Meeting minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                            18 JULY 2024


              A. Approve increasing the value of the QRA funded contract 2122Q125 by
              $1,700,000 (GST exc.) from $3,400,000 (GST exc.) to $5,100,000 (GST exc.),
              with program completion expected by 30 June 2025.
              B. Delegate to the Chief Executive Officer the power to negotiate, finalise, execute
              and administer the contract on behalf of Council; and
              C. Delegate to the Chief Executive Officer the power to amend the contract up to
              11.5% of the total contract value; and
              D. Delegate to the Chief Executive Officer the power to amend the contract finish
              date to no later than September 30, 2025.


              7.3. CN00317B - CONTRACT
              VARIATION FOR FLOOD RECONSTRUCTION – PACKAGE 7B – LANDSLIDE
              REMEDIAL WORKS (BLACK PINCH RD)
              That Council note the report by the Disaster Reconstruction Coordinator to the
              General Committee Meeting dated 15 July 2024 and
              A. Delegate to the Chief Executive Officer the power to vary the contract value,
              based on Business Case approval by QRA, allowing a scope change which will
              increase the value of contract CN00317B by $2,596,239.57 (GST exc.) from
              $9,849,609.12 (GST exc.) to $12,445,848.69 (GST exc.);
              B. Delegate to the Chief Executive Officer the power to negotiate, finalise, execute
              and administer the contract on behalf of Council; and
              C. Delegate to the Chief Executive Officer the power to amend the contract up to
              11.5% of the total contract value.


              Council Resolution
              Moved:        Cr Amelia Lorentson
              Seconded: Cr Jessica Phillips
              That the report of the General Committee meeting dated 15 July 2024 be received
              and the recommendations therein be adopted.
              Carried unanimously.


9.          ORDINARY MEETING REPORTS


     9.1.     FURTHER    CONSULTATION   ON    NOOSAVILLE     FORESHORE
              INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND NOOSA RIVER CATCHMENT
              MANAGEMENT PLAN

              Cr Stockwell informed the meeting that:
              "For the past two terms, I have declared a conflict of interest as a result of my long
              association with, or previous contracts as a sole trader consultant (trading as
              Watershed Australia) with the following organisations:
                   Noosa and District Landcare and its unincorporated forebear;
                   Mary River Catchment Coordination Association;
                   Noosa Integrated Catchment Association;
                   Healthy Land and Water and its predecessors;
                   Seqwater; and
                   potentially early in the 2016-2020 the Noosa Residents and Ratepayers
                      Association.
              However, having now received more detailed legal advice, it is clear that my
              circumstances do not meet the definition of a declarable conflict of interest
              because none of these organisations are close associates nor are any a related