Council Meeting

Agenda

Meeting No. 640

25 November 2024

Commencing 7.00pm

Online

Fiona Blair

Chief Executive Officer

22 November 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.

The purpose of this meeting is for Council to consider Confidential Report 6.1 from the

Council Meeting No. 636 on 20 August 2024. This is the only matter of business to be

conducted at this Meeting of Council.

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

expected of the Council.

The Council

The current Council was elected for a four year term.

The Councillors were sworn in at a Council Meeting on 13 November 2024. At a Council

Meeting on 20 November 2024, the Council elected Councillor Thuy Dang 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

Brimbank Governance Rules.

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 Joh Bauch

Cr Victoria Borg

Deputy Mayor

Cr Thuy Dang

Mayor

Cr Maria Kerr

Cr Daniel Kruk

Cr Lucy Nguyen

Cr Katharine Nikolic

Cr Duyen Anh Pham

Cr Ranka Rasic

Cr Virginia Tachos

Cr Kim Thien Truong

Municipal Monitors

Ms Janet Dore

Municipal Monitor

Ms Penelope Holloway Municipal Monitor

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

Governance Team

Mr Danny Bilaver

Manager Governance and Risk

Mr Tony Vo

Coordinator Council Business

Ms Natalie Horvatic

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

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6.1 Con

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

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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 the Model Councillor Code of Conduct.

3 Apologies/Leave Of Absence

Cr Pham has submitted an apology for this meeting.

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

:

•

Confidential Report 6.1

•

Confidential Attachment 1 to Confidential Report 6.1

•

Confidential Attachment 2 to Confidential Report 6.1

•

Confidential Attachment 3 to Confidential Report 6.1

as they relate to:

•

Legal privileged information, being information to which legal

professional privilege or client legal privilege applies (s 3(1)(e) of the

); and

•

Confidential meeting information, being the records of meetings closed

to the public under section 66(2)(a); (s 3(1)(h) of the

).

Confidential

Confidential Repor