2019-12-19 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                                         19 DECEMBER 2019


9    ORDINARY MEETING REPORTS
     1                        COUNCILLOR VACANCY
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                              Council Resolution
                              Moved:            Cr Wilkie
                              Seconded:         Cr Glasgow
                              That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Ordinary Meeting dated
                              19 December 2019 and:
                              A.    Note the Councillor vacancy due to the automatic loss of office of former Cr Frank
                                    Pardon due to him being disqualified from holding office pursuant to section 154 of
                                    the Local Government Act;
                              B.    Resolve pursuant to section 163 (5) of the Local Government Act, not to fill the
                                    current Councillor vacancy due to the proximity of the March 2020 election;
                              C.    Appoint Cr Jurisevic to the Capital Works Executive and Cr Stockwell to the Cooroy
                                    Hinterland Playground Project External Working Group; and
                              D.    Note that the membership of the Services and Organisation Committee will be Cr
                                    Jurisevic (Chairperson), Cr Wilkie and Cr Wellington with the quorum of the
                                    Committee remaining as two Councillors.
                                                                                                Carried unanimously.


10   CLOSED SESSION

     Nil.


11   PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

     1                        BRIAN O’CONNOR
                              Question 1:
                              What is Noosa Council’s vision for Pomona, and the northern hinterland more generally,
                              in the areas of economic development and diversification, rural enterprise and nature-
                              based tourism?
                              Response by Kerri Coyle,           Acting Director      Environment & Sustainable
                              Development:
                              The current Local Economic Development Plan outlines the vision and plans for the
                              Noosa Shire and specifies 68 actions. A core principle of the Plan is diversification.

                              The Rural and Food sector is listed as a priority sector and multiple activities have been
                              completed or are underway. A rural and food sector profile was published in 2018, ‘A
                              Taste for Noosa’, Tourism Noosa has continued to expand the Noosa Country Drive
                              product and work is continuing on the Noosa Trail Network. Country Noosa, Slow Food
                              Noosa and the Food and Agribusiness Network (FAN) continue to be very active and
                              work collaboratively with Noosa Council teams.

                              The proposed New Noosa Plan includes a number of changes that support and enable
                              increased opportunities for nature-based tourism activity and accommodation. Pomona
                              and the Northern Hinterland is included as part of the listed activities and planning
                              changes.


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