Council Meeting

Agenda

Meeting No. 630

4 March 2024

Commencing 7.45pm

Council Chamber

301 Hampshire Road, Sunshine,

Victoria

Fiona Blair

Chief Executive Officer

1 March 2024

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Welcome to this Council Meeting

Brimbank City Council respectfully acknowledges and recognises the Wurundjeri and

Bunurong Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of this land and pays respect to their

Elders, past, present and future.

The Mayor called for this Meeting of Council under clause 10 of the Brimbank

Governance Rules 2023.

The purpose of this meeting is for Council to consider Confidential Report 16.1 from the

Council Meeting No. 629 on 20 February 2024. This is the only matter of business to be

conducted at this Meeting of Council.

The Governance Rules 2023 set out the way Council Meetings run and the conduct

expected of the Council and members of the public.

The Council

The current Council was elected for a four year term.

The Councillors were sworn in at a Council Meeting on 10 November 2020. At a Council

Meeting on 17 November 2023, the Council elected Councillor Ranka Rasic as Mayor for

a one year term. The Mayor takes precedence at all meetings at the Council and will

chair the meeting.

The Chair is responsible for ensuring Council Meetings are run in accordance with the

Governance Rules 2023.

Voting

For each decision Council makes, a Councillor will first propose (move) a motion. The

motion must be seconded by another Councillor before it can be discussed and decided

on. Voting on a motion is always by a show of hands.

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Council

Cr Ranka Rasic

Mayor

Cr Jae Papalia

Deputy Mayor

Cr Victoria Borg

Cr Sarah Branton

Cr Thuy Dang

Cr Sam David

Cr Maria Kerr

Cr Bruce Lancashire

Cr Jasmine Nguyen

Cr Thomas O’Reilly

Cr Virginia Tachos

Executive Leadership Team

Ms Fiona Blair

Chief Executive Officer

Ms Lynley Dumble

Director Community Wellbeing

Ms Georgie Hill

Director People, Partnerships and Performance

Mr Chris Leivers

Director Infrastructure and City Services

Mr Mark Stoermer

Director Corporate Services

Mr Kelvin Walsh

Director City Futures

Municipal Monitors

Ms Janet Dore

Municipal Monitor

Ms Penelope Holloway Municipal Monitor

Governance Team

Mr Danny Bilaver

Manager Governance and Risk

Mr Tony Vo

Coordinator Council Business

Ms Jessica Zelenbaba

Council Business Officer

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Table of Contents

1 Opening (Including Acknowledgement Of Country) ........................................5

2 Council Commitment.......................................................................................5

3 Apologies/Leave Of Absence ..........................................................................5

4 Disclosure Of Conflicts Of Interest..................................................................5

5 Designation Of Items As Confidential .............................................................5

6 Confidential Business......................................................................................6

7 Meeting Closure..............................................................................................6

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Order of Business

1 Opening (Including Acknowledgement Of Country)

On behalf of Brimbank City Council, I respectfully acknowledge and recognise the

Wurundjeri and Bunurong Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of this land and pay

respect to their Elders, past, present and future.

2 Council Commitment

As the Council, we will act in the best interests of the Brimbank community and consider

the immediate and long term impacts of our decisions. We will make these decisions

fairly and without bias.

We will uphold all of our obligations under the laws of Victoria and Council’s local laws,

and will act in accordance with our Code of Conduct.

3 Apologies/Leave Of Absence

4 Disclosure Of Conflicts Of Interest

5 Designation Of Items As Confidential

Motion

That Council declares confidential in accordance with section 66(2)(a) of the

:

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Confidential Report 6.1

as it relates to personal information, being information which if released would result in

the unreasonable disclosure of information about any person or their personal affairs

(s 3(1)(f) of the Local Government Act 2020).

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6 Confidential Business

6.1 Confidential Report

7 Meeting Closure