Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Greater Geelong City Council held at the Portarlington Cricket and Football Club on 26 May 2015, commencing at 7:00pm.
Evan Hardie
Mary Wallace
Vicky Grosser
Councillors:
D Lyons (Mayor)
T Ansett
L Ellis
J Farrell
K Fisher
B Harwood
M Heagney
J Irvine
E Kontelj
S Kontelj
R Macdonald
R Nelson
A Richards
G Miles (Chief Executive Officer)
D Frost (General Manager Strategy and Performance)
P Bettess (General Manager Economic Development, Planning and Tourism)
V Shelton (Acting General Manager City Services)
L Quinn (Acting General Manager Community Services)
J McMahon (Acting General Manager Projects, Recreation and Central Geelong)
J Brown (Manager Administration and Governance)
R Bourke (Governance Co ordinator)
K Krastins (Community Development Planner)
J Merlo (Senior Media Officer)
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.
Council also recognizes the presence of Aboriginal Elders and members of the Aboriginal community who are joined with us here tonight.
The Mayor then introduced Uncle Bryon Powell - Chairperson from Wathaurung Aboriginal Corporation who performed a Welcome to Country.
Nil.
Cr Heagney moved, Cr Ansett seconded –
That Leave of Absence be granted to Cr Lyons (Mayor) from 15 June until 28 June 2015, inclusive.
Carried.
Cr Irvine moved, Cr Ellis seconded -
That the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting held on 12 May 2015 be confirmed and signed.
Carried.
Nil.
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.
Evan Hardie submitted questions in relation to the sale of land in Ocean Grove prior to the meeting.
Mary Wallace asked:
Through you, Mr Mayor, because Rhiannon Bourke has been Governance Co ordinator since at least the start of 2012 and has formal responsibility for the Council Minutes, could she confirm that the Minutes that were removed from the public Council website in December 2012 were from the end of 2011 going back approximately ten years?
The Mayor took the question on notice.
When my husband here on 9th September 2014 raised the removal of public access to pre-2012 Minutes from the Council website, Cr Rod Macdonald said he had recently accessed Minutes from 2008 and, when my husband next raised the matter on 11th November 2014 Cr Rod Macdonald said he just used Google and since we have found trying to access pre-2012 Minutes using a Google search hit and miss, haphazard, unreliable and since on the Council website page regarding pre-2012 Minutes, it only advises to contact a customer service centre, nothing about going to Google, could Cr Rod Macdonald explain what he meant?
The Mayor responded the issue has already been responded to and is repetitive and frivolous in nature and therefore disallowed.
Vicky Grosser representing the Geelong One Fire Reconciliation Group addressed Council as follows:
Geelong One Fire Reconciliation Group appreciated Cr Eddy Kontelj and officer Kevin Krastins coming to meet with us and local Aboriginal interested parties in February this year, for an update on the first year of the Karreenga Action Plan. In particular, we discussed ways to progress the Aboriginal Employment and Economic Development strategies and outcomes, including permanent and integrated jobs within Council.
One Fire members would be pleased to be engaged in the plans progress over the coming year, and would like to hear how the actions planned for 2015/16 on Page 3 of the Council report will be implemented.
We are also interested in how awareness of the plan in the wider community will be developed.
The Mayor responded that the issues raised will be addressed during debate of the item.
Cr E Kontelj added that he would elaborate further during the debate and that he is happy to meet to discuss the matter further.
Nil.
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