Minutes Annual General Meeting	Page 2
28/11/2022

City of hobart

MINUTES

Annual General Meeting

Monday, 28 November 2022

AT 6.01 pm

VENUE: Ballroom, Town Hall

PRESENT

The Lord Mayor Councillor A M Reynolds, the Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor H Burnet, Aldermen M Zucco, Councillor W F Harvey, Alderman S Behrakis, Councillors M S C Dutta, Dr Z E Sherlock J Kelly, L Elliot, Alderman L Bloomfield, Councillors R Posselt and B Lohberger.

Mr Jacob Smith, A/State Director, Australian Red Cross Society (Tasmania Division)

Pam Powell, Battery Point Community Association Inc

Mr Phillip Chung, Secretary, Chinese Community Association of Tas Inc

Mr Eric Pinkard, Council of Hobart Community Associations

Mr Ray Brown, Club President, Hobart Real Tennis Club Inc

Mr James Chan Park, Korean Community Volunteer Association of Tasmania

Finn Goddard, Children’s Mayor, Lansdowne Crescent Primary School

Samuel Goddard

Mr David Reeve, Mount Stuart News

Mr Wayne Davy, Risk & Audit Panel Independent Member

Amanda Jackson, Sandy Bay Infant School

Evie Bresnehan, Children’s Deputy Mayor, Sandy Bay Infant School

Mr Alfred Merse, SKAL

Mr David Halse Rogers, South Hobart Progress Association

Mr Michael McLaughlin, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Mr Kazi Sabbir, Tasmanian Muslim Association

Mr Chris Merridew

Ros Walker

Sharon Soo

Barbara Spitzer, Sandy Bay Residents Group

Bernarda Spitzer, Sandy Bay Residents Group

APOLOGIES

Chief Executive Officer, Anglicare Tasmania Inc

Annie Kenney Young Woman’s Refuge

Mrs Jackie Slyp, Arthritis & Osteoporosis Tasmania

Mr Matthew Scholfield, Australia China Business Council (Tasmania Branch)

Buckingham Bowls Club

Business Events Tasmania

Cancer Council

Cricket Tasmania

Louise Riley, Hobart Canine Obedience Club

Mr Robert Mallett, Hobart Chamber of Commerce

Hobart College

Holyoake Tasmania Inc

Mr Mat Rowell, Lady Gowrie Tasmania

Lions Club of Hobart Town Inc

Maritime Museum Tasmania Inc

Dr Sally Attrill, Medical Association for the Prevention of War (Australia)

Ms Katie Cooper, Metro Tasmania

Ms Jen Newman, Regional Development Australia, Tasmania

Megan Burkett, Sandy Bay Infant School

Shelter Tasmania

Ms Tania Pengilly, Smart Seeds – GHD

St Giles

St John Ambulance

St Mary’s College

St Michael’s Collegiate School

Swimming Tasmania

Expression Australia

Tasmanian Rugby Union Inc

Ms Caroline Pegg, The Association for Children with Disability (Tas) Inc

The Friends’ School

The Hobart Embroiderers’ Guild Inc

Tourism Tasmania

Prof Rufus Black, Vice-Chancellor & President, University of Tasmania

Waterfront Business Community

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Nil.

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1.      Declare the Meeting Open

The Lord Mayor opened the meeting at 6:01 pm, welcomed those in attendance and noted the apologies.

2.       Minutes of the AGM conducted on 22 Nov 2021

The minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Monday, 22 November 2021, be confirmed as an accurate record.

ALDERMAN BEHRAKIS

COUNCILLOR DUTTA

That the recommendation be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

The minutes were signed.

3.       Meeting Procedures

The Lord Mayor noted the procedures for the conduct of the meeting were attached to the agenda and provided an overview of how questions from the floor would be taken.

4.       Lord Mayor’s Address

4.1      Lord Mayor's Address
	The Lord Mayor addressed the meeting in relation to the City’s achievements for the 2021-22 year in review and the Annual Report.
	Attachments a Lord Mayor's Address ⇨

4.2      The 2022 Children’s Mayor presentation of manifesto.
	Children’s Mayor, Finn Goddard and Children’s Deputy Mayor, Evelyn Bresnehan, presented their manifesto’s to the meeting.

5.       City of Hobart Annual Report

5.1      Acknowledgement of written submissions from electors of the City of Hobart in relation to the 2021-22 Annual Report.
	There were no formal written submissions received in relation to the 2021-22 Annual Report however the Lord Mayor noted seven questions had been submitted.

5.2      The Lord Mayor will invite questions from the community in relation to the 2021-22 Annual Report and the Lord Mayor’s Address.
	Present members of the community were invited to ask questions relating to the 2021-22 Annual Report and the Lord Mayor’s Address. Questions were asked with responses provided by the relevant senior member of staff. A recording of the meeting can be viewed on the City of Hobart YouTube Page.

5.3      The Lord Mayor will call for a motion to adopt the 2021-22 City of Hobart Annual Report
	DEPUTY LORD MAYOR COUNCILLOR Burnet COUNCILLOR HARVEY That the City of Hobart Annual Report for 2021-22 be adopted. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

6.       Closure of Meeting

There being no further business, the Lord Mayor closed the meeting at 6.57pm.

TAKEN AS READ AND SIGNED AS A CORRECT RECORD THIS 13^th DAY OF DECEMBER 2023.

CHAIRMAN