2019-08-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    6 AUGUST 2019


Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 9 April 2015, Item 7, Page 6
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Planning & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 31 March 2015 and agree to amend Section 17 of the Noosa Shire
Council Standing Orders 2014 to provide for electronic petitions, and adopt the amended
Standing Orders provided at Attachment 1 to the report with an amendment to Item 17 (5) and (e)
to read as follows:
17(5) In order for an electronic petition to be eligible to be presented to Council, by way of a hard
      copy cover document, it must:
       e)   Have attached a paper copy of the email or web interface referred to in item (d)
            above;

Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 1 May 2014, Item 15, Page 10
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the General Committee dated 28
April 2014 and:
A.     Repeal the Standing Orders that transferred to the Noosa Council from the Sunshine Coast
       Regional Council under the Local Government (De-amalgamation Implementation)
       Regulation;
B.     Adopt the Standing Orders for the Noosa Council as set out in Attachment 1 to the report
       by the Chief Executive Officer to the General Committee dated 28 April 2014;
C.     Note that Committee system guidelines that have been developed to assist Councillors,
       staff and the public to understand the operation of the Noosa Council Committee process;
       and
D.     Pursuant to section 272 (6) of the Local Government Regulation 2012, exempt the
       Infrastructure and Services Committee, the Planning and Organisation Committee, the
       General Committee and the Audit Committee from the requirement to take minutes of their
       proceedings on the basis that the only function of those Committees is to advise or
       otherwise make a recommendation to the Ordinary Meeting of Council.

Finance
Nil.

Risks & Opportunities
It is important that the sound system of governance includes clear and consistent rules about the
management of meetings. The proposed new Standing Orders provide a logical framework for
the management of Council’s Ordinary, Special and Committee meetings.

The review our Standing Orders also provides an opportunity to improve our current processes to
include more opportunities for our community to engage in the process (e.g. public question time)
as well as more information being available about how they can engage.

Further, the recording of all Councillors votes at the decision-making meeting (i.e. Ordinary and
Special meetings) will place on the record for prosperity, how Councillors have voted when they
make their decisions at a Council Ordinary Meeting or Council Special Meeting.

Consultation
External Consultation - Community & Stakeholder
Nil.




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