* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1 Civic Affirmation and Acknowledgement of Country] [00:00:03] OKAY, COUNCILORS, UH, WELCOME TO THIS ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING OF 26 MARCH, UH, 2025. CAN I CALL UPON, UH, COUNCILOR REDWOOD TO, UH, TO MAKE THE CIVIC AFFIRMATION? YES, MR. MAYOR, I WILL, UM, DO THAT. WE, THE COUNCILORS OF THE ARMADALE REGION DECLARE THAT WE WILL, UH, UNDERTAKE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCILOR IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY CARRY OUT THE FUNCTIONS, POWERS, AUTHORITIES, AND DISCRETIONS VESTED IN US TO THE BEST OF OUR SKILL AND JUDGMENT. THANKS VERY MUCH, COUNCILOR REDWOOD SHORT NOTICE AND, UH, COUNCILOR IMAD FOR THE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY. THANKS VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCILOR IMAD. I'LL [2 Statement in relation to live streaming of Council Meeting] CALL UPON THE GENERAL MANAGER MANAGER TO MAKE A STATEMENT REGARDING LIVE STREAMING. UH, THANKS, MR. MAYOR. THE MEETING IS BEING AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDED AND THE RECORDINGS OF THE NON-CON CONFIDENTIAL PARTS OF THE MEETING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. NO OTHER PERSONS ARE PERMITTED TO RECORD THE MEETING, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL TO DO SO. AND CAN WE SET ALL MOBILE PHONES TO SILENT PLEASE? THANKS, MR. THANKS VERY MUCH, MR. GENERAL MANAGER [3 Apologies and applications for leave of absence by Councillors] COUNCILORS, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED ONE APOLOGY, UH, FOR THIS, UH, THIS MEETING THAT'S FROM COUNCILOR WITTERS. MATT, I NOTE EVERYONE ELSE IS HERE, [4 Disclosures of Interests] UH, COUNCILORS, HAVING REVIEWED THE AGENDA, DO ANY OF YOU HAVE A, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO DECLARE? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. [5 Confirmation of Minutes ] WELL, THE FIRST, UH, FORMAL ITEM OF THIS, UH, OF THIS COUNCIL MEETING IS THE CONFIRMATION OF THE MINUTES FROM, UH, THE PREVIOUS MEETING ON 26TH OF FEBRUARY, 2025. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOVER PLEASE? THANKS. COUNCILOR MCMICHAEL AND A SECONDER CAN BE COUNCILOR IMAD, COUNCILOR MC, MCMICHAEL. ANYTHING TO SAY, UH, IN, IN THAT REGARD? UH, NONE. THANKS. OKAY, THANKS COUNCILOR IMAD. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT, COUNSELORS, LET'S PUT THAT TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, ACCEPTING THOSE MINUTES. THANK YOU. I DECLARE THAT THAT CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. COUNSELORS, [6 Mayoral Minute] WE HAVE A, A MAYORAL MINUTE. THIS HAS COME IN LATE, SO IF THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, UH, THIS, THIS MERRILL MINUTE ISN'T IN THE, IN THE BUSINESS PAPERS, BUT IT'S, UH, IN REGARD TO THE GENERAL MANAGER RECRUITMENT, UH, AND IT'S AN UPDATE OF THAT. UH, MY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS, AND WHAT, WHAT THIS MERRILL MINUTE IS SEEKING, UH, IS TO SUSPEND THE CURRENT RECRUITMENT PROCESS UNTIL THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. AND TO OFFER OUR CURRENT, UH, GENERAL MANAGER JAMES , A 12 MONTH CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT, UH, BEFORE RETURNING TO THE MARKET. I'VE LAID OUT, UH, IN, IN THE, IN THE MINUTE, AND THIS WILL BE, UH, AVAILABLE IN THE NOTES, UH, SORRY, IN THE MINUTES, UH, THE REASONS WHY. BUT JUST IN SUMMARY, THESE ARE THE, THESE, THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT WE TOOK, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE, THE RECRUITMENT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER. SO THE FORMAL ADVERTISING, UH, TOOK PLACE ON, OR COMMENCED ON THE 26TH, SORRY, THE 16TH OF JANUARY, 2025, AND RAN FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS IN THAT PERIOD, UH, THE RECRUITER CAPSTONE RECRUITMENT, THEY RECEIVED 54 APPLICATIONS. THEY THEN PROVIDED US WITH A, A LONG LIST OF 15 POSSIBLE, UH, CANDIDATES FROM THAT APPLICATION POOL AND FOR CONSIDERATION, WHICH WAS THEN REFINED DOWN TO A SHORT LIST OF SEVEN CANDIDATES. THE GENERAL MANAGER RECRUITMENT PANEL THEN SELECTED FOUR OF THOSE CANDIDATES, UH, FOR AN INTERVIEW FOR FIRST ROUND INTERVIEWS. TWO OF THOSE WERE DONE VIA TEAMS, AND TWO WERE FACE-TO-FACE. AND THEN FROM THOSE INTERVIEWS, UH, WE THEN SELECTED TWO CANDIDATES TO UNDERTAKE, UH, AN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIAGNOSTIC AND TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE. AND THAT PRESENTATION TOOK PLACE ON THE 17TH OF MARCH. FOLLOWING THOSE, UH, THOSE PRESENTATIONS, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS AGREED IN GENERAL DISCUSSION THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD BE BEST GOING TO MARKET AGAIN AND, UH, WHERE POSSIBLE I SHOULD SPEAK WITH OUR GENERAL MANAGER TO SEE IF, IF WE COULD EXTEND HIS TENURE. SO THAT IS, THAT'S WHERE WE'VE LANDED. JAMES AGREED TO AN ADDITIONAL 12 MONTHS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AND THIS IS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS REALLY INFLUENCING, UH, THIS DECISION. SO THE FIRST IS, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF GENERAL MANAGERS OR CEOS ROLES CURRENTLY BEING ADVERTISED IN NEW SOUTH WALES AND VICTORIA IN PARTICULAR, [00:05:01] BUT ALSO, UH, THE WIDER MARKET. UH, IN 12 MONTHS TIME, A NUMBER OF GENERAL MANAGERS WILL HAVE HAD THREE YEARS TENURE IN THEIR CURRENT ROLE. SO THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA MAKE THEM MORE AMENABLE TO CHANGING. AND ALSO WE HAVE THE UPSIDE OF BEING ABLE TO SOCIALIZE, UH, THAT WE ARE, THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR A GENERAL MANAGER. SO, UH, I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND AS CHAIR I MOVE THIS MINUTE. UM, BUT I'D JUST THROW THAT OPEN TO ANY DISCUSSION THAT ANY OF YOU, UH, WISH TO MAKE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, COUNCILOR COUNCILOR REDWOOD. THANKS, MR. MAYOR. UM, NO, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT THIS IS A, YEAH, THIS IS A VERY SENSIBLE MOVE FOR US TO, TO MAKE AND, AND I COMMEND YOU MELL MINUTES AND, UH, YEAH, TRUST THAT ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES HERE DO AS WELL. THANKS, COUNCILOR MCMICHAEL, UH, YES, I, UH, AGREE, UH, WITH MY COLLEAGUE AND WITH YOUR MAYOR, UH, MR. MAYOR. UM, I THINK, UH, THAT WE APPRECIATE THE, UM, BOTH THE, UH, INTERESTS OF ALL THE PEOPLE CONCERNED WITH THE ROLE OF THEIR RECRUITMENT, AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THE, UM, THAT THE GENERAL MANAGER IS STAYING ON FOR A YEAR. AND, UM, THANK EVERYBODY FOR, UM, THE PROCESS AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, THE YEAR LONG, UM, UM, ABILITY TO, UH, THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. THANKS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. ER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, JUST WONDERING, IS THERE AN EXIT CLAUSE? FIRST, THANK YOU JAMES, FOR GIVING US THE 12 MONTHS. UM, BUT IS THERE AN EXIT COURSE IF SOMEONE COMES IN WHO'S A FANTASTIC CANDIDATE IN SIX MONTHS TIME? THERE? WE HAVEN'T. I KNOW IT'S . THERE ISN'T ANYTHING, UH, IN HIS CURRENT CONTRACT BECAUSE THAT HASN'T BEEN WRITTEN UP. UH, BUT IT PROBABLY AT THIS POINT WOULD INVOLVE A SIMILAR REVERSE HEADLOCK THAN HE WAS PUT INTO, UM, IN GETTING OUR CURRENT GENERAL MANAGER TO EXTEND HIS TENURE. BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COUNSELORS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. I DECLARE THAT CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY, AND I THANK JAMES FOR HIS GOOD GRACE. THANKS. COUNCIL. , PUTTING, PUTTING THE CORK BACK IN THE CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT. UM, [7 Reports - General Manager's Office ] COUNCIL'S, UH, ITEM 7.1, ETHICAL DECISION MAKING. THIS IS A, A STANDING ITEM AND, UH, IS TO GUIDE US IN MAKING THESE ETHICAL DECISIONS WHERE YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO NOTE THIS REPORT, AND I'M SURE IT HAS BEEN READ AND DIGESTED. COULD I HAVE A MOVER PLEASE? THANKS, COUNCILOR REDWOOD, SECONDED. COUNCILLOR IMAD. UH, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCILOR REDWOOD? COUNCILOR IMAD? NO. ALRIGHT, COUNCILLORS, LET'S PUT THAT TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF NOTING THAT REPORT. THANK YOU. I DECLARE THAT ONE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 7.2 IS THE COUNCIL ACTIONS REPORT, WHICH, UH, SUMMARIZES THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY ON COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS. UH, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THIS COUNCIL ON OCTOBER, 2024, COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO NOTE THE REPORT, THE DETAILS FROM PAGE SEVEN OF THE AGENDA AND 20 OF THE ATTACHMENT. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOVER PLEASE? THERE'S SOMETHING. THANKS, COUNCILOR REDWOOD. SECOND IS COUNCILLOR GATS, UH, COUNCILLOR REDWOOD, ANYTHING YOU WISH TO SAY? NO. THANKS, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILOR GUTTERS? NO, MR. MAYOR. ALRIGHT, COUNSELORS, LET'S PUT THAT ONE TO THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF NOTING THAT REPORT. THANK YOU. I DECLARE THAT, UH, CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL. UH, ITEM 7.3 IS THE COUNCILOR STAFF INTERACTION POLICY. SO THE POLICY PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FOR COUNCILORS AND STAFF AS TO HOW THEY INTERACT WHEN GOING ABOUT THEIR, THEIR DUTIES. AND IT'S SEEKING COUNCIL'S ENDORSEMENT TO PLACE A POLICY ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION, NOTING THAT THERE ARE NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES FROM THE CURRENT POLICY. UH, DETAILS ARE FROM PAGE EIGHT OF THE AGENDA AND 43 OF THE ATTACHMENTS. SO, CAN I HAVE A MOVER PLEASE? THANKS. COUNCILOR ANDREWS. AND SECONDLY, COUNCILOR IMAD. COUNCILOR ANDREWS. ANYTHING TO SAY? NO, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILOR IMAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALRIGHT, LET'S PUT THAT TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. I DECLARE THAT ONE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. WE [9 Reports - Planning and Activation] NOW GO TO ITEM 9.1, WHICH IS RELATES [00:10:01] TO A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION AT NUMBER 66 LEY COURT. UH, THIS IS HAS COME ABOUT BECAUSE COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO DETERMINE, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION AS IT PROPOSES A VARIATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD, UH, UNDER THE ARMIDALE REGIONAL LEP. UH, SO CONSENT IS BEING SOUGHT SUBJECT TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS. WE HAVE, UH, THE DETAILS ON PAGE 11 OF THE AGENDA AND PAGE FROM PAGE 50 OF THE ATTACHMENTS. SO THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION ON THE SCREEN OUTLINING THE STEPS TO BRING THIS ABOUT. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOVER PLEASE? THANKS. COUNCILOR REDWOOD. SECONDED. COUNCILOR IMAD, COUNCILOR REDWOOD, ANYTHING TO SAY? NO. THANKS, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILOR IMAD QUICK. NO THANKS MR. MAYOR. ALRIGHT, LET'S PUT THAT TO THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. I DECLARE THAT ONE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. UH, ITEM [10 Reports - Corporate and Community] 10.1, UH, RELATES TO THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE ADVANCING OUR REGION COMMUNITY PLAN. SO COUNCIL'S BEING ASKED TO NOTE THE COMMUNITY SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED DURING THE EXHIBITION PERIOD AND ENDORSE THE FINAL COPY OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN. SO WE HAVE DETAILS FROM PAGE 24 OF THE AGENDA AND 86 OF THE ATTACHMENTS. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOVER PLEASE FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION ON THE SCREEN? THANKS. COUNCILOR GUTTERS. A SECONDER WAS COUNCILOR REDWOOD. ANYTHING TO TO SAY? COUNCILOR GUTTERS? JUST BRIEFLY, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE, THERE, THERE WAS ONLY LIMITED, UM, COMMUNITY SUBMISSIONS BACK ON THIS DOCUMENT, BUT THANKS TO THOSE INVOLVED, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE DULY NOTED AND YOU CAN SEE THERE FROM THE INFORMATION THEY'RE AVAILABLE IF ANYONE WANTS TO LOOK DEEPER. BUT THE ADVANCING OUR REGION COMMUNITY PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE USE AS A, A FOUNDATION, OBVIOUSLY, UH, TO, TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL IS DOING THE BEST BY THE COMMUNITY AND AS WE GO FORWARD IN, IN, UH, IN SPENDING THE DOLLARS IN, UH, PREPARING THE BUDGETS AND THAT TOWARDS A COMMUNITY PLAN. SO THANK YOU TO ALL. OKAY, THANK YOU. COUNCILOR GUTTERS. COUNCILOR REDWOOD, UH, NOTHING TO ADD. THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNCIL ROBINSON, I'D LIKE TO MOVE AN AMENDMENT AND IF IT'S POSSIBLE, AND THAT SHOULD COME UP ON THE SCREEN, WHICH IS BASICALLY THAT A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH THIS, UM, WITH THIS COMMUNITY PLAN. ONE WAS TO CHECK THE CLOSING TO GAPS, THE GAP STATISTICS, AND ALSO TO ADD A BASELINE FOR THE 2022 TO 2023 COMMUNITY PLAN IN THE HOW DO WE KNOW WE'VE ARRIVED SECTION SO WE CAN SEE THE CO CONTINUITY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND LOOK AT OUR TRENDS AND OUR, OUR MORE INFORMED BASELINE. SO IF I CAN GET A SECONDER FOR THAT, WELL, WE'LL FIRST OF ALL, GO TO THE, THE MOVERS AND SECONDERS AND SEE IF THEY'RE HAPPY TO ACCEPT THAT BEFORE SEEKING A SECONDER. COUNCILOR, UH, ROBINSON, CAN YOU PLEASE TURN YOURS OFF? COUNCILOR GA? UH, YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, WHILE IT SEEMS, UM, REASONABLY SMALL AMENDMENT, UM, IF I COULD PERHAPS, UH, THROUGH YOU, MR. GM, ASK THE MOST APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL WORK IN THIS, UM, WE HAVE A DOCUMENT TO MY MIND THAT SAYS IT'S BEEN PREPARED, WE'VE PUT IT ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION. UM, WE'VE GOT THE COMMUNITY'S FEEDBACK. SO I THINK WE'RE IN A, A VERY GOOD CLOSED POSITION, BUT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF DOING THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT IS GONNA ADD ANY MORE LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO, UH, TO STAFF STAY. THANKS. COUNCILOR ERS? MR. MAYOR HUB. CHIEF OFFICER HUB, THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, THE DIFFICULTY WITH HAVING THIS IN THE COMMUNITY PLAN IS WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING, UM, REGULAR AND RELIABLE STATISTICS TO REPORT ON. WE CAN FIND IT AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, BUT WE CAN'T FIND IT AT A LOCAL LEVEL AT THIS POINT. SO WE ARE CONSIDERING A MEASURE IN OUR, UH, YEARLY OPERATIONAL PLAN AROUND THIS IF WE CAN FIND THAT DATA AND STAFF ARE WORKING ON THAT. SO THAT'S BEHIND THE REMOVAL OF IT THAT WE CAN ONLY REPORT AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, NOT A LOCAL LEVEL. SO IT'S NOT A RELIABLE GAUGE OF HOW WE ARE TRACKING AS A REGION. SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR, OR PARTLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. LOOK, IT, IT DOES ANSWER MY QUESTION. UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THEREFORE COUNCILOR ROBINSON, WE, WE NEED THAT ADDITIONAL PIECE AND, AND IF THERE IS CERTAINLY, UM, A MISMATCH IN, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S APPLES TO ORANGES, LET'S NOT, LET'S NOT CONFUSE THE PICTURE. AND SO THEREFORE I'D SUGGEST WE DON'T GO FORWARD WITH THAT PARTICULAR AMENDMENT THAT'S CURRENTLY IN YOUR, OKAY, SO THAT COMES BACK TO CO SO THAT'S A NO, IT COMES BACK TO COUNCILOR RED, OH, SORRY, COUNCILOR ROBINSON. TOO MANY RS UM, YOU, YOU'VE PUT [00:15:01] FORWARD A, AN AMENDMENT. UM, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT BEFORE JUST EXACT PRECISELY WHAT IT IS BEFORE YOU SEEK A SECONDER OR JUST SO WE, SO SO A SECONDER MIGHT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. YEAH. WELL, I CAN'T SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'VE GONE THROUGH THE BASELINE STATISTICS IN THIS PLAN AND IN THE PREVIOUS, UM, COMMUNITY PLAN AND THE ACTUAL CATEGORIES ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL. SO I DON'T SEE ANY PARTICULAR DIFFICULTY IN ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED TWO YEARS, TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO COMPARED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. AND I THINK IT, AS A STATISTICIAN, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT PROVIDES A MUCH MORE RELIABLE BASELINE. AND ONE GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE NUMBER OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS THAT WE ALREADY GOT. AND WE KNOW THAT IN THE, UH, THE PREVIOUS BASELINE WAS SOMETHING LIKE, UM, 16,098. AND NOW, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY OF VARIOUS THINGS LIKE COVID, WE'VE GONE UP TO 19,240. SO ALTHOUGH WE ARE TRYING TO GO FORWARD, WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE SUBSTANTIALLY BACKWARDS AND KNOWING THAT IS A GOOD WAY OF LOOKING AT WHETHER OUR POLICIES WORK OR WHETHER THEY DON'T WORK. AND THEREFORE JUST KNOWING HOW WE ARE TRACKING AND IT MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE WHOLE RE THE WHOLE WHOLE TIME SERIES RATHER THAN JUST ONE BASELINE, WHICH MAY BE AN ABERRANT VALUE OR IT MAY NOT, BUT IT CERTAINLY HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. C COUNCILOR ROBINSON, IF I CAN SUGGEST IT'S THE, IT'S THE, PROBABLY THE WORD CLOSING THE GAP, WHICH IS, IS WHICH IS NATIONALLY KNOWN AS A PARTICULAR MEASURE. ARE YOU, IS THAT ALL YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT CHIEF OFFICER HUTTON ANSWERED WHEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT. YEAH. AT A NATIONAL LEVEL. YEAH. ARE YOU ONLY LOOKING AT ONE MEASURE OR ARE YOU LOOKING AT EVERY ITEM, UH, THAT'S LISTED THERE WHERE I THINK IN THE PAGE IT'S ALONG THE LINES OF HOW WE KNOW WE'VE ARRIVED. YEAH. AND WE HAVE A BASELINE ARE YOU SUGGESTING WE JUST HAVE A SECOND COLUMN? YEAH, AN ADDITIONAL COLUMN, WHICH IS FROM THE 22, SORRY, 2022 TO 2032 CP. YEAH. AND THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING. WE HAVE A, HAVE AN ADDITIONAL COLUMN FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE, BUT I, I WILL EXPLAIN QUICKLY ABOUT THE CLOSING THE GAPS. JUST MAYBE NOT, I THINK I JUST WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE WE ARE NOW GETTING INTO IT, YOU'LL NEED A SECONDER AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL. BUT I JUST, I JUST WANTED CLARITY 'CAUSE I WASN'T CLEAR WHAT YOU WERE SEEKING. I DON'T THINK CHIEF OFFICER HUTTON'S RESPONSE WAS CLEAR ABOUT THAT EITHER. IN RELATION TO COUNCILOR GADDERS, UH, QUESTION, SO COUNCILOR REDWOOD, IF YOU WANTED TO ASK CHIEF OFFICER HUTTON, IF SHE COULD EXPAND ON THAT WITH GREATER CLARITY ABOUT WHAT'S BEING OFFERED THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL IN, IN ADDITION TO ANYTHING ELSE? I, YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION, UH, FOLLOWING COUNCILOR GUTTER'S AS, AS THE SECONDER, AND IT WAS ABOUT IMPACT OF HAVING TO DO THIS. I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE, AS YOU SAID, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE THE DATA THAT'S, UM, LOCALIZED ANYWAY. BUT IF, EVEN IF WE DID, I MEAN, WHAT SORT OF IMPACT DOES THIS HAVE? AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS, WOULD THIS NOT MEAN THAT WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK OUT TO COMMITTEE CONSULTATION ONCE WE'VE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS, WE'VE ACTUALLY SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED WHAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT OUT AND SOCIALIZED. SO THAT'S A SORT OF A, OR A PROCESS QUESTION AS WELL AS AN IMPACT QUESTION. OKAY. LOOK, WE'RE PROBABLY JUMPING AROUND A BIT TOO MUCH, SO CAN WE GET A SECOND OR SO WE CAN DISCUSS AND MAYBE ASK SOME QUESTIONS? THANKS COUNCILOR MCMICHAEL. SO IT'S SECONDED THERE. UM, WE'LL THROW BACK TO YOU BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT. SO WE'LL THROW BACK TO YOU. COUNCIL ROBINSON. NOW IT'S, IT'S BEEN SECONDED AND IF YOU COULD MAYBE JUST CLARIFY EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE SEEKING, UM, THAT WOULD BE REALLY USEFUL. YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT, ALL WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA, SO IT'S NOT THE POLICIES WE'RE CHANGING AND OBVIOUSLY MAYBE IF WE WERE CHANGING POLICIES THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT FOR COMMUNITY CONSULTATION, BUT ALL WE'RE DOING IS CHANGING THE PRESENTATION AND PUTTING IN AVAILABLE DATA TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY PLAN MORE INFORMATIVE. SO WHERE WE WERE TWO YEARS AGO, WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE WE HOPE TO BE HEADED. AND IT JUST MAKES SO MUCH SENSE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE ARE TRENDS OUT WITH OUR CONTROL AND JUST KNOWING, SO HAVING A SINGLE YEAR AS A BASELINE DOESN'T MAKE AS MUCH SENSE AS HAVING TWO OR THREE YEARS AS A BASELINE AND FOR, SO I, I THINK IT JUST MAKES SO MUCH SENSE AND IT MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER TO READ. AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE ANNUAL REPORT AND THE PREVIOUS PLAN. AND HAVING THE INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE MAKES LIFE EASY FOR COUNSELORS. IT MAKES LIFE EASY FOR THE COMMUNITY [00:20:01] 'CAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY PLAN IS THEN, AND IT JUST MAKES IT MORE SENSE. BUT I WILL SAY ONE THING ABOUT THE COMM CLOSING THE GAP STATISTICS, AND I THINK THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE AVAILABILITY OF THE DATA BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL IN THE A BS CENSUS DATA FOR OUR REGION. WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THAT THERE'S BEEN A TYPO IN THERE AND BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COMPARE THE PREVIOUS YEAR WITH THE CURRENT YEAR, THAT TYPO HAS GONE UNNOTICED FOR ALL THE TIME. IT'S BEEN OUT ON COMMUNITY CONSULTATION ALL THE TIME, IT'S BEEN CHECKED, BUT IN THE CURRENT PLAN IT SAYS THERE'S ONLY ONE PER 1.8% OF FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY MANAGED TO COMPLETE YEAR 12. AND WE KNOW IN THE PREVIOUS PLAN IT WAS, UM, 45.3%. SO THERE'S AN OBVIOUS ERROR THERE AND THAT OBVIOUS ERROR NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BECAUSE, AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GETTING THE STATS RIGHT AND JUST HOPING WE CAN HAVE A COMMUNITY PLAN THAT HELPS US, GUIDE US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNCILOR MCMICHAEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THAT? UM, ONLY THAT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE COMPARISONS AND IF WE CAN GET THEM, IT'S GREAT. I MEAN, IF WE CAN'T, UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THE STAFF SAY IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT IF WE CAN, IT'S TERRIFIC. THANKS. UH, THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU MR. MAYOR. UM, YEAH, IF WE, WE ALREADY COLLECT THE DATA ON A REGULAR BASIS, SO ADDING IN ANOTHER COMPARISON FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO SHOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT. WE SHOULD HAVE THAT DATA. THE, THE REASON WE'VE HAD TO WORK SO MUCH ON REFINING THE MEASURES THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE IN SOME INSTANCES WE HAVE TROUBLE FINDING RELIABLE DATA SETS AND WE SEEM TO BE JUMPING AROUND FROM SOURCE TO SOURCE. SO THEREFORE WE WEREN'T COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES EACH TIME. AND THEN WE RUN INTO THE PROBLEM OF THEN OUR STATS NOT LOOKING, NOT BEING CONSISTENT AND POTENTIALLY, UM, REPORTING ON MISINFORMATION. SO I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT EDITING THAT AND ADDING AN ADDITIONAL COLUMN TO PUT PREVIOUS DATA, UM, IN WHEREVER WE CAN. UH, WE WANNA AVOID HAVING TOO MANY GAPS WITH, YOU KNOW, NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. UM, SORRY, I THOUGHT YOUR INQUIRY WAS MORE SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE CLOSING THE GAP INFORMATION. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL IS ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON? THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I BELIEVE I CAN SPEAK NOW THAT THIS IS AN AMENDMENT. UM, LOOK, LOOK GUYS, I'M NOT A OPPOSED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING A, A GOOD COMPARISON. COUNCILOR ROBERSON, WHAT I'M OPPOSED TO HERE IS THE PROCESS. THE DOCUMENT HAS GONE ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION. THE PUBLIC HAVE REVIEWED THE DOCUMENT AS A WHOLE AND RESPONDED, AND NOW WE'RE CHANGING IT AT THE 11TH HOUR. THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M AGAINST HERE. IF WE WERE TO DO THIS TO EVERY DOCUMENT THAT'S BEEN ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION, IT DOESN'T HOLD WATER IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF THE PROCESS AND WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR FEEDBACK AND COMMENT. SO DOING THESE THINGS AT THE 11TH HOUR FOR ME IS WRONG. IF THIS NEEDED TO BE CHANGED, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A SUBMISSION THAT WAS ALREADY PUT FORWARD AT THE TIME OF PUBLIC EXHIBITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN I JUST ADD PLEASE? THAT I BELIEVE DO DO YOU WANT TO, WE MIGHT JUST WAIT UNTIL EVERYONE ELSE HAS SPOKEN AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A RIGHT OF REPLY. ANYONE ELSE? WE SHOULD SPEAK COUNCILLOR IMAD. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. DOES IT AFFECT WHERE WE GOING? OUR TRAJECTORY, THE DATA? WOULD IT HELP, NOT HELP OR NEUTRAL? IT HELPS INFORM AND WE, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY ON WHETHER WE'VE ARRIVED AND HOW WE'VE PROGRESSED AGAINST OUR TARGETS. SO IT HELPS THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE PERFORMING. SORRY, THE, THE AMENDMENT, THE ADDITIONAL DATA THAT COUNCIL ROBINSON IS SEEKING, WOULD THAT, OH, SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU MEANT THE DATA. GENERALLY. UM, THIS DATA IS ALL AVAILABLE AS COUNCILOR ROBINSON SAID IN ANNUAL REPORTS. SO I GUESS THIS WOULD BE BRINGING SOME OF THAT DATA ALL INTO THE COMMUNITY PLAN IN ONE SPOT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS COUNCILOR ROBINSON? I'LL YOU'LL WRITE A REPLY. OH, OH OH, SORRY. COUNCILOR REDWOOD DIDN'T SAY YOUR RED, SORRY. A LITTLE INVISIBLE HERE. UM, STRAIGHT IN FRONT. I, FROM, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, IT GOES BACK TO MY QUESTION THAT I ASKED BEFORE IS WHAT IMPACT DOES THIS HAVE? HOW MUCH EXTRA TIME IS THIS GONNA TAKE? HAVE YOU GOT SOMEBODY ELSE THAT, THAT SOMEONE COULD BE DOING IN THE TEAM? UM, MORE MEANINGFUL THAN GOING THROUGH AND TRA YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS DATA UP FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST? FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE, UM, BETTER. I THINK WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, [00:25:01] IF, IF THE YES, THE DATA EXISTS, BUT IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE, AS YOU SAID, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO AROUND LOOKING FOR IT EVERYWHERE. I, I DON'T SUPPORT IT. UH, YES. SO WE'VE HAD THE DOCUMENT FINALIZED THROUGH GRAPHIC DESIGNERS AND EVERYTHING READY TO PUT OUT, UH, TO THE PUBLIC. SO THIS WOULD REQUIRE BACKTRACKING, UM, DOING SOME ADDITIONAL WORK IN THE TEAM AND THEN, UM, HAVING THAT DOCUMENT EDITED AND REPRODUCED AGAIN. YES, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COUNSELORS. UH, MY RIGHT, WHICH WAS BASICALLY, I MEAN ONE OF THIS IDEA CAME IN ACTUALLY FROM ONE OF THE SUBMISSIONS, SO IT WAS SUGGESTED IN ONE OF THE SUBMISSIONS AND THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT, AND IT DOES SEEM TO BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA. OKAY, THANK YOU. SORRY, COUNCILOR IMED? NO CROSS CHAT. ALRIGHT, COUNCILORS, IF THERE'S, UH, NO OTHER, NO OTHER, UH, POINTS TO DISCUSS. WHERE'S THE AMENDMENT? OH, SORRY, I'M, I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING. WE, WHAT WE'RE GOT, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON NOW IS WHETHER TO, TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT. IF THAT, IF THAT GETS UP, THEN THAT BECOMES THE, UH, MOTION AND WE'RE AWAY. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE AGAINST THREE, FOUR. DECLARE THAT LOST. UM, FOUR THREE. SO WE'LL GO. SORRY. SO AGAIN, UH, SO FOUR, IT WAS COUNCILLORS, MCMICHAEL, ROBINSON AND COPELAND AND AGAINST WAS TAYLOR GATHERS REDWOOD AND IMAD AND ANDRES, SORRY. SO THAT'S FIVE THREE IN Q. ALRIGHT, SO THAT IS LOST. SO COUNCILS, WE NOW REVERT TO THE, UH, ORIGINAL MOTION AS MOVED BY COUNCILORS GATS, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR REDWOOD. UH, BOTH HAVE SPOKEN TO THAT. UH, DOES ANY OTHER, DO ANY OTHER COUNCILS WISH TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT, COUNCILOR GUTTERS, ANY NEED FOR A RIGHT OF REPLY? NO. TERRIFIC. ALRIGHT, COUNCILS, LET'S PUT THAT TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. I DECLARE THAT CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. UM, WHICH BRINGS US TO [11 Reports - Assets and Services] ITEM 11.1, WHICH IS THE, UH, RELATES TO THE FAIRVIEW ESTATE DRAINAGE. SO IT'S, THIS IS, UH, COUNCIL LAND THAT WAS REQUIRED TO BE PURCHASED IN THE FAIRVIEW ESTATE, UH, TO REMEDIATE DRAINAGE OF THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT. SO SPECIFICALLY THIS ITEM IS SEEKING COUNCIL'S ENDORSEMENT TO CLASSIFY THE BLOCK AT 6 0 8, CLOSE AS OPERATIONAL LAND FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF PUBLIC EXHIBITION. WE HAVE DETAILS ON PAGE 26 OF THE AGENDA. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOVER THIS MOTION PLEASE? THANKS. COUNCILOR IMAD. SECONDED BY COUNCILOR REDWOOD. COUNCILOR IMAD, ANYTHING TO TO SAY IN THIS REGARD? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE FIXING THE PROBLEM THERE AND PUT IT BEHIND US SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE MUCH OF IT. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR REDWOOD? NO THANKS MR. MAYOR. ALRIGHT, COUNCILOR, DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT, LET'S, CAN I, OH, SORRY. COUNCILOR MCMICHAEL, UH, UM, JUST THAT, UH, COUNCIL IS ONCE AGAIN, UM, ORGANIZING SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAVE BEEN FIXED EARLIER AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT FIXING, UM, AN ISSUE. UM, AND TERRIFIC. TERRIFIC. THANK YOU COUNCILLOR MCMICHAEL. ALRIGHT, UH, COUNSELORS, LET'S PUT THIS TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANKS. I DECLARE THAT ONE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THERE ARE NO NOTICES OF MOTION. SO WE NOW GO TO THE COMMITTEE REPORTS. THERE'S ONE COMMITTEE REPORT [13 Committee Reports] AND THAT'S FROM THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, IN RELATION TO THEIR MEETING OF THE 4TH OF MARCH, 2025. UH, SO WHERE COUNCIL'S BEING ASKED TO NOTE THE MINUTES AS WELL AS ENDORSE A NUMBER OF ROAD CLOSURES TO FACILITATE EVENTS. SO COULD I HAVE A MOVER PLEASE, WHICH WILL BE COUNCIL MC MICHAEL. THEN WE'LL GET A SECONDER AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE SECONDED BY COUNCILOR GATS. UH, COUNCILOR MCMICHAEL. WOULD YOU LIKE US TO, TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT'S, UH, IN THAT REPORT? UM, THE AUTUMN FESTIVAL IS COMING UP. IT'S ON IN A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AND THERE'S LOTS OF FANTASTIC EVENTS COMING UP, INCLUDING SOME NEW, UH, MUSIC ON FRIDAY NIGHT, UH, SOME CRAFT [00:30:01] ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS, WHICH WILL BE AWESOME FOR A WEEK. UM, AND SO THE NEW PARADE TIME OF MIDDAY, I HOPE EVERYONE IS TURNING UP. UH, SOME OF THE COUNCILORS WILL BE IN CARS OF, OF THE, UH, BEGINNING OF THE PARADE AND, UH, FLOAT APPLICATIONS CLOSED, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. AND WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF FLOATS, WHICH IS TERRIFIC. UM, I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND I HOPE EVERYONE NEEDS TO. UM, YEAH, SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S BEEN GOOD TO HAVE EVERYONE'S ASSISTANCE WITH, UH, SIGNS AND EVENTS WITH THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE AND, UH, IT'S BEEN GREAT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT, UH, THE ITEMS THERE? COUNCILLOR GATTIS? JUST BRIEFLY, MR. MAYOR, I KNOW IT'S A TENUOUS LINK, BUT, UH, REFERRING BACK TO THE MINUTES OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UM, OF THE LAST TRAFFIC COMMITTEE WE MENTIONED THE ULYSSES CLUB NATIONAL RALLY, SO I'M SURE THEY'RE ALL OUT THERE WATCHING US AT THE MOMENT. UM, BUT WELCOME TO THE ULYSSES, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE IN TOWN CURRENTLY AND FOR THE BIG EVENT THIS WEEKEND FOR THE NATIONAL RALLY. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY FOR, UH, CLEARING AWAY FOR THEM. WELL DONE GRABBING THAT LINK. COUNCILLOR GUTTERS, COUNCILOR REDWOOD, I'M GRABBING NO LINK HERE TO THE MINUTES, BUT, UM, JUST AS A NOTE THAT, UM, THE ISSUE THAT'S BEEN RAISED TO US AT BLACK MOUNTAIN IS STILL A DISCUSSION BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE AND TRANSPORT FOR NEW SOUTH WALES. SO NOT A FORGOTTEN THING IN, IN CASE SOMEONE'S LISTENING OR WATCHING. TERRIFIC. THANKS COUNCILOR REDWOOD. ALRIGHT, COUNCILORS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF NOTING THE MINUTES AND ENDORSING THE VARIOUS ROAD CLOSURES FOR WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN. THANK YOU. I DECLARE THAT CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY COUNCILORS. [15 Confidential Matters (Closed Session) ] THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF THE OPEN SESSION, UH, OF THIS COUNCIL MEETING. CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? A MOVER TO MOVE US INTO, UH, CLOSED. THANKS SELVES MOVE BY COUNCILOR ROBINSON. SECONDED BY COUNCILOR MCMICHAEL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOVING INTO CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU. I DECLARE THAT ONE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILORS, UH, AND, AND STAFF WELCOME BACK INTO THE OPEN SESSION, UH, OF, OF COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE GENERAL MANAGER TO READ OUT THE RESOLUTIONS, UH, THAT WERE MADE IN THE CLOSED SESSION AND, UH, I'LL JUST GET SOMETHING TO HIM. UH, TH THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. ITEM 15.1, THE, UM, FORMER NEW ENGLAND WEEDS AUTHORITY PROPERTY AT 21 WALLER AVENUE, UH, RESOLVED BY COUNCIL THAT COUNCIL NOTES THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF SALE OF A SALE, OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 21 WALLER AVENUE, ARMADALE WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CONSTITUENT COUNCIL'S FOLLOWING DISILLUSION OF THE NEW ENGLAND COUNTY COUNCIL BY PROCLAMATION MADE BY THE MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. PURSUANT TO SECTION, PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 8 3 2 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1993. TWO NOTES IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SALE, THE PROPERTY WILL BE OWNED AS TENANTS IN COMMON BY EACH CONSTITUENT COUNCIL THAT PREVIOUSLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE NEW ENGLAND COUNTY COUNCIL IN THE FOLLOWING SHARES, RAL SHIRE, 18% WA SHIRE 18% GLENS SEVEN COUNCIL 22%, AND ARMADALE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF 42%. THREE RESULTS AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 21 WALLER AVENUE. ARMADALE BE CLASSIFIED AS OPERATIONAL LAND UNDER SECTION 31 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993. FOUR FORMERLY MAKES, UH, THE COUNCIL FORMALLY MAKES AN OFFER TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 21 WALLER AVENUE ARMADALE FOR THE SUM OF $1.6 MILLION. FIVE. SUBJECT TO HAVING ITS OFFER ACCEPTED COUNCIL PLACES THE PROPOSED PURCHASE IN THE DRAFT 25 26 OPERATIONAL BUDGET FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION SIX. THE COUNCIL INCLUDES IN ITS DRAFT 25 26 OPERATIONAL BUDGET, A PROVISION TO SEEK BORROWINGS OF $1.6 MILLION TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF 21 WALLER AVENUE ARMADALE. SEVEN. SEEK, UH, THAT COUNCIL SEEKS A DELAY IN THE PROPOSED LEASE ARRANGEMENTS NEGOTIATED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR ON BEHALF OF THE MINISTER AND THE CONSTITUENT COUNCILS. WHILST MEMBER COUNCILS CONSIDER THE OFFER TO PURCHASE AND EIGHT, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZES THE GENERAL MANAGER TO, TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION TO AFFECT THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO TRANSFER DOCUMENTS AND ANY OTHER ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS. THANKS, MR. THANK YOU. UM, ITEM 15.2, THE NATIONAL WATER GRID 2025 EXPRESSION OF INTEREST RESOLVED BY COUNCIL. THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST SUBMITTED ON 27 FEBRUARY, 2025. AND B, COUNCIL ENDORSED AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDING IF SUCCESSFUL IN THE EOI PROCESS. AND ITEM 15.3, ITEM [00:35:01] 15.3, THE INSTALLATION OF REPLACEMENT OZONE GENERATOR UNITS AT THE ARMADALE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. IT WAS RESOLVED BY COUNCIL THAT, UH, APPROVE COUNCIL APPROVE A CONTRACT TO THE INDIE GROUP TO PRO TO PROJECT MANAGE, AND UNDERTAKE THE INSTALLATION OF THREE NEW OZONE GENERATOR UNITS PURCHASED FROM XYLEM. B. COUNCIL APPROVED THE ENGAGEMENT OF GLOBE TECH PROPRIETARY LIMITED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMPONENT UPGRADES AND INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE INSTALLATION WORKS. C ENDORSE THE PROCUREMENT STRATEGY IN REGARD TO THE INDIE GROUP AND GLOBE TECH PROPRIETARY LIMITED UNDER SECTION 55 3, 1 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 THAT AN EXCEPTION TO THE, AN EXCEPTION TO THE ACT AS ENDORSED FOR THIS CONTRACT WERE BECAUSE OF EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, REMOTENESS OF LOCALITY OR THE UNAVAILABILITY OF COMPETITIVE RELIABLE TENDERS, A SATISFACTORY RESULT WOULD NOT BE ACHIEVED BY INVITING TENDERERS D APPROVE AND RELEASE $800,000 INCLUDING JST FROM THE WATER RESERVE TO COVER THE COST OF ITEMS A AND B AND A DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE GENERAL MANAGER TO APPROVE EXPENDITURE FOR THE PROJECT UP TO THE UPPER LIMIT OF THE CONTRACT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. GENERAL MANAGER, UM, COUNCILORS THAT, UH, BRINGS TO A CLOSE THIS ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING AND I DECLARE IT CLOSED AT 5:11 PM THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND YOUR INPUT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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