Peregian Beach Surf Lifesaving Club - Funding Request And Update On Operations

Nicola Wilson9:27

Anybody else, questions or comments? I'd like to make a correction. It was actually Noosa. No. and Finzel. Okay, I'll put that to the vote. All in favour? Yes. Thank you. Next item on the agenda is 5.2, Peregian Beach Surf Life Saving Club, funding request and update on operations. There's two things we need to deal with here. There's a conflict of interest and there's a request to move to the General Committee.

Okay, well, given the matter's been referred, I'll just read from the exec summary. Might be the easiest. At the April 2022 Ordinary Meeting, Council resolved to enter into negotiations for a 10-year lease to Peregian Beach Surf Lifesaving Club. The intent of the lease was to provide. Security of tenure to allow the club to establish operations and beach patrolling capacity. Given the surf club did not have capacity to undertake full weekend and public holiday beach patrols within the September to May patrolling season. Council resolved to fund Surf Life Saving Queensland contract lifeguards to patrol Saturdays and public holidays for a three-year period. This enabled the surf club to patrol Sundays while it focused on establishing operations. Council's three-year funding arrangement expires in May 2025 and the surf club has requested a further two-year funding commitment from Council with the club again proposing to provide services on Sundays and additionally all public holidays falling within the September to May season equating to an extra 11 days over the period this report recommends support consideration of the two-year funding proposal as part of the 2025-26 budget deliberations now I might add there that allocation is $46 six thousand of $46,000. Dollars that allocation will assist Peregian surf club to continue to build its full operational capacity this report also recommends a surf club submit a building works plan to allow coordinated approach to maintenance and develop development between the new club committee and Council and an updated strategic plan given the current plan expires in 2025 the surf club have raised concerns with the amenity and impact of the village square bin storage area and drainage and stormwater are also impacting club operations it is recommended Council also investigate these issues and work towards an appropriate outcome in consultation with the surf club now going towards the resolution I think that exec summary has covered off all of those matters but request, in summary requests this reports about the allocation of $46,000 for annually for two years commencing at the cessation of the 2025 season next year the club submitting a building works plan for the reasons that I've outlined so we have a coordinated approach to building works and also the submission of a strategic plan given that the current plan expires in 2025 and I also mentioned there about the bin storage and the stormwater and drainage issues any works that were coming out of those and investigations they'd also be referred to the budget deliberations as appropriate that's it for a summary without going through the whole thing but I'm happy to take questions.

Karen Finzel10:09

Thank you, Mr CEO, and through the Madam Chair, I would like to declare this conflict. I, Councillor Finzel, inform this meeting that I have a declarable conflict of interest in relation to the Peregian Beach Surf Lifesaving Club community grant. APPLICATION. As Leigh McCready, who worked as a volunteer in my 2020 Future Noosa election campaign, is the current president of the Peregian Beach Surf Lifesaving Club. Mrs. McCready is not a close associate, nor related party, and has never given me a gift or a loan. I believe that a reasonable person would agree that I am able to make an impartial decision on the matter. 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. Thank you.

But they also have to submit annual reports and annual report updating. Their operations. So we also have monthly contract meetings with Surf Life Saving Queensland. So the Peregian surf club operations are always on that agenda for discussion with Surf Life Saving Queensland about how the club's going. So I'm fairly comfortable with our communication and our update of their operations.