MINUTES OF THE
Ordinary Council Meeting
HELD IN Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Byng Street, Orange
ON 20 September 2016
COMMENCING AT 7.04pm
Attendance
Cr J Davis OAM (Mayor), Cr J Hamling (Deputy Mayor), Cr A Brown, Cr K Duffy, Cr C Gryllis, Cr S Munro, Cr R Turner
General Manager, Director Corporate and Commercial Services, Director Development Services, Director Community, Recreation and Cultural Services, Director Technical Services, Manager Administration and Governance, Manager Corporate and Community Relations.
1.1 APOLOGIES
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RESOLVED - 16/392 Cr J Hamling/Cr S Munro That the apologies be accepted from Cr R Gander, Cr N Jones, Cr R Kidd, Cr G Taylor and Cr J Whitton for the Council Meeting of Orange City Council on 20 September 2016. |
1.2 OPENING PRAYER
DAVID GROUNDS OF THE SALVATION ARMY LED THE COUNCIL IN PRAYER
1.3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
PRESENTATION OF DROVER AWARD
The Orange Civic Theatre took out the ‘Drover Award’ for the ‘Performing Arts Centre of the Year’ at a presentation ceremony in Melbourne hosted by the Australian Performing Arts Centre Association. The Mayor presented the Award to Theatre staff Michelle Pearce, Peter Telford and Peter Campbell.
1.4 Declaration of pecuniary interests, significant non-pecuniary interests and less than significant non-pecuniary interests
Cr A Brown declared a pecuniary interest in item 5.4 Mt Canobolas Mountain Bike Trail Centre as he has taken on the role of appraising a property of one of the key stakeholders.
Nil
3 Confirmation of Minutes of Previous Meeting
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RESOLVED - 16/393 Cr K Duffy/Cr S Munro That the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Orange City Council held on 6 September 2016 (copies of which were circulated to all members) be and are hereby confirmed as a true and accurate record of the proceedings of the Council meeting held on 6 September 2016. |
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RESOLVED - 16/394 Cr S Munro/Cr R Turner That the Minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of Orange City Council held on 6 September 2016 (copies of which were circulated to all members) be and are hereby confirmed as a true and accurate record of the proceedings of the Council meeting held on 6 September 2016. |
4 Notices of Motion/Notices of Rescission
Nil
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TRIM Reference: 2016/2110 |
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RESOLVED - 16/395 Cr J Hamling/Cr S Munro 1 That the resolutions made by the Planning and Development Committee at its meeting held on 6 September 2016 be noted. 2 That the resolutions made by the Employment and Economic Development Policy Committee at its meeting held 6 September 2016 be noted. 3 That the resolutions made by the Infrastructure Policy Committee at its meeting held on 6 September 2016 be noted. 4 That the resolutions made by the Sport and Recreation Policy Committee at its meeting held on 6 September 2016 be noted. 5 That the resolutions made by the Finance Policy Committee at its meeting held on 6 September 2016 be noted. 6 That the resolutions made by the Services Policy Committee at its meeting held on 6 September 2016 be noted.
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TRIM Reference: 2016/2135 |
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RESOLVED - 16/396 Cr K Duffy/Cr R Turner That the information provided in the report by the Manager Administration and Governance on Questions Taken on Notice be acknowledged.
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TRIM Reference: 2016/2070 |
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RESOLVED - 16/397 Cr K Duffy/Cr S Munro 1 That Council receives the Statement of Investments as at 31 August 2016. 2 That Council receives and adopts the certification of the Responsible Accounting Officer.
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TRIM Reference: 2016/1819 |
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RESOLVED - 16/398 Cr R Turner/Cr S Munro 1 That Council support a Planning Proposal at 9 Telopea Way to: a) rezone the northern portion of Lot 700 DP 1171441 to B2 Local Centre b) amend the Floor Space Ratio map to apply a rate of 0.2:1 across the site, enabling a total of 3,100m2 of additional lettable floor space 2 That Council seeks a Gateway Determination from the Department of Planning and Environment consistent with the above and then undertake public exhibition for a period of 28 days prior to reporting back to Council. 3 That Council’s support is predicated on the centre not allowing higher order retail uses such as Discount Department Stores and that absent resolution of this condition that support be withdrawn.
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Division of Voting |
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Voted For |
Cr J Davis (Mayor), Cr J Hamling (Deputy Mayor), Cr K Duffy, Cr C Gryllis, Cr S Munro, Cr R Turner, Cr A Brown |
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Voted Against |
Nil |
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Absent |
Cr R Gander, Cr N Jones, Cr R Kidd, Cr G Taylor, Cr J Whitton |
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TRIM Reference: 2016/2104 |
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RESOLVED - 16/399 Cr K Duffy/Cr J Hamling 1 That $1,500 from Cr Gander’s donation allocation be provided to FoodCare. 2 That $500 from Cr Duffy’s donation allocation be provided to FoodCare. 3 That $2,500 be allocated to the Orange Eight Day Games to celebrate their 40th year, with the funding source to be identified.
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TRIM Reference: 2016/2064 |
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RESOLVED - 16/400 Cr R Turner/Cr K Duffy That the water consumption charges for 106 Franklin Road be reduced as follows: - 2016 second quarter charge of $671.00 to $101.20. - 2016 third quarter charge of $1,585.10 to $92.40. - 2016 fourth quarter charge of $633.60 to $96.80.
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TRIM Reference: 2016/2071 |
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MOTION Cr R Turner/Cr J Hamling 1 That the 2016 Fourth Quarter sewerage charge of $3,324.28 be reduced by $500. 2 That the 2016 Fourth Quarter trade waste charge of $313.32 be reduced pro-rata to the same period the previous year being $147.26 |
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AMENDMENT Cr K Duffy/Cr C Gryllis 1 That the 2016 Fourth Quarter sewerage charge of $3,324.28 be reduced pro-rata to the same period the previous year being $1,764.39. 2 That the 2016 Fourth Quarter trade waste charge of $313.32 be reduced pro-rata to the same period the previous year being $147.26. |
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THE AMENDMENT ON BEING PUT TO THE MEETING WAS CARRIED AND BECAME THE MOTION THE MOTION ON BEING PUT TO THE MEETING WAS CARRIED |
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RESOLVED - 16/401 Cr K Duffy/Cr C Gryllis 1 That the 2016 Fourth Quarter sewerage charge of $3,324.28 be reduced pro-rata to the same period the previous year being $1,764.39. 2 That the 2016 Fourth Quarter trade waste charge of $313.32 be reduced pro-rata to the same period the previous year being $147.26.
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TRIM Reference: 2016/2061 |
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RESOLVED - 16/402 Cr S Munro/Cr R Turner That the report by the Director Development Services on the Central West Councils Environment and Waterways Alliance be acknowledged.
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TRIM Reference: 2016/2151 |
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MOTION Cr R Turner/Cr J Davis 1 That Council approve the following works at the McNamara Lane parklet: a Construction of kerb and gutter along existing alignment b Reconstruction of the concrete footpath adjacent to the new kerb c Provision of a bike rack d Provision of seating e Planting of shrubs and installation of solar lighting. 2 That Council endorse the City of Orange Traffic Committee recommendation from its meeting of 9 August 2016 “That Council installs a 13.5 metres long loading zone on the eastern side of McNamara Lane beginning 30 metres south of Summer Street as per drawing CP00053.” |
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AMENDMENT Cr K Duffy/Cr S Munro 1 That a loading zone be installed in McNamara Lane in proximity of where the parklet is proposed, and as a result of the parklet not be constructed, with the footpath to be diverted to the parklet location in order to fit a loading zone into where the current footpath is located. 2 That the No Standing zone in this area be removed. |
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THE AMENDMENT ON BEING PUT TO THE MEETING WAS LOST THE MOTION ON BEING PUT THE MEETING WAS CARRIED |
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RESOLVED - 16/403 Cr R Turner/Cr J Davis 1 That Council approve the following works at the McNamara Lane parklet: a Construction of kerb and gutter along existing alignment b Reconstruction of the concrete footpath adjacent to the new kerb c Provision of a bike rack d Provision of seating e Planting of shrubs and installation of solar lighting. 2 That Council endorse the City of Orange Traffic Committee recommendation from its meeting of 9 August 2016 “That Council installs a 13.5 metres long loading zone on the eastern side of McNamara Lane beginning 30 metres south of Summer Street as per drawing CP00053.”
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NOTICE OF A RESCISSION MOTION WAS GIVEN BY CR K DUFFY IN RELATION TO THIS ITEM
In accordance with the Local Government Act 1993, and the Local Government (General) Regulation 2005, in the opinion of the General Manager, the following business is of a kind as referred to in Section 10A(2) of the Act, and should be dealt with in a Confidential Session of the Council meeting closed to the press and public.
In response to a question from the Mayor, the General Manager advised that no written submissions had been received relating to any item listed for consideration by the Closed Meeting of Council.
The Mayor extended an invitation to any member of the public present at the meeting to make a presentation to the Council as to whether the meeting should be closed for a particular item.
Members of the public advised that the agendas in the public gallery did not include a list of items for consideration in the Closed Meeting. The Mayor determined that these items would be re-listed for a future meeting.
This is Page Number 6 and the Final Page of the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Orange City Council held on 20 September 2016.