Thank you to everyone that attended Wednesday’s meeting. We had council staff having to add additional seating to the public gallery area thanks to another great turnout.
Well, wasn’t that a different atmosphere!! As we present ourselves every month for the past 11 months, legally, lawfully and peacefully the council CEO found it in himself to feel threatened that he required two (2) security guards to be present prior to the doors being opened to the public and remained for the duration of the meeting. One stood guard at the base of the stairs and the other at the entrance to the public meeting area.
- Item 4.1 Petition for No Fluoride
- 6.1 Corporate Services Directorate Update
- 6.2 – November 2023 Finance Report
- 6.3 Procurement Report
- 6.4 2024 Gympie Show Sponsorship
- 6.5 TechnologyOne – Account Managed Services Support
- 7.1 Community Sustainability Directorate Report
- 7.2 Customer Service Charter
- 7.3 Heritage Reference Group Update
- 7.4 Wishlist House - Waiving of Plumbing Application Fees
- 7.5 Planning Scheme - Amendment Package 3 Public Consultation Summary and Recommendations
- 7.6 Temporary Local Planning Instrument - Biodiversity Protection.
- 7.7 Place Name and Memorial Request
- 7.8 Community Grants Program 2023/24 – Environment
- 8.1 New Lease to Gympie Eight Ball Association over part of Reg English Complex - Lease Area E, 33 Cartwright Road,
Gympie - 8.2 Proposed Disposal of Land - Lot 2 SP 186025 - 124 Centro Way, Gympie
- 8.3 The State of Queensland (represented by Department of Housing) - Proposed lease renewal Jane Street, Gympie
(formally known as Gympie Caravan Park) - 8.4 Voluntary Home Buy Back Program - Property Acquisitions
- 8.5 Proposed Trustee Lease Renewal Tansey Show Society Inc. & Tansey Polocrosse Club Inc - Lot 36 SP259716
- 8.6 Proposed Trustee Lease Renewal Tin Can Bay Tennis Club Inc. - Lot 15 Crown Plan MCH3168
- 8.7 RFT2022-23-022 DRFA Program - Construction Package 03 (Eastern Roads)
- 11.1 Borumba Pumped Hydro Energy Storage - Agreement For Council Road Improvements
Thank you to everyone that attended Wednesday’s meeting. We had council staff having to add additional seating to the public gallery area thanks to another great turnout.
The meeting was opened with Pastor Daniel quoting a long time saying that “Answering before listening is foley and shame”. He then asked the councillors to listen today before answering. How apt was this statement!!
- Corporate Services Directorate Update
- Request to Repeal Gympie Regional Council's Councillor Code of Conduct
- Acceptable Request Guidelines and Staff Interaction Policy
- First Quarter Update - Operational Plan 2023-2024
- Audit and Risk Committee Update
- October 2023 Finance Report
- Procurement Panel Report
- Procurement Panel - Post Market - RFT2022-23 045 - Gympie 3 Sewer Pump Station Replacement
- Amendment to 2023-2024 Schedule of Fees and Charges
- In Principle Commitment of Land - Lots 10 and 12 RP896299
- Gympie Regional Council Biosecurity Plan 2023 - 2028 and Companion to the Gympie Regional Council Biosecurity Plan 2023 – 2028
- Freshwater Creek - Lot 10 MCH 2826
- Capital Works Program 23/24 Status Quarterly Update
- Flood Recovery, Infrastructure Services Quarterly Update
- RFT2022-23-042 - 2022 DRFA Program - Construction Package 04 (Western Roads)
- Water and Sewer Service Area Annual Review 2023
- Expression of Interest (EOI), Building Assets Condition Assessments
Since attending the meetings of the corporate council since January, we have always taken the opportunity at the completion of their meeting to have a say with Mayor, councillors or CEO. This week we were able to speak with one councillor and make her aware of the UN Agenda 2030 following discussions regarding fluoride in the town water. The councillor asked if we could forward her any information regarding agenda 2030 so she could research it. We had an interesting conversation with the CEO regarding 15 minute cities planned across the world and we asked him if he had recently attended the 15 minute cities conference at the Gold Coast, to which he said he hadn’t.
- Quarterly Questions Taken on Notice Report
- Councillor Portfolio Report
- Gympie Local Disaster Management Plan
- Caretaker Period Policy
- Procurement Panel
- September 2023 Financial Report
- Budget Amendment – First Quarter Budget Review
- Quarterly Investment Report to 30 September 2023
- Community Grants Program 2023/2024 - Round 1 Funding Recommendations
- Arts and Cultural Strategy 2023-2028 and Public Art Policy
- Infrastructure Services Directorate Report - October 2023
- Rationalisation of Council's Land Holdings
- Consent for State to dispose of land held in trust by Council - Lot 9 CPLX899, 3470 Mary Valley
Road
As we have been saying since attending the meetings of the corporate council since January, we have noticed the way councillors have changed their behaviour to try and demonstrate they have the ratepayers in mind when discussing council items on the agenda, they think the public like to hear how great a job they are doing for the people.
- 2023 Update of Corporate Plan 2022-2027
- Procurement Panel Report
- August 2023 Finance Report
- 2023-24 Budget Amendment
- Community Sustainability Directorate Update
- Grant Funding Recommendation - Community Halls Insurance Category
- Review of Gympie Regional Council's Infrastructure Charges Resolution
- Contract Variations Eastern Cell Construction Bonnick Road Landfill
- Flood Hazard Area Update for the Building Regulation 2021
- Returned & Services League of Australia (Queensland Branch) Gympie Sub-Branch Inc. - Proposed lease 39 Monkland Street, Gympie
The presentations by council officers appears to be changing at this meeting, to the point that even Cr Devereaux thanked the Corporate Services Director for the detailed explanation of the update report.
- Corporate Services update - finance, rates, financial audit, cctv update, current head count, economic development, native title
- Procurement Panel
- July 2023 Financial Report
- Temporary Local Planning Instrument - Biodiversity Protection
- Furness Road Storm water Drainage Upgrades