2021-10-12 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                              12 OCTOBER 2021


Community Based Council Meetings
Pre-covid, Council traditionally held two Ordinary Council meetings per year at different locations
within Noosa Shire as an opportunity to meet local residents to discuss local issues and enable
local residents to watch a Council meeting. They have been very well received by those attending
those meetings. Over the last few years, Council meetings have been held at Kin Kin, Cooran,
Pomona, Cooroy, Boreen Point, Federal, Peregian Beach, Sunshine Beach and Noosa Junction.
It has not been practical to undertake these meetings during the Covid period. It is suggested that
the Council can revisit the opportunity to hold such meetings again in March 2022 when there may
be more clarity about undertaking such meetings on a (hopefully) post Covid environment.
Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 30 April 2020, Item 6, Page 8
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Ordinary Meeting dated 30 April
2020 regarding the Council meeting structure and timetable for the remainder of 2020 and:
A.   Approve the re-establishment of the Planning and Environment Committee, the Services and
     Organisation Committee, and the General Committee as Standing Committees under section
     264 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, with the relevant roles and responsibilities
     identified in the Chief Executive Officer’s report;
B.   Appoint the following Councillors to each of the Committees:
          Planning and Environment Committee
           Mayor Stewart
           Councillor Stockwell
           Councillor Wegener
           Councillor Finzel
          Services and Organisation Committee
           Mayor Stewart
           Councillor Jurisevic
           Councillor Lorentson
           Councillor Wilkie
          General Committee
           The Mayor and all Councillors
C.   Appoint the following Chairpersons to the Standing Committees:
          General Committee – Councillor Wilkie
          Planning and Environment Committee – Councillor Stockwell
          Services and Organisation Committee – Councillor Jurisevic
D.   Note that Council can amend its decision-making structure, membership of Committees or
     Chairpersons of Committees as it requires, by resolution, from time to time;
E.   Adopt the times and dates of future meetings of the Council and Committees in accordance
     with the Meeting Calendar 2020 shown at Attachment 1 to the report, with meetings to be
     held at the Council Chambers at Tewantin unless otherwise determined by Council; and
F.   Note that due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Ordinary Meetings, Special Meetings and
     Standing Committee meetings can be held by teleconference / video-conference and
     undertaken without the public present if required on the basis that Council and Committee
     meetings can be livestreamed.
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 15 October 2021, Item 9, Page
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Services & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 6 October 2020 and approve the Council meeting dates for 2021 as set
out in Attachment 1 to the report.

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