extraordinary Council Meeting

MINUTES OF MEETING

Wednesday, 04 October 2017

Present

Council Members

The Mayor, Councillor Kevin Greene

Deputy Mayor, Councillor Kathryn Landsberry

Councillor Stephen Agius

Councillor Vince Badalati

Councillor Sam Elmir

Councillor Sandy Grekas

Councillor Con Hindi

Councillor Rita Kastanias

Councillor Nick Katris

Councillor Lou Konjarski

Councillor Nancy Liu

Councillor Leesha Payor

Councillor Colleen Symington

Councillor Warren Tegg

Councillor Christina Wu

Council Staff

General Manager, Ms Gail Connolly

Director Assets and Infrastructure, Mr Laurie O’Connor

Director Environment and Planning, Ms Meryl Bishop

Director Community and Culture, Mr David Tuxford

Chief Operating Officer, Ms Carole Todd

Director Transformation and Change, Ms Marissa Racomelara

General Counsel, Ms Jenny Ware

Executive Manager, Office of the General Manager, Ms Rebekah Schulz

Head of Executive Services, Ms Jennifer Anderson

Executive Support Officer, Mr Tom Christophersen

Opening

The Mayor, Councillor Kevin Greene, opened the meeting at 7.03pm.

The Mayor acknowledged the traditional custodians of the land, the Biddegal people.

Apologies
Nil

Disclosures of Interest

Nil

Public Participation

Nil

Finance and Governance

CCL216-17       Determination of Georges River Council Standing Committees and Calendar of Council Meetings

Resolved:         Councillor Katris and Councillor Hindi

(a)     That Council endorse the proposed cycle of Standing Committees and Council Meetings to September 2018 as attached to this report.

(b)     That Council establish the following Standing Committees:

·        Environment and Planning Standing Committee at 6.00pm

·        Finance and Governance Standing Committee at 6.00pm

·        Community and Culture Standing Committee at 7.00pm

·        Assets and Infrastructure Standing Committee at 7.00pm

(c)     That Council adopt the Standing Committee Terms of Reference, as attached to this report and in accordance with the membership determined as resolved.

(d)     That the delegations within the Standing Committee Terms of Reference be reviewed in six (6) months.

(e)     That the December 2017 Council Meeting be held on the third Monday of the month (on 18           December).

CCL217-17       Appointment of Councillors to Georges River Council Standing Committees

(Report by Executive Manager, Office of the General Manager)

Resolved:         Councillor Katris and Councillor Hindi

(a)     That Council appoint the following members to the following Standing Committees:

STANDING COMMITTEE	COUNCILLOR MEMBERS
Environment and Planning (6pm)	Rita Kastanias, Nick Katris, Con Hindi, Kathryn Landsberry, Stephen Agius, Leesha Payor
Finance and Governance (6pm)	Lou Konjarski, Sam Elmir, Nancy Liu, Colleen Symington, Christina Wu, Warren Tegg
Community and Culture (7pm)	Nancy Liu, Kathryn Landsberry, Christina Wu, Con Hindi
Assets and Infrastructure (7pm)	Rita Kastanias, Stephen Agius, Nick Katris, Colleen Symington, Sandy Grekas, Sam Elmir, Lou Konjarski, Warren Tegg, Leesha Payor

(b)     That Council appoint the following Councillors as Chairpersons to the following Standing Committees:

STANDING COMMITTEE	CHAIRPERSON
Environment and Planning	Nick Katris
Finance and Governance	Sam Elmir
Community and Culture	Kathryn Landsberry
Assets and Infrastructure	Sandy Grekas

CCL218-17       Determination of Georges River Council Advisory Committees and Appointment of Councillor Representatives

(Report by Executive Manager, Office of the General Manager)

Resolved:

(a)     That Council establish the following Advisory Committees for the 2017 – 2020 term of Council:

·    Major Events Advisory Committee

·    Community Development and Services Advisory Committee

·    Economic Development Advisory Committee

·    Local Traffic Advisory Committee

(b)     That Council adopt the attached Terms of Reference to the relevant advisory committee.

          and in accordance with the membership determined as resolved.

(c)     That Council appoint the following Councillors as members of the following Advisory         Committees as denoted in the table below.

(d)     That Council appoint the Chairpersons to the following Advisory Committees as denoted in the           table below.

Advisory Committee	Number of Councillors	Councillor delegates	Chair
Major Events	4	Christina Wu Nancy Liu Colleen Symington Nick Katris	Christina Wu
Community Development and Services	2	Christina Wu Nick Katris	Nick Katris
Economic Development	2 plus alternates	Con Hindi Warren Tegg	Stephen Agius (Alternate) Nick Katris (Alternate)
Local Traffic	(1 formal voting member who is also the Chair)	Lou Konjarski	Lou Konjarski

CCL219-17       Appointment of Councillor Delegates on External Committees and Panels

(Report by Executive Manager, Office of the General Manager)

Resolved:         Councillor Katris and Councillor Hindi

(a)     That the following Councillors be appointed as delegates to the external committees.

(b)     That the members of the Sydney South Planning Panel be appointed as per the terms      of the existing Council members as approved by the former Administrator of Council on    10 November 2016, subject to the fee payment being capped at $1000 per meeting,     inclusive of travel expenses.

Committee/Panel	Number of Councillors	Name of Councillor
Southern Sydney Region of Councils (SSROC)	Mayor and Deputy Mayor	Kevin Greene Kathryn Landsberry
Sydney South Planning Panel	2    (plus 1 alternate)	Con Hindi Nick Katris Leesha Payor (Alternate)
Audit Risk and Improvement Committee	2	Christina Wu Warren Tegg
Georges River Combined Councils Committee (GRCCC)	1	Warren Tegg
Community Grants Panel	2	Nancy Liu Kathryn Landsberry
Public Libraries Association	1	Christina Wu

The Meeting was closed at 7.12pm.

Chairperson