Councilors Council Officers Glen EEira
residents and community members viewing
our meeting this evening I'd like to
welcome you to the 26th of September
2023 ordinary meeting of council
there are a few items that I would just
like to mention before we begin this
evening the first is a reminder to
councilors council officers and members
of the public that all mobile phones are
to be switched off and placed on silent
for the duration of the meeting
our meetings are being held in person
here at the council chambers and are
being live streamed to community
rule 24 of council's governance rule
states where meetings are held in person
meetings can continue if the live
streaming of the meeting fails
where a councilor is participating
virtually and a technical problem occurs
preventing Council from live streaming
the meeting will be adjourned for 10
minutes and then if the meeting cannot
be resumed within 30 minutes the meeting
will be adjourned and reconvened on
Wednesday
27 September 2023 at 7 30 PM council is
not responsible for any data usages
charges or technical issues that members
of the public may experience in
accessing council's live stream or
recordings of minutes
of meetings
a copy of each of the live stream
meetings is placed on council's website
the day after the meeting or as soon as
possible
item one is the acknowledgment and
the City of Glen EEira especially
acknowledges the Wurrung people of the
Kulin nation as the traditional owners
of the land now known as Glen EEira we pay
our respects to their Elders past
present and emerging and acknowledge and
uphold their continued relationship
and responsibilities for this land
we have apologies as number two we have
no apologies I believe moving on to
number three item
councilors there is a requirement for a
disclosure of conflicts of interest to
items listed for consideration on the
agenda or any item that is considered at
this meeting in accordance with Section
130 in Brackets two what the Local
Government Act of 2020 in rule 60 in
bracket 3 of The Glen Eira Council
governance rules councilors are there
any conflicts of interest to be declared
I'm seeing and hearing no conflicts
councilors I'll now move a procedural
motion
for what happens if the live stream
fails I'll move the motion can I have a
seconder after that motion councilor
Parasol is ? councilors I will put
that motion directly all those in favor
admissions carried unanimously
at this stage of the meeting I'll now
commence the public participation
how many questions do we have Sarah
it's public participation not question
time public participation yes so we just
have one submitted this evening it's MS
nulley
obviously please come forward
you just push the little button in front
of you there and
that's it you're on good evening
when you come early you get a chance to
prepare yourself properly so I will read
apologies for not sending some photos
through that I took today
they'll be sent to the Mayor this
evening and
I don't do group emails so I presume
that the Mayor will then send them on to
the councilors and to officers as I
cycled home from my riding today which
is
the group that I think is the most
important I rode through Caulfield Park
to see a tree called a Queensland fire
wheel tree it's a stenocarpus and
I thought it might be in bloom
sadly and it's on the north side of
Caulfield park near Hawthorn Road sadly
it's in a terrible state
it has a lot of die back
and I would say that it's been like that
for quite a while and it definitely
needs some real maintenance I just I'm
very saddened when I see that
then I rode towards the sports oval
and I was further saddened to see
several dying and dead trees I've taken
photographs
these trees were fairly recently planted
because and I know that there are
surrounds and uh
bark and you know mulch that are put on
trees for a certain number of years and
then
all of that's removed in the tree is
allowed to fend for itself so I can tell
that these trees have been fairly
recently planted
um two of them are dead
in the middle of Caulfield Park
there's also a eucalypt tree along
Inkerman Road
as I continued my ride home that's been
dead for a long time
this
is it's just been sitting there beside
the the gravel path
um why hasn't it been removed you know
it's spring my God this is when we're
supposed to be looking at new growth on
trees and
um maybe a few new trees planted for the
ones that are dead
and my question is why does council
bother with tree registers
on private land
when it can't look after its own trees
in a park we have so few public areas
as we all know
and there I am on my bike thinking on my
way home I'll go through beautiful
Caulfield Park to see the lovely scenic
upper Street
and it is in a disgusting state
when the tree register was first
announced
I got my act together and the 100 year
old walnut tree that's in my backyard
was
mentioned to council as were the two
trees
both walnut trees both planted at the
same time as mine a hundred years ago
when those properties were subdivided in
Kambrook Road
and do you think I've heard a word
nothing absolutely nothing
maybe they're not in full View
out in the street
but my God they're valuable
and I just find the whole thing quite
strange so I'll go back to my question
why does council bother with other
people's trees when they can't look
after their own and I'll add a little
sub question
is it correct for the person who's
supposed to be mowing the grass in
Caulfield Park to be sitting vaping
in the machine
thanks for bringing that to our
attention so um no that shouldn't be
occurring but I'm more than happy to
follow up with you and get some further
information in relation to that
um and on the issue of the trees
um thanks for highlighting those
specific trees I'd love to get those
photos from you tomorrow so if you want
to send them either either to the Mayor
or to myself we'll make sure that we get
followed up and we'll come back to you
with a response in relation to those and
also on the issue of the I wasn't clear
from what you said on the trees on
private land the ones that you were
referring to in your own backyard did
you nominate those yes register okay
that's fine I'll follow up and find out
where those are too so thanks for all
that information can can we get back to
you tomorrow yes and and if that's
taking so much of your arborist's time
then you know those trees are being
looked after as mine is on on private
property
sorry but look after your own trees
thanks for that you know now my second
question is
um I'd like an update on the lane
closure at the intersection of
Murrumbeena Road and Railway Parade uh
due to the barricade that's surrounding
the corner building at Neerim Road
and if I could just add something
um I'm doing this and I'm I haven't got
an audience unfortunately but I hope
there are a few people listening I've
heard councilors uh give you know
c.redence and uh and congratulations to
officers
when we talk about planning issues and
building and all of those things and I'd
like to give my congratulations to two
officers I think they are oh just above
and beyond they are amazing one of them
is Mitch McPherson. Mitch McPherson is
the most switched on officer I have had
the pleasure to meet he along with
another local law officer Luke Fraser
and I don't think either Mitch nor Luke
get the credit that they deserve
they are amazing absolutely amazing
there have been such consistent faces of
Glen Eira for me for many many years and
I appreciate the commitment to their
work and their ethical attitude towards
their Community input and Mitch got one
Victorian government Department talking
to the other Victorian government
Department with regard to a barrier that
was placed in Railway Avenue
well Mr Woodward
would you thank you Miss nollie for your
question I can provide you an update on
the building in question significant
damage occurred when a truck hit the
veranda of the building and caused major
stress to this two-story brick wall
council's Municipal Building surveyor
has issued an emergency order to
immediately shore up the building to
prevent the building from collapsing
onto the full path enter the roads while
the shoring is in place we've got
barriers up until the building works
have been completed by the building
owner and there's complexities with
insurance to ensure that the building
can be reconstructed and made safe these
barriers are in place to manage
pedestrian and road user safety
but you haven't answered my question my
question was what about the temporary
lane closure
the temporary lane closure is a result
of making sure that there is safety in
place for all road users
um so if the wall does uh
collapse in any way which we don't
expect it to but it's a safety measure
to make sure that pedestrians and road
users are safe
but that could take years
and years
thanks thank you and and Sue thank you
for your
um
commendations to those two staff members
will make sure that that feedback is
passed on to them yes and maybe Mitch
could do something and speed them up
thank you Angels because we just turned
that microphone off
councils I'll now move a procedural
motion that we change the order of
business
by bringing forward item 10.5 written
public questions to council to be heard
at this stage of the meeting do I have a
second for that Council Parasol as
printed councils I will just put that
motion direct all those in favor
emotions carried unanimously
thank you Mr Mayor and we have a number of
questions this evening I'll move through
them reasonably swiftly our first
question this evening is from Timothy
Wilson of Beaumaris before or
following our federal MP Zoe Daniel
voted to repeal a hundred million
dollars in infrastructure grants to Glen
Eira and Bayside did Council write to our
federal MP and ask her to support these
essential grants Council had previously
submitted documentation for and were
granted in previous budget and Miss
Gillies will respond
um through Mr Mayor uh thank you for
your question Mr Wilson Council wrote to
Zoe Daniel mp on the 22nd of June 2022
regarding council's projects that had
been allocated funding under the urban
congestion fund Council also provided
Miss Daniel and all candidates with
information regarding council's election
priorities in the lead up to the federal
election which included funding for
increased car parking in council's
activity centers we also provided a
brief about council's position on the
urban congestion fund to Dr Michelle
Ananda Raja MP Federal member for
Higgins on the 29th of August 2022. this
was following the closure of a process
of additional Community consultation
the brief reiterated that the community
had expressed concerns about the urban
congestion fund and that council's
preference was to retain the funding but
for the funding to be decoupled from the
requirement to construct commuter car
parks Council was formally notified on
the 14th of November 2022 by the
department of infrastructure transport
Regional development Communications and
the Arts that the Australian Urban
congestion fund had been canceled in the
October 2010 October 2022 2023 federal
budget and the funding previously
allocated to council had been
withdrawned thank you withdrawn thank
you
Mr Wilson has a second question with our
federal MP Zoe Daniel voting for nearly
1 billion in new subsidies to Coal
companies as part of federal
government's energy price cap plan has
Glen Eira Council done an analysis of its
share of emissions that would need to be
offset to take account of this subsidy
to fossil fuel companies and Ms Gillies
will again respond
through you Mr Mayor uh thank you Mr
Wilson for your question again uh we're
committed to achieving zero net
emissions by 2025 our electricity is
already 100 renewable we Source energy
from two new Wind Farm developments
through our award-winning Victorian
energy collaboration brackets v e c o
significantly reducing our need to
offset our corporate emissions we're
currently updating our emissions profile
and developing an Adaptive pathway
towards zero emissions we haven't
specifically analyzed the impact of uh
of Australian gov of the Australian
government's energy price relief plan
thank you
thank you the next question Mr Mayor is
from Mike Wilson of Caulfield North will
Council work with its rainbow Pride
advisory and working groups to develop
an LGBT iqa plus action plan for the
city of glenara and Mr Saunders will
respond
through you Mr Mayor and thank you Mr
Wilson for your question council's
commitments regarding diversity
inclusion including for the lgbtiqa plus
Community are set out in our community
wellbeing plan
2021-2024. a key priority of that plan
is priority five which is to embrace
creativity learning and diversity which
includes celebrating our unique
identities and build respect inclusion
and tolerance across ages sexualities
genders ability religions and cultures
each year Council develops and endorses
a community wellbeing action plan which
details the activities and initiatives
Council will undertake to support the
lgbti QA plus Community delivery against
the action plan is reported to both
Council and the broader Community each
year VIA council's website the lgbti QA
plus initiatives and activities
undertaken by Council are informed by
the rainbow Pride Advisory Group which
meets four times a year and is made up
of nine community as well as Victoria
Police I left Melbourne and Better
Health Network Council has also
developed a well-being and cultural
dates calendar and this includes
activities recognizing days to raise
awareness and visibility of the lgbti QA
plus Community including mid-summer
festival idahobit and trans awareness
week this annual calendar is available
through the council website thank you
Mr Mayor our next question is from
Muhammad al-qarashi of Carnegie good
evening councilors and residents I live
in an apartment on nEiram road Carnegie
where floodlights from a nearby building
are a constant disturbance these lights
stay on for throughout the night even at
3am with no regard for those affected
while we regulate noise levels we have
no guidelines for light pollution could
the council consider implementing simple
Common Sense rules for reasonable
lighting the intensity of these lights
makes Solutions like better curtains
impractical this isn't America
inconvenience it's a real quality of
life issue with the council be open to
addressing this Gap in our local laws Mr
wood will respond
thank you for your question Mr
al-qurashi and through your map there is
an Australian standard that provides a
framework for the control of obtrusive
effects of outdoor lighting alongside
this Council has powers under the public
health and well-being Act of 2008 to
consider whether light disturbance is a
nuisance that is dangerous to health
the process requires an impacted person
to provide evidence about the light
disturbance and how it affects their
health and for a site assessment to be
undertaken to understand the impact
Council will then determine if a
complaint constitutes a nuisance and
will have regard to the relevant
standards if it does constitute a
nuisance Council has powers to issue an
improvement notice to the landowner I
will arrange for a member of the
environmental health department to
contact you to discuss this process
our next two questions Mr Mayor are from
L Reynolds of Carnegie and I'll actually
ask both of them because they're
reasonably concise and they relate to
item 8.4 of the agenda under which
circums under what circumstances will
the council consider an alternative
method of sale and who would be included
in a private treaty and the second
question is what possible Community
benefits could there be for the council
to sell land at less than market value
and what possible benefits could there
be from accepting a lower purchase price
and Mr jench will respond uh through you
Mr Mayor and thank you for the question
uh in terms of private treaty any such
circumstances to use private treaty
would likely to be quite rare and would
only apply where Council wished to
control the future usage of the land by
selling to a private party through
direct negotiations in terms of the
second questions in regard to community
benefits it is difficult to answer that
question at this point in time but
community that would only apply with a
proposed future use of the land provided
exceptional Community benefit that
justified Council pursue accepting a
lower price lower purchase price thank
you
thank you
um our next question is from Angus
Morrison of Caulfield South will Council
support an examination of the demands
put on child care workers who work
through the council's family day care
system to use an app mandated by Council
that requires workers to track in detail
the activities of children under their
care such as tracking toilet times as
carers have reported that their time and
attention is so impacted with the use of
this app that their attention and care
to the children has significantly
diminished and Mr Saunders will respond
thank you Mr Morrison for your question
through you Mr Mayor There are 16
Educators that form part of the council
Family Day Care program that provide
Education and Care Services in their
homes for up to four children all
providers of early years education and
care services including Family Day Care
Providers must comply with the
Commonwealth government's National
quality standards that set the Benchmark
for educator practice children's health
safety and physical environments Family
Daycare educators are assassin rated
against these standards to insult
children receive the highest quality of
Education and Care
part of the assessment process involves
recording record-keeping requirements by
Educators to demonstrate compliance with
the national standards Family Day Care
educators are required to keep
electronic records of attendance
enrollments and children's sleep and
respEiratines using a computer program
called Harmony which is used by early
years Educators across Australia
Educators also have a choice to either
keep electronic records or paper records
for other requirements such as meals
drinks and application of sunscreen
record-keeping requirements can be
undertaken by Educators during the day
or at the end of the day record keeping
is also an important way to keep
families informed about the child's
experience at the service thank you
our next question Mr Mayors is also from
Angus Morrison of Caulfield South
um what human rights and environmental
assessments on vendors and Supply chains
does council make when assessing
significant Capital purchases and how
are these assessments made public and Ms
Gillies will respond
through you Mr Mayor uh thank you for
your question Mr Morrison when
evaluating major Capital tenders Council
adheres to the procurement policy HTTP
https
www.glennara.vic.gov dot a u about our
Council forward slash our organization
forward slash Council legislation and
policies forward slash procurement and
tenders
which is aligned to all relevant
legislation and current best practice
including the charter of Human Rights
and responsibilities
2006 Victoria
uh Council values and weights social
economic and environmental compliance as
part of the evaluation and Reporting
further Council seeks probity advice and
compliance reports to ensure that all
relevant processes and policies are
being followed council's tender
documents are publicly available
demonstrating the nature of the tender
and the environmental social and
economic matters that council is seeking
to drive or conform compliance with for
any given project as you can appreciate
the commercial nature of the of the
processes means that elements of the
tender process and evaluation outcomes
are required to be kept confidential
thank you
thank you for that and um Mr Morrison if
you missed that hyperlink just letting
you know that that will be provided in
the written response that comes out to
you and for any other members of the
community who are interested it will be
published in the minutes for this
meeting
our next two questions are from Resident
manasevich of McKinnon and they're very
related to each other so I might ask
both of the questions
um before passing to Mr wood to respond
the first question is that the last ocm
a request for a report asked that it
details the reasons why Council decided
not to contest May Street West's status
as a road at law given the LGA 2020
defines a council as consisting of its
elected representatives and not its
officers and it council's governance
rules disallow decision making in
assembly meetings when did Council
decide not to contest the status of May
Street and how does any such decision
not breach the above legislative
requirements and the second question is
if counsel as defined by the LGA did
indeed make such a decision it is not
recorded in either the ocm minutes or
the assembly minutes who made this
decision and under what Authority or
delegation was it made and Mr wood will
respond
thank you for your question Ms
maniseewich and through email in
response to the first question the term
council is used to describe both Council
the organization or entity and Council
the elected body
in the example provided the term Council
describes the entity the decision was
made under delegation following
consultation with councilors
in relation to the second part of the
second question regarding a decision the
decision Council made was that
sufficient evidence had been provided to
demonstrate that may Street West is not
a road at War for the purpose of
satisfying a pre-commencement condition
on the planning permit for the Woolworth
development in Selwyn Street council's
director planning in place instructed
solicitors to prepare a letter
confirming the condition had been
satisfied this power is delegated to
specific planning offices under the
instrument of Delegation members of
Staff being under the planning
environment act 1987 which is a general
delegated function that provides the
power to decide in relation to any
planning scheme or permit that a
specific matter has or has not been done
to the satisfaction of council
okay our next two questions Mr Mayor are
from T Antonio of murrumbina I'll ask
them separately though the first is in
relation to councilors expenditure
report for the period of 1 November 2021
to 31 October 2022 keeping fairness in
mind could Council please explain why
one councilor's expenditure is over
twenty two thousand dollars more than
her peers while councilors with the most
expenditure including the Mayor are all
from Tuck award and whether this
discrepancy given an advantage over the
work the other councilors do for their
respective Wards and Mr gentsch will
respond uh through you Mr Man thank you
for the question
councilor allowances are determined by
the Victorian independent remuneration
tribunal in accordance with section 39
of the Local Government Act 2020 the
determination by the tribunal sets a
base allowance for each council member
the barrier which varies according to
the role Mayor deputy Mayor or councilor
and the allowance category to which
Council has been assigned
this includes allowances paid to the
elected Mayor and the deputy Mayor and
the councilors the tribunal is required
to make an annual adjustment to the
values of these allowances
council is responsible for electing the
Mayor and the deputy Mayor each year for
the period in question councilor Jim
McGee was Mayor and was entitled to the
Mayoral allowance and councilor Lee
Zhang was the deputy Mayor and was
entitled to the deputy Mayor Alliance
both councilor McGee and councilor Zhang
represent tuck award
in addition to this the councilor and
Civic support and expenses policy sets
out the entitlement of all councilors to
allowances facilities resources and
reimbursement of certain expenses to
assist them to discharge their
responsibilities and to provide a
reimbursement of certain expenses of
members of delegated committees this
policy is available on council's website
thank you
down last question this evening Mr Mayor
is also from T Antonio of murrumbina in
relation to item 8.1 in the agenda can
Council please provide examples of what
is regarded as other expenses that is
costing us sixty six thousand dollars
and is stated as having a slight
increase looking forward to hearing
these answers at the council meeting
and Mr gentch will respond
thank you madam CEO and through the
Mayor and thank you again for the
question uh the main reason for the uh
66 000 shortfall to the budget in the
year-to-date column reported in the
August 2023 Finance report under other
expenses is due to an increase in court
lodgement fees relating to parking
infringement enforcement thank you
thank you Mr Mayor that concludes public
question time
thank you CEO councils we moved to item
four confirmation of minutes of previous
meeting or meetings
item 4.1
that the minutes of the ordinary council
meeting held on the 5th of September
2023 and the special council meeting
held on the 6th the 19th September 2023
be confirmed councilors I'll move that
do I have a second for that Council
risakov as printed
anyone would speak against that motion
any other speakers on the motion
there's no other speakers on the motion
I won't be summing up I'll just put the
motion to the vote all those in favor
all those in favor
that motion is carried unanimously
item five is reception and reading of
petitions and Joint letters I don't
believe there are any petitions of white
letters
item six reports by delegates appointed
by Council to various organizations
councilor Zinger
thank you our Mayor it's my pleasure to
report on the most recent meeting on the
20th of this month of the local
government gambling reform working group
at that most recent meeting I presented
our council's draft submission in
relationship to pre-commitment and card
play consultation paper
uh we've reviewed the Victoria's
responsible gambling codes of conduct
making further submission
most recently a new editorial statement
of the harms of gambling actually caused
by the promotion of gambling by
International gambling operations has
just been published and received some
serious media coverage and this is as a
result of this committee's work and
finally Monash Council has recently
decided not to support any community
group
with grant funding if that group accepts
donations or advertising from gambling
related organizations thank you thank
you Council as we move on to item set
seven reports from committees and
records of assembly advisory committees
they're none
um 7.2 records of assembly I see we have
records from the 22nd of August assembly
the 29th of August assembly and the 5th
September special meeting Council driver
mover
cancer has printed
yes Mr Matt seconded for that motion
Council Paris councilorsakoff would like
to speak to any of that no nothing to
add
councilor parcel anyone wish to speak
against the motion any other speakers on
the motion
there being no other speakers on the
motion I assume you don't want to sum up
councilorsakoff I'll therefore put the
motion all those in favor
emotion
is carried unanimously
and it all cancels to vote at the same
time
item eight is officers reports but at
the beginning of officers reports of
financial management report 31 August 23
councils do I have a motion
Council Kate has printed
secondary for that motion against the
pedicure cancer Kate
thank you
so like many councils and businesses
across Victoria things are getting more
challenging financially and Rising costs
and Rising inflation continues to impact
Council due to rate capping council's
revenue is shrinking and the state
government continues to shift more costs
to councils we aim to continue to
maintain our services infrastructure and
Facilities
the purpose of this report is to provide
counsel with the financial management
report up to the 31st of August
2023. the forecast result for the
financial year is a surplus of 1.8 to 84
million dollars and there's an increase
in operating revenue and a decrease in
operating expenditure as set out in the
report the open space contributions
received are around
655
900 for the current month and the open
space Reserve sits at around 19 million
dollars
I'm happy to support the recommendation
thank you cancer pinnacle
thank you Mayor I'm paying attention to
what's a councilor Kate has just said
um Council does continue to closely
monitor its income expenditure in order
to maintain our services to the
community in an environment of cost
increases and revenue is and our Revenue
being restrained by a ratepath that is
less than the CPI
and also to monitor our expenditure and
as Guided by the Victorian auditor
General's Financial sustainability
indicators and even in this environment
we have an increase in our expected
Surplus for of eight hundred thousand
dollars an increase of around 277
thousand dollars in our cash Holdings a
slight increase in liquidity by 1.33 and
so they have good outcomes given the
challenges that are facing our Council
and other councils all other councils
thank you thank you Council does anyone
wish to speak against this motion
any other speakers on the motion
there are no other speakers on the
motion councilor Kade
nothing to add I'll put the motion all
those in favor
the motion is carried unanimously
item 8.2 is the audit and risk committee
minutes councilor type of motion
cancer petticook as printed
secondly for that motion
Council parasol cancer pinnacle
ah thank you Matt um so the item is the
minutes of the audit risk committee held
on for September 1st of September this
year and the key topics that the
committee considered as outlined in this
summary of the report
business continuity in particular
disaster recovery and Associated risks
our fraud control framework our
compliance Management in terms of
corporate governments governance gives
benefits and Hospitality the achieving
information offers this report with
regard to cyber security information
management technology and the digital
strategy very important issues in this
day and age when all organizations are
faced with you know risks such as people
hacking
Etc and loss of privacy so a very
important issue that the community keeps
it close eye on
also the scope of our internal internal
organs audits in particular OHS and
wellbeing and asset management
a risk review on Recreation and open
space
and a performance evaluation
questionnaire for our internal Auditors
and committee members and sector updates
from council's internal and external
Auditors so it's a big agenda and it's
an important committee and serves an
important function for the council and
the community
thank you Council parasol
well summed up councilor and his kids I
think that's a very important committee
and very important for our Council and I
commend the report
I think anyone we should speak against
the motion any other speakers on the
motion cancel this year
I Rise to thank the councilors in
particular for their diligence and hard
work this is not a really exciting
committee I'm sure
but it is significantly important for
our financial withstanding and fiduciary
duty as the elected representatives of
our community and I'm going to thank
them for their hard work their diligence
and of course also the council officers
who give us all the information that we
require to do our job properly thank you
any other speakers
the no other speakers I'll just say a
few words that I find it's a very
exciting Community
I matter I jump out a bit early in the
morning to get there for the eight
o'clock start
and the members of the committee are all
very interesting and exciting people
um
councilor cook would you like to sum up
thank you Matt I was remiss of me not to
also thank the independent members for
their diligence as well yes
and their excitement
cancers I put the motion rollers in
favor
that is Carriage unanimously
item 8.3 is community for all abilities
program report councilor essakov has
printed
yes Mr Mayor
secondary for that motion
cancer pinnacle
cancerous girl yeah thanks Mr May
um backwing Council decided not to
become a ndis provider in 2017 the
community for all abilities was
established strengthening our role in
disability planning inclusion and
advocacy during 2018 Community
engagement identified some disability
projects that we could run over a
three-year period which were
employability Glen Eira program The Grow
Glen Eira program and the carer support
program the inclusive communities
program and the inclusive volunteering
program
we entered into contracts for the
delivery of the employability program
with the career ahead group and the grow
program with the Kevin Hines grow both
appointed these programs conclude in
February next year believe it or not
that's only six months away
like many Council programs the
implementation of this was significantly
impacted by covid-19 and the pandemic
and its Associated Public Health orders
through closures such as schools and
businesses as well as having a profound
impact on the lives of people living
with a disability
these effects are still very prevalent
today
with many schools and businesses
struggling to prioritize additional
programs and people with a disability
suffering long-term social anxiety
mental health conditions and a general
fear of re-engaging within their
community in saying all this there was
progress made
and this report outlines the
achievements of the program delivery and
proposes to continue for another two
years for the employability Glen Eira and
the Glen Eira grow
thank you thank you
nothing to it nothing to it anyone would
speak against the motion
any other speakers on the motion
council is here
thank you councilors um
Society can be judged by how it deals
with its most marginalized people
it's a shame really that
it's up to
a council to actually have to look after
the most disadvantaged people in our
community those with disabilities this
is another example of cost shifting from
state and federal government
to to our organization to our Council
and it's fantastic that our Council
picks up the pieces because if we aren't
there then no one's there for these
people and so I just want to point out
to all our residents that
council is much more than roads rates
and rubbish and it's these programs that
genuinely make a difference to people's
lives and so proud of Glen Eira for doing
these things thank you
any other speakers Council parasol thank
you Mr Mayor I'd just like to say this
is just one of the things that makes our
Council so inclusive and one of the 120
different things that we provide to the
community that a lot of people just
don't know what we do
for them thank you
any unspeakers
if there are no other speakers Council
riskov
yeah thank you Mr Mayor
um just say given the impacts of the
covid-19 pandemic on people with a
disability including their access to
education Pathways secure employment and
their social and emotional well-being
tailored support is integral the
community for all abilities program is
well placed to address these key needs
with its continued delivery over the
next two years and Beyond and it is
proposed that we proceed in in endorsing
this if we endorse this tonight to
Tender for the provision of all
abilities career advisor and provision
of all abilities Horticulture training
contract for two years at a total cost
of up to five hundred and four thousand
dollars
cancers I put the motion all those in
favor
the motion is carried unanimously
8.4 sale of land and buildings policies
councilors smooth as printed as printed
secondly for that motion cancer Paris
all cancerous mood
uh thank you Mr Mayor um and I I thank
the officers for bringing this policy to
us
Council manages 2.8 billion dollars in
assets
um a lot of those property assets are
really for us to deliver services and
public amenity to Residents what are
those property assets well land which
includes our Parks roads full paths and
also the location for buildings and
buildings of things like Town Hall where
we're in today tonight libraries
Learning Centers sporting and recreation
centers
what we have is a property strategy that
establishes a framework for Council
review the performance of all its assets
and work out whether they're continuing
to deliver our community benefit so what
this is giving us tonight is to fill
that Gap policy to decide then what the
sales process if properties are
identified for sale and and cannot be
repurposed in some other way and
Community engagement and then how the
app sale proceeds can be applied
so I think what's really important here
is that in having a policy we've got a
consistent Equitable and transparent
process that's been outlined it's very
clear that in any recommendation for a
sale would involve a public report to
council so the community will know about
it and some of the key things if you
read the policies that no proceeds will
be channeled to General Revenue
recurrent or operational purposes they
will be directed to Future Acquisitions
of higher performing assets if
um a sale was what was recommended for a
property so that might be for the
purchase of land or for land and
buildings for example I'll leave it at
that and I look forward to hearing from
my fellow councilors
Council parasol and I'll reserve my
rights thank you anyone we speak against
the motion
other speakers on the motion Council
pennycook
thank you Mayor um I I do support the
motion but I'd like to offer a very
friendly Amendment to the Mover and
seconder of the motion uh the councilor
mentioned whether or not a property
could be a particularly a building could
be repurposed and in line with our
circular economy strategy and just the
general idea of really essentially when
you're moving
now so the amendment is two two
paragraph four home our
actual policy or appendix
and which is on page 56 of the agenda
and that paragraph reads the property
strategy notes that all Council property
will be periodically evaluated using an
assessment and decision basic making
framework
where assets are identified as being low
performing they will be further assessed
and I would like to add the words as to
whether they could be repurposed for
Council use
and following on and where land is
determined as being potentially Surplus
it will be considered for disposal so
the words I want to add is to make it
clear in the policy and to the community
who are reading the policy I've just got
to get a make sure the move in the
second are happy with that Amendment the
friendly Amendment Council parasol
that's that friendly Amendment okay they
are to have a lot of suspended motion
now you can speak to the amendment
thank you Mayor for your guidance
um so it's to make the clear in the
policy and to the community or reading
the policy that Council will always look
to repurposing Council buildings if
possible uh because they may have had a
life life is a certain facility and that
may for various reasons not be
appropriate anymore than the part of the
assessment process will be could that
building be repurposed refurbished and
reused in another way for the council
and then if that's not possible that you
would go from there to possible sale so
just to make that clear in the policy
otherwise support the policy and thank
the offices for their work thank you any
other speakers
if there are no other speakers Council
smooth would you like to sum up
uh thank you Mayor McGee and thank you
Council Penny Q for I think adding some
extra Clarity
um to what we have as a cascading series
of criteria we want all our assets which
are so precious to us to be delivering
the most value to community that they
can
um if their current use is not um of
high value to the community anymore then
looking at an alternate use for that
building our land is obviously a really
high value it would only ever be
considering sale and we may not see a
sale in this term of council have yet to
see but we will only be considering that
if it was determined that there was no
high use for the current land or
Building compared to alternate uses that
those funds could be put to and all of
that specified in the policy and I thank
director James for um making sure that
we were delivering this Clarity so if
and when this Council or a future
Council um gets faced with a
recommendation they actually have some
guidance in terms of how to consider it
thank you thank you Council so put the
motion all those in favor
so I can't hear you
we've moved the most emotions moved
unanimously sorry Council parasol
sometimes reserving your rights doesn't
reserve your rights
uh 8.5 inclusion of four trees in the
classified tree register
councilor schmood has printed as printed
seconded for that motion councilor
Zinger
cancer spirit uh thank you ma'am again
look I wanted to be really really brief
but very excited that we've got another
four trees coming to our significant
tree register the current process is
very time consuming
um hence
um the slow process sometimes for some
of the people that have nominated their
own trees but in this particular uh four
trees that have come to us I'm glad to
say we have a Camden
um clear swing here all um so one and
elsewhere sorry two announcement one in
Crawford one in gardenvale so we've got
one exotic Tree in liquid Amber three
native trees a red flower and gum a man
of gum and a narrow leaved peppermint
like tree ranging in height from seven
meters to 31 meters and ranging age from
40 years to 80 plus years and three of
them are on private property there are
no objections so really pleased to see
that um community members who've had
trees nominated for their property
particularly and I'm not clear whether
it wasn't by the owners themselves are
supportive of the value of the tree on
their property to The Wider community
and I'd also like to recognize the
peppermint Tree in gardenvale park which
has grown more horizontally and
virtually hence it's only nine meters
tall but the kids love to play on it
play around it it's a much loved tree so
it's really wonderful to see it on this
register and of course Council aims to
look after all the trees in our public
spaces and Parks but obviously getting
on the register means that we're keeping
an extra careful eye on it thank you Mr
Matt
thank you cancer Zina
thank you councilors mood and thank you
to the three residents who have
nominated their own trees
and the peppermint gum in Garden Grove
Park is I thought it was growing
horizontally because of the force of all
the children who've been sitting on it
for the last 40 years but there you go
you learn something new every day I just
want a flag that we will be bringing
forward some revisions to
the significant tree register along with
uh hopefully new bylaws that will assist
our residency in planting out on their
nature strips more easily and that will
be coming in the near future so
hopefully we'll see a faster process for
the significant true register and also
an end to moonscaping of development
blocks in the near future in Glen Eira
thank you
anyone we should speak against the
motion
any other speakers on the motion
there are no speakers on the motion
councilors sum up thank you Mr Mayor so
with tonight if all four trees are
supported we'll move from 227 trees on
the register 231. very exciting on our
way to 300.
councilors and put the motion all those
in favor
motions carried unanimously item 8.6
lease to wattle Tennis Club Incorporated
Council to overmotion
councilor Kate has printed
yes ma'am McGee a secondary for that
motion Council risk of councilor code
thank you memegi so this is a
recommendation to authorize offices to
enter into and finalize the lease with
the bottle tennis club
now the tennis club actually occupies
two courts and small clubhouse they have
through the tenure of their lease
fulfilled all their obligations under
the terms of its various leases with
Council now are the model Tennis Club
will relocate to the previous to the
premises that have been vacated by the
recreate mentally Recreation tennis club
and we'll be taking over the tennis
courts one two three and four and the
club rooms within the Bentley Reserve
uh Pavilion and Council will be managing
our courts five and six and I am
supportive of this recommendation and
wish them well thank you Council isakov
yeah I don't think there's anything left
to say Thank you Mr May
anyone speak against the motion any
other speakers on the motion
there's no other speakers on the motion
can cave you like a sum up nothing to it
put the motion always in favor
Russians carried unanimously
item 8.7 is tender 202 3.11 provision of
building cleaning services councilors
don't have a motion
councilor Kate has printed
McGee thank you
second of that motion Council smooth
cancer Cade
thank you so this is uh the tender for
the provision of building cleaning
services which will ensure that Council
buildings are
clean regularly and maintain to the high
standards so the all submitters were
went through a rigorous evaluation
process and the recommendation is that
OS group Australia PTY limited be
appointed
to perform the contracted Services now
what the proposed contract period is
three years with options on the part of
council to extend for the further
two-year term as well for the for
further two terms of two years each
the total value or the bad budget for
this project is 1.3 million dollars per
annum GST exclusive and I'm supportive
of the recommendation
thank you cancerous mood
thank you Mr Mayor and thank you
councilor Kato I have nothing further to
add anyone we should speak against the
motion any other speakers on the motion
there are no other speakers on the
motion Council gate nothing to add
people I put the motion orders in favor
motions carried unanimously
item 8.8 is vcat watch Council to over
motion
cancel the case it's a cage show tonight
segment for that motion
Council parasol councilor Kate
um I don't think there's anything to add
thank you
I'll just say at least
councilor parisol
okay anyone wish to speak against the
motion any other speakers on the motion
there are no other speakers on the
motion I assume there'll be no summing
up on the motion
no I therefore put the motion all those
in favor
that carried unanimously
that brings us to item nine urgent
business I believe there is none
um
requests from reports from members of
council staff I believe there are none
right to reply I believe there are none
notices of motion none councilor
questions I believe are none written
public questions were taken care of
earlier in the evening which brings us
to Art 11 confidential items and that
encounters pursuant to section 66 in
Brackets 1 and 66 in Brackets two and
brackets a of the Local Government Act
of 2020 the council resolves that so
much of this meeting be closed to
members of the public as is required for
Council to consider the following matter
that is confidential in accordance with
Section 3 and brackets one of the Act
and the item is listed there so
councilors we need to move into Canberra
can I I'll move that we move into camera
councilor eskoff second all those in
favor
that is carried unanimously can we
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