Minutes of Special Council

21 October 2019 Page 1

Shire of Esperance

Special Council

Monday 21 October 2019

MINUTES

DISCLAIMER

No responsibility whatsoever is implied or accepted by the Shire of Esperance for any act, omission or statement or intimation occurring during Council or Committee meetings. The Shire of Esperance disclaims any liability for any loss whatsoever and howsoever caused arising out of reliance by any person or legal entity on any such act, omission or statement or intimation occurring during Council or Committee meetings. Any person or legal entity who acts or fails to act in reliance upon any statement, act or omission made in a Council or Committee meeting does so at that person’s or legal entity’s own risk.

In particular and without derogating in any way from the broad disclaimer above, in any discussion regarding any planning application or application for a licence, any statement or intimation of approval made by a member or officer of the Shire of Esperance during the course of any meeting is not intended to be and is not to be taken as notice of approval from the Shire of Esperance. The Shire of Esperance warns that anyone who has any application lodged with the Shire of Esperance must obtain and should only rely on written confirmation of the outcome of the application, and any conditions attaching to the decision made by the Shire of Esperance in respect of the application.

ETHICAL DECISION MAKING AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Council is committed to a code of conduct and all decisions are based on an honest assessment of the issue, ethical decision-making and personal integrity. Councillors and staff adhere to the statutory requirements to declare financial, proximity and impartiality interests and once declared follow the legislation as required.

ATTACHMENTS

Please be advised that in order to save printing and paper costs, all attachments referenced in this paper are available in the original Agenda document for this meeting.

SHIRE OF ESPERANCE

MINUTES

OF THE Special Council Meeting
HELD IN Council Chambers ON 21 October 2019.

1. OFFICIAL OPENING

The Chief Executive Officer declared the meeting open at 4:01pm

The Chief Executive Officer welcomed Councillors, staff, guests and members of the public to the meeting.

2. ATTENDANCE

2.1 SWEARING IN OF ELECTED MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

The swearing in of all newly Elected Councillors was officiated by Brett Thorpe JP, per Form 7 of the Local Government (Constitution) Regulations.

Ian Mickel Rural Ward

Wes Graham Rural Ward

Ron Chambers Town Ward

Jennifer Obourne Town Ward

Jo-Anne O’Donnell Town Ward

Members

Cr I Mickel Rural Ward

Cr W Graham Rural Ward

Cr J O’Donnell Town Ward

Cr S McMullen Town Ward

Cr S Payne Town Ward

Cr J Obourne Town Ward

Cr R Chambers Town Ward

Cr D Piercey, JP Town Ward

Cr B Parker Rural Ward

Shire Officers

Mr W M (Matthew) Scott Chief Executive Officer

Mr S Burge Director Corporate Resources

Mr M Walker Director Asset Management

Mr T Sargent Director External Services

Miss A McArthur Administration Officer - Executive Services

Ms P Davies Manager Marketing & Reporting

Miss L Darge Media & Communications Officer

Mrs M Ammon Manager Community Support

Mr A Hughes Manager Projects

Mr P Clifton Manager Development & Statutory Services

Members of the Public & Press

Mr B Thorpe, JP Item 6

Mrs C Smith Item 6

Miss C Smith Item 6

Mrs C Chambers Item 6

Mr R Smoker Item 6

Mrs A Parker Item 6

Mr S O’Donnell Item 6

Mrs F Graham Item 6

Mrs V Brown Item 6

Mrs N Bowman Item 6

Mr B Rodgers Item 6

Mr D West Item 6

Mr R Padgurskis Item 6

Mr D Coles Item 6

Miss D Coles Item 6

Mrs N Coles Item 6

Mrs V Mickel Item 6

Mr R Graham Item 6

Mr K Nieukerke Item 6

Mr B Wroth Item 6

Ms T Castledine Item 6

Mr M Ridgway Item 6

Mrs J Starcevich Item 6

Miss E Smith ABC Goldfields/Esperance

Mr J Dietsch Esperance Express

3. APOLOGIES & NOTIFICATION OF GRANTED LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Nil

4. DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS:

4.1 Declarations of Financial Interests – Local Government Act Section 5.60a

Nil

4.2 Declarations of Proximity Interests – Local Government Act Section 5.60b

Nil

4.3 Declarations of Impartiality Interests – Admin Regulations Section 34c

Nil

5. PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

Nil

6. Purpose of Meeting

6. Election of the Shire President, Deputy Shire President and Seating Allocations

6.1 Election and Declaration of Shire President

The Chief Executive Officer called for any further nominations. The Chief Executive Officer advised he had received one (1) nomination for the position of Shire President, as follows;

Cr Ian Mickel.

Cr Mickel was elected Shire President unopposed for two (2) years ending October 2021.

Cr Mickel took the declaration of office of Shire President as conducted by Brett Thorpe, JP.

Cr Mickel took the Chair.

6.2 Election and Declaration of Deputy Shire President

The Shire President called for nominations for Deputy Shire President. There being no further nominations the Chief Executive Officer advised he has received two (2) nominations for the position of Deputy Shire President and they are in order as follows;

Cr Basil Parker

Cr Shelley Payne

As there was more than one (1) nomination received a secret ballot was conducted to determine the election of the Deputy Shire President.

The result of the election ballot was:

Cr Parker (6) Cr Payne (3)

Cr Parker was duly elected as Deputy Shire President for two (2) years ending October 2021.

Cr Parker took the declaration of office of Deputy Shire President as conducted by Brett Thorpe, JP.

6.3 Allocation of Council Seating

The ballot for the seating allocation was conducted by Mr Matthew Scott CEO.

1. Cr Chambers

2. Cr Obourne

3. Cr O’Donnell