City
of hobart
MINUTES
The Hobart Workshop Committee Meeting
Open Portion
Monday, 16 June 2025
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City
of hobart
MINUTES
The Hobart Workshop Committee Meeting
Open Portion
Monday, 16 June 2025
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Minutes (Open Portion) The Hobart Workshop Committee Meeting |
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16/6/2025 |
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APOLOGIES AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE
3. Consideration of Supplementary Items
4. Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest
6. Reports of special committees
6.3 Place & Wellbeing Committee
7.1 2025-26 Draft Annual Plan and Budget
7.2 Elected Member Legal Costs
8. Responses to Questions without Notice
8.1 Release of RTI - Collins Street Grant Contract
8.5 Free Recycling Soft Plastics
10. Closed Portion of the Meeting
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Minutes (Open Portion) The Hobart Workshop Committee Meeting |
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16/06/2025 |
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The Hobart Workshop Committee Meeting (Open Portion) held on Monday, 16 June 2025 at 4.00pm in the Lady Osborne Room.
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COMMITTEE MEMBERS Councillor Posselt (Chairperson) Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Dr Z E Sherlock Councillor W F Harvey Alderman L A Bloomfield Councillor B Lohberger Councillor G H Kitsos
NOMINEE
MEMBERS: Councillor
M S C Dutta
PRESENT: Councillor Posselt (Chairperson) Lord Mayor Councillor A M
Reynolds Alderman M Zucco Councillor M S C Dutta Councillor J L Kelly Alderman L A Bloomfield Councillor W N S Coats
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APOLOGIES: Councillor B Lohberger Councillor G H Kitsos
LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Councillor W F Harvey
In the absence of the appointed Chairperson, Councillor Posselt assumed the Chair.
In accordance with clause 5.3 of the terms of reference the Chief Executive Officer appointed the Lord Mayor Councillor Reynolds, Alderman Zucco, Councillor Dutta and Councillor Coats as appointed members of the Committee.
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Alderman Zucco joined the meeting at 4.12pm and was not present for items 1 to 6.
Councillor Kelly left the meeting at 4.23pm, returning at 4.25pm, during item 7.1.
Councillor Coats left the meeting at 4.48pm, returning at 4.58pm, during item 7.1.
Councillor Coats left the meeting at 5.22pm and was not present items 9 and 10.
The Chairperson provided an acknowledgement of country.
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The minutes of the Open Portion of the Hobart Workshop Committee meeting held on Monday, 19 May 2025, be confirmed as an accurate record. MOTION CARRIED VOTING RECORD
Committee Resolution:
The minutes of the Open Portion of the Hobart Workshop Committee meeting held on Monday, 19 May 2025, be confirmed as an accurate record.
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Ref: Part 2, Regulation 8(6) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.
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That the Committee resolve to deal with any supplementary items not appearing on the agenda, as reported by the Chief Executive Officer.
No supplementary items were received.
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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 conflict of interest in respect to any matter appearing on the agenda, or any supplementary item to the agenda.
No interest was indicated.
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.
Delegation: Committee
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That the recommendation contained within the officer report, marked as item 6.2 of the Open Hobart Workshop Committee Agenda of 16 June 2025, be adopted. |
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MOTION CARRIED VOTING RECORD
Committee Resolution:
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That the Hobart Workshop Committee receive and note the minutes of the City Transport Committee of 4 March 2025, marked as Attachment A to item 6.2. of the Open Hobart Workshop Committee Agenda of 16 June 2025.. |
Delegation: Committee
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That the recommendation contained within the officer report, marked as item 6.3 of the Open Hobart Workshop Committee Agenda of 16 June 2025, be adopted.
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MOTION CARRIED VOTING RECORD
Committee Resolution:
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That the Hobart Workshop Committee receive and note the minutes of the Place and Wellbeing Committee of 15 April, marked as Attachment A to item 6.3. of the Open Hobart Workshop Committee Agenda of 16 June 2025. |
The City of Hobart utilises the workshop forum as allowed under Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulation 2015 as a
mechanism to receive information in relation to specific matters.
In accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Committee, any matter that is
listed on the agenda for workshopping may not be subject to a Committee
decision, other than a resolutions that the item be noted.
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The Chief Financial Officer and the Manager Rates, Procurement and Risk presented Elected Members with the draft 2025-26 Annual Plan and Budget Estimated documents. It was noted the final documents will be presented to Council on 30 June 2025.. |
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The presentation included information about capital works projects included in the budget as well as revenue sources and other expenditures. The Manager Rates, Procurement and Risk provided information regarding the proposed rate increases for commercial and residential ratepayers as well as information about updated service charges, State Government charges and the updated pensioner discount amounts. |
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Elected Members discussed and ask questions of officers in relation to items listed in the budget and the impact of rate rises on various groups of ratepayers. |
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The Manager Legal and Corporate Governance spoke to the information contained in the report ‘Elected Member Legal Costs’. The information provided related to a sector-wide process to understand the implications of the ‘McCullagh’ decision. The information provided covered what the implications are for the Council’s current policy; ‘Elected Member Development & Support Policy’. |
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The Manager Legal and Corporate Governance summarised the proposed key policy changes and advised a draft policy is available for feedback. Members discussed if safe harbour and if acting in good faith would be enough to meet the statutory requirements. Elected Members would like to see the legal advice used to initially develop the policy and they would like some examples that demonstrate complying with the requirements and examples when costs would not be covered. |
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Elected Members were able to discuss and ask questions about the proposed policy changes and the implications for the Council, staff and the Elected Members. |
Regulation 29(3) Local Government
(Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.
File Ref: 13-1-10
The Committee is reminded that in accordance with Regulation 29(3) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015, the Chairperson is not to allow discussion or debate on either the question or the response.”
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That the recommendation contained within the officer report, marked as item of the Open Hobart Workshop Committee Agenda of 16 June 2025, be adopted. |
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VOTING RECORD
Committee Resolution:
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That the following responses to questions without notice marked as items 8.1 to 8.5 of the Open Hobart Workshop Committee Agenda of 16 June 2025, be received and noted:
8.1 Release of RTI - Collins Street Grant Contract Memorandum of the Director Corporate Services of 17 March 2025
8.2 Contract Payments Memorandum of the Director Strategic and Regulatory Services of 17 March 2025
8.3 Domain Masterplan Memorandum of the Director Infrastructure and Assets of 24 March 2025 Memorandum of the Director Corporate Services of 14 April 2025
8.5 Free Recycling Soft Plastics Memorandum of the Director Infrastructure and Assets of 19 May 2025
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Delegation: Committee
9. Questions without Notice
Regulation 29 of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.
File Ref: 13-1-10
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9.1 Lord Mayor Councillor Reynolds - Soft Plastics Trial |
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Question: Could the drop off points for the Soft Plastic Collection Trial be moved to a location which is more convenient for people to drop off? Currently it is located within the McRobie’s Gully Transfer Station which means patrons who wish to participate in the trial have to enter the transfer station? |
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9.2 Lord Mayor Councillor Reynolds - Recycling Walls |
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Question: How successful are the current ‘recycling walls’ put in place for recycling at Council locations, including the Council Centre? |
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Answer: The Director Infrastructure and Assets Network took the question on notice. |
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Sherlock
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:
· Minutes of a Closed Meeting · Items for workshopping which pertained to Elected Member Commitments. · Closed Questions without notice
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 City of Hobart Elected Member Commitments / LGAT Unreasonable conduct of Elected Members Item No. 5 Questions Without Notice
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MOTION CARRIED VOTING RECORD
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Delegation: Committee
There being no further business the Open portion of the meeting closed at
5.26pm.
TAKEN AS READ AND SIGNED AS A CORRECT RECORD
THIS
23 DAY OF June 2025.
CHAIRperson
