Meeting minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                                 15 JUNE 2023


         Councillor Brian Stockwell

         NON COMMITTEE MEMBERS
         Councillor Amelia Lorentson

         EXECUTIVE
         Acting Chief Executive Officer, Larry Sengstock
         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

         That Planning & Environment Committee Agenda Item 5.1 be referred to the General
         Committee due to the significance of the issue.


         5.2.   CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE GRANTS - ROUND 3 - 2023/24

         In accordance with Chapter 5B of the Local Government Act 2009, Cr Tom Wegener provided
         the following declaration to the meeting of a prescribed conflict of interest in this matter:

         I, Cr Wegener, inform the meeting that I have a prescribed conflict of interest in this matter in
         relation to the application by Permaculture Noosa as I am the President of this Association. As
         a result of my conflict of interest, I will now leave the meeting room while the matter is
         considered and voted on.

         Cr Wegener left the meeting.


         Council Resolution
         Moved:              Cr Brian Stockwell
         Seconded:           Cr Joe Jurisevic
         That Council note the report by the Carbon Reduction Project Officer to the Planning
         & Environment Committee Meeting dated 6 June 2023 regarding the Climate Change
         Response Grants, and:
            A. Award grant funding for the various initiatives totalling the following amounts:
            B. Climate Change Project Grants $59,836 (outlined in Attachment 1);
            C. Authorise the CEO to enter Funding Deeds for the Climate Change Project
                grants.
                                                                          Carried Unanimously.

         Cr Wegener returned to the meeting.


         5.3. ENVIRONMENT GRANTS - ENVIRONMENT PROJECT GRANTS (ROUND
         18), MULTI-YEAR ENVIRONMENT COLLABORATIVE (MEC) GRANTS (ROUND 2:
         2023-2026) AND ENVIRONMENT ORGANISATION ALLIANCE GRANTS (2023-
         2026)