City of hobart

 

 

 

 

AGENDA

Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting

 

Open Portion

 

Thursday, 13 October 2022

 

at 5:15 pm

Council Chamber, Town Hall

 

 

 

Working together to make Hobart a better place for the community. 

The Council is:

 

People	We care about people – our community, our customers and colleagues.
Teamwork	We collaborate both within the organisation and with external stakeholders drawing on skills and expertise for the benefit of our community.
Focus and Direction	We have clear goals and plans to achieve sustainable social, environmental and economic outcomes for the Hobart community.
Creativity and Innovation	We embrace new approaches and continuously improve to achieve better outcomes for our community.
Accountability	We are transparent, work to high ethical and professional standards and are accountable for delivering outcomes for our community.

 

 

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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.        Confirmation of Minutes. 4

3.        Consideration of Supplementary Items. 4

4.        Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest. 5

5.        Transfer of Agenda Items. 5

6.        Responses to Questions Without Notice. 6

6.1     Pink Boxes - Costings. 7

7.        Closed Portion Of The Meeting.. 9

 

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Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting (Open Portion) held Thursday, 13 October 2022 at 5:15 pm in the Council Chamber, Town Hall.

 

This meeting of the Parks and Recreation 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.

 

The title Chief Executive Officer is a term of reference for the General Manager as appointed by Council pursuant s.61 of the Local Government Act 1993 (Tas).

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS Alderman J R Briscoe (Chairman) Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor H Burnet Alderman D C Thomas Councillor J Fox Councillor Dr Z E Sherlock   NON-MEMBERS Lord Mayor Councillor A M Reynolds Alderman M Zucco Alderman Dr P T Sexton Councillor W F Harvey Alderman S Behrakis Councillor M S C Dutta Councillor W N S Coats

Apologies:     Leave of Absence: Nil.

 

 

The minutes of the Open Portion of the Parks and Recreation Committee meeting held on Thursday, 18 August 2022, are submitted for confirming as an accurate record.

 

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 Chief Executive Officer.

 

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

 

The Chief Executive Officer reports:-

 

“In accordance with the procedures approved in respect to Questions Without Notice, the following responses to questions taken on notice are provided to the Committee for information.

 

The Committee is reminded that in accordance with Regulation 29(3) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015, the Chairman is not to allow discussion or debate on either the question or the response.”

 

6.1    Pink Boxes - Costings

Memorandum of the Director Connected City of 4 October 2022.

 

 

That the information be received and noted.

 

Delegation:      Committee

 

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memorandum:      Lord Mayor
Deputy lord Mayor
Elected members

 

Pink Boxes - Costings

 

Meeting: Parks and Recreation Committee	Meeting date: 18 August 2022
Raised by: Councillor Fox

 

Question:

 

Can the Director advise of the associated costings to date with the view to extending a rollout of the program to other suburbs within the municipality?

 

Response:

 

The total costs relating to the installation of the Pink Boxes since the start of the initiative is $3,755. This includes installation costs of $1,562 for the Argyle Street #PinkBox in 2019 and $837 for the Franklin Square #PinkBox in 2020. 

 

Costs associated with maintenance, safety and compliance for both boxes since installation have been $1,356. It is noted that the Franklin Square #PinkBox has attracted higher levels of damage and has required more maintenance.

 

Expenses associated with Pink boxes are currently unbudgeted.

 

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.

 

Jacqui Allen Director Connected City

 

Date:                            4 October 2022

File Reference:          F22/85644; 13-1-10

 

 

 

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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:     ·         Confirm the minutes of the Closed portion of the meeting ·         Extension of lease   The following items are listed for discussion:-   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       Extension of Lease for Temporary Social Housing LG(MP)R 15(2)(b)