Meeting minutes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                                             16 MARCH 2026


            Amendment No. 2
            Moved:             Cr Nicola Wilson
            Seconded:          Cr Amelia Lorentson
            That Item D be added to read:
            D. Request the CEO to begin a review of the status of the existing working groups
            and the potential need for the establishment of any new groups.
            Carried.
            For:               Cr Brian Stockwell, Cr Karen Finzel, Cr Amelia Lorentson,
                               Cr Jessica Phillips, Cr Tom Wegener, Cr Frank Wilkie, Cr
                               Nicola Wilson
            Against:           None



             Committee Recommendation
             Moved:              Cr Frank Wilkie
             Seconded:           Cr Nicola Wilson
             That Council
               A. Note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Services and
                   Organisation Committee Meeting dated 10 March 2026; and
               B. Appoint the Council representatives to the following groups (noting that
                   these supersede any prior appointments):

                        GROUPS ESTABLISHED BY COUNCIL:

                      a. Appoint Cr Wilkie as Chair and Cr Phillips as Deputy Chair to the Local
                         Disaster Management Group (and note that all Councillors are to be
                         invited to attend as Observers);
                      b. Appoint Cr Phillips as Chair and Cr Lorentson as Deputy Chair to the
                         Local Disaster Recovery Committee, (and note that all Councillors are
                         to be invited to attend as Observers);
                      c. Appoint Cr Wilkie, Cr Wegener and Cr Wilson to the Case
                         Management Working Group;
                      d. Appoint Cr Finzel as Chair of the Regional Arts Development Fund
                         Committee (RADF);
                      e. Appoint Cr Finzel as Chair of the Noosa Heritage Reference Group;
                      f. Appoint Cr Phillips as Chair, Cr Stockwell and Cr Wilkie, to the Capital
                         Works Executive;
                      g. Appoint Cr Wilkie as Chair, Cr Stockwell and Cr Wilson to the CEO
                         Performance Review Committee;
                      h. Appoint Cr Stockwell as Chair, Cr Finzel and Cr Lorentson to the
                         Noosa Biosphere Trails Reference Group;
                      i. Appoint Cr Wilkie as the Chair of the Business Round Table (and note
                         that all Councillors are to be invited to attend as Observers);
                      j. Appoint Cr Wilson as Chair, and Cr Finzel and Cr Wegener to the
                         Climate Change Response Plan Steering Group;
                      k. Appoint Cr Wilson to the Management Committee, Cr Lorentson as
                         an Observer, to the MOU / Regional Partnership Agreement (RPA)
                         with the Sunshine Coast University (SCU);