Meeting minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                     26 OCTOBER 2023


             In accordance with Chapter 5B of the Local Government Act 2009, Cr Stockwell
             provided the following declaration to the meeting of a declarable conflict of
             interest in this matter:

             I, Cr Stockwell, inform the meeting that I have declarable conflicts of interest in
             this matter as follows:

                   due to my long standing connection with Noosa District Landcare as one
                    of the inaugural members of the unincorporated group dating back to the
                    1980s and a current ordinary member. Noosa District Landcare is
                    identified as being consulted in the report. Although I have a declarable
                    conflict of interest, I do not believe a reasonable person could have a
                    perception of bias considering the community nature of this relationship.
                   as I have a long-standing relationship with MRCCC as a previous
                    government employee and a long term collaborator since 1994. I have in
                    the past had a small consultant contract below the limit for a Prescribed
                    Conflict and prior to the declarable time frame. I was up until the last
                    AGM Council's representative on the committee and in this role I played
                    a role in facilitating and developing the group's revised catchment
                    strategy. Although I have a declarable conflict of interest, I do not believe
                    a reasonable person could have a perception of bias considering the
                    community nature of this relationship.
                   as Healthy Land and Water have been providing feedback on the draft
                    Noosa River Catchment Plan. In the past I have had a business
                    relationship with this not for profit organisation who I subcontracted to
                    provide GIS mapping support for work I did for Seqwater in my sole-
                    trader consultancy 'Watershed Australia'. The business relationship
                    ended in 2020 as I had completed the last contract with Seqwater. I will
                    not likely re-engage Healthy Land and Water as subcontractors as the
                    primary person I worked with has left the organisation. While I declare
                    this past interest for the purposes of clarity, considering the limited
                    nature of their involvement in the development of the plan and further as
                    neither I nor Healthy Land and Water stand to gain any direct material
                    benefit or loss from the adoption, or otherwise, of the plan. I believe a
                    reasonable person would consider that I can consider the matter in a fair
                    and impartial manner.


             Council Resolution
             Moved:             Cr Frank Wilkie
             Seconded:          Cr Joe Jurisevic
             That Council note the declarable conflicts of interest by Cr Stockwell and
             determine that Cr Stockwell participates and votes on this matter because
             Council believes that a reasonable person would trust that the final decision is
             made in the public interest.
             For: Crs Jurisevic, Wegener, Wilkie
             Against: Crs Stewart, Lorentson, Finzel

            Lost on casting vote of the chair.
            Cr Stockwell did not vote in the above motion.
            Cr Stockwell left the meeting.


             Motion