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City of hobart

MINUTES

Finance and Governance Committee Meeting

 

Open Portion

 

Tuesday, 21 July 2020 at 4:33 pm

 


 

Minutes (Open Portion)

Finance and Governance Committee Meeting

Page 2

 

21/7/2020

 

 

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

APOLOGIES AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE

1.        Co-Option of a Committee Member in the event of a vacancy  3

2.        Confirmation of Minutes. 3

3.        Consideration of Supplementary Items. 4

4.        Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest. 4

5.        Transfer of Agenda Items. 4

6.        Reports. 5

6.1     City of Hobart Rates and Charges Policy Amendment 5

7.        Committee Action Status Report. 5

7.1     Committee Actions - Status Report 5

8.        Responses to Questions without Notice. 6

9.        Questions without Notice. 7

10.     Closed Portion of the Meeting.. 7

 


 

Minutes (Open Portion)

Finance and Governance Committee Meeting

Page 8

 

21/07/2020

 

 

Finance and Governance Committee Meeting (Open Portion) held on Tuesday, 21 July 2020 at 4:33 pm.

 

This meeting of the Finance and Governance Committee is held 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.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Zucco (Chairman)

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

Sexton

Thomas

Coats

 

 

 

PRESENT: Alderman M Zucco (Chairman), the Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor H Burnet, Aldermen Dr P T Sexton, D C Thomas, W Coats, the Lord Mayor Councillor A M Reynolds, Alderman S Behrakis and Councillor M Dutta.

 

APOLOGIES: Nil.

 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Nil.

 

NON-MEMBERS

Lord Mayor Reynolds

Briscoe

Harvey

Behrakis

Dutta

Sherlock

Ewin

 

Alderman Behrakis left the meeting at 4:34 pm, returning at 4:38 pm.

 

Councillor Dutta joined the meeting at 4:36 pm.

 

Alderman Thomas left the meeting at 4:37 pm, returning at 4:38 pm.

 

 

 

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

 

No Elected Members were co-opted to the Committee.

 

 

 

2.       Confirmation of Minutes

 

SEXTON

 

The minutes of the Open Portion of the Finance and Governance Committee meeting of  Tuesday, 17 March 2020 and the Open Portion of the Finance and Governance Committee meeting held on  Tuesday, 16 June 2020, be confirmed as an accurate record.

MOTION CARRIED

 

 

 

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Zucco

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Sexton

 

Thomas

 

Coats

 

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.

 

Members of the Committee 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.

OR

 

 

 

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

 

6.1      City of Hobart Rates and Charges Policy Amendment

            File Ref: F20/72954; 22-2-2

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR BURNET

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Manager Finance and City Procurement and the Deputy General Manager of 15 July 2020, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Zucco

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Sexton

 

Thomas

 

Coats

 

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:  1.     The Council adopt the amended City of Hobart Rates and Charges policy marked as Attachment A to item 6.1 of the Open Finance and Governance Committee agenda of 21 July 2020.

2.    The General Manager be authorised to finalise the City of Hobart Rates and Charges Policy and arrange for it to be made available to the public in a paper format from the Council’s Customer Service Centre and in an electronic format from Council’s website.

 

Delegation:     Council

 

 

 

7.       Committee Action Status Report

 

7.1      Committee Actions - Status Report

            File Ref: F20/74734

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR BURNET

That the information be received and noted.

MOTION CARRIED

 

 

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Zucco

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Sexton

 

Thomas

 

Coats

 

  

Delegation:     Committee

 

8.       Responses to Questions without Notice

Regulation 29(3) Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.
File Ref: 13-1-10

 

8.1    COVID-19 - Working From Home Analysis

          File Ref: F20/62160; 13-1-10

Memorandum of the General Manager of 15 July 2020.

8.2    Attendance at Council and Council Committee Meetings Post COVID-19

          File Ref: F20/63805; 13-1-10

Memorandum of the General Manager of 15 July 2020.

8.3    Halls Saddle Project

          File Ref: F20/62234; 13-1-10

Memorandum of the Director City Amenity of 16 July 2020.

8.4    Project Phoenix

          File Ref: F20/62220; 13-1-10

Memorandum of the Deputy General Manager of 16 July 2020.

 

SEXTON

That the information be received and noted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Zucco

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Sexton

 

Thomas

 

Coats

 

Delegation:     Committee

9.       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.

 

10.     Closed Portion of the Meeting

 

SEXTON

 

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:  

 

·           Expression of interest involving Council land;

 

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

 

·           Information that, if disclosed, is likely to confer a commercial advantage or impose a commercial disadvantage on a person with whom the council is conducting, or proposes to conduct, business

 

The following items were discussed: -

 

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

Item No. 2          Consideration of supplementary items to the agenda

Item No. 3          Indications of pecuniary and conflicts of interest

Item No. 4          Reports

Item No. 4.1       Civic Square EOI Process

LG(MP)R 15(2)(f)

Item No. 4.2       Sandy Bay Bathing Pavilion Update

LG(MP)R 15(2)(c)(i)

Item No. 4.3       160 Elizabeth Street, Hobart - The Rox Apartments

LG(MP)R 15(2)(b)

Item No. 4.4       Financial Hardship - Rates Remission Requests

LG(MP)R 15(2)(j)

Item No. 4.5       Food Organics Gardens Organics (FOGO) Service - Evaluation of the City's Introduction of the Program

LG(MP)R 15(2)(b), (c)(i) and  (d)

Item No. 5          Committee Action Status Report

Item No. 5.1       Committee Actions - Status Report

LG(MP)R 15(2)(b), (c)(i), (c)(ii), (d), (f), (g), (i) and  (j)

Item No. 6          Responses to Questions Without Notice

Item No. 6.1       Internal Complaints Process

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

 

 

 

Item No. 6.2       TasWater

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

Item No. 6.3       TasWater

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

Item No. 7          Questions Without Notice

 

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Zucco

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Sexton

 

Thomas

 

Coats

 

 

Delegation:     Committee

 

 

  

There being no further business the open portion of the meeting closed at 4:40 pm.

 

 

 

 

 

TAKEN AS READ AND SIGNED AS A CORRECT RECORD THIS
18th DAY OF august 2020.

CHAIRMAN