2021-11-15 General Committee Meeting Minutes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                                                     15 NOVEMBER 2021


    impartially and in the public interest. I will choose to remain in the meeting room. However, I will respect
    the decision of the meeting on whether I can remain and participate in the decision. I also inform the
    meeting that I have a further declarable conflict of interest in this matter as I have a close personal
    relationship with Mark Bain and the Bain family, owner of 1 Noosa River Road which is an at risk property
    under the draft CHAP, they are family friends that have attended social events together and whose
    children both attended school together and surfed together as part of the Noosa Board Riders Club.
    During the election I had an election sign at Gympie Tce Petrol Station with the approval of the business
    owner and Mark Bain was the landlord of the property. Mr Bain also appeared in one of my videos
    circulated during the election campaign. I believe I can consider this matter impartially and in the public
    interest. Therefore, I will choose to remain in the meeting room. However, I will respect the decision of
    the meeting on whether I can remain and participate in the decision without voting regarding the Eastern
    Beaches and Noosa North Shore.

    In accordance with Chapter 5B of the Local Government Act 2009, Cr Finzel provided the following
    declaration to the meeting of a declarable conflict of interest in this matter:
    I, Cr Finzel, inform the meeting that I have a declarable conflict of interest in this matter as on 5 March
    2020, Mr Peter Butt who is an Executive Member of the Eastern Beaches Protection
    Association donated $1666.66 to my 2020 Election Campaign where I was one of three candidates that
    ran as a group known as 'Future Noosa' (which is no longer an entity). Although I have a declarable
    conflict of interest, I do not believe a reasonable person could have a perception of bias because I
    believe that I do not have a close personal relationship with Mr Butt and I believe I can consider this
    matter impartially and in the public interest. Therefore, I will choose to remain in the meeting room.
    However, I will respect the decision of the meeting on whether I can remain and participate in the
    decision.

    Committee Resolution
    Moved:            Cr Stewart
    Seconded:         Cr Jurisevic
    That Council note the declarable conflict of interest by Cr Lorentson and determine that it is in the public
    interest that Cr Lorentson remain in the meeting room for this item, on the condition that she does not
    participate in the debate nor vote on issues regarding the private estate along the Eastern Beaches and
    Noosa North Shore, because Council believes that Cr Lorentson could provide valuable input into the
    discussion on such a significant Shire-wide matter, and therefore a reasonable person would trust that
    the final decision is made in the public interest.
                                                                                      Carried unanimously.
    Crs Lorentson and Finzel did not vote on the above motion.



    Committee Resolution
    Moved:              Cr Stewart
    Seconded:           Cr Jurisevic
    That Council note the declarable conflict of interest by Cr Finzel and determine that it is in the public
    interest that Cr Finzel remain in the meeting room for this item, on the condition that she does not
    participate in the debate nor vote on issues regarding the private estate along the Eastern Beaches,
    because Council believes that Cr Finzel could provide valuable input into the discussion on such a
    significant Shire-wide matter, and therefore a reasonable person would trust that the final decision is
    made in the public interest.
                                                                                   Carried unanimously.
    Crs Lorentson and Finzel did not vote on the above motion.




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