2021-01-18 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                               18 JANUARY 2021


Experience
   Over 35 years of financial management experience including extensive experience in local
     government financial management.
   State president of CPA Queensland and Kerri also chairs the global Council of Presidents
     for CPA Australia. She is also on the Nominations Committee of CPA Australia.
   Independent Chairperson of Lockyer Valley Regional Council Audit and Risk Committee and
     Independent Chairperson of Gladstone Regional Council Audit, Risk and Improvement
     Committee.
   Independent member of the following Council Audit and Risk Committees:
         Gold Coast City Council
         Livingston Shire Council
   Previously General Manager of Financial Services for Townsville City Council and Redland
     Shire Council.
   Financial consultant to a number of Queensland councils including Rockhampton Regional
     Council and Balonne Shire Council.

Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 6 March 2014, Item 12, Page 9
That Council note the report by the Chief of Staff to the Planning and Organisation Committee
dated 25 February 2014 and:
A.   Authorise the Chief Executive Officer to seek quotations for the provision of an internal audit
     service;
B.   Establish the Audit Committee and endorse the Mayor and Councillor Wellington as the
     Councillor representatives on the Committee; and
C.   Authorise the Chief Executive Officer to invite applications from suitably qualified applicants
     for the two external members of the Audit Committee.
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 31 July 2014, Item 11, Page 10
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Planning & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 22 July 2014 and appoint Scott Williams and Cameron Jaggers as the
two external members of the Audit Committee for a term of two years.
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 21 July 2016, Item 2, Page 13
That Council note the report by the Governance Advisor to the Services & Organisation Committee
Meeting dated 12 July 2016 and re-appoint the current external members of the Audit & Risk
Committee, Scott Williams and Cameron Jaggers for a further term of two years from August 2016
to August 2018.
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 19 April 2018, Item 3, Page 12
That Council note the report by the Governance Advisor to the Services & Organisation Committee
Meeting dated 10 April 2018 and authorise the Chief Executive Officer to:
A.   Extend the appointment term of External Audit and Risk Committee Member, Mr Cameron
     Jaggers for a further year from 30 August 2018 to 30 August 2019;
B.   Extend the appointment term of External Audit and Risk Committee Member, Mr Scott
     Williams for a further two years from 30 August 2018 to 30 August 2020; and
C.   Call for Expressions of Interest at the end of each of these appointment terms to identify and
     select suitably qualified external members.
Ordinary Meeting Minutes 21 May 2020, Item 1, Page 10
That Council note the report by the Governance Advisor to the Services & Organisation Committee
Meeting dated 12 May 2020 and:

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