Meeting minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                  21 NOVEMBER 2024


   11.3.    SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE REPORT - 12 NOVEMBER 2024

            ATTENDANCE & APOLOGIES

            COMMITTEE MEMBERS
            Cr Nicola Wilson (Chair)
            Cr Karen Finzel (via Microsoft Teams)
            Cr Jessica Phillips

            NON COMMITTEE MEMBERS
            Cr Amelia Lorentson
            Cr Tom Wegener

            EXECUTIVE
            Chief Executive Officer Larry Sengstock
            Director Development & Regulation Richard MacGillivray
            Director Corporate Services Trent Grauf
            Acting Director Infrastructure Services Shaun Walsh

            APOLOGIES
            Cr Frank Wilkie


            COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL

            5.1. COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE – 2025
            That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Services &
            Organisation Committee Meeting dated 12 November 2024 and
            A. Approve the Council Meeting schedule for January-December 2025 as set out
            in Attachment 1 to the Report; and
            B. Note Council's commitment to community engagement, and in particular
            holding Ordinary Meetings in the community. Times and venue of ordinary
            meetings may be changed by council resolution in order to facilitate this.

            5.2. PEREGIAN BEACH SURF LIFESAVING CLUB - FUNDING REQUEST AND
            UPDATE ON OPERATIONS
            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 relation to the Peregian Beach Surf Life Saving Club Community Grant
            Application, as Leigh McCready, who worked as a volunteer in my 2020 “Future
            Noosa” election campaign is the current President of the Peregian Beach Surf
            Lifesaving Club. As Mrs McCready is not a close associate or related party and
            has never given me a gift or a loan, I believe a reasonable person would agree
            that I able to make an impartial decision on the matter. Therefore, I will choose to
            remain in the meeting room. However, I will respect the decision of the meeting
            on whether I can remain and participate in the decision.

            That Services & Organisation Committee Agenda Item 5.2 be referred to the
            General Committee for further consideration.

            5.3. ADOPTION OF NOOSA COUNCIL STRATEGIC LAND ACTIVATION
            POLICY
            That Council note the report by the Director Corporate Services to the Services
            and Organisation Committee dated 12 November 2024 and adopt the Strategic
            Land Activation Policy, provided at Attachment 1 to the report.