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Minutes of the Community, Housing, Environmental Services & Public Works Committee Meeting held on Tuesday, 1 April 2008
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PRESENT
Councillor Main (Chair)
Crs Clayton, Copeland, Kanak, Kay, Ridyard, Strewe and Wakefield
Cr Betts and Sloan were also in attendance
At the commencement of proceedings at 8.40pm those present were as listed above.
C-0804.A
Apologies
There were no apologies.
C-0804.DI
Declarations of Interest
The Chair called for Declarations of Interest and none were received:
C-0804.1
Results of the litter auditing of Bondi, Tamarama and Bronte beaches (A07/0604)
Report dated 19 March 2008 from the Director, Planning and Environmental Services about the results of the litter auditing conducted on Bondi, Tamarama, and Bronte beaches.
MOTION / DECISION (Clayton / Kay)
That:
1. Council receive and note this report.
2. Beach goers are surveyed to determine their attitudes with regards to waste disposal behaviour and practice.
3. A review of the cleansing schedule of the beaches is undertaken as part of the Bondi Waste and Litter Management Review.
4. A targeted anti - littering program is developed and implemented as part of the annual My Bondi Summer campaign.
C-0804.2
Review of Precinct Committee System (A06/0224)
Report dated 19 March 2008 from the Director, Recreation, Customer and Community Services about the review of Council's precinct committee system.
MOTION / RECOMMENDATION (Strewe / Copeland)
That Council:
1. Receive and note the report; and
2. Endorse, in principle, the six key directions and their supporting actions and strategies as presented in the Key Directions paper at Attachment 1.
In summary, these are for Council to improve:
i. communication and feedback on motions/requests,
ii. administration and smarter publicity,
iii. effective meeting support,
iv. recognition (of precinct committee members); and
For precincts to improve:
v. administration (better planning; timelier submission of information),
vi. process for motions and requests.
3. Give the Precincts additional time to discuss and digest the information in the Review and that the comments received from each Precinct be referred to the next Combined Precinct Committee meeting.
4. Distribute a copy of this report to the executive members of each Precinct for their comments before the next Combined Precinct Committee meeting.
MATTERS TO BE DEALT WITH IN CLOSED SESSION
Note from the General Manager: It is my opinion that business listed under this section is of a kind referred to in section 10A(2) of the Local Government Act 1993 and, under the provisions of the Act and the Local Government (General) Regulation 2005, should be dealt with in a part of the meeting that is closed to members of the public and the media.
In accordance with section 10A(2) of the Act, Council or a Committee of Council, of which all members are Councillors, may close part of its meeting to deal with business of the following kind:
(a) personnel matters concerning particular individuals.
(b) personal hardship of any resident or ratepayer.
(c) information that would, if disclosed, confer a commercial advantage on a person with whom Council is conducting (or proposes to conduct) business.
(d) commercial information of a confidential nature that would, if disclosed:
i prejudice the commercial position of a person who supplied it; or
ii confer a commercial advantage on a competitor of Council;
iii reveal a trade secret.
(e) information that would, if disclosed, prejudice the maintenance of law.
(f) matters affecting the security of Council, Councillors, Council staff and Council property.
(g) advice concerning litigation, or advice that would otherwise be privileged from production in legal proceedings on the grounds of legal professional privilege.
(h) information concerning the nature and location of a place or an item of Aboriginal significance on community land.
Pursuant to section 10A(4) of the Act and clause 252 of the Regulation, members of the public may make representations to the meeting immediately after the motion to close part of the meeting is moved and seconded, as to whether that part of the meeting should be closed.
There were no matters dealt with in Closed Session.
C-0804.RM SUBMISSION OF RESCISSION MOTIONS
Note from the General Manager: Rescission motions must be submitted to the General Manager, or in the absence of the General Manager a member of Council's Governance Unit, and announced before the close of the meeting. The date and time of receipt will be noted on all rescission motions.
Rescission motions received before the close of a meeting will stay action to implement Council's decision until the rescission motion has been determined. This is in line with section 372 of the Local Government Act and Council's Code of Meeting Practice.
Rescission motions received after the close of a meeting will not stay action on implementing Council's decision.
Rescission motions will generally be dealt with at the next Council meeting.
The Chair called for the submission of any rescission motions and none were received.
THE MEETING CLOSED AT 9.10PM.
SIGNED AND CONFIRMED MAYOR
15 APRIL 2008
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