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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 24 OCTOBER 2022
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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 24 OCTOBER 2022
Review of Noosa Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project
Key Issues Report — Noosa Shire Council Confidential and subject to legal privilege
18 October 2022
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6. Council complied with required disclosure requirements. For noting only.
NRF Observations: Note: where Council publishes specific projects
Council published the Project on its webpage, including details of TNC and on a standalone webpage, we recommend it also
the amount of funding provided by Council. publishes details of such projects on its
Environment & Climate Change Grants webpage
as well.
L, Contract used was appropriate for the Project. We recommend Council build in a check process
whereby the Governance Team reviews proposed
= . funding agreements to ensure they reflect
BEF SEseranons: activities and deliverables consistent with the
Council engaged an external law firm to oversee and advise on the initial review (see Item 1 above) and the relevant
preparation of the Agreement. grant policy and do not extend beyond the policy
The Agreement required TNC to carry out a broad range of activities, and framework into the procurement policy framework.
contemplates alliance and collaboration-type objectives, which may create Additionally, Council should consider ongoing
the risk of the Agreement being used to secure procurement outcomes monitoring of the activities and deliverables
outside of Council’s Procurement Policy being adhered to instead of a provided (e.g. upon the achievement of project
funding arrangement. milestones) as well ensuring that internal
processes reflect a need to ensure any material
change to the activities and deliverables under the
agreement are considered from Council’s
regulatory and policy framework.
Note: based on the Review Material, we have not
observed any instances of this Agreement being
used in any other manner other than for the
purpose for which it was intended, but wanted to
flag this as a potential issue for consideration in
future projects.
8. Appropriate governance structure was in place for the Project and For noting only (and as we understand, future
Agreement. projects will be subject to Council’s new Policy
Framework, which was recently adopted).
NRF Observations:
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