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BUSINESS PAPER
Extraordinary Meeting of Council
AGENDA
15 June 2016 Commencing at 5.30pm
Council Chambers 253 Crawford St, Queanbeyan
QUEANBEYAN-PALERANG REGIONAL COUNCIL – EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL
1 APOLOGIES
2 PRESENTATION / DEPUTATIONS / PETITIONS
3 DECLARATION OF CONFLICTS/PECUNIARY INTERESTS
4 GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORTS
4.1 Draft Operational Plan 2016-17
4.2 Appointment of Advisory Committee – Consideration of EDE
Determination – Supplementary Report will be available prior to meeting
5 INFORMATION ITEMS
5.1 Interim Organisational Structure
6 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DEAL WITH MATTERS IN CLOSED SESSION
7 REPORTS FOR CLOSED SESSION Nil
COMMITTEES TO CONTINUE
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council has confirmed that the majority of committees run by the former Queanbeyan City and Palerang councils will continue to operate.
“The topic of Council committees is very important to the community and I have had many enquiries about their future following the merger,” Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Administrator, Mr Tim Overall said.
“At the meeting on Wednesday night, Council resolved to maintain the majority of committees and to retain the community and organisational representatives on these committees through until September 2017 at which time the committee structure will be reviewed by the newly elected council.
“Community committees provide an important mechanism for Council to ensure strategic, policy and management aspects of the organisation continue to operate in an effective manner.
“Public participation in Council’s business is important to the success of this new organisation and I am looking forward to working with a number of these committees to address matters important to the area.”
Council agreed to continue to operate 63 committees which include a mixture of statutory committee, operational committees, organising committees and Section 355 committees. The review of committees recommended five committees be dissolved as they were no longer required while three committees of the whole were no longer required as the Administrator has assumed the role of councillors.
“Along with the 63 committees, the Local Representation Committee will also deal with a range of matters,” Mr Overall said. “Community nominations for the committee close on 15 June and the first meeting of the committee will be held soon after.”
EOI QUEENS BRIDGE MURAL
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council is inviting artists to express interest in creating a mural on the pylons of the Queens Bridge over the Queanbeyan River.
“This project was adopted by the former Queanbeyan City Council and has been included in the draft Operational Plan for 2016-17,” Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Administrator, Mr Tim Overall said.
“The painting of murals on the pylons of the Queens Bridge will complement the work that is currently being undertaken in Queen Elizabeth Park and along the riverfront.
The mural provides an opportunity to celebrate the past and welcome the future by depicting Queanbeyan’s rich heritage using a vibrant and contemporary format.
The artwork will be contemporary, large in scale and highly visible and Council encourages artists to consider the early history of Queanbeyan including the city’s then main street Macquoid Street, and the original bridge spanning the Queanbeyan River. Council will fund works up to $10,000. The expression of interest document can be downloaded from http://www.qcc.nsw.gov.au/PublicArtQueensBridge. Expressions of interests close at 4pm on Monday 11 July 2016 and should be made to Georgina Perri via email at Georgina.perri@qprc.nsw.gov.au