Tender Consideration Plan - Community Battery

Good morning, everybody. Yes, this is about the community battery. So the Federal government actually put out a grant for 58 community batteries right across Australia for eligible areas and Noosaville was designated as one of those eligible areas. So Noosa Council was the lead applicant in applying for this grant in partnership with Zero Emissions Noosa Inc. And as well as Yarra Energy Foundation. We have just recently been notified that we were successful in that grant to actually put in the community battery within the Noosaville because that was where it was designated under the grant requirements. So as a result, we would, sorry, we received, or we will receive, once we actually sign the agreement, $500 for this community grant.000 community grant, sorry, community battery, and as a result of that, we would normally go out for a tender to actually put out to open market, but this is a very specific and new technology, so the report that's going to Council is to put together a tender consideration. Plan for this project, which would enable us to go directly to Yarra Energy Foundation. We selected the partnership with Yarra Energy Foundation because they are a not-for-profit organisation that are the only ones to our knowledge that have actually put in a front battery in north so they have got the experience about dealing with the technology, dealing with community engagement, so we are recommending that we would actually put together a tender consideration plan which is suitable under the Local Government Act for the procurement to actually go direct source and so this request or recommendation is for that we prepare the tender consideration plan largely in accordance with what's in the draft report and then that we enable Larry as the Acting Chief Executive with the financial delegation to enter into a contract as part of that tender consideration plan.

ZEN Inc. Has been very very instrumental in keeping abreast of what's actually happening right across Australia in terms of community batteries the different types of models that have actually been promoted or trialed and this is very much a pilot project for Noosaville so that's again why we would be looking for the tender consideration plan.

Tom Wegener0:00

I declare the meeting open. I would like to acknowledge that we are meeting on the traditional lands of the Kabi Kabi people and we pay our respects to those elders past, present, and emerging. In the room today we have um Councillors Stockwell, Finzel, and the Mayor in attendance, plus we have Amelia Lorentson thank attending in the back. And we've got a great group of very very intelligent and important people here. Can I have a mover and a seconder for the confirmation for the Planning & Environment Committee meeting of May. Moved by Karen, seconded by Clare. All in favour? That's unanimous. We have no apologies, no no confirmation of minutes. We did presentations, deputations, so we're into the reports for the consideration of the committee. And we start with the tender for the community battery. We have Annie Nolan and Kim Rawlings at the table.