That:  1.   The request from the National President of the United Nations & Overseas Policing Association of Australia, for the Council to hold a Civic Reception for 155 attendees, as part of its biannual conference, on Tuesday 24 October 2017, be approved.

2.   The estimated cost of $1,800 be attributed to the Civic and Ceremonial Support Activity of the 2017/2018 Annual Plan.

That the Council write to the Local Government Association of Tasmania outlining its support of the proposed amendments to the Local Government Act 1993 outlined in the draft ‘Local Government Amendment (Rates) Bill 2017’, marked as Attachment A to item 6.2 of the Open Finance Committee agenda of 15 February 2017.

That the Council approve the changes to the 2016/2017 Budget Estimates listed in tables 4, 5, 7 and 9, marked as Attachment A to item 6.3 of the Open Finance Committee agenda of 15 February 2017, noting that there are no financial impact to the underlying surplus, and a decrease to the cash balance by $0.63M.