Minutes

Open Portion of the special council meeting

Monday, 20 July 2020

AT 5.01pm

 

This meeting of the Council was conducted in accordance with a Notice issued by the Premier on 3 April 2020 under section 18 of the COVID-19 Disease Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020.


 

Minutes (Open Portion)

Special Council Meeting

Page 2

 

20/7/2020

 

 

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

PRESENT, APOLOGIES AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE

1.        Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest. 3

Special Report – General Manager

2.        Salamanca Market - Interim Replacement 4

 


 

Minutes (Open Portion)

Special Council Meeting

Page 3

 

20/07/2020

 

 

PRESENT:

The Lord Mayor Councillor A M Reynolds, the Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor H Burnet, Aldermen M Zucco, J R Briscoe, Dr P T Sexton, D C Thomas, Councillor W F Harvey, Alderman S Behrakis, Councillors M S C Dutta, J Ewin, Z E Sherlock and W N S Coats.

 

 

APOLOGIES:

Nil.

 

 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE:

Nil.

 

Councillor Harvey joined the meeting at 5.02pm.

Councillor Coats joined the meeting at 5.05pm and was not present for item 1.

Councillor Ewin left the meeting at 5.14pm, returning at 5.15pm.

Councillor Ewin left the meeting at 5.16pm, returning at 5.17pm.

Councillor Ewin retired from the meeting at 5.18pm and was not present for item 2.

Alderman Briscoe retired from the meeting at 5.24pm and was not present for the vote on the substantive motion for item 2.

 

1.       Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest

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

 

Elected Members 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 Council has resolved to deal with.

 

No interest was indicated.

OR

 

    

 


 

 

Special Report – General Manager

 

2.         Salamanca Market - Interim Replacement

            File Ref: F20/75129

 

That:

1.      The Council resolve to conduct a market in Salamanca Place on an interim basis while the Salamanca Market is suspended.

2.      Pursuant to section 189 of the Local Government Act 1993 the Council resolves to close that part of Salamanca Place necessary for the conduct of this interim market and authorise the General Manager to publish a notice of that intention.

3.      The Council delegate the authority to the General Manager to do all things reasonable and necessary to conduct the interim market, including but not limited to:

(i)      Settings terms and conditions for and granting licences to stallholders; and

(ii)     Determining the appropriate footprint, hours of operation and requisite road closure, noting that these may change in-line with government restrictions.

4.      When appropriate, following the conclusion of the COVID-19 pandemic, operation of the Salamanca Market be resumed.

 

 

 

Thomas

Dutta                                                      That the recommendation be adopted.

 


Amendment

 

Zucco

Behrakis                                                                                                                   

 

That the Council liaise with the Salamanca Market Stallholders Association in respect to the naming of the interim market at the discretion of the Director Community Life.  

 

 

 

 

AMENDMENT CARRIED

 

 

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Lord Mayor Reynolds

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

Zucco

Harvey

Briscoe

 

Sexton

 

Thomas

 

Behrakis

 

Dutta

 

Sherlock

 

Coats

 

 

 

 

SUBSTANTIVE MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Lord Mayor Reynolds

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Zucco

 

Sexton

 

Thomas

 

Harvey

 

Behrakis

 

Dutta

 

Sherlock

 

Coats

 

 

 

 

COUNCIL RESOLUTION:

 

 

That:

1.      The Council resolve to conduct a market in Salamanca Place on an interim basis while the Salamanca Market is suspended.

2.      Pursuant to section 189 of the Local Government Act 1993 the Council resolves to close that part of Salamanca Place necessary for the conduct of this interim market and authorise the General Manager to publish a notice of that intention.

3.      The Council delegate the authority to the General Manager to do all things reasonable and necessary to conduct the interim market, including but not limited to:

(i)      Settings terms and conditions for and granting licences to stallholders; and

(ii)     Determining the appropriate footprint, hours of operation and requisite road closure, noting that these may change in-line with government restrictions.

4.      The Council liaise with the Salamanca Market Stallholders Association in respect to the naming of the interim market at the discretion of the Director Community Life. 

5.      When appropriate, following the conclusion of the COVID-19 pandemic, operation of the Salamanca Market be resumed.

 

 

     

 

There being no further business the meeting closed at 5.25pm.

 

 

 

 

 

TAKEN AS READ AND SIGNED AS A CORRECT RECORD THIS
27th DAY OF july 2020.

CHAIRMAN