 procedures.

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For the first item, my arms aren't quite

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long enough without my glasses. For the

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first item, which is to determine the

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term of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor and

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the reestablishment of the office of

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Deputy Mayor, our standard meeting

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procedures will apply as follows. The

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mover of a motion may speak for a

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maximum of 5 minutes to open the debate

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and then a further 2 minutes to exercise

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the right to reply and to close the

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debate. any other counselor  including

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the seconder may speak for or against

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the motion for for no more than 3

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minutes. The second and third items on

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our agenda are to enable councilors to

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elect a Mayor and Deputy Mayor. As I

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noted earlier, I'll chair this meeting

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until the Mayor has been elected

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when we get to that part of the agenda,

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I'll go go over the procedures um

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associated with the election.

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So, we have  one apology for this

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evening's meeting. Councelor Adraen

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Schonfelder is unwell and so he's an

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apology. Do I have any? No, I don't have

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any further apologies. Can I have a

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mover and a seconder for  our

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apologies? A mover. Thank you

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Councelor Bodsworth, do I have a

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seconder? Thank you very much. 

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Councelor Phelps. , councelor

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Bonssworth, would you like to speak to

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Councelor Phelps Would would anyone

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else like to speak to the motion? 

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okay we'll now move to the vote.

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Can I have those in all those in favor?

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That's unanimous. Thanks very much,

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councilors.

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Councilors, I note  that regulation 7

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of the local government  governance

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and integrity regulations 2020 provides

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for a number of exemptions in relation

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to declarations of conflicts of

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interest one of these exemptions

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relates to the election of the Mayor and

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the Deputy Mayor because tonight's

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meeting is being held for the purpose of

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electing a Mayor and Deputy Mayor in

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accordance with sections 25 to 27 of the

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Local Government Act 2020. There is no

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need for any declarations of conflicts

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of interest to be made.

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So, our first item on the on tonight's

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agenda is the term of the Mayor and the

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Deputy Mayor. The purpose of this report

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is for council to determine by

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resolution the term of the Mayor and the

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Deputy Mayor and to reestablish the

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office of Deputy Mayor. Council may

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choose to determine a marital term of

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one or two years. This has been left

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blank in the agenda recommendation. So C

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so the councelor who moves the motion

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will need to state the term they are

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proposing governance um will you display

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the recommendation

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perhaps I'll read it in the interim um

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for counselors who may not have that in

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front of them so the recommendation is

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that council confirms the 

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continuation of the office of Deputy

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Mayor  and point who determines the

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Mayor and Deputy Mayor be elected for

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the term of

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either one or two years.  do we do I

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have a mover of that motion? 

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councelor Barker,

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one year.

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One year. Thank you. Do I have a

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seconder? Councelor Stapleton. Thank

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you.  councelor Barker, would you like

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to  speak to the motion? Councelor

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Stapleton, would you like to speak to

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the motion?

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Look, I'd just say that I think it's

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really important to continue the office

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of Deputy Mayor they play a really

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important role in supporting the Mayor

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 and it's an important part of the

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council's succession planning as well to

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introduce new counselors to the role.

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Thank you. And would anyone else like to

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speak to the motion?

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All right. Thank you. Well,  we'll

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move to the vote. All those in favor?

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 that is carried unanimously. Thank

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you, councilors.

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Okay. So, item two is  no, before we

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proceed to that,

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I think I missed a

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a part in my agenda.

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 because before we  move to the

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election of the Mayor,  given 

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councelor Bodsworth has been the Mayor

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for the last 12 months and is not

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intending to stand for Mayor

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councelor Bodsworth, I wondered if you

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like might like to make a

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I'd love to. Thank you, CEO.

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 very briefly So yeah I'm not a

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candidate for Mayor tonight and so

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that being said, I'd like to just offer

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a few words heading out on Mayor's

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 role. So, I feel I've largely done

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what I set out to do at the start of

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this year my focus was very much on

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the council plan and on us all working

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together to establish a stable and  an

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effective council in the first year of

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our four-year term.

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I think we've built a really good strong

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foundation for the council term.  I'm

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feeling proud of the job that I've done

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as Mayor and I'm feeling really proud of

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what we've achieved together over the

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past year.

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 the council plan I would say is the

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the main achievement of the past year

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and I think that we've come up with a

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really great council plan. So I'd like

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to acknowledge the work that all of the

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councilors put into the council plan.

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I'd also like to acknowledge the work

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that council staff put in um

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particularly Darren and and Sarah.

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 hope that Darren's enjoying his

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holiday in Europe and want to

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acknowledge also the huge buyin from

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community and  and the fact that that

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delivered us such awesome value in our

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council plan. So the council plan's a

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product of all those things together. I

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think it provides a great strategic

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direction for our 4-year term and  and

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it's also in my view a pretty lean

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council plan. It's a very focused

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council plan. I think that's all to the

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good as well. , another thing that I'm

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pleased with this year is the stability

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that we've maintained over the past year

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and what and and our status as a trusted

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partner particularly um for community

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and also for other levels of government.

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 the stability

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is critical for project delivery. It's

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critical for good governance, for robust

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decision making, and for, you know, our

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our sort of ultimate purpose of growing

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public value.

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I'm really grateful for the opportunity

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to have led the council as Mayor over

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the past year.  I'm very grateful to

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staff and to community to the staff. I

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think the level of support has been

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exceptional and I'm so proud of the

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people that we have. I think we're 

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very lucky in  very fortunate. It's

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probably not lucky in the talent that we

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have in our organization.  the

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integrity, the professionalism. So, I

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really want to call that out. 

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particularly grateful to to Robin as

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CEO, the Mayor and CEO relationships

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critically important. And Robin, you

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know, I so appreciate the support u and

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the sort of quality of um work that

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we've achieved together. Thank you.

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 massive thanks to Lisa, executive

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assistant to the Mayor and counselors.

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Yay. Thanks to you for all your great

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work, your patience. Um, just great

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professionalism, amazing organizational

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skills that I'm going to really miss.

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Learn a few tips and hacks for 

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organizing my stuff.

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And yeah, for community. So, I guess as

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Mayor, you you do get to see  I mean,

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I've always enjoyed that part of the

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council role, but you do get to see some

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more of the community action, and I just

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find that just so enthralling and and so

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uplifting so I'm looking forward to

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continuing that as a counselor, but as

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as Mayor, that's been a real privilege.

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So, the final thing I want to talk about

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is a really strong representative

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culture in this council.

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um a really strong representative

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intent. So what I've seen over the past

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year is all of the councilors very

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focused on being representing their

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communities and being strong and

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effective representatives.  so I think

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you know at at the beginning of my meal

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term I reflected on that as being a

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really important thing for us all to

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hang on to and I just feel so glad to

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have seen that representative culture

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come through so strongly through this

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past year and so the councilors I see

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are in it for the community. They're in

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it for the whole community. They

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recognize the distinctiveness of

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different communities in the surf coast

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municipality.

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um they're encouraging long-term

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thinking, future value, and they're

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encouraging young voices.

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And I think those things are a great

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basis for the rest of our term. And

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that's it from me. Thanks.

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Thanks, Councelor Bodsworth.

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So, item 2.2.  the purpose of this

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report is to elect the surf council

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Mayor  for the period resolved by

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council of one year. Councilors in

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accordance with the governance rules

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I'll be asking for nominations rather

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than for a motion. Therefore there will

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be no provision for debate. Each

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nomination will need to be seconded. You

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may nominate yourself or another

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counselor. If only one nomination is

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received. I will declare that candidate

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elected. If more than one nomination is

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received, I will call for a vote where

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the councelor with the absolute majority

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of votes, which is five votes or more,

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will be declared elected.

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I would like to call now call for

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nominations for the office of Mayor.

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Do I have any nominations? Yes,

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councelor Phelps.

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Councelor Stapleton. Okay.  is there a

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second for councelor Phelps nomination?

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Thank you, Councelor Bodsworth. Should

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be writing this down thank you Are

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there any other nominations for

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 for Mayor?  Councelor

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Grist.

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Thanks. I'd like to nominate councelor

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Paul Barker

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Thank you, councelor Grist. Is there a

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seconder for Thank you, councelor

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Barker. Are there any other nominations

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for Mayor?

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No. Okay.  we will now  move on to

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the voting noting that under the local

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government act 2020 a candidate must

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receive as I mentioned before an

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absolute majority of votes to be

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elected. In this case  five votes. So

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I'll call for each of our counselors 

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 individually and if people can raise

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their hands  as part of the voting. So

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as the first nominee  I call now for a

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show of hands for councelor Stapleton.

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Thank you.  and I now call for a vote

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of hands for councelor Barker.

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Thank you councilors.  having put the

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matter to the vote, I declare that

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councelor Stapleton has received the

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absolute majority of votes and has been

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duly elected as Mayor of the Surf Coast Shire

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for 2025

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2026.

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Congratulations  Mayor Stapleton. I

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now invite you to  take the chair and

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if you'd like to make a short address

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before we move on to  the Deputy Mayor

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position.

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Smiling faces out there.

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Well, that's very exciting. Thank you.

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 I would firstly like to acknowledge

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 the traditional owners, the Wadawurrong

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people and the Gulidjan and Gadubanud

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people of the Maar nation as the

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traditional custodians of the lands that

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we now call Surf Coast.  thank you

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to my fellow counselors for your

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confidence and support in electing me as

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your Mayor for the next 12 months. Um, I

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really am very excited to take on this

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role and immersing myself even more 

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in in the world of local government. I

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will be working hard  with each of you

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to get the best outcomes that we can for

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our community. Thanks to councelor

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Bodsworth  for your steady and

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considered leadership as Mayor over the

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past year I really appreciated the

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opportunity to support and work

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alongside you in my role as Deputy

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during that time and I genuinely saw how

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hard you worked and how much effort you

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put in and how well you served our

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community. So, thank you for everything

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you've done.

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We are a diverse group of counselors 

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with varied experiences and wide-ranging

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expertise and different perspectives.

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But together we have so much to offer

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and through robust discussions and um

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increasing our shared understanding of

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issues. We will continue to try and make

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the best decisions we can on behalf of

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the community.

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My focus as Mayor will be on building

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effective and positive relationships

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maintaining strong governance and

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importantly advocating for the needs of

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our community. I will support good

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decision-m based on councils and

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community values as well as alignment to

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our strategic direction.

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It's an absolute privilege to have been

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elected to represent this community and

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to have the opportunity to  affect

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positive change and influence decision-

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making that impacts all of us here 

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and the broader community obviously 

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not just now but importantly for future

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generations and that's  a part of the

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role that I take really seriously. We

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have an incredible community  who

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continue to engage with council in so

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many ways and they do what they can to

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help the Surf Coast thrive. So, I just

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want to thank everyone  in the

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community who contributes in their own

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way. Thank you to the CEO and to all the

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staff who continue to support us so well

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in our endeavors to be the best council

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that we can be. I know  that staff

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care really deeply about the community

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and about the work of council and are

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very much focused on delivering the

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goals of our newly adopted council plan

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while also ensuring our long-term

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financial sustainability.

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There are many positive actions already

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identified for the next 12 months that

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I'm I'm really looking forward to. But

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some of the things  just a couple of

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things that I'd really like to highlight

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and that I look forward to seeing are

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the  construction commencing on the

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car stormwater diversion project. This

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is something that  has been a journey

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I guess since the last election. So for

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5 years now  the organization has put

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so much work into solutions for the

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corpse. So, it's really exciting to to

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know that we're approaching um the

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commencement of that project. I hope to

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see an affordable housing project land

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 in one of our coastal communities um

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sometime perhaps in the next 12 months.

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That would be a wonderful thing. And I

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really look forward to the completion of

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our eco  destination accredititation

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 which is part of our objective to

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become  more sustainable  and to

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contribute to more regenerative tourism

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on the surf coast. And finally there

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will be I won't say hopefully I know

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there will be completion of some really

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significant recreational assets for our

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community. Um we have the new hockey

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facility and of course the toi aquatic

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and health center which are both um

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progressing very well behind us here at

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council.

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I'm so proud to be able to lead the Surf

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Coast Shire as Mayor for the third time.

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We have such a great community to work

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with, a great team here, and I'm just

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really looking forward to continuing

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council's journey with all of you over

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the next 12 months. So thank you.

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And now I get to do the fun part and 

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chair the election of our Deputy Mayor.

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So um this item is to elect the Deputy

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Mayor for the period that we earlier

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resolved which was for one year. Um in

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accordance with our governance rules,

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I'll be asking for nominations rather

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than a motion as per the the previous

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process. So therefore there is no

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provision for debate. Each nomination

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will need to be seconded. And if only

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one nomination is received, I will

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declare that candidate elected. If more

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than one nomination is received, I'll

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call for a vote where the counselor with

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an absolute majority of votes will be

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declared elected. So now I would like to

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call for nominations for the office of

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Deputy Mayor. Please,

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councelor Walker.

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 I'd like to nominate councelor Phelps

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as Deputy Mayor.

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Thank you councelor Walker. Do you

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accept that nomination? And do we have a

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seconder for that nomination?

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Councelor Crockett. Thank you. And

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councelor.

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Okay. Are there any further nominations

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for the office of Deputy Mayor?

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Councelor Grist.

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Thank you, Mayor I'd like to

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nominate Council Paul Barker again,

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please.

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Thanks, Councelor Grist. And do we have a

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second? Oh, sorry, Council Barker. Do

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you accept that nomination? Yep. And do

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we have a seconder for that nomination,

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please? Thanks, councelor Barker.

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Okay. And are there any further

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nominations for the office of Deputy

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Mayor?

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No. So I will  now move on to the

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voting. So noting again that under the

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local government act we  that

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candidate must receive an absolute

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majority of votes to be elected. And in

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our case, this is five votes. So I will

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now call for a show of hands for

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councelor Tony Phelps, please.

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Thank you. And I will now call for a

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show of hands for councelor Paul Barker.

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Thank you. So having put the matter to

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the vote, I can now declare that

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councelor Phelps has received the

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absolute majority of votes and has been

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duly elected as Deputy Mayor of the Surf

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Coast Shire for 202526

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and councelor Phelps as our newly

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elected Deputy Mayor you may make a

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short address to the council.

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Thank you Mayor Staple. Um yes, I just

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like to say I've much enjoyed the past

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year as a as a the first time counselor.

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Um it's a good move to have one of the

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new faces as Deputy. Um I'd like to say

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big thank you to councelor Bodsworth. Um

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I look past a very steady hand and much

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appreciated

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opportunities over the year. I think

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this year is going to be a big year. Um

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as mentioned, we've got the state

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election coming up. a lot of things

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happening as occurred this first this

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next year is our first full year as the

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new council term including our council.

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So that I'm looking forward to the the

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impact that has and I too look forward

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very much to to working with a great mix

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of councilors. We do have diverse

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viewpoints, perspectives and ideas and I

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think

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to say

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thank you. Thank you, Councelor Phelps.

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And there been no further items of

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business this evening, I now declare the

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meeting closed at 5:52 p.m. And thank

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you to everyone for joining us tonight.

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Thank you.