2018-12-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   11 DECEMBER 2018




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  11 DECEMBER 2018

                                              Standing Orders for meetings of Noosa Shire Council

            (h) That the meeting of the local government be closed or open to the public in
               accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Regulation 2012 (the
               Regulation) -
               (i) | by way of a motion specifying the reason for closure;
               (ii)  if carried, all members of the public shall leave and not re-enter the room
                     where the meeting is being held until a procedural motion that the local
                     government meeting be open to the public, is carried; and
               (iil) all debate in the course of a closed meeting shall be confidential.
            (i) That the meeting stand adjourned.
       (2) A procedural motion is required to be seconded.

   Voting on a motion
   25 Method of taking vote
       (1) Before any matter is put to the vote, the Chairperson may direct the motion or
           amendment to be read again by the Chief Executive Officer or other Council employee
           who is taking the minutes of the meeting.
       (2) The Chairperson shall, in taking the vote on a motion or amendment, put the question
           first in the affirmative and then in the negative and may do so as often as necessary
           to form and declare an opinion as to whether the affirmative or the negative has the
           majority vote.
       (3) The local government shall vote by a show of hands or as directed by the Chairperson.
       (4) A member may, before a matter is put to the vote by the Chair, call for the vote to be
           taken by Division. If a member calls for a division, the names of those members
           present and how they voted shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
       (5) Members may request that their own names and how they voted be recorded in the
           minutes, for voting other than by division.
       (6) The Chairperson shall declare the result of a vote or a division as soon as it has been
           determined.

   26 Altering or rescinding motions
       (1) A resolution of a local government meeting may not be altered or rescinded at a
           subsequent meeting unless notice of motion is given in accordance with the
           requirements of these Standing Orders or an officer report has been included in the
           agenda.
       (2) Where a motion to rescind or alter a resolution is lost, a motion of the same or like
           effect shall not be moved until at least three (3) months after the date on which the
           first-mentioned motion to rescind or alter was lost unless a notice of the motion shall
           be signed by the majority of the members of the local government.

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