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Minutes Ordinary Council Meeting
Council Chambers, Gundagai
6:00PM, Tuesday 25th March, 2025
Administration Centres: 1300 459 689 |
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Minutes Ordinary Council Meeting
Council Chambers, Gundagai
6:00PM, Tuesday 25th March, 2025
Administration Centres: 1300 459 689 |
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Ordinary Council Meeting Minutes |
25 March 2025 |
MINUTES OF Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council
Ordinary Council
Meeting
HELD AT THE Council
Chambers, Gundagai
ON Tuesday, 25 March
2025 AT 6:00PM
PRESENT: Cr Abb McAlister (Mayor), Cr Rosalind Wight (Deputy Mayor), Cr Logan Collins, Cr Les Cooper, Cr David Graham, Cr Gil Kelly, Cr Penny Nicholson, Cr Ethan Ryan, Cr Danyal Syed
IN ATTENDANCE: Roger Bailey (Interim General Manager), Linda Wiles (Manager Business), Michael Mason (Interim Manager Sustainable Development), Greg Ewings (Acting Manager Regional Services Gundagai), Trevor Dando (Acting Manager Engineering Gundagai), Teresa Breslin (Executive Assistant)
The Chairperson acknowledged the Wiradjuri people who are the Traditional Custodians of the Land at which the meeting was held and paid his respects to Elders, both past and present, of the Wiradjuri Nation and extended that respect to other Aboriginal people who were present.
Adjourn Meeting For Open Forum
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Resolution 066/2025 Moved: Cr Les Cooper Seconded: Cr Ethan Ryan That Council adjourn for Open Forum. |
List of Speakers
1. Clinton McKenzie – Gliding Club Aerodrome Fees – NOM item 9.2
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Resolution 067/2025 Moved: Cr Danyal Syed Seconded: Cr Gil Kelly That Council resume the Open Meeting. |
3 Apologies and Leave of Absence
Nil
3.2 Leave of Absence
Nil
Nil
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5.1 Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on Tuesday 25 February 2025 |
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Resolution 068/2025 Moved: Cr Les Cooper Seconded: Cr Logan Collins That the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on Tuesday 25 February 2025 be confirmed as a true and correct record of the meeting. |
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Resolution 069/2025 Moved: Cr Penny Nicholson Seconded: Cr Ethan Ryan The information in the Councillor Engagements Mayoral Minute be received and noted. |
Nil
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Resolution 070/2025 Moved: Cr Ethan Ryan Seconded: Cr Gil Kelly That Council bring forward item 9.2 on the agenda for consideration. |
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Resolution 071/2025 Moved: Cr Ethan Ryan Seconded: Cr Gil Kelly That Council waive all Aerodrome Usage Fees for the Southern Cross Glider Club for their annual summer camp events held in Cootamundra for a period of four years, covering the financial years from October 2024 to October 2028. |
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8.1.1 Rural and Regional Summit 2025 |
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Resolution 072/2025 Moved: Cr Danyal Syed Seconded: Cr David Graham The attendance of the Mayor and Interim General Manager at the Rural and Regional Summit in May 2025, be endorsed. |
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8.2.1 ARIC Independent Chair and Members Fee Reduction for Extraordinary Meetings |
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Resolution 073/2025 Moved: Cr Penny Nicholson Seconded: Cr Logan Collins That Council adopts a 50% reduction in the daily rate for ARIC members attending extraordinary ARIC meetings to only review financial statements where it is not possible to align meetings with other Internal Audit Alliance councils. |
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8.2.2 Cootamundra Heritage Centre Management s.355 Committee Meeting Minutes |
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Resolution 074/2025 Moved: Cr Gil Kelly Seconded: Cr Rosalind Wight The Minutes of the Cootamundra Heritage Centre Management s.355 Committee Meeting held 4 February 2025 and 4 March 2025, attached to the report, be received and noted. |
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Resolution 075/2025 Moved: Cr David Graham Seconded: Cr Ethan Ryan The Finance Update report, be received and noted. |
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Resolution 076/2025 Moved: Cr David Graham Seconded: Cr Les Cooper The Restricted Cash Reconciliation report, be received and noted. |
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Resolution 077/2025 Moved: Cr David Graham Seconded: Cr Ethan Ryan The report detailing Council Cash and Investments as at 28th February 2025, be received and noted. |
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8.4.1 Adoption of Bushfire Prone Land Mapping Policy and Endorsement of Bushfire Prone Land Map |
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Resolution 078/2025 Moved: Cr Rosalind Wight Seconded: Cr Penny Nicholson That council resolve to: 1. Adopt the attached Draft Bushfire Mapping Policy. 2. Endorse the attached Draft Bushfire Prone Land Map and request that the Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service certify the map as the Bushfire Prone Land Map for the area of Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. |
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Resolution 079/2025 Moved: Cr Les Cooper Seconded: Cr Logan Collins The Cootamundra Engineering Report for the month of March 2025 be noted. |
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Resolution 080/2025 Moved: Cr Les Cooper Seconded: Cr Danyal Syed The Gundagai Engineering Report for the month of March 2025 be noted. |
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Resolution 081/2025 Moved: Cr David Graham Seconded: Cr Penny Nicholson That Council resolve to adopt the Draft Asset Management Policy to meet its commitment under the Local Government Act 1993 ((NSW) Section 88 c) ii. |
8.7 Regional Services Gundagai
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Resolution 082/2025 Moved: Cr David Graham Seconded: Cr Les Cooper The Gundagai Regional Services Department, Monthly works report be received and noted. |
8.8 Regional Services Cootamundra
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8.8.1 Regional Services - Cootamundra Monthly Report to Council |
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Resolution 083/2025 Moved: Cr Danyal Syed Seconded: Cr Les Cooper The Regional Services – Cootamundra department monthly works report be received and noted. |
9 Motion of which Notice has been Given
Nil
Nil
The Meeting closed at 7.24pm.
The minutes of this meeting were confirmed at the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 22 April 2025.
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CHAIRPERSON |
GENERAL MANAGER |
