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Dungog Shire Council Ordinary Council Meeting 21 DUNGOG SHIRE COUNCIL ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING 21 NOVEMBER 2018 ORDER OF BUSINESS 1. Acknowledgement of Country 2. Apologies 3. Declaration of Interests 4. Confirmation of the Minutes 5. Matters Arising from the Minutes 6. Prayer 7. Ode 8. Mayoral Minute 9. Public Access Session 10. General Manager's Reports by Department 11. Reports from Committees and Outside Organisations 12. Councillor Reports 13. Notices of Motion 14. Questions With Notice 15. Business of an Urgent Nature which the Council may, by resolution, decide to discuss 16. Closed Council (Confidential Matters) 17. Resumption of Open Council Coralie Nichols GENERAL MANAGER Page 1 MAYORAL MINUTE 1. LGNSW CONFERENCE FILE NO: EF07/34 ANNEXURES: Nil AUTHOR: Mayor Tracy Norman COMMUNITY STRATEGIC Council Governance and Finance PLAN: Council will advocate for the community by actively pursuing DELIVERY PROGRAM: constructive relationships with other spheres of government. MOTION: That the report be received and the information noted. Precis: The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the annual Local Government (LG) NSW Conference, 21-23 October 2018. ************* Dungog Shire Council’s General Manager, Coralie Nichols, and I attended the LGNSW Conference held in Albury on 21-23 October. LGNSW is the peak organisation representing the Local Government Sector. Its annual conference is attended by Mayors, Councillors, General Managers (GMs) and Senior Staff from Local Government Areas (LGAs) across the state. Delegates are addressed by key Ministers, Department Directors and experts in various aspects of local government. They also vote on motions that determine the policy direction of LGNSW for the coming year. There is an opportunity to talk to government departments and suppliers of goods and services to the sector and elected members can attend workshops on various aspects of local government life. Delegates also have the opportunity to network with colleagues from across the sector. I attended a workshop on the legal responsibilities of elected members, which covered the topics of statutory roles of the governing body and elected members; community engagement; access to information; the draft model Code of Meeting Practice; work health and safety; surcharging and the draft Model Code of Conduct. I also attended a workshop on development capabilities for elected members, which discussed LG NSW Capability Framework and its PD in a Box program, described by LG NSW as ‘a free and confidential portal for mayors and councillors to assess their capabilities and create a personal and professional development plan’. Councillors have previously received information on this program and on the Capability Framework. There is information available on the LG NSW website. Dungog Shire Council Ordinary Meeting Agenda 21 November 2018 Page 2 Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, addressed the conference at an outdoor reception held on the banks of the Murray River. The Premier spent a considerable amount of time discussing regional issues. We also heard from the Mayor of Albury, Kevin Mack, and LGNSW President, Linda Scott at this reception. The conference was also addressed by Minister for Local Government and Minister for Environment and Heritage, Gabrielle Upton, Federal Shadow Minster for Local Government, Stephen Jones and State Federal Minister for Local Government, Peter Primrose, who attended the entire conference. We heard from Small Business Commissioner, Robyn Hobbs OAM, who spoke on the Easy to Do Business program, which is a partnership between participating LGA’s, Service NSW and the Office of Small Business Commissioner. Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) President, Cr David O’Loughlin outlined ALGA’s twelve Federal Election initiatives, which include: A return to the 1996 level of 1% of Federal tax revenue in Financial Assistance Grants; Increasing Roads to Recovery program and making the Bridge renewals program permanent; Funding community infrastructure at $300 million for 4 years; Maintain support for relief and recovery and invest in targeted mitigation for natural disasters; Invest in a Local Government Climate Change Fund; Establish a Local Government Preventative Health and Activity Program; Commit to funding smart technologies, including funding for a digital rural/regional communications program; Achieve more cost-effective and equitable funding approaches to achieve a circular economy, including access to state waste levies. David emphasised ALGA’s maxim that all politics is local. This is definitely something to keep in mind when councillors and the community are lobbying our local members and relevant ministers in the lead up to both the state and federal elections. I attended an Australian Local Government Women’s Association breakfast, where special guest speaker, Sarah Garnett, who founded the Footpath Library gave an inspirational presentation on her work. She demonstrated how a simple concept has made such a powerful contribution to society. Several speakers presented on smart places (cities and towns) and the implementation of strategies to best capture and use data and how to harness digital disruption. LG NSW also launched its Save our Recycling Campaign, which calls on the State Government to re-invest the entire $727 million it collects from the waste levy each year in waste management and recycling. Much of day two was taken up voting on the 100 motions put to the conference. These motions are to determine the policies and advocacy priorities of LGNSW for the coming year. The full record of decisions is available at: https://www.lgnsw.org.au/files/imce- uploads/90/Record-of-Decisions-2018-LGNSW-Annual-Conference_.pdf Dungog Shire Council Ordinary Meeting Agenda 21 November 2018 Page 3 Some decisions of relevance to Dungog Shire and the region are: Several motions on drought policy and drought relief, including for affected associated businesses That Local Government NSW requests the NSW Government to release the IPART Review of the Local Government Rating System - Draft Report of August 2016; That Local Government NSW lobbies the Federal Government for the permanent inclusion of a percentage of the fuel excise levy to be provided as an increase to the existing Roads to Recovery (R2R) funding program for local government; That the NSW Government address the inadequate base level of funding of $30,000 provided to councils to comply with the Crown Land Management Act’s requirement to prepare plans of management for all Crown Land that they manage; and allow for a transition period greater than three years to have adopted plans in place for all Crown reserves managed as community land; Several motions around simplifying and improving the planning process, particularly for rural and regional areas; That Local Government NSW contacts Transport NSW and advocates on behalf of councils for changes to the train timetables, including to regional areas; That Local Government NSW makes representation to the Treasurer of NSW, the Hon. Dominic Perrottet MP, to instigate a review of Treasury’s NSW Government Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis guidelines as they apply to regional NSW road and other transport projects. In particular, that the Government consider the following factors in determining the value of projects: o the benefits to primary sector productivity of areas of high production so that these benefits can be considered as part of transport project justification; o the achievement of social equalisation between rural and urban communities (access to education, health and wellbeing, emergency services and general social connectivity); and o recognition of the additional costs that arise from reactive soil types both for construction and long-term maintenance; That Local Government NSW lobbies the NSW Government to modify the present application process for infrastructure grants in favour of direct grants to councils using a similar formula to the Federal Government Assistance Grants (FAGs). That the NSW Government allocate some of the proceeds from the sale of Snowy Hydro towards the funding of infrastructure backlog projects that aren’t aligned with grant funding opportunities to assist councils with upgrading and maintaining critical assets such as roads and bridges; That the NSW Government be called upon to ensure that 100% of the levy arising from Section 88 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 be used for waste infrastructure and programs, predominantly by local government and the waste sector. Several other motions around waste and recycling issues; That Local Government NSW requests the Premier and Deputy Premier to commit to the continuation of the very successful Stronger Country Communities Fund as an ongoing funding program with an equitable per capita funding calculation. Several motions regarding advocacy for increased remuneration of councillors and superannuation payments to councillors that would result in financial implications for this Council if successful. Dungog Shire Council Ordinary Meeting Agenda 21 November 2018 Page 4 2. NSW COUNTRY MAYORS MEETING 1-2 NOVEMBER 2018 FILE NO: EF18/30 Minutes of Country Mayors Association Meeting held on 2 ANNEXURES: November 2018 AUTHOR: Mayor Tracy Norman Council Governance and Finance - Council will advocate for the COMMUNITY STRATEGIC community by actively pursuing constructive relationships with PLAN: other spheres of government DELIVERY PROGRAM: Governance - Advocacy MOTION: That the report be received and the information noted. Precis:
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