Minutes of Economic Development & Communications Committee Meeting

Minutes (Open Portion)

Economic Development & Communications Committee Meeting

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22/11/2018

Economic Development & Communications Committee Meeting (Open Portion) held on Thursday, 22 November 2018 at 5:00 pm in the Lady Osborne Room, Town Hall.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Thomas (Chairman)

Zucco

Sexton

Dutta

Ewin

PRESENT: Alderman D C Thomas (Chairman), Alderman M Zucco, Councillor M Dutta, H Ewin and the Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor H Burnet.

APOLOGIES: Nil.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Nil.

ALDERMEN

Lord Mayor Reynolds

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

Briscoe

Denison

Harvey

Behrakis

Sherlock

Councillor Ewin arrived at the meeting at 5.10 pm during the discussion of item 6.1.

The Deputy Lord Mayor was co-opted to the meeting.

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

ZUCCO

That the Deputy Lord Mayor be co-opted to the Committee.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES	NOES
Thomas
Zucco
Dutta

2. Confirmation of Minutes

ZUCCO

The minutes of the Open Portion of the Economic Development & Communications Committee meeting held on Wednesday, 20 September 2018, be confirmed as an accurate record.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES	NOES
Thomas
Zucco
Dutta
Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

The minutes were signed.

3. Consideration of Supplementary Items

Ref: Part 2, Regulation 8(6) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

Recommendation

That the Committee resolve to deal with any supplementary items not appearing on the agenda, as reported by the General Manager.

No supplementary items were received.

4. Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest

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 conflicts 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.

No interest was indicated.

5. Transfer of Agenda Items

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?

No items were transferred.

6. Reports

The following teachers and students from the Hutchins School, St Mary’s College and Mount Carmel College addressed the committee in relation to item 6.1.

Hutchins School:

Teacher: Lucianne Watson

Student: Ayden Cousins (year 11)

Presenting on: Recent trip to Xi’an Foreign Language School and Northwestern Polytechnical University.

St Mary’s College:

Teacher: Shelley Macleod

Students: Gabriella Colavecchio and Claire Riley.

Presenting on: September trip to Fuzhou No 18 Middle School

Mount Carmel College

Teacher: Avril Alderdice

Students: Via video footage

Presenting on: September trip to Yaizu and homestay experiences

6.1 International Relationships Update

File Ref: F18/130460

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Economic Development Project Officer and the Associate Director City Economy, Tourism and Events of 16 November 2018, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES	NOES
Thomas
Zucco
Dutta
Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That the Council receive the report provided on the City’s international relationships.

Attachments

a Deputy Lord Mayor - Tabled Letter - Friendship Agreement Balibo - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

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Delegation: Committee

6.2 Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015 - Review of Meeting Times

File Ref: F18/137068; 13-1-2

PROCEDURAL MOTION

ZUCCO

That due to the absence of a committee member the matter be deferred to the next meeting on the 13 December 2018.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES	NOES
Thomas
Zucco
Dutta
Ewin
Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That due to the absence of a committee member the matter be deferred to the next meeting on the 13 December 2018.

Delegation Committee

7. Committee Action Status Report

7.1 Committee Actions - Status Report

File Ref: F18/136612

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR

That the information be received and noted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES	NOES
Thomas
Zucco
Dutta
Ewin
Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

Delegation: Committee

8. Questions without Notice

Section 29 of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

File Ref: 13-1-10

No questions were asked at the meeting.

9. Closed Portion of the Meeting

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR

That the Committee resolve by majority that the meeting be closed to the public pursuant to regulation 15(1) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015 because the items included on the closed agenda contain the following matters:

· Commercial information of a confidential nature that if disclosed is likely to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied it;

· Information provided to the Council on the basis that it be kept confidential.

The following items were discussed: -

Item No. 1 Minutes of the last meeting of the Closed Portion of the Council Meeting

Item No. 2 Consideration of supplementary items to the agenda

Item No. 3 Indications of pecuniary and conflicts of interest

Item No. 4 Committee Action Status Report

Item No. 4.1 Committee Actions - Status Report

LG(MP)R 15(2)(g)

Item No. 5 Questions Without Notice

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES	NOES
Thomas
Zucco
Dutta
Ewin
Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

Delegation: Committee

There being no further business the open portion of the meeting closed at 5:46 pm.

TAKEN AS READ AND SIGNED AS A CORRECT RECORD THIS
13^th DAY OF December 2018.

CHAIRMAN