Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Greater Geelong City Council held at the Council Conference and Reception Centre in City Hall, Little Malop Street, Geelong on 23 June 2015, commencing at 7:00pm.
Jennifer Bantow
Councillors:
M Heagney (Acting Mayor)
T Ansett
L Ellis
J Farrell
K Fisher
B Harwood
J Irvine
E Kontelj
S Kontelj
R Macdonald
R Nelson
A Richards
K Spiller (Interim Chief Executive Officer)
D Frost (General Manager Strategy and Performance)
J Van Slageren (Acting General Manager Planning and Tourism)
W Tieppo (General Manager City Services)
J McMahon (Acting General Manager Projects, Recreation and Central Geelong)
L Quinn (Acting General Manager Community Services)
J Brown (Manager Administration and Governance)
M Kelly (Manager Financial Services)
R Bourke (Governance Co ordinator)
J Merlo (Senior Media Officer)
The Acting 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 Acting Mayor then introduced Uncle Bryon Powell - Chairperson from Wathaurung Aboriginal Corporation who performed a Welcome to Country.
Cr D Lyons (Mayor) (Leave of Absence)
Cr Irvine moved, Cr Ellis seconded -
That the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting held on 9 June 2015 be confirmed and signed.
Carried.
Cr Heagney declared an Indirect Financial Interest by Close Association in Agenda Item 4 – National Stronger Regions Fund in that her husband’s business, of which Cr Heagney is a shareholder, does electrical work for Deakin.
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.
Jennifer Bantow asked if Council could please consider removing forever the possibility of selling the Old Geelong Gaol and Osborne House from their thinking, and instead, work out how to help these places and thus conserve heritage architecture as well as the embodied history, and thereby provide venues for cultural activities?
Dean Frost (General Manager Strategy & Performance) responded that in relation to the Old Geelong Gaol, Council is in the process of working with groups and entities to look at ways of maintaining ownership of the Gaol.
Regarding Osborne House, Council’s position is as it has been for some time, fundamentally to remain in Council or community ownership.
Nil.
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