2018-12-17 General Committee Meeting Notes

RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY – NOT THE FINAL DECISION OF COUNCIL
GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                 17 DECEMBER 2018


3   NOOSA FISHING FUTURES - A SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES DIRECTIONS PAPER
    Motion
    Moved:          Cr Jurisevic
    Seconded:       Cr Jackson
    That Council note the report by the Environmental Services Manager to the Planning &
    Environment Committee Meeting dated 11 December 2018, and:
    A.   aAgree to the preparation of a Noosa Fishing Futures research-based directions paper,
         subject to availability of funding, with the primary objective of long term sustainable
         fisheries management of the Noosa River, estuaries and beaches;
    B.   Refer the funding of the Noosa Fishing Futures research-based directions paper to
         Budget Review 3; and
    C.   Request the Chief Executive Officer to seek quotations from suitably qualified
         consultants in accordance with Council's procurement policy and make a
         recommendation to a future Council meeting in relation to the appointment of a suitably
         qualified consultant following that quotation process.

    Amendment
    Moved:          Cr Pardon
    Seconded:       Cr Wellington
    That item C of the motion be amended to read:
    C.   Request the Chief Executive Officer to seek quotations from suitably qualified
         consultants in accordance with Council's procurement policy and appoint a consultant
         following the assessment of those quotations and further, request the Chief Executive
         Officer to report the outcome of that procurement process to a future Council meeting.
                                                                                       Carried.

    Committee Recommendation
    Moved:          Cr Jurisevic
    Seconded:       Cr Jackson
    That Council note the report by the Environmental Services Manager to the Planning &
    Environment Committee Meeting dated 11 December 2018, and:
    A.   aAgree to the preparation of a Noosa Fishing Futures research-based directions paper,
         subject to availability of funding, with the primary objective of long term sustainable
         fisheries management of the Noosa River, estuaries and beaches;
    B.   Refer the funding of the Noosa Fishing Futures research-based directions paper to
         Budget Review 3; and
    C.   Request the Chief Executive Officer to seek quotations from suitably qualified
         consultants in accordance with Council's procurement policy and appoint a consultant
         following the assessment of those quotations and further, request the Chief Executive
         Officer to report the outcome of that procurement process to a future Council meeting
                                                                                       Carried.


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