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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING Dear Councillors, Notice is hereby given of a General Meeting of the Charters Towers Regional Council to be held Wednesday 16 September 2020 at 9:00am at the World Theatre, 82-90 Mosman Street, Charters Towers. A Johansson Chief Executive Officer Local Government Regulation 2012, Chapter 8 Administration Part 2 Local government meetings and committees “274 Meetings in public unless otherwise resolved A meeting is open to the public unless the local government or committee has resolved that the meeting is to be closed under section 275. 275 Closed meetings (1) A local government or committee may resolve that a meeting be closed to the public if its councillors or members consider it necessary to close the meeting to discuss— (a) the appointment, dismissal or discipline of employees; or (b) industrial matters affecting employees; or (c) the local government’s budget; or (d) rating concessions; or (e) contracts proposed to be made by it; or (f) starting or defending legal proceedings involving the local government; or (g) any action to be taken by the local government under the Planning Act, including deciding applications made to it under that Act; or (h) other business for which a public discussion would be likely to prejudice the interests of the local government or someone else, or enable a person to gain a financial advantage. (2) A resolution that a meeting be closed must state the nature of the matters to be considered while the meeting is closed. (3) A local government or committee must not make a resolution (other than a procedural resolution) in a closed meeting.” GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY, 16 September 2020 AT 9.00AM THE WORLD THEATRE, 82-90 MOSMAN STREET, CHARTERS TOWERS MEETING AGENDA 1. Opening of meeting ........................................................................................................................ 1 2. Attendance/apologies .................................................................................................................... 1 3. Prayer ............................................................................................................................................. 1 4. Condolences .................................................................................................................................. 1 5. Declarations of Interest .................................................................................................................. 1 6. Deputations .....................................................................................................................................1 7. Confirmation of minutes ................................................................................................................. 1 8. Business arising from previous meeting minutes ..........................................................................1 9. Mayor’s and Councillors’ reports ................................................................................................... 1 10. Reports for consideration – Infrastructure Services ......................................................................2 11. Reports for consideration – Corporate and Community Services ..............................................12 12. Reports for consideration – Office of the Chief Executive Officer ...............................................53 13. Reports for consideration – Confidential ...................................................................................157 Close of Meeting for Confidential Reports ..........................................................................................157 The meeting will be opened for the taking of resolutions. ..................................................................157 14. Mayoral minute........................................................................................................................... 157 15. Close of meeting ........................................................................................................................157 Attachment 'A" Unconfirmed Minutes from General Meeting held 19-08-2020 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Agenda for General Meeting of Charters Towers Regional Council to be held 16 September 2020 1. OPENING OF MEETING 2. ATTENDANCE/APOLOGIES 3. PRAYER 4. CONDOLENCES 5. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 6. DEPUTATIONS 7. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES Minutes of General Meeting held 19 August 2020. __________________________________________________________________________________ 8. BUSINESS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES 9. MAYOR’S AND COUNCILLORS’ REPORTS __________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Agenda for General Meeting of Charters Towers Regional Council to be held 16 September 2020 1 10. REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION – INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES 10.1 Application for partial simultaneous road opening closure of Cemetery Road, Ravenswood EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Council has received a request for a proposed partial simultaneous road opening and closure of Cemetery Road, Ravenswood. OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION That Council: Offer no objection to the proposed simultaneous road opening and closure application over portions of Cemetery Road, Ravenswood. __________________________________________________________________________________ BUDGET & RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS There are no budget and resource implications associated with supporting this recommendation. BACKGROUND Ravenswood Gold have requested Council’s support to a proposed simultaneous road opening and closure of a portion of Cemetery Road, Ravenswood on Lot 17/SP266614. Ravenswood Gold are the landowners of Lot 17/SP266614 and have advised Council previously that they intend to open a new section of mine which will see the existing Cemetery Road become part of the new open cut mine and shutting off access to the Ravenswood Cemetery. The new open cut mine will see two sections of road reserve immediately to the north of the cemetery and to the south linking to Loop Road closed. To resolve this matter Ravenswood Gold intend to relocate the road reserve to the west of the cemetery and connect directly to the Burdekin Dam Falls Road and construct a new Cemetery Road (see Attachment A). It is therefore recommended that Council offer no objection to the proposed simultaneous partial road opening and closure application over the identified area of Cemetery Road, Ravenswood and return a signed LA30 Part C to Ravenswood Gold for lodgment with their application to Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (DNRME). LINK TO CORPORATE PLAN The recommendation links to the priority focus area of “Infrastructure and Sustainability” in Council’s Corporate Plan (2018-2023). CONSULTATION (Internal/External) Internal: Former Director Infrastructure Services - Cameron Scott External: Ravenswood Gold - Ms. Alisa Wilkinson Ravenswood Gold - Ms. Eloise Setch LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS There are no legal implications that warrant the recommendation being declined. POLICY IMPLICATIONS There are no policy implications that warrant the recommendation being declined. RISK IMPLICATIONS There are no political, public relations, financial, workplace health and safety risk implications that warrant the recommendations being declined. Report Prepared by: Report Authorised by: JOHN TEAGUE AARON JOHANSSON Acting Director Infrastructure Services Chief Executive Officer Date: 24 August 2020 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Agenda for General Meeting of Charters Towers Regional Council to be held 16 September 2020 2 ATTACHMENTS • Attachment A – Map of proposed road opening and closure REFERENCE DOCUMENT • Correspondence from Ravenswood Gold Document No. 1381560 • Officer’s Report Document No. 1381776 __________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Agenda for General Meeting of Charters Towers Regional Council to be held 16 September 2020 3 HENRY STREET SCHOOL STREET MACROSSAN STREET 4SP263501 18GS972 STATION TRACK JAMES STREET 22SP266614 16SP266614 BURDEKIN FALLS DAM ROAD 13GS972 CEMETERY ROAD 17SP266614 17SP266614 18SP310550 1AP3534 LOOP ROAD 3AP3534 PLUMWOOD ROAD 18SP310550 18SP310550 RAVENSWOOD REFUSE TIP 20SP310550 Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, swisstopo, and the GIS User Community LEGEND PO Box 189 CHARTERS TOWERS QLD 4820 Proposed Opening/Closure T: (07) 4761 5300 Road E: [email protected] of Road Reserves www.charterstowers.qld.gov.au Proposed Road Closure Ravenswood Date: 4/09/2020 Road Unchanged 00.02750.055 0.11 0.165 0.22 0.275 0.33 Drawn By: ablokland Proposed Road Opening Document: 2020- 4 Kilometres I Land Parcels Scale @ A4 - 1:10,000 10.2 Design and construction of footpath on northern side of Gill Street between Boundary and High Streets EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The lack of covered seating in front of the Charters Towers Health Service has been raised. It is recommended that a project be undertaken to install two covered seating areas and footpath upgrades on the northern side of Gill Street between High and Boundary Streets with an overall design which adds to the amenity of