City of hobart

 

 

 

 

AGENDA

Special Governance Committee Meeting

 

Open Portion

 

Monday, 21 August 2017

 

at 4.55 pm

Lady Osborne Room, Town Hall

 

 

 

Our mission is to ensure good governance of our capital City.

The Council is:

 

about people	We value people – our community, our customers and colleagues.
professional	We take pride in our work.
enterprising	We look for ways to create value.
responsive	We’re accessible and focused on service.
inclusive	We respect diversity in people and ideas.
making a difference	We recognise that everything we do shapes Hobart’s future.

 

 

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Business listed on the agenda is to be conducted in the order in which it is set out, unless the committee by simple majority determines otherwise.

 

APOLOGIES AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE

1.        Co-Option of a Committee Member in the event of a vacancy  4

2.        Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest. 4

3.        Transfer of Agenda Items. 4

4          Reports. 5

4.1     Local Government Representative - State Grants Commission. 5

 

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Special Governance Committee Meeting (Open Portion) held Monday, 21 August 2017 at 4.55 pm in the Lady Osborne Room, Town Hall.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS Ruzicka (Chairman) Deputy Lord Mayor Christie Cocker Thomas Reynolds   ALDERMEN Lord Mayor Hickey Zucco Briscoe Sexton Burnet Denison Harvey

Apologies: Nil     Leave of Absence: Alderman Cocker Alderman Harvey

Ref: Part 2, Regulation 8(7) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

 

Aldermen are requested to indicate where they may have any pecuniary or conflict of interest in respect to any matter appearing on the agenda, or any supplementary item to the agenda, which the committee has resolved to deal with.

 

 

 

Regulation 15 of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

 

A committee may close a part of a meeting to the public where a matter to be discussed falls within 15(2) of the above regulations.

 

In the event that the committee transfer an item to the closed portion, the reasons for doing so should be stated.

 

Are there any items which should be transferred from this agenda to the closed portion of the agenda, or from the closed to the open portion of the agenda?

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4.1    Local Government Representative - State Grants Commission

Memorandum of the Acting General Manager of 16 August 2017 and attachments.

Delegation:     Council

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Memorandum: Governance Committee

 

Local Government Representative - State Grants Commission

 

Introduction
The purpose of this memorandum is to gauge interest amongst Aldermen to nominate for the State Grants Commission.

 

Background
The Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT) has written to General Managers advising that one of the two Local Government representative members of the State Grants Commission has resigned effective 31 December 2017 (attachment A).

 

Section 4 of the State Grants Commission Act 1976 requires that the State Grants Commission consist of two members who are, or who have been, associated with Local Government in Tasmania.

 

Given this, the Minister for Local Government has requested that the LGAT provide the names and CVs of four suitable candidates for his consideration, to fill the position left vacant.

 

State Grants Commission members are appointed by the Governance for a period of up to three years and receive remuneration of $23,067 per annum (plus superannuation) including the reimbursement of expenses incurred in exercising their functions.

 

It should be noted that the State Government’s Women on Boards Strategy 2015-20 requires Ministers to undertake actions to nominate women for board membership to achieve gender balance.  This should be taken into consideration during the nomination process.

 

The State Grants Commission performs a significant function by making recommendations to the Treasurer concerning the distribution of Australian Government financial assistance grants (FAGS) and identified local roads funds (ILRFs) to Local Government under the provisions of the Australian Government legislation, the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995.

 

A copy of the position statement can be found at attachment B.

 

Conclusion
The LGAT have advised that one of the two Local Government representative members of the State Grants Commission has resigned effective 31 December 2017.

 

Nominations are to be forwarded to the LGAT by 28 August 2017.

 

Recommendation

The Council consider an Aldermanic nomination as one of the two Local Government representative members to the State Grants Commission.

 

REcommendation That the Council consider an Aldermanic nomination as one of the two Local Government representative members to the State Grants Commission.

As signatory to this report, I certify that, pursuant to Section 55(1) of the Local Government Act 1993, I hold no interest, as referred to in Section 49 of the Local Government Act 1993, in matters contained in this report.

 

Heather Salisbury Acting General Manager

 

Date:                            16 August 2017

File Reference:          F17/101004

 

 

Attachment a:             Correspondence from the LGAT ⇩

Attachment b:             State Grants Commission - Position Description ⇩   

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