Council Decides: October Extraordinary Meeting

Welcome to our October Extraordinary 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 here

PUBLIC ACCESS

There were two speakers during Public Access. Both spoke in favour of the Rescission Motion to hold Council Meeting during the day, which was defeated.

REPORTS OF THE GENERAL MANAGER

Councillors resolved to:

• adopt the 2023-2024 Reserves (Internally Restricted) annual report which has internally cash reserves of $14,026,300 as of 30 June 2024, reimburse the internal reserves used to fund grant funds owed as of 30 June 2024 when funding is received, and hold a workshop to review the Reserve Policy 1.5.10.
• adopt the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 and form an opinion based on the attached 'Statement by Councillors and Management' for both the General-Purpose Financial Statements and Special Purpose Financial Statements in accordance with Section 413 (2) (c) of the Local Government Act 1993 and clause 215 of the Local Government (General) Regulation 2021(2) delegate to the Mayor and a Councillor to sign the 'Statement by Councillors and Management' on behalf of Council, (3) delegate to the General Manager to, on receipt of the Independent Audit Reports, submit the Audited Financial Statements to the NSW Office of Local Government, (4) in accordance with Section 705 of the Local Government Act 1993 determine the public notice relating to the financial statements will be advertised on Council's website and Council's Facebook page and, (5) present the Audited Financial statements to the public on the 12 November 2024.