2018-12-20 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                             20 DECEMBER 2018


2   GAMBLING ALLIANCE REFORM GROUP
    Committee Recommendation
    Moved:              Cr Wellington
    Seconded:           Cr Stockwell
    That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Planning & Environment
    Committee Meeting dated 11 December 2018 and:
    A.    Agree to join the Gambling Alliance Reform Group as Queensland’s first member Council
          of that organisation; and
    B.    Subsequently write to other Queensland local governments inviting them to join the
          Gambling Alliance Reform Group if they are supportive of the recently adopted LGAQ
          policy position of defining electronic gaming machines as a land use, and permit planning
          schemes to address both the land use as well as the social impacts of electronic gaming
          machines on communities.
                                                                                                     Carried.



3   NOOSA FISHING FUTURES - A SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES DIRECTIONS PAPER
    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.



4   2018-19 COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDING - COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS
    (ROUND TWO) - ENVIRONMENT
    Cr Stockwell declared a perceived conflict of interest in this matter (as defined in section 175D of the
    Local Government Act 2009) due to both his long standing (25 year) association with the Mary River
    Catchment Coordinating Committee and the fact that he has also previously subcontracted an officer of
    the organisation as part of his private consultancy business. Cr Stockwell believed that he could consider
    this item impartially and in the public interest and requested to remain in the meeting room to participate
    in the debate and vote on this matter.
    Pursuant to section 175E(4) of the Local Government Act 2009, the remaining Councillors gave
    consideration to whether the conflict was a real conflict or perceived conflict and whether Cr Stockwell
    may participate in the meeting for the debate and vote on this matter or whether he must leave the
    meeting for the debate and vote on this matter.



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