Council Decides: August 2024 Ordinary Meeting

Welcome to our August issue of "Council Decides", where we update you on the decisions and discussions of the Lismore City Council's monthly Council meeting.

The business papers and attachments for the meeting can be found at HERE

PUBLIC ACCESS

Three people spoke on two topics during Public Access:

• One spoke against the matter relating to flood prone lands DCP, and
• Two spoke in favour of a drug summit held in Lismore.

MAYORAL MINUTE

Councillors resolved to:

• acknowledge the contribution of the retiring Councillors Bird, Colby and Cook.

  REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  Councillors resolved to:

  • receive and adopt the recommendations contained within the 5 June minutes of the Disability and Inclusion Advisory Group minutes.

  MATTERS ARISING

  Councillors resolved to:

• ·note the response provided to the Question with Notice,
• receive and note the public exhibition of the proposed amendments to the Outdoor Dining Local Street Guide for the South Lismore business precinct and adopt the amended Outdoor Dining Local Street Guide as attached to the business papers, and
• submit the name change request from New England Lane to Volpato Lane to the Geographical Names Board and if any issues arise, report back to Council.

  REPORTS OF THE GENERAL MANAGER

  Councillors resolved to:

• submit the name change request from New England Lane to Volpato Lane to the Geographical Names Board and if any issues arise, report back to Council,
• to sell part of 313 Wyrallah Road, Monaltrie as outlined in the Business Papers, directly to the Richmond River Gun Club Incorporated being the adjoining landowner of 340 Wyrallah Road, Monaltrie for the sum of $1.00,
• note the following document be executed under delegated authority by the General Manager: Item 1 Lease with Goonellabah Tennis Club Incorporated over 5A Reserve Street, Goonellabah for five years with an option for a further five years for the permitted use of: tennis club, storage and other ancillary uses as approved by Council,
• receive and note the July Investments Report,
• receive and endorse the Delivery Program Progress Report for the period of April to June 2024, and
• receive and note Councillors Expenses and Facilities Policy – January 2024 to June 2024

  NOTICES OF MOTION/QUESTIONS WITH NOTICE

Councillors resolved to:

• receive the Mayoral Attendance Report for June 2024,
• direct the General Manager to consider what funding options exist to expand flood modelling beyond the urban area and across the LGA, using CSIRO data, and provide a report to the new Council that outlines these funding options, in the next term,
• write to Premier Chris Minns MP, the Minister for Health Ryan Park MP and State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin to request that one day of the recently announced Drug Summit be held in Lismore, and
• retain all Councillor communications and Hub content, including confidential material and emails stored on servers used to provide access to emails by Councillors, until the results of the 2024 election are known, at which point the email accounts of those Councillors who are not re-elected will be closed, and any request by staff to delete material from the Hub will be presented to the new Council for consideration prior to deletion.