15 June 2016 Minutes from Ordinary Council Meeting
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Shire of Pingelly Minutes Ordinary Council Meeting 15 June 2016 Page 1 of 54 SHIRE OF PINGELLY Minutes of the Ordinary Council Meeting of the Shire of Pingelly held in the Council Chambers, 17 Queen Street, Pingelly on 15 June 2016. Contents 1. DECLARATION OF OPENING / ANNOUNCEMENT OF VISITORS ........................................ 3 2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY ................................................................................... 3 3. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE PRESIDING MEMBER .............................................................. 3 3.1 Reminder .................................................................................................................................. 3 4. RECORD OF ATTENDANCE / APOLOGIES / APPROVED LEAVE OF ABSENCE ................. 3 5. RESPONSE TO PREVIOUS PUBLIC QUESTIONS TAKEN ON NOTICE ................................ 3 6. PUBLIC QUESTION TIME ....................................................................................................... 4 7. APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE ........................................................................... 4 8. DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST ............................................................................................... 4 9. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS ................................................... 4 9.1 Ordinary Meeting – 18 May 2016 .............................................................................................. 4 10. PETITIONS / DEPUTATIONS / PRESENTATIONS / SUBMISSIONS ...................................... 4 11. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL ........................................................................... 5 12. REPORTS OF COUNCIL DELEGATES ON EXTERNAL COMMITTEES ................................. 6 13. REPORTS FROM THE SHIRE PRESIDENT ............................................................................ 7 14. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ..................................................................... 8 14.1 2016/17 Budget – Community Submissions ............................................................................. 8 15. DIRECTORATE OF CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ....................................... 14 15.1 Monthly Statement of Financial Activity .................................................................................. 14 15.2 Accounts Paid by Authority ..................................................................................................... 16 15.3 Draft 2016/17 Budget – Fees and Charges ............................................................................. 33 15.4 Councillor Payments and Allowances ..................................................................................... 37 16 DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL SERVICES ........................................................................ 40 16.1 Purchasing Policy ................................................................................................................... 40 16.2 Proposed 10 Year Gravel Resheeting Program ...................................................................... 49 16.3 Consolidation of Shire of Pingelly Local Planning Scheme No.3 ............................................. 51 16.4 Front Fence Policy .................................................................................................................. 53 17. ELECTED MEMBERS MOTIONS OF WHICH PREVIOUS NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN ....... 54 18. NEW BUSINESS OR URGENT BUSINESS INTRODUCED BY DECISION OF THE MEETING .......................................................................................................................................... 54 18.1 Resignation of PRACC Focus Group – Jodie Marshall ........................................................... 54 19. CLOSURE OF MEETING ....................................................................................................... 54 Page 2 of 54 Shire of Pingelly – Ordinary Meeting of Council Minutes – 15 June 2016 MEMBERS PRESENT Cr SJ Lange President Cr WV Mulroney Deputy President Cr RJ Marshall Cr DI Freebairn Cr LN Steel Cr JM Walton-Hassell Cr EJ Hodges STAFF IN ATTENDANCE Mr G Pollock Chief Executive Officer Mr B Gibbs Director Technical Services Ms G French Director Corporate & Community Services Mrs L Boddy Executive Assistant APOLOGIES Nil OBSERVERS & VISITORS Nil 1. DECLARATION OF OPENING / ANNOUNCEMENT OF VISITORS The Chairman, Cr Shirley Lange, declared the meeting open at 2.20pm. 2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY I respectfully acknowledge the past and present traditional owners of this land on which we are meeting, the Noongar people. It is a privilege to be standing on Noongar country. I also acknowledge the contributions of Aboriginal Australians and non-Aboriginal Australians to the security and wellbeing of all the people of this country where we live and that we share together – Australia. 3. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE PRESIDING MEMBER 3.1 Reminder Agreements: No talking over each other No “side bar” conversations Return from breaks punctually Mobile phones on silent / no vibrate 4. RECORD OF ATTENDANCE / APOLOGIES / APPROVED LEAVE OF ABSENCE Nil 5. RESPONSE TO PREVIOUS PUBLIC QUESTIONS TAKEN ON NOTICE Nil Page 3 of 54 Shire of Pingelly – Ordinary Meeting of Council Minutes – 15 June 2016 6. PUBLIC QUESTION TIME The Presiding Person opened question time at 2.22pm. As there were no members of the public present question time closed at 2.22pm. 7. APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE Moved: Cr Mulroney Seconded: Cr Hodges that Council approve Cr Walton-Hassell taking leave from Wednesday the 29th of June to Thursday the 7th July 2016. Carried 7:0 8. DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST Cr Walton-Hassell – Item 16.2 Cr Steel – Item 14.1 Cr Marshall – Items 14.1 and 18.1 9. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS 9.1 Ordinary Meeting – 18 May 2016 Statutory Environment: Section 5.22 of the Local Government Act provides that minutes of all meeting to be kept and submitted to the next ordinary meeting of the council or the committee, as the case requires, for confirmation. Voting Requirements: Simple Majority 11960 - Moved: Cr Hodges Seconded: Cr Steel Recommendation and Council Decision: That the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the Shire of Pingelly held in the Council Chambers on 18 May be confirmed. Carried 7:0 10. PETITIONS / DEPUTATIONS / PRESENTATIONS / SUBMISSIONS Nil Page 4 of 54 Shire of Pingelly – Ordinary Meeting of Council Minutes – 15 June 2016 11. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL Audit Committee Full Council Recreation & Cultural Committee Member – Cr Lange Member – Cr Walton-Hassell Member – Cr Morton Member – Cr Marshall Bushfire Advisory Committee Member – Cr Freebairn Deputy – Cr Morton Medical and Aged Care Services Committee Member – Cr Freebairn Member – Cr Hodges Member – Cr Lange Member – Cr Mulroney Member – Cr Steel CEO Performance Review Committee Member – President Member – Deputy President Member – Councillor to be determined Page 5 of 54 Shire of Pingelly – Ordinary Meeting of Council Minutes – 15 June 2016 12. REPORTS OF COUNCIL DELEGATES ON EXTERNAL COMMITTEES Central Country Zone of WALGA Delegate – President Delegate – Deputy President Deputy – Cr Walton-Hassell Hotham-Dale Regional Road Sub-Group Delegate – Cr Lange Deputy - Cr Marshall Pingelly Cottage Homes Committee Delegate – Cr Freebairn Deputy – Cr Mulroney Development Assessment Panel Delegate – Cr Lange Delegate – Cr Mulroney Deputy – Cr Freebairn Deputy – Cr Morton Dryandra Country Visitors Centre Delegate – Cr Marshall Deputy – Cr Freebairn Regional Waste Group Delegate – Cr Mulroney Deputy – Cr Marshall Shires of Pingelly and Wandering Joint Local Emergency Management Committee Delegate – Cr Lange Deputy – Cr Hodges Aged Care Planning Regional Sub-Group (BBP) Delegate – Cr Lange Delegate – Cr Steel Deputy – Members of Medical & Aged Care Committee Youth Working Group Delegate – Cr Morton Delegate – Cr Walton-Hassell Deputy – Recreation & Cultural Committee Project User Group (PUG) Delegate – Cr Lange Deputy – Members of Medical & Aged Services Committee Sport and Recreation Focus Group Delegate – Cr Lange Delegate – Cr Walton-Hassell Deputy – Cr Marshall Page 6 of 54 Shire of Pingelly – Ordinary Meeting of Council Minutes – 15 June 2016 13. REPORTS FROM THE SHIRE PRESIDENT Meetings attended May 2016: 12th Agenda briefing 16th BBP Meeting at Beverley. Ordinary group meeting with phone hook up with WDC Lauren Clarke to resolve issues around the Business case. 17th CEO Meeting 18th Council Meeting 19th Aged Appropriate Housing Meeting. – WACHS: Bev Hammerton and Anna Madden 20th Budget Meeting at the SES Centre – Alison Dalziel and Mark Dacombe 27th PRACC: Architect meeting Project team – Chambers 30th Budget Meeting – Chambers 30th CEO - Resolved Issues and finalised the BBP aged housing Business Case 30th Pingelly Dev. Association - CRC 31st Healthy Wheatbelt – Northam My first meeting with the reformed Health MOU. Committee is now down to 2 representatives from the 3 zones + the 2 executive. Chairperson is elected for a 2 year term. I think it will be hard to get the momentum we had in the Health MOU as there is still an underlying current from that group evident from opinions on the selection of the new Rural Health Board. 31st Tennis Club Chambers. Discussion on the decommissioning of the courts and use of the new courts; sale of the fence and artificial surface; Septic tank realignment and use of the building until the new RRAC is finished. R Turton,