Goondiwindi Regional Council Ordinary Meeting CONFIRMED MINUTES Meeting held at the Goondiwindi Regional Council Customer Service Office 82 Marshall Street, Goondiwindi Queensland 4390 Wednesday, 28 July 2010 Goondiwindi Regional Council MINUTES OF ORDINARY MEETING 28 July, 2010 1. OPENING OF MEETING ....................................................................................................1 2. APOLOGIES .......................................................................................................................1 3. CONGRATULATIONS........................................................................................................1 3.1. Texas Show Society............................................................................................................1 4. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS ...........................................1 5. BUSINESS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETING .........................................................1 6. DEPUTATIONS...................................................................................................................1 7. REPORTS – DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND CORPORATE......................................2 7.1. FC-0024/10 – Finance Report, PE 30 June 2010...............................................................2 7.2. FC-025/10 – Department of Environment and Resource Management – Unallocated State Land ...........................................................................................................................2 7.3. FC-026/10 – Department of Environment and Resource Management – Inglewood Shire Land Management Manual ........................................................................................2 7.4. General Business – Department of Finance & Corporate...................................................2 8. REPORTS – DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ............3 8.1. BEH-016/10 – Environmental Health Activities...................................................................3 8.2. General Business – Department of Building and Environmental Health Services..............3 9. REPORTS – DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND PLANNING.................................3 PLANNING – RECONFIGURING A LOT (ROL) ..............................................................................3 9.1. EP-054/10 – Reconfiguring a Lot (1 into 3) - Inglewood .....................................................3 PLANNING – MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE (MCU) ......................................................................3 PLANNING – OTHER.......................................................................................................................3 ENGINEERING – WATER & SEWERAGE......................................................................................3 ENGINEERING – WORKS...............................................................................................................4 ENGINEERING – OTHER................................................................................................................4 9.2. EP-056/10 – Auslink 2009/10 Interest Allocation................................................................4 ENGINEERING – ASSETS ..............................................................................................................4 9.3. EP-055/10 – Application to Install Gates and Grids on Teelebar Road..............................4 9.4. General Business – Department of Engineering and Planning Services............................5 10. REPORTS - DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.......................................................5 10.1. DCE- 026/10 – Adoption Community Economic Action Plan..............................................5 10.2. DCE-027/10 – Community Garden Goondiwindi ................................................................6 10.3. DCE-028/10 – Inglewood and District Historical Society ....................................................6 10.4. DCE-029/10 – Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Round 3 .............7 10.5. DCE-030/10 – Inglewood Chamber of Commerce – RV Friendly Town.............................8 10.6. DCE-031/10 – Rebel FM Radio...........................................................................................8 10.7. DCE-032/10 – Mary Kennif Room.......................................................................................9 10.8. General Business – Deputy Chief Executive Officer...........................................................9 11. REPORTS - COUNCILLORS .............................................................................................9 11.1. CR-003/10 – Cycle Queensland 2011 ................................................................................9 Goondiwindi Regional Council MINUTES OF ORDINARY MEETING 28 July, 2010 12. REPORTS - EXECUTIVE OFFICE ...................................................................................10 12.1. EX-015/10 – Change of Meeting Date - August 2010.......................................................10 12.2. EX-016/10 – Proposed Regional Economic Development Organisation..........................10 12.3. General Business – Executive Office................................................................................10 13. RECEPTION OF NOTICE OF MOTION FOR NEXT MEETING ......................................11 14. GENERAL BUSINESS .....................................................................................................11 15. CONFIRMATION OF DATES AND TIMES FOR FUTURE MEETINGS..........................11 CLOSURE OF THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC .........................................................................11 RE-OPENING OF THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC ....................................................................11 CLOSURE OF MEETING ..............................................................................................................12 Goondiwindi Regional Council MINUTES OF ORDINARY MEETING 28 July, 2010 Present: Mayor Cr GS (Graeme) Scheu Cr WP (Rick) Kearney Cr RJ (Rob) Reardon Cr RJ (Rick) McDougall Cr PJ (Phil) Percival Cr DG (David) McMahon Cr PM (Mac) Kneipp Attendance: Mr Peter Stewart (Chief Executive Officer) Mr Carl Manton (Deputy Chief Executive Officer) Mr Dave Burges (Director of Engineering & Planning) Mr Jason Quinnell (Director of Finance & Corporate) Mr Bradley Pyle (Finance Manager) Mr Peter McCashney (Manager Building & Environmental Health Services) Mr Dave Hayward (Economic Development Officer) Mrs Teresa Pfingst (Minutes Secretary) Apologies Nil Goondiwindi Regional Council MINUTES OF ORDINARY MEETING 28 July, 2010 1. OPENING OF MEETING The Mayor, Cr GS Scheu, declared the meeting open at 9:40am. Mrs Jan Waller of the Uniting Church, Goondiwindi, delivered the Opening Prayer. 2. APOLOGIES Nil. 3. CONGRATULATIONS 3.1. Texas Show Society The Mayor congratulated the Texas Show Society on successfully hosting the 50th Annual Texas Show on Saturday, 24 July 2010. 4. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS RESOLUTION OM-0166 Moved: Cr PM Kneipp Seconded: Cr PJ Percival That the minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held Wednesday, 23 June 2010, be confirmed. Carried. RESOLUTION OM-0167 Moved: Cr PM Kneipp Seconded: Cr WP Kearney That the minutes of the Special Budget Meeting of Council held Monday, 28 June 2010, be confirmed. Carried. 5. BUSINESS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETING Nil 6. DEPUTATIONS Nil 1 Goondiwindi Regional Council MINUTES OF ORDINARY MEETING 28 July, 2010 7. REPORTS – DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND CORPORATE Council’s Finance Manager, Mr Bradley Pyle, presented the following report to Council. 7.1. FC-0024/10 – Finance Report, PE 30 June 2010 RESOLUTION OM-0168 Moved: Cr RJ Reardon Seconded: Cr RJ McDougall That the Finance Report, number FC-024/10, for the period ending 30 June 2010 be received. Carried. Council’s Director Finance and Corporate, Mr Jason Quinnell, presented the following reports to Council. 7.2. FC-025/10 – Department of Environment and Resource Management – Unallocated State Land Correspondence received from the Department of Environment and Resource Management, is provided for Council’s consideration and decision. RESOLUTION OM-0169 Moved: Cr RJ Reardon Seconded: Cr WP Kearney That Council does not object to the continuation of the current permit to occupy over land described as Lot 193 MH887, for grazing purposes. Carried. 7.3. FC-026/10 – Department of Environment and Resource Management – Inglewood Shire Land Management Manual Council has received a request from the Department of Environment and Resource Management to consider licensing the Inglewood Shire Land Management Manual under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License (CC-BY), to permit the manuals broad reuse. It was noted that the Report be deferred to the next Council Meeting, 18 August 2010, pending further investigation into the proposed update of the manual. 7.4. General Business – Department of Finance & Corporate Nil 2 Goondiwindi Regional Council MINUTES OF ORDINARY MEETING 28 July, 2010 8. REPORTS – DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Council’s Manager of Environmental Services, Mr Peter McCashney, presented the following report to Council. 8.1. BEH-016/10 – Environmental Health Activities This report provides a summary of the Environmental Health Activities for the month of June 2010. RESOLUTION OM-0170 Moved: Cr PJ Percival Seconded: Cr DG McMahon That the Environmental Health Officer’s Report, number BES016-10, for the month of June 2010, be received