Ordinary minutes, 15 June 2023

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                                    15 JUNE 2023



        ATTENDANCE & APOLOGIES

        COMMITTEE MEMBERS
        Councillor Frank Wilkie (Chair)
        Councillor Karen Finzel
        Councillor Joe Jurisevic
        Councillor Amelia Lorentson
        Councillor Clare Stewart
        Councillor Brian Stockwell
        Councillor Tom Wegener

        EXECUTIVE
        Acting Chief Executive Officer Larry Sengstock
        Director Corporate Services Trent Grauf
        Director Strategy and Environment & Sustainable Development Kim Rawlings
        Acting Director Infrastructure Services Shaun Walsh

        APOLOGIES
        Nil


        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL

        5.1.  TENDER CONSIDERATION PLAN - COMMUNITY BATTERY (Referred
        from P&E 6 June 2023)

        That Council note the report by the Carbon Reduction Project Officer for Tender
        Consideration Plan - Community Battery to the Services and Organisation Committee
        dated 6 June 2023 and:
           A. Resolve to prepare a Tender Consideration Plan, substantially in accordance
               with the draft plan in Attachment 1 for the procurement of the supply, installation
               and operation of a Community Battery, under section 230 of the Local
               Government Regulation 2012 and;
           B. Delegate authority to the Chief Executive Officer to:
                   i. Prepare and adopt the Tender Consideration plan;
                   ii. Approve the negotiation and enter into contracts, within the Chief
                       Executive Officer’s financial delegation, in order to achieve the
                       objectives of the Tender Consideration Plan.

        5.2    ENVIRONMENT GRANTS - ENVIRONMENT PROJECT GRANTS (ROUND
        18), MULTI-YEAR ENVIRONMENT COLLABORATIVE (MEC) GRANTS (ROUND 2:
        2023-2026) AND ENVIRONMENT ORGANISATION ALLIANCE GRANTS (2023-
        2026) - (Referred from P&E 6 June 2023)

        In accordance with Chapter 5B of the Local Government Act 2009, Cr Stewart provided the
        following declaration to the meeting of a declarable conflict of interest in this matter:
        I, Cr Stewart, inform the meeting that I have a declarable conflict of interest in this matter as
        Leigh McCready, a Director of Tourism Noosa is a personal friend. As a result of my conflict of
        interest I will now leave the meeting room while the matter is considered and voted on.

        Cr Stewart left the meeting (via Teams)

        In accordance with Chapter 5B of the Local Government Act 2009, Cr Finzel provided the
        following declaration to the meeting of a declarable conflict of interest in this matter:
        I, Cr Finzel, inform the meeting that I have a declarable conflict of interest in this matter as Leigh
        McCready, a Director of Tourism Noosa, was involved with my 2020 election campaign with