Council Meeting
Minutes
Meeting No. 640
25 November 2024
Commenced at 7.00pm
Online
Fiona Blair
Chief Executive Officer
29 November 2024
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Council
Cr Joh Bauch
(Apology)
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
(Apology)
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) ........................................4
2 Council Commitment.......................................................................................4
3 Apologies/Leave Of Absence ..........................................................................4
4 Disclosure Of Conflicts Of Interest ..................................................................4
5 Designation Of Items As Confidential .............................................................4
6 Confidential
Business.
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7 Meeting Closure............................................................................................
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Order of Business
1 Opening (Including Acknowledgement Of Country)
The Mayor, Cr Thuy Dang, opened the meeting at 7.00pm and welcomed all in
attendance.
The Mayor stated:
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
The Mayor, on behalf of the Council, read the 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
The Mayor noted Cr Bauch was an apology for this meeting.
The Mayor also noted that Cr Pham was an apology due to a conflict of interest to the
matter considered at this meeting.
4 Disclosure Of Conflicts Of Interest
5 Designation Of Items As Confidential
Motion
That Council, in accordance with sections 3(1) and 66(2)(a) of the
Local Government Act
2020 (the Act)
:
a. Declares the meeting be closed to consider Confidential Report 6.1; and
b. Declares Confidential Report 6.1, including its attachments, as confidential as
they relate to:
•
Legal privileged information, being information to which legal professional
privilege or client legal privilege applies (s3(1)(e) of
the Act
); and
•
Confidential meeting information, being the records of meetings closed to
the public under section 66(2)(a); (s3(1)(h) of
the Act
).
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Resolution
Moved
Cr
Virginia Tachos/Seconded
Cr
Katharine Nikolic
That Council, in accordance with sections 3(1) and 66(2)(a) of the
Local
Government Act 2020 (the Act)
:
a. Declares the meeting be closed to consider Confidential Report 6.1; and
b. Declares Confidential Report 6.1, including its attachments, as
confidential as they relate to:
•
Legal privileged information, being information to which
legal professional privilege or client legal privilege applies
(s3(1)(e) of
the Act
); and
•
Confidential meeting information, being the records of meetings
closed to the public under section 66(2)(a); (s3(1)(h) of
the Act
).
Carried
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Confidential
Business