Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Greater Geelong City Council held at the Council Conference and Reception Centre - City Hall on 10 February 2015, commencing at 7:00pm.
Andro Jurkovic
Colin Wallace
Cr D Lyone (Mayor)
Crs:
T Ansett
L Ellis
J Farrell
K Fisher
B Harwood
M Heagney
J Irvine
E Kontelj
S Kontelj
R Nelson
A Richards
G Miles (Chief Executive Officer)
D Frost (Acting General Manager Strategy & Performance)
P Bettess (General Manager Economic Development, Planning and Tourism)
J McMahon (Acting General Manager City Services)
L Quinn (Acting General Manager Community Services)
J Brown (Manager Administration and Governance)
R Bourke (Governance Co-ordinator)
J Merlo (Senior Media Officer)
A Paterson (EO - Mayor)
The Mayor declared the meeting open at 7:00pm.
Council acknowledges Wadawurrung Traditional Owners of this land and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People who are part of the Greater Geelong community today.
Cr R Macdonald
Cr Harwood moved, Cr Richards seconded –
That Leave of Absence be granted to Cr Macdonald from 27 March to 5 April 2015, inclusive.
Carried.
Cr Farrell moved, Cr Ansett seconded -
That the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting held on 27 January 2015be confirmed and signed.
Carried.
Cr E Kontelj declared an Indirect Interest by Close Association in Agenda Item 14 – Consideration of Tender Submission for Tender T1400054 – Supply and Delivery of Quarry and Associated Products in that some of the tender submitters are significant customers of his employer.
Cr Heagney declared an Indirect Interest by Close Association in Agenda Item 7 –Future of Council’s Long Day Child Care Centres in that her children attend one of the Council run Centres.
Question Time is an opportunity for questions to be addressed to Council and while the minutes record the general content, they do not purport to be a transcript of what was said by individuals. Likewise Councillor or Officer verbal responses are in summary form only. Views expressed may not be the views of Council.
Council's practice is to provide a separate document on its website setting out questions and responses including any more detailed written responses which may be provided subsequent to the meeting.
Andro Jurkovic submitted a question prior to the Council Meeting but as he was not present a written response will be forwarded.
Colin Wallace asked the following:
Cr Stretch Kontelj in the Geelong Advertiser last Friday 6th February 2015 has a bit to say about Keith Fagg and why he resigned as Mayor.
In the lead-up to the by-election that followed Keith Fagg’s resignation, Jock Irvine, councillor for Austin Ward and a candidate for the mayoral position, said on November 8th 2013 in an interview on Bay FM radio that Keith Fagg had told him: if I had twelve councillors like you, Jock, I’d still be there.
Cr Stretch Kontelj, the longest serving councillor and deputy mayor during most of the Keith Fagg mayoralty, says he was aware of rough treatment given to Mayor Keith Fagg, but fails to mention if he did anything about it. What did Cr Stretch Kontelj do about it?
Cr S Kontelj responded he was not going into any further debate and suggested contact be made with Keith Fagg for his response. Keith Fagg is entitled to take up the issue himself as he always was and still is.
Nil.
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