Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Greater Geelong City Council held at the Council Conference and Reception at City Hall, 57 Little Malop Street, Geelong on 3 July 2018, commencing at 7:00pm.
Councillors:
B Harwood (Mayor)
A Aitken
K Grzybek
E Kontelj
S Mansfield
J Mason
P Murnane
P Murrihy
R Nelson
M Cutter (Chief Executive Officer)
J Van Slageren (Acting Director Manager Planning and Development)
B Luxford Director Investment & Attraction)
G Wilson-Browne (Director City Services)
L Quinn (Director Community Life)
P Anderson (Director Finance & Strategy)
A Keen (Executive Manager People & Organisation Development)
R Leonard (Senior Manager Legal Services & Governance)
The Chair declared the meeting open at 7:00pm.
Council acknowledged Wadawurrung Traditional Owners of this land and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People who are part of the Greater Geelong community today.
Councillors:
S Asher
T Sullivan (Leave of absence)
Nil.
In accordance with section 89(4A) of the Local Government Act (Vic) 1986, this meeting was called by public notice on Saturday, 30 June 2018. The meeting was called at short notice by Mayor Harwood after an invitation was received on 26 June 2018 at 11.08pm from AirAsia inviting the Mayor to attend to speak at the official launch of services to Victoria (Avalon Airport) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 10 July 2018.
Given the date and timing of the receipt of the invitation and the launch event, as much notice as practicable was provided for the meeting.