Great Eastern Country Zone Minutes 29 November 2018
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Great Eastern Country Zone Minutes Merredin Leisure Centre Function Room Table of Contents 1. OPENING AND WELCOME ..................................................................................... 4 2. ATTENDANCE AND APOLOGIES ........................................................................... 4 3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST ............................................................................. 6 4. ANNOUNCEMENTS ................................................................................................. 6 5. GUEST SPEAKERS / DEPUTATIONS ..................................................................... 6 5.1 Telecommunications ................................................................................................... 6 5.2 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and Redress . 6 6. MINUTES .................................................................................................................. 7 6.1 Confirmation of Minutes from the Great Eastern Country Zone meeting held Thursday 29 November 2018 (Attachment 1) ............................................................................. 7 6.2 Business Arising from the Minutes of the Great Eastern Country Zone Meeting Thursday 29 November 2018 ..................................................................................... 7 6.3 Minutes from the Great Eastern Country Zone Executive Committee Meeting held Thursday 7 March 2019 .............................................................................................. 7 7. ZONE BUSINESS ..................................................................................................... 7 7.1 The Tobacco Products Control Act 2006 Amendment ................................................ 7 7.2 Doctor Availability – Merredin Hospital ........................................................................ 8 7.3 Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage – Request to Present ........................... 9 8. ZONE REPORTS ...................................................................................................... 9 8.1 Zone President Report ................................................................................................ 9 8.2 Local Government Agricultural Freight Group ........................................................... 10 8.3 Wheatbelt District Emergency Management Committee ........................................... 10 9. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION (WALGA) BUSINESS .............................................................................................................. 11 9.1 State Councillor Report ............................................................................................. 11 9.2 WALGA Status Report ................................................................................................ 2 9.3 Review of WALGA State Council Agenda – Matters for Decision ................................ 2 9.4 Review of WALGA State Council Agenda – Matters for Noting / Information .............. 4 9.5 Review of WALGA State Council Agenda – Organisational Reports ........................... 4 9.6 Review of WALGA State Council Agenda – Policy Forum Reports ............................. 4 9.7 WALGA President’s Report ........................................................................................ 5 10. AGENCY REPORTS ................................................................................................. 5 10.1 Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries ................................ 5 10.2 Mainroads Western Australia ...................................................................................... 5 10.3 Wheatbelt RDA ........................................................................................................... 5 11. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.................................................................................. 5 12. EMERGING ISSUES ................................................................................................. 6 12.1 Local Government Act Review Process ...................................................................... 6 12.2 Office of the Auditor General (OAG) Audit Fee Increase ............................................. 6 12.3 Telstra - Power Outages Effecting Communications ................................................... 6 13. URGENT BUSINESS ................................................................................................ 7 14. DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF NEXT MEETINGS .................................................... 7 15. CLOSURE ................................................................................................................. 7 Minutes Great Eastern Country Zone – 18 March 2019 Page 3 Great Eastern Country Zone Meeting was held at the Merredin Leisure Centre Commenced at 9.30am, Monday 18 March 2019 Minutes 1. OPENING AND WELCOME The Zone President, Cr Rhonda Cole opened the meeting at 9.31am welcoming all in attendance. 2. ATTENDANCE AND APOLOGIES Attendance Shire of Bruce Rock President Stephen Strange Shire of Cunderdin Cr Dennis Whisson Mr Neville Hale Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Dowerin Cr Darrel Hudson Ms Rebecca McCall Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Kellerberrin Cr Rodney Forsyth Mr Raymond Griffiths Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Kondinin President Sue Meeking Ms Mia Dohnt Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Merredin Cr Mal Willis Cr Julie Flockart Mr Greg Powell Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Mount Marshall Cr Tony Sachse Mr John Nuttall Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Mukinbudin President Gary Shadbolt Mr Dirk Sellenger Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Narembeen President Rhonda Cole Chair Mr Chris Jackson Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Nungarin President Cr Eileen O’Connell Cr Gary Combe Mr Adam Majid Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Tammin Mr Neville Hale Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Trayning Cr Geoff Waters Mr Paul Sheedy Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Wyalkatchem Cr Quentin Davies Minutes Great Eastern Country Zone – 18 March 2019 Page 4 Ms Taryn Dayman Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Yilgarn Cr Wayne Della Bosca Mr Peter Clarke Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate WALGA Representatives Mr Tony Brown, Executive Manager Governance & Organisational Development Ms Chantelle O’Brien, Governance Support Officer Guests Craig Manton, Regional Manager, Main Roads – Wheatbelt Mr Boyd Brown, Regional General Manager, Telstra Gordon MacMile, Director Strategic Coordination and Delivery, DLGSC Ms Karen Strange, Deputy Chair, RDA Wheatbelt Apologies Shire of Bruce Rock Cr Ramesh Rajagopalan Mr Darren Mollenoyux, Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Cunderdin Cr Alison Harris Shire of Kellerberrin Cr Scott O’Neill Shire of Kondinin Cr Kent Mouritz Shire of Koorda President Ricky Storer Cr Pamela McWha Mr Gary Martin, Acting Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Merredin Cr Ken Hooper Shire of Mount Marshall Cr Nick Gillett Shire of Mukinbudin Cr Sandie Ventris Shire of Narembeen Cr Kellie Mortimore Shire of Tammin Cr Glenice Batchelor Cr Tania Daniels Shire of Trayning Cr Melanie Brown Shire of Westonia President Karin Day Cr Bill Huxtable Mr Jamie Criddle, Chief Executive Officer non-voting delegate Shire of Wyalkatchem Cr Owen Garner Shire of Yilgarn President Onida Truran Sharon Broad, Regional Manager, Water Corporation Mandy Walker, Director Regional Development, RDA Wheatbelt Kathleen Brown, Electorate Officer, Central Wheatbelt Mia Davies MLA, member for Central Wheatbelt The Hon Melissa Price MP, Minister for the Environment Dennis O'Reilly, General Manager Regional Services, Regional Services, Department of Transport Tim Woolerson, PTA General Manager, Transwa Attachments The following were provided as attachments to the agenda: 1. Great Eastern Country Zone Minutes 29 November 2018. 2. Great Eastern Country Zone Executive Committee Minutes 7 March 2019. 3. State Council Agenda – via link: https://walga.asn.au/About-WALGA/Structure/State-Council/Agenda-and-Minutes.aspx 4. President’s Report Minutes Great Eastern Country Zone – 18 March 2019 Page 5 3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST President Rhonda Cole declared an impartiality interest in Item 7.2. 4. ANNOUNCEMENTS Nil 5. GUEST SPEAKERS / DEPUTATIONS 5.1 Telecommunications The Zone had identified Telecommunication as a priority issue. Based on this the Zone invited Boyd Brown, Telstra Retail and Regional, Regional General Manager from Telstra who addressed the meeting. Please see presentation attached (Attachment 1) 5.2 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and Redress Gordon MacMile, Director Strategic Coordination and Delivery, presented to the Zone. The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) has previously consulted with the WA Local Government Association (WALGA), Local Government Professionals Western Australia (LGPro) and WA Local Governments on the overall recommendations, findings and (potential) key implications of the Royal Commission. A key recommendation made by the Royal Commission was for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse to have access to redress. In response to this Royal Commission recommendation, the National Redress Scheme