City of hobart

 

 

 

 

AGENDA

Special Finance and Governance Committee Meeting

 

Open Portion

 

Monday, 18 February 2019

 

at 4:45 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     Elected Member Code of Conduct Review. 5

5.        Closed Portion Of The Meeting.. 21

 

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Special Finance and Governance Committee Meeting (Open Portion) held Monday, 18 February 2019 at 4:45 pm in the Lady Osborne Room, Town Hall.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS Zucco (Chairman) Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet Sexton Thomas Dutta   NON-MEMBERS Lord Mayor Reynolds Briscoe Denison Harvey Behrakis Ewin Sherlock

Apologies:     Leave of Absence: Nil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Members of the Committee 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    Elected Member Code of Conduct Review

Memorandum of the Deputy General Manager of 14 February 2019 and attachment.

Delegation:     Council

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Memorandum: Finance and Governance Committee

 

Elected Member Code of Conduct Review

 

At its meeting of 21 January 2019, the Council adopted a revised Elected Member Code of Conduct.  It has become apparent that the Code adopted by the Council at that meeting did not contain all amendments made to the Model Code of Conduct on 26 December 2018 and an updated version is attached to this report for adoption by the Council.

 

REcommendation That the Council adopt the Elected Member Code of Conduct as included as Attachment A to this report.

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 Deputy General Manager

 

Date:                            14 February 2019

File Reference:          F19/17004; 18/17

 

 

Attachment a:             Amended Elected Member Code of Conduct ⇩   

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RECOMMENDATION   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:     ·         The proposal of the Council to dispose of land.   The following items are listed for discussion:-   Item No. 1          Indications of pecuniary and conflicts of interest Item No. 2          Reports Item No. 2.1       Hobart Rivulet Air Rights - Transfer LG(MP)R 15(2)(f)