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City of hobart

MINUTES

Special Finance and Governance Committee Meeting

 

Open Portion

 

Monday, 25 October 2021 at 4:45 pm

 


 

Minutes (Open Portion)

Special Finance and Governance Committee Meeting

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25/10/2021

 

 

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

APOLOGIES AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE

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

2.        Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest. 4

3.        Transfer of Agenda Items. 4

4.        Report. 4

4.1     2020-21 Financial Statements. 4

 


 

Minutes (Open Portion)

Special Finance and Governance Committee Meeting

Page 4

 

25/10/2021

 

 

Special Finance and Governance Committee Meeting (Open Portion) held on Monday, 25 October 2021 at 4:45pm in the Council Chamber, Town Hall.

 

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.

 

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

Zucco (Chairman)

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

Sexton

Thomas

Coats

 

 

 

PRESENT: Alderman M Zucco (Chairman), the Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor H Burnet, Alderman D C Thomas, the Lord Mayor Councillor A M Reynolds, Alderman J Briscoe, Councillor W Harvey, Alderman S Behrakis and Councillor M Dutta.

 

APOLOGIES:

 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE:

Alderman Dr P T Sexton

Councillor W N S Coats

 

NON-MEMBERS

Lord Mayor Reynolds

Briscoe

Harvey

Behrakis

Dutta

Sherlock

Fox

 

The Lord Mayor Councillor Reynolds was an ex-officio member of the Committee

 

Alderman Thomas arrived at the meeting at 4:47pm during the discussion of item 4.1 .

 

 

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

 

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR BURNET

That Alderman Briscoe and Councillor Harvey be co-opted to the Committee.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Zucco

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Lord Mayor Reynolds

 

 

2.       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.

 

 

3.       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?

4.       Report

 

4.1      2020-21 Financial Statements

            File Ref: F21/105484

LORD MAYOR REYNOLDS

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Financial Operations Manager, Chief Financial Officer and  Director Community Life of 22 October 2021, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Zucco

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Lord Mayor Reynolds

 

Briscoe

 

Harvey

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That the Council note that in accordance with section 84(4) of the Local Government Act 1993 that the Chief Executive Officer, being the General Manager as appointed by Council pursuant to section 61 of the Local Government Act 1993, tables the certified financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2021 marked as Attachment A to item 4.1 of the Special Finance and Governance Committee agenda of 25 October 2021.

 

Attachments

a    Independent Auditor's Report - to 30 June 2021  

Delegation:     Council

 

 

There being no further business the Open portion of the meeting closed at 5.03 pm.

 

 

 

 

 

TAKEN AS READ AND SIGNED AS A CORRECT RECORD THIS
16th DAY OF November 2021.

CHAIRMAN