Meeting minutes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                                               17 MARCH 2025


              E. Approve the following motion (refer Attachment 5), initiated by Cr Finzel, to be
                 submitted to the Australian Local Government Association:
                 "This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to
                 undertake a comprehensive review into the end of waste criteria for resource
                 recovery products against the specification for materials used in Federal, State
                 and Local Infrastructure projects."
              F. Approve Cr Lorentson and Cr Finzel to attend and present the motions at the
                 National General Assembly, should they wish to attend.

              Carried unanimously.


9.          CLOSED SESSION


     9.1.     CONTRACTS RENEWAL
              DELEGATION – RETAIL ELECTRICITY FOR STREETLIGHTS AND LARGE
              SITES

              CLOSURE OF THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC
              Committee Resolution
              Moved:            Cr Frank Wilkie
              Seconded:         Cr Nicola Wilson
              That the meeting be closed to the public pursuant to section 254J(3)(g) of the Local
              Government Regulation 2012 for the purpose of discussing Item
              9.1 Contracts Renewal Delegation – Retail Electricity for Streetlights and Large
              Sites.
              Carried unanimously.

              RE-OPENING OF THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC
              Committee Resolution
              Moved:           Cr Brian Stockwell
              Seconded:        Cr Tom Wegener
              That the meeting be re-opened to the public.
              Carried unanimously.

              Committee Recommendation
              Moved:                    Cr Nicola Wilson
              Seconded:                 Cr Jessica Phillips
              That Council note the report by the Procurement Manager to the General
              Committee Meeting dated 17 March 2025 regarding contract renewal for retail
              electricity for streetlights and large sites, and
              A. Pursuant to section 257(1) of the Local Government Act 2009, delegate to the
                  Chief Executive Officer the power to negotiate, finalise and execute the
                  following contracts on behalf of Council:
                  1. Retail electricity for Streetlights; and
                  2. Retail electricity for Large Sites; and
              B. Resolve that the delegation in Item A above is not limited by any general
                 financial delegations that apply to exercising the Chief Executive Officer’s
                 powers, and may be exercised to bind Council to a contract sum that exceeds
                 the Chief Executive Officer’s general financial delegation.

              Carried unanimously.