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Thank you and good evening everyone.

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Welcome to the Campaspe Shire Council

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meeting on the 9th of December 2025.

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Before I start, I would like you all to

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please ensure that all electronic

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devices turned off or switch to silence.

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I'd like to commence with the

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acknowledgement of country and opening

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prayer.

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The Shire of Campaspe is the traditional

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lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung, Taungurung and

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Yorta Yorta peoples. We acknowledge all first

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peoples and their deep and enduring

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connection to lands and waterways upheld

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through their cultural responsibilities

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to country. We pay our respects to

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Elders past and present for their

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resilience, sharing of cultural

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knowledge and strength in sustaining

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communities and culture. With a shared

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commitment to mutual respect, we walk

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the path of reconciliation together.

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Now the opening prayer. We pray to

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Almighty God that our decisions as a

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council be in the best interest of the

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people, culture and the environment of

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the Shire of Campaspe . Amen.

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Item one, apologies and request for

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leave of absence. Item 1.1, apologies.

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CEO, do I have an apologies for this

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evening?

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 through the Mayor. Yes, we have one

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apology from councelor Mitchell.

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Yes. Okay. Thank you. Can I have that

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moved, please? The apology. We have

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councelor Zobec

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and somebody second, which was councelor

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Sharrock.

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All those in favor.

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 that's unanimous. That is carried.

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Thank you.

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Item 1.2, leave of absence. CEO, do I

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have any requests for leave of absence

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to be granted or noted?

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Through you, mayor no none this evening.

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Thank you,

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Mayor. Mayor, if I can, I'll  need to

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leave the meeting about 5 minutes to 7.

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So, I just want to flag in advance that

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 because of circumstances this

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evening, that will be the case for me.

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So, just to give everyone in the meeting

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the heads up that that's what I'll need

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to do. Thank you.

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Thank you very much. And we'll note that

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once you leave the meeting. Thank

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you, Councelor Weston.

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Item two, confirmations of minutes and

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attachments. The public minutes of the

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Campaspe council meeting held on the

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18th of November, 2025 have been

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circulated.  do we have a motion?

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Councelor Cook.

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As read  and would somebody

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like to and we've got councelor Amos.

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All those in favor?

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That is unanimous. So that is carried.

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Thank you.

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Item three, disclosures of conflict of

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interest. Under the Local Government

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Act, councilors are required to declare

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any conflicts of interest, including the

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item number, reason why they have a

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conflict. Councilors, are there any

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conflicts of interest to disclose?

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No. Thank you.

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Item four, changes to the order of

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business. CEO, are there any changes to

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the order of business?

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 thank you through the Mayor. Yes, I

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have made a change to the order of

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business and I have brought forward the

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notice of motion to the beginning of the

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meeting. It is now item eight.

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Thank you.

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That has gone to number eight. Okay.

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Thank you. Item five, public question

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time.

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During this section, members of public

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through the CEO are given the

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opportunity to address questions to

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council.  CEO, do we have any

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questions?

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 none this evening, may

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none. Item six, petitions and joint

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letters. Do we have any petitions to

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table this evening? 

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through you, mayor no none this evening.

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No. Thank you.

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Item seven, acknowledgements and council

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reports. At each ordinary meeting,

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councilors will have the opportunity to

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acknowledge significant community

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members and events.

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CEO, have we received notice of any

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acknowledgements or councelor reports?

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 thank you. Through the Mayor, we

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have received  two councilors wishing

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to speak tonight. Councelor Sharrock and

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yourself as Mayor.

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Thank you, Council Sharrock.

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Thank you, mayor. And  yeah, just wanted

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to welcome everyone and everyone on

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online as well yeah, just thought of

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give you a bit of a  heads up of 

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we've attended a few events and and here

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are some of them. So Lockington Gar

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show, beautiful people and great

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community spirit shown. Elmore Field

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Days, huge event, lots to see. Over in

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Rochester, recent Twilight Market, which

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was pretty awesome.

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Rochester Business Network book launch,

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 The Big Flood. Thank you for taking

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the time and sharing and for standing by

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each other in times of need. Rushworth

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the Victorian goldfields world heritage

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bid information session that was held

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learned that Rushfield has made the tentative

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listing for the world heritage year.

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Thank you to the staff and economic

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development team for helping with this

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event the  in Gargarre, the beautiful

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Gargarre high tea, the sculpture unveiling

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Girgarre or Gargarro Botanical Gardens, the

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ever growing Gargarre market over in

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Tongala eats and beats yeah, really

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awesome day out there and even on the

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same day had Sir Douglas Nicholls Muriel

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in that space had a very

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interesting Tongala business lunch

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there.

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and great conversations. The Tongala and

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Kyabram dog parks opening at  Kyabram

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local business breakfast. It was a

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really great morning listening to an

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inspiring lows and highs grassroots

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story from Craig at Eastern where

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it really is important to mentor,

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nurture and look after outstanding staff

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including mentoring yourself.

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the youth summit

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um over in Kyabram the kids gave a great

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presentations to a full panel and proud

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to see you stand up and have a go

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the also over there the Kybram loanpoint

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ceremonies so there was at St Augustine's

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and Kyabram P12 where I met some amazing

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future leaders in our community attended

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the graduation of the leadership program

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where there were many other shire and

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businesses involved and seeing our

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future leaders in the

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in a Echuca just recently. Walk against

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family violence. Are you okay day the

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youth fest huge event and great to see

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what's on offer for our future

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generation. American Iron and Truck

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Display. Great to see many trucks from

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far and wide in an emergency the first

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72 hours. Emergency services day um just

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recently down in the in the port area.

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Great to see cross ? multi agencies

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involved and the awesome huge jumping

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castle that was on show and just

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wish the community a Merry Christmas.

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Very good. Thank you, councelor Sharrock.

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Okay I'd like to take this time as

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it's the last council meeting for the

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year to acknowledge the people in the

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room here this evening. 12 months have

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passed since this group of counselors,

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the executive and organization has been

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working in a team. As your Mayor, I

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would like to personally thank everyone

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for their dedication, time, commitment,

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and your openness to positive change.

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The role of Mayor I have heard can be

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very stressful and all timeconuming. Of

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course there are ups and downs though

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because of the team that we have here.

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It has been extremely satisfying and a

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joy to be the principal spokesperson for

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the Campaspe shire.

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There's been a range of different

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achievements and I just  indulge me if

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you can counselors for tonight is that

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 from our organization and some are

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the transition of the animal shelter to

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the pound  a Echuca bronze in the Vic

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top tourism town awards and a finalist

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in the local government category for Vic

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tourism awards which was awesome to be

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part of completion of the Rochester

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Early Learning Stage 2 refurbishment. We

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also had Vic Park groundbreaking

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ripple fest

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just about to start is the wonderland on

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the Murray which goes until March

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signing with Moama and Shepparton and

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councils on an economic accord

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and also with the Yorta nation's

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Aboriginal corporations. Thank you to

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our maternal and child health nurses as

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the service moves to Echuca Regional

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Health Road management plans being

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completed and the Echuca Moama

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Tumbarumba flood study that's from all

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of us in the organization. So I would

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just like to now extend my heartfelt

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thanks to show that what our counselors

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do. Here are some of the highlights that

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I've picked out.  the counselors may

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pick out their own  but I've picked

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out a few that I feel for the last 12

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months has been important. Councelor Jarman

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for speaking at the recent Walk Against

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Family Violence event and his dedication

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to the community and the Rochester

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Aquatics Facility. To councelor Cook for

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being nominated for the Mary Rogers

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Award and for speaking on emotion in

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CRA.  to councelor Sharrock for taking

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time out of his busy work and volunteer

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schedule to attend events across the

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whole shire as  you mentioned today

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and for being able to represent and

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bring that back knowledge back into the

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chamber. So thank you to councelor

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Amos's ongoing commitment to the local

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government sector and the way he

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advocates for our sh and others with his

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role as a rural council Victorian

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chairperson. So, thank you for that to

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council Mitchell  for her ongoing

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commitment to the community by being

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present at many AGMs and in the last

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year attended around 100 events. So, our

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councilors do a lot of work within the

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community. To councelor Zobec for being

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a voice for the people he represents,

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for stepping up to represent the council

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at different events. Thank you, John. to

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councelor Marwood for his awesome videos

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and advocacy on the fire levy and water

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and for his role as the mav delegate. I

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just had to put that awesome part in

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there. They were great.  and to

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councelor Weston that's online at the

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moment in the last year has helped shape

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the council plan with the extensive

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knowledge and his ability to focus on

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what matters such as the Brol breeding

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grounds and the  the the music that he

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brought in one day to one of our council

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meetings. But what that did was  he

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showed how the  transmission lines

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affect how the birds  would react and

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their nesting areas and by bringing his

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extensive knowledge of water it actually

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brings great insight to council that is

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invaluable. So our councilors all bring

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something to the table. Thank you to

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everyone for a fantastic year and look

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forward to a very productive 2026 and

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beyond. Merry Christmas.

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So, thank you for indulging me  on

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that.  that's 12 months has passed.

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Thank you.

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Item eight, notice of motion. CO, do I

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have any notice of motion for this

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evening?

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 through the Mayor. Yes, we have one

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notice of motion from councelor Weston.

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 thank you, Mayor. If I can, I'd like

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to move the notice of motion in the

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agenda as written. Thank you.

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Thank you, Councelor Weston.

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 councelor Cook.

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I'll second that, Mayor but I would

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also ask to make an amendment if

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Councelor Weston would approve.

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I would welcome an amendment, councelor

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Cook, that would um incorporate the

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recommendations that are accompanying

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the in the agenda.

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Fantastic.

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So, would you like to just say what that

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amendment is for us  for

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clarification, please?

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Yes. Um so the  alternative very sorry

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I've looked at the wrong one. Um would

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be to  amend item two of the u mo

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motion to say endorse the content of the

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letter to the minister as previously

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distributed to councilors and

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incorporate the officer's comments

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outlined in points 1 2 3 and four into a

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revised letter to be circulated in

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accordance with recommendation three.

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Okay. Councelor Weston.

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Yeah, thank you. That's perfectly okay

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and thank you councelor Cook for

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amending the motion.

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No worries. So that now that is the

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motion that you see on the screen there.

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Councelor Weston.

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 thank you Mayor. Um I'll just start

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by saying that this is an initiative of

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the Murray Darling Association that that

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Campesby isn't currently a member of but

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nonetheless they've sent it to all local

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governments across the basin.

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 requesting

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that the Australian government

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um continue to work on and importantly

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start to implement the national carbon

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control plan. Central to that plan is

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the car herpes virus and a lot of work

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has been done on that on that virus to

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look at how it can be used as a

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biological tool to control carp in the

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in the Murray Darling Basin in

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particular. And um yeah, there are other

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parts other components or tool to

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control carp that are included in the in

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the national carp control plan including

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electro fishing, the daughterless carp

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program.  putting um carp intervention

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devices on fish ladders that we use for

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example are a few of the other tools in

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the toolbox if you like to be able to

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control carp. And um but central to the

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the plan is the release of the car

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purpose virus. And to that end and there

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was it's been picked up in the motion

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and outlined in in the officer's

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recommendations to the motion that there

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needs to be further investigation around

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the impacts on native fish. There

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certainly needs to be ongoing

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engagement. There has been but needs to

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be more ongoing engagement with the

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traditional owners right across the

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basin. There needs to be a clear some

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clear pathways if the car virus is

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released around how the dead biomass

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will be dealt with in the river systems.

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Noting that it's estimated that up to

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90% of the biomass now is made up of of

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carp. And then the last bit is just

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being doubly sure that the virus is not

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going to impact on nonsusceptible carp

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populations. And and not only that, the

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potential water quality issues arising

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out of the dead carp in the waterways,

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how that might impact on on other

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species and the ecology generally has

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got to be clearly understood and and or

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or better understood and and proper

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actions and pathways to to manage and

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deal with it put in place before the

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release of the virus. I suppose in

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summing up I hope that the councils will

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support the motion. Carps in the

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waterways particularly in the Murray

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Darling Basin in effect they're the

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rabbits of the rivers and um the their

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ecological impact has been profound and

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while we have a new basin plan that will

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take effect in 2027. I fear that the new

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basin plan may include further

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recommendations for water recovery. But

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in all honesty, the single biggest thing

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that could improve the health of the

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whole Murray Darling basin now would be

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to have a Murray Darling basin that did

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not have carp in its waterways. That the

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effects would be profound. And if if

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that can be a clear and ongoing focus as

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part of the next basin plan, potentially

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as an alternative to further water

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recoveries, then I certainly would be a

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happy person, as would a lot of people

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right across the basin. So, thank you,

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Mayor, and um hopefully the councils

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will support the motion.

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Thank you, Councelor West and Councelor

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Cook.

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I'll reserve my right. Thank you, Mayor.

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Do we have anyone against the motion?

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Do we have any other councelor Amos?

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Thanks, Mayor. Not sure if I'm against

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the motion. I just  wanted to raise

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some concerns that I have and I I thank

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councelor Weston for putting this motion

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forward. I do fully understand where

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it's come from and I carp are an

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insidious pest in our waterways and 

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do huge amounts of damage and um and

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cause huge detrimental health to our

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river systems. But but in saying that um

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the crux of what we're this letter is I

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believe trying to do is writing to the

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minister to get the um the  department

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the department of agriculture fiSharrocky

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and forestries to release this virus.

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That's really the crux of what there is

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all the other recommendations in there

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and so on but I think that's the crux of

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what this is trying to do. And I think

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if we look through the history of

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Australia, we've seen this sort of thing

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happen before with um devastating

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effects. And  I've done a bit of

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research on this and I'm no scientist or

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anything like that. I'm not trying to

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say that. But I'm going to just go

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through a few things that I've sort of

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come across and and people just need to

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if they could just take that into their

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thoughts when they are making a decision

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this evening.

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Um so some of the things that can happen

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carcass decomposition and water risk

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quality and water quality risks large

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scale carp deaths could cause oxygen

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depletion nutrition spikes algae blooms

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harming native fish and aquatic life

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decomposition may release toxin toxins

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and create foul loaders impacting

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recreational use of waterways.

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 there's uncertainty about the virus

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effectiveness and the report talks about

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this. C populations may u develop

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resistance or immunity over time

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reducing long-term effectiveness. This

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happened with the virus to um get rid of

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the rabbits. They became immune to the

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virus that was released.  virus

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activity is temperate and depend

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temperate temperature dependent meaning

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it may not spread evenly across all

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Australian waterways.

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um 

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persistent and  unintended spread.

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And have you got much more to go?

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I've got heaps more. So if I would like

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to request an extension, if I may,

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you'd like an extension. Yep.

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Yep.

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Okay. Well, um you'd like an extension?

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We're all fine for an extension for

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another 2 minutes.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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unknowns remaining about how long the

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the virus persists in the environment,

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whether it could mutate or interact with

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other pathogens. Recreational water use

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disruption. Carp carcasses could foul

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rivers and lakes and I note there's

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things in the reports to um circum

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circumvent that, but it could these are

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things that could happen making them

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unpleasant, unsafe for swimming,

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boating, and fishing. Tourism hubs like

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the Campaspby Shshire and right along

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the Murray River rely heavily on river

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recreation and could suffer reputational

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and economic damages. River towns along

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the Murray depend on housebo, high

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fishing, tourism, water sports. Large

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die- offs could deter visitors leading

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to loss of revenue for hospitality and

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tourism operators. If rivers are fouled

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by C, visitors may associate our region

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with poor water quality, bad smells, and

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unsafe conditions. Negative impressions

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spread quickly through word of mouth.

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Tourists who leave Auka or other river

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towns may be unlikely to may likely

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redirect to alternative destinations

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once they establish new habits and

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loyalties. It's hard to lure them back.

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Um, I'm going to move on quickly. 

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removing carp may not automatically

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restore ecosystems. Other invasive

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species could fill the niche. Native

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fish recovery depends on broader habitat

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restoration, not just carp removal.

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Public health risks, drinking water

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contamination, carp die offs could lead

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to organic matter overload in rivers and

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reservoirs. This increases the risk of

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taste and odor problems, pathogen growth

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and toxin releases from algae blooms.

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Water authorities are already concerned

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about their water that their water

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plants won't be able to handle the

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sudden surge in contaminants. Mosquito

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breeding grounds, stagnant zones, and

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decomposition decomposing carcasses can

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create nutrient-rich pools ideal for

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mosquito lavi. This raises concerns

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about Ross River virus and other

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mosquitob born diseases in rural in

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rural communities

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is the science is clear that the virus

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could reduce um c numbers um but there's

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the governance challenge is managing the

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aftermath of the mass

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council like the front line balancing

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ecological restoration with community

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excavation of water quality protection.

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Thank you councelor Amos. Thank you.

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Can take a breath now. You'll be all

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right. Thank you. Okay. Do we have any

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other speakers?

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Just get you to turn off your Yep.

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No other speakers. We'll go back to the

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mover. Councelor Weston.

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I would like to use my bright to speak.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Sorry. Thank you. I was in awe of

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councelor Amos's  speed. Thank you,

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Councelor Cook.

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Thank you, Maya. Um

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 I hopefully won't go up too in but if

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I do I may request an extension as well.

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Um just having done a lot of research on

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this as well as  councelor Amos

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clearly has um

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it is a vexed issue in terms of 

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essentially us trying to combat an issue

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that  colonization has created in you

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know um basically settlers coming over

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and bringing with them a fish from

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Europe  invasive to this area that has

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then just you know  propagated and

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become um as it says in the letter um

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part of almost like up to 90% of like

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the fish numbers in some areas. Um you

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can't  it is correct that you can't

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just use this like the virus as a

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one-stop shop for oh we'll just get rid

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of the carp, we'll just release this

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virus. Um in terms of the  risks of

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the virus, having looked  into it, um

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the virus um has been around  for um

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many years from the sounds of it, at

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least several um especially in the UK um

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and in Europe where  people have been

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in regular contact with the carp, it

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being a native animal over there and you

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know  fished over there and there has

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been no  evidence of any transmission

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or negative effect in terms of the virus

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 impacting people. Um

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there are many measures that if  we

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are to implement apologies

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but if we are to  implement this um 

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herpes virus essentially for the carp

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that we would need to implement to

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ensure that we actually effectively

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reduce the carp impact on the

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environment including um making sure

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that we have environmental flows go

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through the rivers to ensure that there

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isn't like a clog of like the deceased

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fish. Um and to make sure that the

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waters are, you know, basically flowing

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through effectively. Um

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also to have more, you know, um 

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commercial fishes to pick up the carp as

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well.  recreational fishes to fish for

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the carp. Um  I know there are some

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businesses  that  will use it do use

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carp as fertilizer.

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um I believe in the report it didn't say

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that  there was any um tangible risks

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in terms of releasing the virus and then

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that those businesses using it as

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fertilizer but I would note um to

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caution that if you are using carp as a

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business um venture essentially for

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fertilizer if we are trying to reduce

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the efforts um to um reduce the number

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of carp in the system um one would hope

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that there would be no counter implement

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Would I be able to request an extension,

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please? Mayor,

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 happy for a 2-minute extension.

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Awesome.  a counter effect to, I

00:25:21.679 --> 00:25:23.736
guess, sustain the business indefinitely

00:25:23.760 --> 00:25:26.760
by there being enough carp. Um,

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:29.976
having listened to scientists speak on

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:32.696
this matter, there is no real

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:35.255
expectation that we can rid our rivers

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:38.279
of carp entirely.  but with the

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:40.456
massive  increase in the number of

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:43.480
carp since the 2022 floods  and the

00:25:43.520 --> 00:25:45.496
likelihood that with the ever growing

00:25:45.520 --> 00:25:48.520
climate crisis, there will be larger um

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:51.736
floods in future, larger droughts in

00:25:51.760 --> 00:25:53.496
future and the impacts that this will

00:25:53.520 --> 00:25:56.056
have in allowing the carp essentially to

00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:59.080
take over spaces in our rivers. Um as a

00:25:59.760 --> 00:26:02.760
result of both those things um I think

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:05.799
it is essential that we do try something

00:26:05.840 --> 00:26:08.775
um to give some balance back to the

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:10.775
native fish of our area that doesn't

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:13.736
just include you know um releasing fish

00:26:13.760 --> 00:26:16.056
into the river for fishing recreational

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:19.080
purposes. Um having spoken  I guess

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:22.840
colloally with people um  there is

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.456
instances

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:26.856
um and this is only you know word of

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:29.736
mouth but where the release of the fish

00:26:29.760 --> 00:26:32.760
has of native fish um such as the cod um

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:36.616
who do  eat the and other native fish

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:39.640
that eat the eggs of the carp um has

00:26:39.760 --> 00:26:42.696
allowed the  carp to decrease in

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:44.135
numbers because of the effect of

00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:46.216
releasing more of native fish. Again,

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:48.135
another measure that we could implement

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:51.159
as I guess a  joint effort to reduce

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:55.576
as well as the release of the virus. At

00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:58.296
the um end of this, I do support the

00:26:58.320 --> 00:27:00.775
motion because we do need to do

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:03.096
something  because the numbers are

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:05.736
just too high. But it cannot just be the

00:27:05.760 --> 00:27:08.760
one um action that we take. It has to be

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:12.919
as the the amended motion um says  in

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:15.655
conjunction with First Nations people.

00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:17.655
This is an issue that has been brought

00:27:17.679 --> 00:27:20.296
from Europe over and I think it is very

00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:22.775
important that we consult um with First

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:25.736
Nations people on the rivers um to

00:27:25.760 --> 00:27:26.936
eradicate this problem.

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:28.856
Thank you Councelor Cook.

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:31.880
Okay. Um Councelor Weston, would you

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:34.856
like to exercise your right of reply?

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:36.936
Yeah, if I can. Thanks briefly, Mayor.

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:39.416
And um thanks councelor Cook and thanks

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:41.895
councelor Amos for the comments that you

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:43.976
made and I absolutely acknowledge that

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:46.936
they they are real risks all the issues

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:49.960
that you raised and  I I suppose the

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:53.015
inclusions

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:55.895
recommended by the officers that will be

00:27:55.919 --> 00:27:58.919
included in the letter speak to most of

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:01.496
those concerns that you've raised around

00:28:01.520 --> 00:28:03.816
water quality and and  the dead

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:06.775
biomass and so on.  councelor Cook's

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:08.696
right, it'll take a whole suite of

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:11.496
interventions to help manage carp as

00:28:11.520 --> 00:28:14.056
well as potentially the car herpes

00:28:14.080 --> 00:28:17.080
virus. But having said that, if the

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:20.056
virus is released, there are plans to be

00:28:20.080 --> 00:28:23.080
ready to with a massive native fiSharrocky

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:25.976
stocking program right across the basin

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:28.135
to keep the numbers under control. If if

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:31.159
the numbers can be brought to a a low

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:34.200
level in the environment and the native

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:36.456
fish can be given the opportunity to

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:38.856
repopulate and reestablish that in

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:41.880
itself will be a really strong and

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:45.159
powerful saw to be able to manage the c

00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:48.296
going forward. So yeah, there's pros and

00:28:48.320 --> 00:28:51.320
cons. there are risks but um I don't

00:28:51.520 --> 00:28:53.655
think anyone would advocate just

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:55.496
releasing it without completely and

00:28:55.520 --> 00:28:57.096
fully understanding those risks and

00:28:57.120 --> 00:29:00.120
having the risk mitigation actions put

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:03.176
in place in advance but um I think all

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:05.255
of that is provision for in the national

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:08.279
car control plan and included in those

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:10.936
additional points that will go to the

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:12.456
letter to the minister if this motion

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:14.456
carries. So thank you councilors. Thanks

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.176
Mayor.

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:18.200
Thank you. Okay, I will take it to the

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:22.120
the vote. All those in favor.

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.936
Turn your light off before you started

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.895
it.

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:29.895
Okay. In regards to

00:29:29.919 --> 00:29:32.919
the the motion.

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:35.416
It's closed. Sorry.

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.056
Sorry.

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:37.576
I was thinking about

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:39.336
No, no, no, that's okay. We've had

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:41.976
councelor Weston, the mover, finish the

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:44.535
debate. Yep. Sorry. Thank you.

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:46.696
So, we'll take that to the vote. All

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:49.720
those in favor

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:55.000
and those against

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:58.840
that is carried. Thank you.

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:03.720
Okay, we'll go on to item 9.1.1 draft

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:07.799
visitor servicing strategy. Have a

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:10.375
recommendation in front of us. Do we

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:13.399
have a motion?

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.616
as read.

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:17.640
Councelor German. As read. Okay. And

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:21.895
would somebody like to second that?

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:24.919
Councelor Mar. Councelor Jan. Thank you,

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:28.216
Mayor.

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:30.296
Um, I really look forward to this

00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:33.096
arriving. And um before I get started,

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:36.120
I'd also like to recognize that the um

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:41.559
the blend that um this um report comes

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:43.655
from, whether it be an econ economic

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:44.936
development, a community or a

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:47.960
livability, it's um a key plank in um

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:51.176
the economic development and tourism

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:53.015
strategy that we passed some 18 months

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:54.696
ago. And it was one of the key outcomes

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:57.720
required to to um to for us to commit in

00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:02.856
a strategic way for the industry and the

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:04.775
organizations that um fall under the

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:06.856
tourism banner considering the industry

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:09.736
is nearly a $300 million industry to um

00:31:09.760 --> 00:31:11.976
compass beh guy. It's a It's an

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:14.456
important spoke for us to get it right.

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:17.480
I think the um the thing that um stands

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:21.655
out for me is the document um has been

00:31:21.679 --> 00:31:24.679
well resourced. Um its goals are clear.

00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:28.135
Increase repeat visitation. Increase

00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:30.856
visitor spend within the region. Improve

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:33.880
customer advocacy and focus. Enhance

00:31:33.919 --> 00:31:35.655
industry collaboration, which hasn't

00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:38.679
always been great. refine visitor

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:41.416
services in the region. These are the

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:43.336
goals any strategies that we do in

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:44.696
cancer we need to have tangible

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:46.535
measurable goals and I think they are

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:49.559
realistic in what we ask. The the other

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:52.936
thing that it um that it does is it'll

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:55.015
like I said it aligns with a number of

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:56.775
other strategies in including the

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:59.799
economic development strategy um that

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:03.096
underpins one of the key planks of our

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:04.535
community plan and that's echo

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:07.559
development in our community. It also is

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:10.056
another pillar in the um tourism

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:12.216
strategy and the destination action

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:14.936
action plan which is really about how do

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:17.255
these these documents come together to

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:19.736
provide this organization and industry a

00:32:19.760 --> 00:32:22.760
strategic way of working together and

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:24.456
making sure that this industry is

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.895
recognized for what it brings to our

00:32:25.919 --> 00:32:27.736
community. It doesn't just bring

00:32:27.760 --> 00:32:30.056
economics. It brings our livability, our

00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:31.895
cultural acceptances, our cultural

00:32:31.919 --> 00:32:34.456
awarenesses and quite frankly makes it a

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:37.255
fun place to live in many many cases. I

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:38.775
listened to the fellow counselors

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:41.336
tonight in their reflections and almost

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:43.416
all of them were in relation to events,

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:45.096
strategies and livabilities that come

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:47.495
through our community. The other thing

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:50.296
that's important is the um what are the

00:32:50.320 --> 00:32:52.216
other goals that we should work through

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:55.240
is not just  improving but to be a

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:57.176
leading regional visit visitor

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:59.096
destination on the Murray River. We

00:32:59.120 --> 00:33:01.176
should aspire to that. We in many cases

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:02.936
are but we shouldn't take that for

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:05.495
granted. shywide dispersal of the

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:07.015
economic benefit and the livability

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.696
benefits that tourism brings to our

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:10.616
communities is is one of the ways that

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:12.375
council can be very proactive to add

00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:14.616
livability and fund to our smaller

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:17.640
regional towns and communities.

00:33:17.760 --> 00:33:19.976
The economic benefits that they bring

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:22.216
are obvious and also the other thing

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:24.616
that I think is not always understood is

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:26.936
the recognized brand of Compaspi or a

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:29.255
Echucamo or the Rochester or the Kyabrams

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:31.176
or the Rushworths. It's about having a

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:33.495
central brand that we can be seen as a

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:35.176
community so that people know who we are

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:38.200
and what we are. The key pillars that um

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:41.320
will form um that will form just bear

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:45.240
with me while I change my talking point.

00:33:45.760 --> 00:33:48.760
So the the the key um plan is the key

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:52.375
pillars that form our working visions.

00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:55.336
Connect with our visitors and and the

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:58.360
actions that fall under those.

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:03.096
Collaborate with our key stakeholders,

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:04.616
state, federal, and murray regional

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:07.640
tourism. coordinate visitor services

00:34:07.760 --> 00:34:10.296
which allows all of our community as

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:12.936
well as recognition that a Echuca MoMa is

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:14.696
the largest tourist destination in this

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:17.575
region. With that said, I also would

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:20.599
like to thank the the commitment that my

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:23.176
fellow councilors in particularly with

00:34:23.200 --> 00:34:24.855
the economic development tourism. This

00:34:24.879 --> 00:34:26.936
is another milestone for council to get

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:29.335
a clear clear message to our community

00:34:29.359 --> 00:34:31.416
that we are committed to this industry

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:34.055
and also that we act in great faith and

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:35.976
provide opportunities for culture,

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:38.055
livability, and for our young people to

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.335
have a great time when they're in our

00:34:39.359 --> 00:34:41.416
community. Thank you.

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:44.440
Thank you, Council Mwood.

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:47.895
Thank you, Council Jan, for leaving me

00:34:47.919 --> 00:34:50.296
very little to talk about.

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.736
So, I'm going to have to talk about

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:54.760
something else. Um

00:34:54.879 --> 00:34:57.879
um I totally agree. Um

00:34:59.359 --> 00:35:01.256
really excited to see this finally land.

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:02.696
We talked about it for a long time and

00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:05.720
it how it fits in with our echo dev. And

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:08.856
I was at a conference in Melbourne last

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:11.880
week and met a lot of new people and

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:13.656
eventually gets the question where where

00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:16.680
do you come from? Um and to a man and a

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:21.176
woman they all said wow what a great

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:23.416
place to live. And I don't I think

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:26.376
sometimes we forget how good we a place

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:29.400
we do live in um and how strong our

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:33.335
tourist industry is here. Um how it

00:35:33.359 --> 00:35:36.359
continues to grow and with this document

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:38.616
I think it will help further that

00:35:38.640 --> 00:35:41.640
growth. Um it's a strategic document

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:44.376
that gives the whole industry direction

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:47.400
right across the sh

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:50.055
even greater place to live. Um and I

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:52.776
look forward to um seeing that growth

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:54.376
happen. Thank you.

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:56.296
Thank you. Have we got anyone against

00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:59.176
the motion?

00:35:59.200 --> 00:36:01.256
Any other speakers?

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:03.575
Councelor Amos.

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:06.599
Thanks, Mayor.  and I thank Council

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:08.696
Jan for putting this motion up as well.

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:10.456
You know, I think about the journey that

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:12.616
we've been on to get here over the last

00:36:12.640 --> 00:36:14.136
probably two or three years. And there

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:16.376
was probably some hard decisions that

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:19.400
were made back then and um and there was

00:36:19.520 --> 00:36:21.976
a lot of work done to work with the

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:24.616
community um to get them to understand

00:36:24.640 --> 00:36:26.696
what was what the the future looked like

00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:28.536
and the strategy looked like and it's

00:36:28.560 --> 00:36:29.976
there's been a whole lot of fantastic

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:31.656
things done in this area over that last

00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:34.616
two or three years and  getting to the

00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:36.696
and visitor servicing was certainly one

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:38.376
of those probably more contentious ones

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:40.296
that we were dealing with and to come to

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:43.320
this  get this strategy in place is 

00:36:43.680 --> 00:36:46.680
an exciting place and  and I know some

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:48.536
of this is already happening anyway.

00:36:48.560 --> 00:36:50.856
Some of this work is already in place.

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:53.736
 it's not it's camp this is about

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:55.575
campasby shire. It's not just about a

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:58.599
Echuca moama. It's about how um how we

00:36:59.520 --> 00:37:01.575
get people who come and visit to a Echuca

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:04.599
and moa to um spread out and and

00:37:05.040 --> 00:37:07.416
diversify right across our our wonderful

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:09.976
show. And there's so many so many

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:12.296
wonderful um places to visit and and

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:14.616
this this visitor strategy is about how

00:37:14.640 --> 00:37:17.640
to disperse our our visitors. Um I think

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:20.856
what council German also said around 

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:23.176
this is not just about ecode. You know

00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:26.200
it is tourism is a huge economic driver

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:27.896
for our region and we and that it is

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:30.216
really important that we look at um what

00:37:30.240 --> 00:37:31.815
what that looks like and how that should

00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:33.976
should go forward. But it's more than

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:36.376
that. If we think about so many of the

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:38.376
visitors that come to our region are the

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:41.256
FNF family and friends and and the fact

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:43.736
that people want to come and visit up

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:45.335
our family and our friends want to come

00:37:45.359 --> 00:37:47.736
and visit us up here cuz there's so much

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:50.760
so much to do um and and this tour

00:37:51.359 --> 00:37:54.359
visitor tourism strategy will um assist

00:37:54.560 --> 00:37:56.296
with um them having more fun while

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:59.095
they're here um when they're PSA. I'm

00:37:59.119 --> 00:38:00.456
really really pleased to see this

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:02.296
strategy come come to come before us

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:03.575
this evening. Thanks, Mayor.

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:05.256
Very good. Thank you. Have we got any

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:08.280
other speakers?

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:11.400
Councelor Zobic.

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:14.776
Thank you, Mayor.

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:17.736
I will support it, but um I do have a

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:20.760
little bit of reservation. Um it's a

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:24.440
economic development and tourism. um the

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:28.456
tourism side factor I think is well

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:31.335
covered and it

00:38:31.359 --> 00:38:33.896
I suppose speaks within itself um what's

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:36.456
its intention

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:38.696
the one that I'm concerned more about is

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:41.335
actually the development the purpose of

00:38:41.359 --> 00:38:43.256
the development of the economics which

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:46.280
would be to um take this money and these

00:38:47.040 --> 00:38:48.776
tourists

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:51.095
out of just a fixed point which I'll

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:53.496
call Jupiter a fixed point for the sake

00:38:53.520 --> 00:38:56.520
of speaking um and placing it around the

00:38:56.640 --> 00:38:59.640
entire SH. So um I really don't see any

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:03.016
clarity or or real pathways yet. I'm

00:39:03.040 --> 00:39:04.616
certainly hoping that there's more to be

00:39:04.640 --> 00:39:07.640
developed in this um field because um we

00:39:08.640 --> 00:39:10.376
have the agricultural sector, we have

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:13.256
other fields out there, you know, which

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:16.280
is including um our smaller towns which

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:19.016
them themselves um you know make

00:39:19.040 --> 00:39:21.335
reference to Gigari, the Botanic Garden,

00:39:21.359 --> 00:39:22.856
make reference to Rushworth, the

00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:25.880
Goldfields, Cyabram as the um zoo um and

00:39:28.640 --> 00:39:31.640
all the other areas around um which I

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:35.095
don't see any connection yet. So, I'm

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:37.736
certainly hoping that in finalizing and

00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:40.296
getting the plan in action that we do

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:42.216
see that additional connection. Thank

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:43.416
you, Mayor.

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:46.216
Thank you.  now, Councelor Shik, you

00:39:46.240 --> 00:39:48.216
had your hand up as well. Yep. Thank

00:39:48.240 --> 00:39:48.856
you.

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:51.880
Thank you, Mayor. And um

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:55.016
it's great to see I mean there's a

00:39:55.040 --> 00:39:56.216
considerable amount of work that's

00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:57.656
actually gone into the strategy. There's

00:39:57.680 --> 00:40:00.456
been obviously lots of elements and you

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:02.936
know with all sorts of different regions

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:04.456
and and and areas and everything in

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:07.480
between that's gone into this. It's it's

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:10.760
really good to see you including the

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:14.119
elements that are awesome because like

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:17.320
across the whole SH um it's really like

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:23.079
encompassing like you know obviously you

00:40:23.680 --> 00:40:25.976
know coming to where previous counselors

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:27.815
have just mentioned they might be

00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:29.896
staying at say two moment but it's not

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:32.616
just there it's also the journey to here

00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:34.296
or it might be the other way around they

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:37.176
might be going to the other end of this

00:40:37.200 --> 00:40:40.200
island. Like it's quite a a large area

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:43.720
that is is really in this aisle for the

00:40:44.240 --> 00:40:47.240
the whole backyard. And um there's a

00:40:47.359 --> 00:40:49.335
certainly a very rich history on the

00:40:49.359 --> 00:40:52.359
journey through to here. Um like in the

00:40:52.720 --> 00:40:55.720
you the scale of things and you know

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:58.920
where we actually are in proximity to

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:03.000
the major cities, destinations and

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:06.440
whether it be overseas or local. um like

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:09.480
we're really in in this space of um you

00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:13.815
know awesome place to be certainly set

00:41:13.839 --> 00:41:16.696
up you know grassroots great place to

00:41:16.720 --> 00:41:19.335
visit and and live and um yeah this

00:41:19.359 --> 00:41:21.656
certainly has steps towards that. I'm

00:41:21.680 --> 00:41:24.536
really grateful to see in the this

00:41:24.560 --> 00:41:26.856
particular strategy that there are

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:29.656
listings of you obviously this is the

00:41:29.680 --> 00:41:31.656
current bar that we're sitting at and

00:41:31.680 --> 00:41:32.936
there's things in there that we can

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:35.656
actually improve on and it's actually

00:41:35.680 --> 00:41:37.575
yeah it's actually written in there to

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:39.896
say right well you know here's some

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:42.136
things that we can actually improve on

00:41:42.160 --> 00:41:45.160
and um you know like it's you having

00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:50.359
like those quite you know defined of

00:41:50.640 --> 00:41:52.295
Yeah. What's actually lacking in that

00:41:52.319 --> 00:41:54.936
space to to go ahead? Can I speak?

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:56.136
No worries.

00:41:56.160 --> 00:41:57.575
Oh, further.

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:59.575
Um, would you like an extension of time

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.776
or

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:03.496
just you you have two more? Yep. Because

00:42:03.520 --> 00:42:05.896
we've done it. You've got two two

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:07.575
minutes if you need to.

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:10.599
Yeah. So yeah, like um I'm just grateful

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:15.656
to sort of see that you the amount of

00:42:15.680 --> 00:42:18.295
work um not just within the the council

00:42:18.319 --> 00:42:21.319
staff themselves but also in um you know

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:24.376
interactions with the the community

00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:27.400
themselves in all areas to say okay well

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:29.095
this is what really works. I mean it's

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:30.616
awesome to see that we've got things

00:42:30.640 --> 00:42:33.640
like um you know like the the fora park

00:42:34.720 --> 00:42:37.720
becoming one of the four zoos the you

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:40.376
know as I mentioned before in my like

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:43.095
report where you know the very gold

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:45.016
mines actually made a tentative listing

00:42:45.040 --> 00:42:46.856
for world heritage and this is here

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:49.880
right in our backyard of and you know

00:42:50.560 --> 00:42:53.560
like also even with itself like the the

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:56.536
number of paddle steamers that we've got

00:42:56.560 --> 00:42:59.416
coming here like in in that space and

00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:01.736
you know trying to sort of all work

00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:03.736
cooperatively in in that space. I think

00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:05.496
it's it's fantastic to sort of see that

00:43:05.520 --> 00:43:08.520
happen and um you know this certainly

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:11.016
has a bit of framework and and moving

00:43:11.040 --> 00:43:13.095
forward you know I'd certainly you

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:14.616
really like to see it encompassing the

00:43:14.640 --> 00:43:16.616
whole whole region including the

00:43:16.640 --> 00:43:18.936
neighbors. So you know what's happening

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:21.496
over in in adjacent sis also affects

00:43:21.520 --> 00:43:24.520
here but um thank you

00:43:24.720 --> 00:43:27.416
thank you. Do we have anyone any other

00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:30.440
speakers? Um I'll just quickly um speak.

00:43:31.040 --> 00:43:33.896
Um I I'm in favor  to see the Campaspe

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:36.536
visitor service strategy 2030 being

00:43:36.560 --> 00:43:38.536
presented today. There's been a lot of

00:43:38.560 --> 00:43:41.176
effort being put into it, but I go to

00:43:41.200 --> 00:43:43.736
point three and I'm very excited that

00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:45.416
there's going to be a tourism networking

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:48.440
meeting meeting in 2026

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:51.335
and I'm hoping that I'll be a able to

00:43:51.359 --> 00:43:53.496
attend and it's not on a council night

00:43:53.520 --> 00:43:55.496
if possible.  cuz it would be

00:43:55.520 --> 00:43:58.376
fantastic to be able to  be there when

00:43:58.400 --> 00:44:01.176
that tourism networking meeting is on in

00:44:01.200 --> 00:44:02.776
2026.

00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:05.800
Very well done to everybody and looking

00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:08.055
forward to the tourism networking

00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:10.776
meeting.  we will now go back to the

00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:12.536
mover councelor German.

00:44:12.560 --> 00:44:14.696
 thank you Mayor. Um just in wrapping

00:44:14.720 --> 00:44:17.575
up um yeah I'd also like to thank um

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:20.599
David Cheryl and and the team. Um it's

00:44:21.359 --> 00:44:22.936
there's been a lot of moving parts in

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:25.960
this one and it I think anyone in

00:44:26.560 --> 00:44:28.776
tourism should read the document because

00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:30.136
it does acknowledge some of the

00:44:30.160 --> 00:44:32.536
weaknesses and the areas of improvement

00:44:32.560 --> 00:44:34.536
required as well which I think is a key

00:44:34.560 --> 00:44:37.335
part of this document that

00:44:37.359 --> 00:44:39.815
ex accepting and reflecting of where we

00:44:39.839 --> 00:44:42.216
were and where we are. But it also looks

00:44:42.240 --> 00:44:44.376
at tangible ways forward of what the new

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:47.400
visitor services strategy looks like and

00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:50.599
and really bricks and mortar are less

00:44:51.119 --> 00:44:53.976
important than they were. And there's no

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:57.000
doubt that um some of the um strategic

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:59.896
um

00:44:59.920 --> 00:45:01.575
inspirations they've come up with are

00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:04.599
relevant and are bringing our visitor

00:45:04.640 --> 00:45:07.416
information services into a more

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:09.896
contemporary footing. And I think that's

00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:12.536
um something that that um needs to be

00:45:12.560 --> 00:45:14.216
acknowledged as well is um the

00:45:14.240 --> 00:45:16.776
complexities of talking and finding and

00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:18.776
and creating a vision for what our

00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:21.095
visitors are is no easy task. But um

00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:22.856
thank you for everyone involved and um

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:25.575
hope my counselors will support this

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:27.335
strategy.

00:45:27.359 --> 00:45:29.176
Thank you. So we'll take that to the

00:45:29.200 --> 00:45:32.200
vote. All those in favor

00:45:33.119 --> 00:45:36.119
 that is unanimous. Thank you.

00:45:37.359 --> 00:45:40.359
This is carried.

00:45:42.720 --> 00:45:45.720
Item 9.1.2 council order under section

00:45:46.640 --> 00:45:49.640
26 of the domestic animals act 1994.

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:53.815
Councelor Cook.

00:45:53.839 --> 00:45:55.256
I'll move that as read. Thank you,

00:45:55.280 --> 00:45:55.656
Mayor.

00:45:55.680 --> 00:45:58.680
As read by councelor Cook.  would we

00:45:59.280 --> 00:46:02.280
have somebody to second?

00:46:02.560 --> 00:46:05.416
Councelor Marwood. Councelor Cook.

00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:08.440
Thank you. where um this order  as um

00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:12.856
people may read um underneath in the

00:46:12.880 --> 00:46:15.256
discussion  essentially has come about

00:46:15.280 --> 00:46:18.280
because in the um making of the 

00:46:18.640 --> 00:46:21.640
animal management plan um which is the

00:46:21.839 --> 00:46:24.456
next item of the agenda  it was

00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:26.136
noticed by the officers that there

00:46:26.160 --> 00:46:28.136
wasn't the specific piece of paper the

00:46:28.160 --> 00:46:31.160
specific order um to  basically

00:46:31.760 --> 00:46:34.456
validate um their official you know

00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:37.416
processes is  what we I guess

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:39.496
intuitively you know already have been

00:46:39.520 --> 00:46:41.575
doing both at a council and also in the

00:46:41.599 --> 00:46:44.536
community in terms of um how we behave

00:46:44.560 --> 00:46:46.696
with our animals specifically you know

00:46:46.720 --> 00:46:49.176
for the most part dogs. Um so this order

00:46:49.200 --> 00:46:51.256
is essentially just  bringing into

00:46:51.280 --> 00:46:54.280
effect um things that  we have already

00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:57.656
been um

00:46:57.680 --> 00:46:59.815
sort of  implementing in terms of how

00:46:59.839 --> 00:47:02.839
we   like I guess police our um

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:07.400
council spaces. So for instance um you

00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:10.295
know  having signs up on areas where

00:47:10.319 --> 00:47:12.696
dogs are just prohibited entirely places

00:47:12.720 --> 00:47:15.720
where no you can't have your dog um you

00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:18.295
know in an effort to for instance  not

00:47:18.319 --> 00:47:21.319
have you know animals defecate on 

00:47:21.760 --> 00:47:24.760
recreational grounds um or you know be a

00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:27.880
behavioral um issue um in those spaces

00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:30.376
as well.  also in terms of making

00:47:30.400 --> 00:47:32.696
sure that if you're in an off leash area

00:47:32.720 --> 00:47:34.696
that you can control your dog, whether

00:47:34.720 --> 00:47:37.016
it be, you know, by having the leash or

00:47:37.040 --> 00:47:39.016
by being able to control it, you know,

00:47:39.040 --> 00:47:42.040
with um your voice and call back your

00:47:42.079 --> 00:47:44.536
dog as soon as they come close to areas

00:47:44.560 --> 00:47:46.856
such as barbecues and all of that. So

00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:49.335
this um order essentially is basically

00:47:49.359 --> 00:47:52.359
to um put put in writing um how we've

00:47:54.319 --> 00:47:57.319
been um treating these spaces anyway u

00:47:57.599 --> 00:47:59.016
both at the council but you know I'm

00:47:59.040 --> 00:48:01.976
sure out in the public people as well um

00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:05.000
you know as I it seems  more people um

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:10.376
 have pets  such as dogs especially

00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:13.400
after 2020 um  there is a lot more

00:48:15.040 --> 00:48:17.176
focus on um yeah having spaces

00:48:17.200 --> 00:48:19.335
specifically for dogs such as  off

00:48:19.359 --> 00:48:21.575
leash dog parks.  making sure that

00:48:21.599 --> 00:48:23.976
when you have your dog out in public

00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:26.295
that it is leashed that it is you know

00:48:26.319 --> 00:48:28.456
able to behave that you can call it back

00:48:28.480 --> 00:48:30.696
if you need to if it's running around.

00:48:30.720 --> 00:48:33.496
Um and essentially  that is what this

00:48:33.520 --> 00:48:35.896
order is for to continue that 

00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:37.815
practice in the community and I ask my

00:48:37.839 --> 00:48:40.295
fellow counselors to support it.

00:48:40.319 --> 00:48:43.256
Thank you councel council mid

00:48:43.280 --> 00:48:45.335
cannot add anything else to that.

00:48:45.359 --> 00:48:48.359
Okay, thank you. Is there anyone against

00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:50.376
the motion?

00:48:50.400 --> 00:48:53.400
Any other speakers?

00:48:53.680 --> 00:48:56.680
Councelor Sharrock.

00:48:57.119 --> 00:49:00.119
Thank you, May. And um yeah, thank you

00:49:00.319 --> 00:49:02.376
for what's already been said. Um just

00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:04.376
wanted to sort of also add just a bit of

00:49:04.400 --> 00:49:07.400
a a scrape around it. like obviously

00:49:08.079 --> 00:49:09.656
um

00:49:09.680 --> 00:49:12.136
a lot of that area that's in the the

00:49:12.160 --> 00:49:14.456
report um you know like obviously

00:49:14.480 --> 00:49:16.136
there's a bit of bush land in in that

00:49:16.160 --> 00:49:17.896
space as well but just to sort of

00:49:17.920 --> 00:49:19.815
clarify for the community like I mean it

00:49:19.839 --> 00:49:22.839
really is um in those sort of council

00:49:23.280 --> 00:49:26.136
areas obviously you know what happens

00:49:26.160 --> 00:49:27.416
you know if you're down the river

00:49:27.440 --> 00:49:30.440
camping or um you know in in parklands

00:49:30.800 --> 00:49:33.496
like that's more for what falls within

00:49:33.520 --> 00:49:35.976
like um state and and federal government

00:49:36.000 --> 00:49:38.776
or with what what Parks Victoria has

00:49:38.800 --> 00:49:41.800
which is not council. Um so just yeah

00:49:42.079 --> 00:49:43.496
really wanted to sort of touch on that

00:49:43.520 --> 00:49:46.136
that you know this is more for like in

00:49:46.160 --> 00:49:47.496
in those sort of council designated

00:49:47.520 --> 00:49:50.520
areas as as as in the report. Thank you.

00:49:50.960 --> 00:49:52.776
Thank you councelor Cook. Would you like

00:49:52.800 --> 00:49:54.776
to close?

00:49:54.800 --> 00:49:57.496
Um no probably just happy for you to

00:49:57.520 --> 00:49:58.856
take to the vote please.

00:49:58.880 --> 00:50:00.936
No worries. We'll take that to the vote.

00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:03.656
All those in favor

00:50:03.680 --> 00:50:05.736
that's unanimous. That is carried. Thank

00:50:05.760 --> 00:50:08.760
you.

00:50:11.920 --> 00:50:14.920
Item 9.1.3, domestic animals management

00:50:15.280 --> 00:50:17.095
plan.

00:50:17.119 --> 00:50:18.136
Councelor Cook,

00:50:18.160 --> 00:50:19.575
I'll move that one as read, please.

00:50:19.599 --> 00:50:19.976
Mayor

00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:23.000
as read.  do we have a second?

00:50:27.760 --> 00:50:30.616
Council Mar Councel Cook.

00:50:30.640 --> 00:50:33.095
Thank you.  so this is the domestic

00:50:33.119 --> 00:50:36.119
animal management plan um

00:50:36.800 --> 00:50:39.176
 which  will cover the next four

00:50:39.200 --> 00:50:41.976
years  and  we essentially have to

00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:44.616
do one every four years per the  state

00:50:44.640 --> 00:50:47.640
government. Um this mostly relates to um

00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:52.440
cats and dogs and um how we are going to

00:50:53.119 --> 00:50:54.856
I guess you know look after them,

00:50:54.880 --> 00:50:57.880
register them um what council's role is

00:50:58.000 --> 00:51:00.936
in that area  for the next four years.

00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:03.960
Um, one of the  things for me is um in

00:51:06.400 --> 00:51:09.400
the  plan um it mentions working with

00:51:10.880 --> 00:51:13.880
other um areas essentially um to have

00:51:14.240 --> 00:51:17.240
like potential  I guess affiliations

00:51:17.520 --> 00:51:20.520
and coordinations for um desexing

00:51:21.520 --> 00:51:24.520
um I guess plans and programs when they

00:51:24.720 --> 00:51:27.016
come up.  I know in previous years the

00:51:27.040 --> 00:51:29.496
state government has  put out grants

00:51:29.520 --> 00:51:32.295
to councils um to help them to

00:51:32.319 --> 00:51:35.319
financially  I guess help people in

00:51:35.359 --> 00:51:38.359
their own community to um

00:51:38.960 --> 00:51:41.960
 desex their animals um  a couple of

00:51:42.640 --> 00:51:45.176
years ago shepherdan  received one of

00:51:45.200 --> 00:51:47.896
those grants  and were able to help

00:51:47.920 --> 00:51:50.920
out I believe  40 um members of the

00:51:52.160 --> 00:51:55.160
public  and targeting people who lived

00:51:55.520 --> 00:51:58.520
 in  public housing um and who were

00:51:59.040 --> 00:52:01.896
mo more low socioeconomic  in order to

00:52:01.920 --> 00:52:04.456
help them  affordably look after and

00:52:04.480 --> 00:52:07.480
desex their cats to um I guess prevent

00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:10.055
 overpopulation.

00:52:10.079 --> 00:52:11.896
Um

00:52:11.920 --> 00:52:14.616
this plan also deals  in that regard

00:52:14.640 --> 00:52:17.575
with overpopulation in terms of 

00:52:17.599 --> 00:52:19.896
domestic cats in terms of desexing them

00:52:19.920 --> 00:52:22.920
and then also  feral animals. Um it 

00:52:24.800 --> 00:52:27.800
continues the um plan  and what we

00:52:28.559 --> 00:52:30.295
provide at the moment which is  traps

00:52:30.319 --> 00:52:33.176
for the community to trap cats um on

00:52:33.200 --> 00:52:36.200
their um properties. Um I was lucky

00:52:37.200 --> 00:52:39.416
enough to be able to use that service 

00:52:39.440 --> 00:52:42.440
a few years ago now. Um when I had some

00:52:43.599 --> 00:52:46.599
stray kittens  turn up um in the

00:52:46.960 --> 00:52:49.575
rental  that I was living in. Um, and

00:52:49.599 --> 00:52:51.256
I was able to call up the ranger and

00:52:51.280 --> 00:52:54.280
they provided a trap for me to um, catch

00:52:54.480 --> 00:52:56.216
the kittens and then the ranger came and

00:52:56.240 --> 00:52:59.240
picked it up um, that day which was 

00:52:59.280 --> 00:53:02.055
very helpful. Um, one of the other

00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:03.896
things that we have in the plant as well

00:53:03.920 --> 00:53:06.920
is  looking forward to March 2026 

00:53:08.079 --> 00:53:11.079
consultation on  h having potentially

00:53:11.760 --> 00:53:14.760
having a cap containment law. Um, in

00:53:15.359 --> 00:53:18.136
many other shires across the state, they

00:53:18.160 --> 00:53:19.736
have a range of different cat

00:53:19.760 --> 00:53:22.216
containment laws.  in Mount Alexander

00:53:22.240 --> 00:53:24.616
Shire, it is from,  sunset to

00:53:24.640 --> 00:53:27.640
sunrise.  but in Numbic, I believe it

00:53:28.480 --> 00:53:31.256
is 24-hour cat containment.  and so

00:53:31.280 --> 00:53:33.256
I'm very excited that the domestic

00:53:33.280 --> 00:53:36.280
animal management plan  includes 

00:53:36.800 --> 00:53:38.216
plans for us to consult with the

00:53:38.240 --> 00:53:40.295
community about what they would like in

00:53:40.319 --> 00:53:42.216
terms of cat containment. It is a big

00:53:42.240 --> 00:53:45.240
issue  in terms of  just the

00:53:46.000 --> 00:53:48.776
environmental impacts that cats have um

00:53:48.800 --> 00:53:51.800
on our native wildlife. Um just the

00:53:52.000 --> 00:53:54.856
safety of the animals in terms of them

00:53:54.880 --> 00:53:56.856
um you know roaming around on the

00:53:56.880 --> 00:53:59.880
streets.  everyone hates it when um 

00:54:00.480 --> 00:54:03.335
you wake up to discover that there's a

00:54:03.359 --> 00:54:05.896
um cat on the side of the road that um

00:54:05.920 --> 00:54:08.920
didn't manage to miss the truck. Um

00:54:09.760 --> 00:54:12.295
so basically  making sure that our

00:54:12.319 --> 00:54:14.456
animals are safe and protected and that

00:54:14.480 --> 00:54:16.616
our native  animals are safe and

00:54:16.640 --> 00:54:19.640
protected as well. Um and I am  very

00:54:20.079 --> 00:54:23.079
keen to hear um the public u um

00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:26.440
submissions  in March 2026 on what

00:54:26.640 --> 00:54:28.535
they think the right level of

00:54:28.559 --> 00:54:31.559
containment should be in our area. Um I

00:54:31.760 --> 00:54:33.335
hope my fellow councils will support

00:54:33.359 --> 00:54:35.575
this plan.  this is a good plan to

00:54:35.599 --> 00:54:38.599
help us um essentially in the name

00:54:38.640 --> 00:54:40.856
manage our domestic animals for the next

00:54:40.880 --> 00:54:43.880
four years. Um so that  we can all um

00:54:45.599 --> 00:54:47.815
I guess  feel safer, have a lot more

00:54:47.839 --> 00:54:50.839
fun with our animals and um

00:54:52.000 --> 00:54:55.000
yeah, just make campus a good place to

00:54:55.200 --> 00:54:58.200
be  if you have a cat or a dog.

00:54:59.839 --> 00:55:02.839
Thank you, C. Cool. Council Marwood. Um

00:55:03.760 --> 00:55:06.216
thank you Mayor. Um I'm also very

00:55:06.240 --> 00:55:08.776
supportive of the fact that we are going

00:55:08.800 --> 00:55:11.416
to go and consult with community about

00:55:11.440 --> 00:55:14.440
cat containment and cat management. Um

00:55:15.280 --> 00:55:17.416
it'll be

00:55:17.440 --> 00:55:19.656
we need to understand the impacts on the

00:55:19.680 --> 00:55:22.680
environment um from our own animals. Um

00:55:22.880 --> 00:55:25.880
this document also promotes very much

00:55:26.160 --> 00:55:29.160
responsible pet management. Um promotes

00:55:31.280 --> 00:55:34.216
encourages registered of cats and dogs.

00:55:34.240 --> 00:55:37.240
Um minimizes minimizing the impact of

00:55:38.079 --> 00:55:40.856
dogs and cats um in society and making

00:55:40.880 --> 00:55:42.295
sure they behave themselves. Having

00:55:42.319 --> 00:55:45.256
standards of animal behavior that so

00:55:45.280 --> 00:55:48.055
everybody has a clear understanding of

00:55:48.079 --> 00:55:49.815
their own responsibilities of their own

00:55:49.839 --> 00:55:52.839
pets. Um it's really important that um

00:55:52.880 --> 00:55:55.736
we have a set of guidelines that help us

00:55:55.760 --> 00:55:58.456
manage that. Thank you.

00:55:58.480 --> 00:56:00.856
Thank you.  anyone against this

00:56:00.880 --> 00:56:03.656
motion?

00:56:03.680 --> 00:56:06.616
Council Jan. Um I'm for the motion, but

00:56:06.640 --> 00:56:07.976
I'd just like to point out a point

00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:11.000
that's relevant is that um

00:56:11.520 --> 00:56:14.376
council is in the un enviable place at

00:56:14.400 --> 00:56:16.456
times to be the regulator and the

00:56:16.480 --> 00:56:17.976
registration

00:56:18.000 --> 00:56:19.575
um which is the cornerstone of

00:56:19.599 --> 00:56:21.335
responsible ownership. So we understand

00:56:21.359 --> 00:56:23.815
what's going on our community. We are

00:56:23.839 --> 00:56:25.656
faced with another significant increase

00:56:25.680 --> 00:56:28.376
in animal registrations. And I noticed

00:56:28.400 --> 00:56:30.856
in this report that 42% of respondents

00:56:30.880 --> 00:56:33.496
indicated cost were a barrier in some

00:56:33.520 --> 00:56:36.376
instances of pet registration. So while

00:56:36.400 --> 00:56:37.896
that's a political statement, it's the

00:56:37.920 --> 00:56:39.656
truth. It's it's a very significant

00:56:39.680 --> 00:56:42.680
increase. And I think and animals do and

00:56:43.119 --> 00:56:46.119
I am a pet owner of cats and dogs. Um I

00:56:47.680 --> 00:56:49.016
agree with the statements were made

00:56:49.040 --> 00:56:52.040
here. People pets are for life and also

00:56:52.400 --> 00:56:54.535
pets come with responsibilities and

00:56:54.559 --> 00:56:56.775
control. They add so much to your life.

00:56:56.799 --> 00:56:59.736
But also we have to also as a council

00:56:59.760 --> 00:57:02.760
manage the the pets that um also are

00:57:04.400 --> 00:57:06.055
lost,

00:57:06.079 --> 00:57:08.376
given away to unsuitable homes, all

00:57:08.400 --> 00:57:11.256
these sort of things. And this document

00:57:11.280 --> 00:57:14.280
um talks about responsibility, but it um

00:57:14.720 --> 00:57:16.936
it is also a very significant cost to

00:57:16.960 --> 00:57:19.896
this community in relation to over a

00:57:19.920 --> 00:57:21.896
million dollars. And that number needs

00:57:21.920 --> 00:57:23.256
to be a number that's in the public

00:57:23.280 --> 00:57:25.976
because the cost of providing a service

00:57:26.000 --> 00:57:28.696
that we do is very very significant on

00:57:28.720 --> 00:57:31.016
the rate payers. Thank you.

00:57:31.040 --> 00:57:34.040
Thank you. Any other speakers?

00:57:34.640 --> 00:57:37.416
Councelor Sharrock.

00:57:37.440 --> 00:57:39.976
Thank you, Mayor. And thank you for

00:57:40.000 --> 00:57:42.696
what's been said already. Just to add to

00:57:42.720 --> 00:57:45.720
that as well um within that report um

00:57:46.079 --> 00:57:49.079
I'm also grateful to see the amount of

00:57:50.079 --> 00:57:51.575
um

00:57:51.599 --> 00:57:53.016
consultations that's actually happened

00:57:53.040 --> 00:57:56.040
already in that space where you had a

00:57:56.160 --> 00:57:58.616
bit of an online community survey um

00:57:58.640 --> 00:58:01.640
that there was also a bit of a roundt on

00:58:02.319 --> 00:58:05.319
in that space where earlier in this year

00:58:05.520 --> 00:58:08.520
which we had a um council citizens panel

00:58:09.920 --> 00:58:12.920
um for the for the weekend and um you

00:58:13.280 --> 00:58:16.216
know for like that to come through um

00:58:16.240 --> 00:58:18.936
you know as part to add to you know

00:58:18.960 --> 00:58:21.095
where this report has come to where it

00:58:21.119 --> 00:58:22.856
is now. But it's also good to sort of

00:58:22.880 --> 00:58:25.880
see that underlying scope and you know a

00:58:27.680 --> 00:58:30.680
bit of a form around what what needs to

00:58:30.799 --> 00:58:33.016
you what happens in that space but

00:58:33.040 --> 00:58:35.335
actually have it in writing

00:58:35.359 --> 00:58:37.656
um you know for so so that we're all on

00:58:37.680 --> 00:58:40.535
the same page. Um, thank you.

00:58:40.559 --> 00:58:43.496
Thank you. Any other speakers?

00:58:43.520 --> 00:58:46.055
 now we'll go back to the mover.

00:58:46.079 --> 00:58:48.535
Councelor Cook, would you like to close?

00:58:48.559 --> 00:58:50.856
Yes. Thank you, Mayor. Um just going

00:58:50.880 --> 00:58:53.016
back to the top of the document  and

00:58:53.040 --> 00:58:55.256
just the purpose of the um domestic

00:58:55.280 --> 00:58:58.280
annual management plan um as it's 

00:58:58.400 --> 00:59:00.616
written at the start and I think one of

00:59:00.640 --> 00:59:03.640
the important things um to mention is um

00:59:04.079 --> 00:59:05.575
in you know the fact that it's been

00:59:05.599 --> 00:59:07.496
pointed out tonight already  that

00:59:07.520 --> 00:59:10.520
we've transitioned to a pound service um

00:59:11.760 --> 00:59:13.656
 part of this plan is essentially just

00:59:13.680 --> 00:59:15.335
to minimize the number of animals that

00:59:15.359 --> 00:59:17.335
go through that pound service. U part

00:59:17.359 --> 00:59:20.359
it's um very much  a preventative type

00:59:21.599 --> 00:59:24.136
document to make sure that we are

00:59:24.160 --> 00:59:25.656
minimizing the number of animals that

00:59:25.680 --> 00:59:27.575
are euthanized. We are minimizing the

00:59:27.599 --> 00:59:29.335
number of animals admitted in the first

00:59:29.359 --> 00:59:32.136
place.  making sure that we look after

00:59:32.160 --> 00:59:33.976
our animals every step of the way and

00:59:34.000 --> 00:59:35.575
make sure that we can prevent them from

00:59:35.599 --> 00:59:38.599
turning up there because um they've been

00:59:38.880 --> 00:59:40.856
registered. We can get them back home.

00:59:40.880 --> 00:59:43.016
they've been desexed so we don't have

00:59:43.040 --> 00:59:45.656
you know stray kittens running about or

00:59:45.680 --> 00:59:47.575
an overpopulation

00:59:47.599 --> 00:59:50.599
um that um you know dogs have been you

00:59:52.079 --> 00:59:53.896
know trained and looked after properly

00:59:53.920 --> 00:59:56.856
and you know do not need to also be sent

00:59:56.880 --> 00:59:59.880
to the pound um I think that's u I think

01:00:01.520 --> 01:00:02.856
an important thing to point out with

01:00:02.880 --> 01:00:05.880
this as well is it's  a preventative

01:00:06.240 --> 01:00:08.775
document in a way to make sure that our

01:00:08.799 --> 01:00:11.416
pound service is used as little as

01:00:11.440 --> 01:00:13.095
possible because we've been able to help

01:00:13.119 --> 01:00:16.119
those animals um first. Thank you.

01:00:16.319 --> 01:00:18.376
Thank you. I will take that to the vote.

01:00:18.400 --> 01:00:21.400
All those in favor

01:00:21.520 --> 01:00:23.896
and that's unanimous. That is carried.

01:00:23.920 --> 01:00:26.920
Thank you.

01:00:29.280 --> 01:00:31.896
Item 9.1.4

01:00:31.920 --> 01:00:34.616
Rochester Aquatic Facility Design. We

01:00:34.640 --> 01:00:36.936
have a recommendation.

01:00:36.960 --> 01:00:38.775
Councelor Char as read.

01:00:38.799 --> 01:00:41.799
Yep. Okay. Do we have a seconder?

01:00:44.079 --> 01:00:47.079
Councelor Cook. Councelor John.

01:00:47.920 --> 01:00:50.216
Pretty exciting night tonight, me.

01:00:50.240 --> 01:00:52.856
Hopefully my counselors will support me.

01:00:52.880 --> 01:00:54.216
I'm not sure what'll happen if they

01:00:54.240 --> 01:00:57.240
don't.

01:00:57.599 --> 01:01:00.599
Um, joke inside. Look, it's been a

01:01:00.640 --> 01:01:02.055
journey and I think everyone in this

01:01:02.079 --> 01:01:05.079
room knows it. um

01:01:05.520 --> 01:01:08.376
started in 22 with a flood that finished

01:01:08.400 --> 01:01:10.535
the pool off and the conversation

01:01:10.559 --> 01:01:13.016
started shortly afterwards. It hasn't

01:01:13.040 --> 01:01:15.575
always been an easy conversation,

01:01:15.599 --> 01:01:18.216
but the core

01:01:18.240 --> 01:01:19.736
belief

01:01:19.760 --> 01:01:22.760
has always been that Rochi needs a pool.

01:01:23.760 --> 01:01:25.736
It's consistent with the council plans

01:01:25.760 --> 01:01:27.736
endorsement of revitalizing our assets

01:01:27.760 --> 01:01:29.976
where possible.

01:01:30.000 --> 01:01:32.456
The community was cons consulted on

01:01:32.480 --> 01:01:35.016
numerous times of which they have come

01:01:35.040 --> 01:01:36.376
up with the brief that we see here

01:01:36.400 --> 01:01:39.400
tonight.

01:01:40.480 --> 01:01:42.696
In that consultation that one of the

01:01:42.720 --> 01:01:45.720
tricky parts was what is needed,

01:01:46.319 --> 01:01:49.319
what what meets the standards, what can

01:01:49.680 --> 01:01:51.976
we afford, how many people to come to

01:01:52.000 --> 01:01:53.656
the pool, all those sort of questions

01:01:53.680 --> 01:01:55.256
have to be honest in a community around

01:01:55.280 --> 01:01:57.736
pool discussions.

01:01:57.760 --> 01:01:59.656
The consultation over the last 18 months

01:01:59.680 --> 01:02:02.680
was re we redid some of it to completely

01:02:03.520 --> 01:02:05.896
um leave no room for doubt of what the

01:02:05.920 --> 01:02:08.535
community's expectation was.

01:02:08.559 --> 01:02:11.416
The council last year or earlier this

01:02:11.440 --> 01:02:14.295
year actually um committed to $5 million

01:02:14.319 --> 01:02:17.016
um to towards the the Rochester aquatics

01:02:17.040 --> 01:02:19.176
facilities.

01:02:19.200 --> 01:02:22.200
the the cost of a pool is is big but

01:02:25.040 --> 01:02:28.040
we've put the Campaspe shy has committed

01:02:28.640 --> 01:02:30.456
that funds but we can't do it by

01:02:30.480 --> 01:02:32.295
ourselves.

01:02:32.319 --> 01:02:34.616
We definitely need help and recognition

01:02:34.640 --> 01:02:36.055
from the state government and federal

01:02:36.079 --> 01:02:38.696
governments in relation to the pool

01:02:38.720 --> 01:02:40.535
by any stretch of the imagination. This

01:02:40.559 --> 01:02:43.496
pool is not over the top. It has been

01:02:43.520 --> 01:02:46.520
seen as a project that that needs to be

01:02:46.720 --> 01:02:48.856
realistic in its expectations for its

01:02:48.880 --> 01:02:51.880
community. It also has allowed room for

01:02:52.319 --> 01:02:53.736
the community to be part of that

01:02:53.760 --> 01:02:56.456
process. What the where we find

01:02:56.480 --> 01:02:57.976
ourselves.

01:02:58.000 --> 01:03:00.936
But most of all, I think the community

01:03:00.960 --> 01:03:02.295
probably had doubts that whether we'd

01:03:02.319 --> 01:03:03.575
ever get to this point, but we've got

01:03:03.599 --> 01:03:06.295
there, which is great. And now the

01:03:06.319 --> 01:03:08.376
advocacy starts. It's one of our top

01:03:08.400 --> 01:03:10.696
priorities in relation to advocac

01:03:10.720 --> 01:03:13.720
advocating to funding  bodies, state,

01:03:13.920 --> 01:03:15.176
federal, and anyone else that will

01:03:15.200 --> 01:03:18.200
listen to be quite frank. Um and I won't

01:03:19.039 --> 01:03:20.295
go on about because the plans are

01:03:20.319 --> 01:03:21.656
self-explanatory. Hopefully the

01:03:21.680 --> 01:03:23.176
communities um will have a look at them

01:03:23.200 --> 01:03:25.976
and  and agree. I'd also like to thank

01:03:26.000 --> 01:03:29.000
the organization for the support. Um it

01:03:29.280 --> 01:03:31.976
hasn't always been easy this topic and

01:03:32.000 --> 01:03:34.775
um and Joe Bradshaw and Kerry Hawk have

01:03:34.799 --> 01:03:36.856
been um

01:03:36.880 --> 01:03:39.736
a world of help on this project and um I

01:03:39.760 --> 01:03:41.335
thank them as well. So I'll leave that

01:03:41.359 --> 01:03:44.216
as that and um hope my fellow counselors

01:03:44.240 --> 01:03:46.055
will support it.

01:03:46.079 --> 01:03:49.079
Thank you.  councelor Cook, Council J,

01:03:49.839 --> 01:03:51.736
could I just get you to Thank you,

01:03:51.760 --> 01:03:52.936
Councelor Cook.

01:03:52.960 --> 01:03:55.656
Thank you, Mayor. Um

01:03:55.680 --> 01:03:58.136
I am  very much in favor of this

01:03:58.160 --> 01:04:01.160
motion. Um it was very exciting  to

01:04:01.440 --> 01:04:03.335
see the plans as they've been fleshed

01:04:03.359 --> 01:04:06.359
out um and shown in the agenda. Um to

01:04:06.640 --> 01:04:09.575
see that there is a  separated 

01:04:09.599 --> 01:04:12.599
fenced off water wet play area um that

01:04:14.079 --> 01:04:16.295
 can be will you know be able to be

01:04:16.319 --> 01:04:19.319
accessed  separately from the pool. um

01:04:19.440 --> 01:04:21.815
so that it can be accessed outside of 

01:04:21.839 --> 01:04:24.696
pool season and pool hours. Um which is

01:04:24.720 --> 01:04:26.456
fantastic to see because it's

01:04:26.480 --> 01:04:28.696
implementing more I guess water play and

01:04:28.720 --> 01:04:31.416
fun  within the community um that

01:04:31.440 --> 01:04:34.440
doesn't just revolve around  25 m pool

01:04:34.640 --> 01:04:37.176
as important as we all know 25 m pools

01:04:37.200 --> 01:04:40.200
are um for many  varied reasons. Um

01:04:42.720 --> 01:04:45.720
I  I concur with  councelor Jan. Um

01:04:48.240 --> 01:04:51.240
we do need  extra money from the state

01:04:52.319 --> 01:04:54.376
and federal governments  to help us

01:04:54.400 --> 01:04:57.400
complete this project. Um this is a very

01:04:58.960 --> 01:05:01.960
important project  for the town. Um

01:05:02.319 --> 01:05:05.319
pools are such a huge part of um the

01:05:06.640 --> 01:05:08.775
community, small town communities in

01:05:08.799 --> 01:05:11.656
general as shown by how many there are

01:05:11.680 --> 01:05:13.575
 across campasby and then across the

01:05:13.599 --> 01:05:16.599
state. Um cost unfortunately is such a

01:05:17.119 --> 01:05:19.176
huge barrier. We are no longer in the

01:05:19.200 --> 01:05:22.136
1950s and60s where everyone just got

01:05:22.160 --> 01:05:24.216
together and dug a big hole depending on

01:05:24.240 --> 01:05:26.936
how their community liked it. Some at 3

01:05:26.960 --> 01:05:29.960
m deep, some at 25 m long, some at 20.

01:05:30.319 --> 01:05:31.815
all the different ways everyone just

01:05:31.839 --> 01:05:34.055
went and did that. Um, for better or

01:05:34.079 --> 01:05:36.775
worse, I believe better.  we now do

01:05:36.799 --> 01:05:39.799
have  all these standards um for

01:05:40.319 --> 01:05:42.295
health and safety to make sure that when

01:05:42.319 --> 01:05:44.775
we build a pool it is put in and so that

01:05:44.799 --> 01:05:47.095
it is safe so that people can use it so

01:05:47.119 --> 01:05:49.815
that the risks are minimized of um

01:05:49.839 --> 01:05:51.896
people being harmed  through the

01:05:51.920 --> 01:05:54.920
construction and through the use and um

01:05:55.440 --> 01:05:58.440
in order to make things safe  that

01:05:58.720 --> 01:06:01.176
generally just costs money. Um it's a

01:06:01.200 --> 01:06:03.095
lot easier to dig a hole in the ground

01:06:03.119 --> 01:06:06.119
but it will not be as safe. Um in that

01:06:06.160 --> 01:06:08.535
regards um

01:06:08.559 --> 01:06:11.559
 I  support  this motion. Um I

01:06:14.640 --> 01:06:17.640
hope that we are able to  advocate um

01:06:18.480 --> 01:06:21.480
and would be very receptive um of  a

01:06:22.720 --> 01:06:25.176
grant from the state and federal

01:06:25.200 --> 01:06:27.496
government to help us build this pool.

01:06:27.520 --> 01:06:30.520
Um I think this could will be a

01:06:30.799 --> 01:06:33.799
fantastic asset  to our entire SH um

01:06:33.839 --> 01:06:36.696
if it is able to be and I hope it is. So

01:06:36.720 --> 01:06:38.696
I hope my fellow council support this

01:06:38.720 --> 01:06:40.456
motion. Thank you.

01:06:40.480 --> 01:06:42.456
Thank you. Do we have anyone against the

01:06:42.480 --> 01:06:44.535
motion?

01:06:44.559 --> 01:06:47.559
Any other speakers?

01:06:47.599 --> 01:06:50.599
Councelor Shark.

01:06:50.720 --> 01:06:52.856
Thank you, Mayor,

01:06:52.880 --> 01:06:54.616
and thank you for what's been said

01:06:54.640 --> 01:06:57.640
already. Um and really great to see this

01:06:59.440 --> 01:07:02.440
come up as an item in this agenda. It's

01:07:02.880 --> 01:07:04.376
um

01:07:04.400 --> 01:07:07.400
you another step forward to

01:07:08.640 --> 01:07:11.640
getting a pool in in this R and for you

01:07:12.960 --> 01:07:15.095
know what what Rochester has been

01:07:15.119 --> 01:07:18.119
through as one of the many

01:07:18.559 --> 01:07:21.559
affected towns from those late floods

01:07:21.680 --> 01:07:24.680
and um to to see this actually be steps

01:07:25.119 --> 01:07:27.815
towards um to to get that obviously

01:07:27.839 --> 01:07:30.535
there's you know a commitment from

01:07:30.559 --> 01:07:32.936
council already in place to to make that

01:07:32.960 --> 01:07:35.176
happen. And obviously looking to to

01:07:35.200 --> 01:07:37.896
state and federal government to um get

01:07:37.920 --> 01:07:40.920
that in because like I mean right now I

01:07:41.760 --> 01:07:44.760
mean you with with that pool because

01:07:45.599 --> 01:07:48.599
it's not there like um you know

01:07:50.319 --> 01:07:52.456
it pretty much affects all all levels to

01:07:52.480 --> 01:07:55.480
you it's been quite warm

01:07:55.520 --> 01:07:58.520
and you know when you all all levels to

01:07:58.720 --> 01:08:01.095
to try and keep cool you know like

01:08:01.119 --> 01:08:03.815
whether it be not just kids, but you

01:08:03.839 --> 01:08:05.896
know, anyone of any demographic at any

01:08:05.920 --> 01:08:08.920
age. And um you know obviously with a

01:08:09.680 --> 01:08:11.896
pool you know in those times of that

01:08:11.920 --> 01:08:14.376
that it's open is is when you actually

01:08:14.400 --> 01:08:16.775
have you know professional people that

01:08:16.799 --> 01:08:18.376
are actually looking out for you like

01:08:18.400 --> 01:08:20.616
you looking out you know to to make sure

01:08:20.640 --> 01:08:23.175
that you know if you do get stuck um

01:08:23.199 --> 01:08:25.735
that you're actually safe and you

01:08:25.759 --> 01:08:28.759
obviously um you know in you know

01:08:29.759 --> 01:08:31.576
leading up to this like you know if

01:08:31.600 --> 01:08:32.856
you're trying to find somewhere that's

01:08:32.880 --> 01:08:35.335
cool you know like if you're going for a

01:08:35.359 --> 01:08:38.359
swim in the channel or a dam or even in

01:08:39.120 --> 01:08:41.976
the Kimpasby river and I know you're

01:08:42.000 --> 01:08:44.376
only trying to keep cool but it's you

01:08:44.400 --> 01:08:46.695
certainly um you know with this pool

01:08:46.719 --> 01:08:49.496
coming on board um you know it's a it's

01:08:49.520 --> 01:08:51.096
another step towards being in a safe

01:08:51.120 --> 01:08:53.976
place um you know where we can actually

01:08:54.000 --> 01:08:57.000
get home

01:08:57.759 --> 01:09:00.759
thank you any other speakers

01:09:02.000 --> 01:09:03.896
 councelor Sharrock if I can get you to

01:09:03.920 --> 01:09:05.655
turn off your light council

01:09:05.679 --> 01:09:07.576
Zic.

01:09:07.600 --> 01:09:10.600
Thank you, Mayor. Um, yeah, our pools

01:09:11.359 --> 01:09:14.359
are certainly the legacy of after World

01:09:14.400 --> 01:09:17.400
War II, which was a plan out there to um

01:09:17.920 --> 01:09:20.856
engage all the returned people and um to

01:09:20.880 --> 01:09:23.880
get communities and families involved um

01:09:24.080 --> 01:09:27.080
safety reasons, engagement, and um and

01:09:28.480 --> 01:09:30.775
all the health reasons and goodness that

01:09:30.799 --> 01:09:33.799
comes out of enjoying um pools and the

01:09:33.920 --> 01:09:36.920
activities. and so forth. So, um this is

01:09:37.279 --> 01:09:38.936
a very interesting document and it's

01:09:38.960 --> 01:09:40.536
probably a good document in relation to

01:09:40.560 --> 01:09:43.335
the the pool because we still have to um

01:09:43.359 --> 01:09:46.135
if my memor is correct um complete out

01:09:46.159 --> 01:09:49.159
aquatics um plans in relation to um to

01:09:50.239 --> 01:09:52.616
where we're going to be with all our 

01:09:52.640 --> 01:09:54.776
aquatic facilities and that's another

01:09:54.800 --> 01:09:57.256
discussion but um certainly do support

01:09:57.280 --> 01:09:58.936
it. There's a lot of information in the

01:09:58.960 --> 01:10:01.960
document. I I think it um the community

01:10:02.000 --> 01:10:04.215
um would do well by reading it and I

01:10:04.239 --> 01:10:05.896
certainly hope that it's a welcomed

01:10:05.920 --> 01:10:08.920
outcome for the Rochester community.

01:10:09.280 --> 01:10:10.536
Thank you, Mayor.

01:10:10.560 --> 01:10:12.536
Thank you. Do we have any other

01:10:12.560 --> 01:10:14.695
speakers?

01:10:14.719 --> 01:10:17.719
No. We'll go to the mover. Councelor J.

01:10:18.800 --> 01:10:21.800
 thank you, Mayor. Um sure.

01:10:23.040 --> 01:10:25.175
So, what does this mean? It's not a

01:10:25.199 --> 01:10:26.936
guarantee for a pool, but you know what

01:10:26.960 --> 01:10:29.960
it is? It's a shovel ready project. The

01:10:30.320 --> 01:10:32.215
key the key words that you need attached

01:10:32.239 --> 01:10:34.616
to an advocacy program. The

01:10:34.640 --> 01:10:37.096
justification of the third largest town

01:10:37.120 --> 01:10:39.816
in in the compass sh to get its pool has

01:10:39.840 --> 01:10:41.256
been a long journey and the community's

01:10:41.280 --> 01:10:43.256
been patient, but we've got there. So,

01:10:43.280 --> 01:10:45.736
we've now have a shovel ready project.

01:10:45.760 --> 01:10:48.760
The budget and scope is at 12.9 million.

01:10:49.040 --> 01:10:51.016
So, it's up to us to advocate for our

01:10:51.040 --> 01:10:53.416
community for people that you think and

01:10:53.440 --> 01:10:55.016
can hold responsible for the funding of

01:10:55.040 --> 01:10:57.496
this project. We really need help. So

01:10:57.520 --> 01:10:59.416
from that point of view, the advocacy

01:10:59.440 --> 01:11:02.135
comes in many forms. The Campaspe is

01:11:02.159 --> 01:11:04.856
committed to its advocacy, but this is

01:11:04.880 --> 01:11:06.536
the shot that Roie wanted to get their

01:11:06.560 --> 01:11:08.856
pool back. Thank you.

01:11:08.880 --> 01:11:11.175
Thank you. We'll put that to the vote.

01:11:11.199 --> 01:11:13.896
All those in favor,

01:11:13.920 --> 01:11:15.896
that is unanimous. That is carried.

01:11:15.920 --> 01:11:18.920
Thank you.

01:11:20.239 --> 01:11:23.239
We go to item point  item 9.2.1 2.1

01:11:25.920 --> 01:11:28.695
policy

01:11:28.719 --> 01:11:30.536
revocation.

01:11:30.560 --> 01:11:32.695
Always that word gets me. So, thank you.

01:11:32.719 --> 01:11:35.175
We have a recommendation in front of us.

01:11:35.199 --> 01:11:38.199
 does anyone have a motion?

01:11:38.640 --> 01:11:40.056
Councelor Mwood?

01:11:40.080 --> 01:11:41.336
As read. Thank you.

01:11:41.360 --> 01:11:44.360
As read.  do we have a seconder?

01:11:47.440 --> 01:11:50.440
Councelor Amos. Councelor Mwood.

01:11:50.640 --> 01:11:53.336
 yeah. Just quickly may this is 

01:11:53.360 --> 01:11:56.296
policy tidy up. Um council has lots and

01:11:56.320 --> 01:11:58.536
lots of policies. Um we have three

01:11:58.560 --> 01:12:01.560
policies here competitive neutrality

01:12:01.679 --> 01:12:04.679
model litigant and request for new

01:12:05.120 --> 01:12:07.175
public dump points.

01:12:07.199 --> 01:12:10.199
um these um policies are all covered by

01:12:11.120 --> 01:12:14.120
other pieces of legislation that allows

01:12:14.239 --> 01:12:16.616
us um

01:12:16.640 --> 01:12:19.576
not the necessity not to have these um

01:12:19.600 --> 01:12:21.816
policies anymore. Um there's nothing

01:12:21.840 --> 01:12:24.616
more than that and um I'm sure my fellow

01:12:24.640 --> 01:12:26.456
council will support the motion. Thank

01:12:26.480 --> 01:12:27.016
you.

01:12:27.040 --> 01:12:29.016
Thank you councelor Amos.

01:12:29.040 --> 01:12:31.256
Thanks Mayor and following from

01:12:31.280 --> 01:12:32.695
councelor Marwood is absolutely right.

01:12:32.719 --> 01:12:34.296
These are covered by it's not that these

01:12:34.320 --> 01:12:36.056
these policies are not relevant. The

01:12:36.080 --> 01:12:39.080
they are still very relevant. Um but

01:12:39.280 --> 01:12:41.175
particularly competitive neutrality and

01:12:41.199 --> 01:12:42.776
model litigant are covered by state

01:12:42.800 --> 01:12:45.416
legislation and the request for new dump

01:12:45.440 --> 01:12:47.496
points is is covered in the  economic

01:12:47.520 --> 01:12:48.936
development and tourism strategy. So

01:12:48.960 --> 01:12:50.856
they are still relevant. They still

01:12:50.880 --> 01:12:53.016
pertinent to our communities but 

01:12:53.040 --> 01:12:56.040
these are duplicating other documents.

01:12:56.480 --> 01:12:58.376
Thank you. Do we have anyone against the

01:12:58.400 --> 01:13:01.400
motion? Any other speakers or no? We'll

01:13:02.960 --> 01:13:05.016
go back to the mover. Council vote.

01:13:05.040 --> 01:13:05.576
Thanks, May.

01:13:05.600 --> 01:13:07.655
Go to the vote. Okay. Put that to the

01:13:07.679 --> 01:13:10.679
vote. All those in favor?

01:13:11.360 --> 01:13:14.360
That's unanimous. That is carried. Thank

01:13:14.960 --> 01:13:16.936
you.

01:13:16.960 --> 01:13:19.960
Go to item 9.2.2 proposed council plan

01:13:21.040 --> 01:13:23.736
actions 2526.

01:13:23.760 --> 01:13:26.760
Do we have a motion?

01:13:28.400 --> 01:13:30.456
Council Jan as written.

01:13:30.480 --> 01:13:31.416
Yes, please.

01:13:31.440 --> 01:13:34.440
And do we have a second?

01:13:38.480 --> 01:13:41.480
Councelor Cook, Council John. Thank you,

01:13:41.760 --> 01:13:44.760
Mayor. Um there's two components to this

01:13:45.440 --> 01:13:48.296
um this report. It's um a new

01:13:48.320 --> 01:13:51.320
presentation style in our action plan of

01:13:51.679 --> 01:13:54.056
which um you'll see this rolled out um

01:13:54.080 --> 01:13:56.776
twice a year and updates from time to

01:13:56.800 --> 01:13:59.800
time. Um it's designed because

01:14:01.840 --> 01:14:03.976
of the effort that the organization and

01:14:04.000 --> 01:14:07.000
community went to to build the council

01:14:07.440 --> 01:14:10.440
and well-being plan. It was also from an

01:14:10.880 --> 01:14:13.576
organization's point of view making sure

01:14:13.600 --> 01:14:15.175
that our communities kept on that

01:14:15.199 --> 01:14:16.616
journey.

01:14:16.640 --> 01:14:18.936
So tonight I want to talk about that and

01:14:18.960 --> 01:14:21.960
also the projects that are contained in

01:14:22.480 --> 01:14:24.376
it to coordinate a 100 different

01:14:24.400 --> 01:14:26.456
projects and many other things like

01:14:26.480 --> 01:14:28.536
listed in the report tonight need to be

01:14:28.560 --> 01:14:30.135
tracked but also it's got to be user

01:14:30.159 --> 01:14:32.135
friendly for our community so that they

01:14:32.159 --> 01:14:33.816
can understand what's going on over the

01:14:33.840 --> 01:14:36.840
next four years. Ultimately the council

01:14:37.360 --> 01:14:39.336
plan to me is something this is the

01:14:39.360 --> 01:14:41.336
third one I've done and I've got to say

01:14:41.360 --> 01:14:43.175
that the effort that the organization

01:14:43.199 --> 01:14:45.416
put in and the participation rates from

01:14:45.440 --> 01:14:47.976
the community what I haven't seen before

01:14:48.000 --> 01:14:51.000
which is great. So as a benefit of that

01:14:51.280 --> 01:14:53.655
is we also have a responsibility to

01:14:53.679 --> 01:14:56.679
provide um monitoring and tracking of of

01:14:57.600 --> 01:14:58.936
those projects and when and the

01:14:58.960 --> 01:15:00.616
sequences and how they're going and

01:15:00.640 --> 01:15:02.215
sometimes it'll make for tough reading

01:15:02.239 --> 01:15:03.655
and other times it'll make for great

01:15:03.679 --> 01:15:06.679
reading. But I think the transparency by

01:15:06.719 --> 01:15:09.016
using this document under its new format

01:15:09.040 --> 01:15:10.936
and the actions that are contained in I

01:15:10.960 --> 01:15:12.776
look forward to it. It's very early in

01:15:12.800 --> 01:15:15.800
the council plan. So the main focus is

01:15:15.920 --> 01:15:17.576
about us making sure that our community

01:15:17.600 --> 01:15:19.896
understands what we're doing. Thank you.

01:15:19.920 --> 01:15:22.376
Thank you, Council Cook.

01:15:22.400 --> 01:15:24.456
Thank you, Mayor. Um I'd probably just

01:15:24.480 --> 01:15:26.695
follow on with this is a great document

01:15:26.719 --> 01:15:29.719
to sort of see the plan fleshed out in

01:15:29.920 --> 01:15:32.376
terms of the act the action items and

01:15:32.400 --> 01:15:34.776
initiatives that we actually take from

01:15:34.800 --> 01:15:37.800
it and start to work on. Um

01:15:38.320 --> 01:15:41.320
 it's a great way to yeah separate um

01:15:42.560 --> 01:15:45.416
what we're up to. These are just for the

01:15:45.440 --> 01:15:48.440
um 25 26 year as well.  so um

01:15:50.719 --> 01:15:52.695
obviously our  council plan is for

01:15:52.719 --> 01:15:55.719
four years. So as this um progresses

01:15:55.840 --> 01:15:57.576
through the four years of the plan,

01:15:57.600 --> 01:16:00.135
there will be new items um come in and

01:16:00.159 --> 01:16:03.159
items leave um from the report. Um but

01:16:04.080 --> 01:16:06.616
yeah, essentially this the dashboard um

01:16:06.640 --> 01:16:08.695
shown in the agenda is just a great way

01:16:08.719 --> 01:16:11.655
to show where we are in terms of those

01:16:11.679 --> 01:16:14.679
items from the plan um and just keep us

01:16:15.040 --> 01:16:16.695
up to date on what's happening with

01:16:16.719 --> 01:16:17.976
them. Thank you.

01:16:18.000 --> 01:16:20.376
Thank you. Do we have anyone against the

01:16:20.400 --> 01:16:23.400
motion? Any other speakers?

01:16:24.400 --> 01:16:26.776
 no, we'll go back to councelor

01:16:26.800 --> 01:16:27.816
German.

01:16:27.840 --> 01:16:29.496
 thank you Mayor. I'll just make it

01:16:29.520 --> 01:16:32.456
short is the essentially the the the

01:16:32.480 --> 01:16:35.480
dashboard or the the the the report here

01:16:36.159 --> 01:16:38.135
is broken down into the four pillars of

01:16:38.159 --> 01:16:40.135
which make up our council plan to align

01:16:40.159 --> 01:16:42.776
with. So the understandings of what we

01:16:42.800 --> 01:16:45.016
built back in February through to

01:16:45.040 --> 01:16:47.976
October and some of the standouts um

01:16:48.000 --> 01:16:50.776
that have that have been finished over

01:16:50.800 --> 01:16:52.856
these periods. There's key documents

01:16:52.880 --> 01:16:54.616
which you know from a community point of

01:16:54.640 --> 01:16:56.776
view we like infrastructure and services

01:16:56.800 --> 01:16:58.456
to look at but there's key things in

01:16:58.480 --> 01:17:00.856
there that are massive road management

01:17:00.880 --> 01:17:03.880
plans 10ear financial plans the PSP

01:17:05.040 --> 01:17:06.536
which is a major document for the west

01:17:06.560 --> 01:17:08.456
of Auka the starting of the

01:17:08.480 --> 01:17:10.456
bridgetobridge projects and other major

01:17:10.480 --> 01:17:12.296
activities that are contained in the um

01:17:12.320 --> 01:17:15.320
in the community plan

01:17:15.760 --> 01:17:17.976
the

01:17:18.000 --> 01:17:20.776
the implementation of the li the library

01:17:20.800 --> 01:17:22.695
strategy and even tonight the domestic

01:17:22.719 --> 01:17:24.215
animal management plan all these things

01:17:24.239 --> 01:17:25.976
are contained in the plan that you see

01:17:26.000 --> 01:17:28.296
moving through our chamber and to me

01:17:28.320 --> 01:17:31.320
it's a refreshing quite high level but

01:17:31.760 --> 01:17:33.896
it it it allows us to look at the

01:17:33.920 --> 01:17:35.816
different sections of our organization

01:17:35.840 --> 01:17:37.976
and major projects that are that need to

01:17:38.000 --> 01:17:39.816
be um from a community's point of view

01:17:39.840 --> 01:17:42.840
understood when so thank you and put it

01:17:42.880 --> 01:17:44.135
to the vote

01:17:44.159 --> 01:17:47.016
thank you go to the vote all those in

01:17:47.040 --> 01:17:50.040
favor

01:17:50.159 --> 01:17:52.135
 that's unanimous That is carried.

01:17:52.159 --> 01:17:55.159
Thank you,

01:17:56.000 --> 01:17:58.296
council German, if I could just get you.

01:17:58.320 --> 01:18:01.320
Thank you. Item 9.3.1, Banual State

01:18:02.000 --> 01:18:04.376
Forest consent to closing of road.

01:18:04.400 --> 01:18:05.655
Councelor Amos.

01:18:05.679 --> 01:18:06.776
As written, thanks mate.

01:18:06.800 --> 01:18:09.175
As written, have we second council jing?

01:18:09.199 --> 01:18:10.936
Councelor Amos.

01:18:10.960 --> 01:18:12.536
Thanks, Mayor. And this is a very

01:18:12.560 --> 01:18:15.560
important item tonight. um  the

01:18:16.560 --> 01:18:19.560
forested portion of the Bananiel Forest

01:18:19.679 --> 01:18:21.576
as it's known which consists of

01:18:21.600 --> 01:18:24.600
Macintosh's sawmill site, Shinone Alley

01:18:24.800 --> 01:18:26.296
and Southern Cross Village settlement

01:18:26.320 --> 01:18:28.856
sites. So these were settlement sites

01:18:28.880 --> 01:18:31.496
back in the late 19th century that were

01:18:31.520 --> 01:18:34.056
um used for the housing of um sawmill

01:18:34.080 --> 01:18:35.976
workers um back in the day and

01:18:36.000 --> 01:18:38.856
unfortunately in the 1906 floods a lot

01:18:38.880 --> 01:18:41.576
of they were mostly washed away and so

01:18:41.600 --> 01:18:43.256
really ever since that time that this

01:18:43.280 --> 01:18:45.416
area has not been inhabited. Um it's a

01:18:45.440 --> 01:18:47.256
beautiful area. In fact I walk through

01:18:47.280 --> 01:18:50.280
there almost every day. Um and so

01:18:50.320 --> 01:18:52.456
there's remnants of some roads down

01:18:52.480 --> 01:18:55.480
there and um deca the department of

01:18:57.040 --> 01:18:58.695
environment

01:18:58.719 --> 01:19:00.456
can't remember what the department of

01:19:00.480 --> 01:19:01.175
energy

01:19:01.199 --> 01:19:01.976
energy

01:19:02.000 --> 01:19:04.215
energy  department of energy

01:19:04.239 --> 01:19:05.976
environment climate action  have

01:19:06.000 --> 01:19:08.215
written to our CEO to request that we 

01:19:08.239 --> 01:19:11.239
close some of these um roads. There is

01:19:11.280 --> 01:19:13.896
still some um designated um sites down

01:19:13.920 --> 01:19:15.736
there that people own and so the roads

01:19:15.760 --> 01:19:17.896
to those sites will not be closed as

01:19:17.920 --> 01:19:19.655
part of this  resolution tonight. It's

01:19:19.679 --> 01:19:22.135
just the unused roads that were used

01:19:22.159 --> 01:19:25.016
over 100 years ago. So I do implore my

01:19:25.040 --> 01:19:27.256
fellow councilors to please  um

01:19:27.280 --> 01:19:29.416
support this motion this evening. Thank

01:19:29.440 --> 01:19:30.616
you.

01:19:30.640 --> 01:19:33.496
Thank you councel j.  just um

01:19:33.520 --> 01:19:34.936
following on one other point and

01:19:34.960 --> 01:19:37.655
justification is anyone who knows the

01:19:37.679 --> 01:19:40.679
manual well there's there's just a a

01:19:40.719 --> 01:19:42.616
cluster of roads and tracks all through

01:19:42.640 --> 01:19:44.616
it and I think it's really great that

01:19:44.640 --> 01:19:46.856
Deca are actually now proactively saying

01:19:46.880 --> 01:19:49.736
right we need to get some more cleaning

01:19:49.760 --> 01:19:52.760
this up and really there is the

01:19:52.960 --> 01:19:54.536
proprietary rights of some land owners

01:19:54.560 --> 01:19:56.616
it has to be protected but there's also

01:19:56.640 --> 01:19:59.640
the the reality of dumping and roads and

01:20:01.040 --> 01:20:03.816
tracks that are used in the wet red wet

01:20:03.840 --> 01:20:06.456
seasons and all this. This is a good

01:20:06.480 --> 01:20:08.456
decision if um they can take it through.

01:20:08.480 --> 01:20:09.896
Thank you. And support this please

01:20:09.920 --> 01:20:12.536
fellow counselors. Thank you. Is there

01:20:12.560 --> 01:20:15.560
anyone against this motion?

01:20:15.840 --> 01:20:18.616
No. Any other speakers?

01:20:18.640 --> 01:20:21.256
If not, we'll go back to the mover.

01:20:21.280 --> 01:20:23.336
Councelor Amos.

01:20:23.360 --> 01:20:25.976
I just will be make one point that um

01:20:26.000 --> 01:20:27.896
this is effectively a paper decision

01:20:27.920 --> 01:20:29.736
that physically there will be no changes

01:20:29.760 --> 01:20:32.456
down there. So it just that they will be

01:20:32.480 --> 01:20:35.480
taken off maps as designated roads. Take

01:20:36.000 --> 01:20:37.096
to the vote. Thank you.

01:20:37.120 --> 01:20:38.856
Thank you. I will take it to the vote.

01:20:38.880 --> 01:20:41.880
All those in favor? That's unanimous.

01:20:42.080 --> 01:20:45.080
Thank you. That is carried.

01:20:48.159 --> 01:20:51.159
Item 9.3.2 a Chica East levy functional

01:20:52.080 --> 01:20:54.296
design. Have a recommendation in front

01:20:54.320 --> 01:20:57.016
of us. Do we have a motion?

01:20:57.040 --> 01:20:59.016
Councelor Marwood

01:20:59.040 --> 01:21:00.135
as read.

01:21:00.159 --> 01:21:02.215
As read. And do we have a seconder?

01:21:02.239 --> 01:21:05.175
Councelor Amos. Councelor Marwood.

01:21:05.199 --> 01:21:08.199
Thank you, Mayor.  important step in a

01:21:08.960 --> 01:21:11.960
journey. Um it's been quite a long

01:21:12.560 --> 01:21:15.560
journey. Um back in  April this year,

01:21:16.320 --> 01:21:19.320
council adopted the Echuca flood risk

01:21:19.679 --> 01:21:22.679
management plan on the back of the Echuca

01:21:22.880 --> 01:21:25.880
Tumbrey flood study. Um and that

01:21:26.880 --> 01:21:29.880
identified  a system of levy banks

01:21:30.239 --> 01:21:32.536
across it

01:21:32.560 --> 01:21:35.560
um that could be put in place to protect

01:21:36.320 --> 01:21:39.320
property. Um it east was identified as

01:21:40.800 --> 01:21:43.800
the most important one of those. Um, we

01:21:44.719 --> 01:21:47.719
all know back in the 2020 floods, the 

01:21:49.920 --> 01:21:52.920
impact that that had on not just houses

01:21:54.080 --> 01:21:57.080
but people  was significant. Um

01:21:59.600 --> 01:22:02.536
but this is a this stage of this um

01:22:02.560 --> 01:22:05.560
adoption tonight just allows us to take

01:22:06.320 --> 01:22:08.456
the next step forwards in having

01:22:08.480 --> 01:22:11.336
conversations about land acquisition

01:22:11.360 --> 01:22:13.655
um and all those other important f

01:22:13.679 --> 01:22:16.679
further design um detailed design and

01:22:19.040 --> 01:22:21.655
this this levy bank if it gets put in

01:22:21.679 --> 01:22:24.679
place will protect 275 properties. Um

01:22:25.440 --> 01:22:26.856
that's that's a significant amount of

01:22:26.880 --> 01:22:29.736
properties. There's a very significant

01:22:29.760 --> 01:22:32.760
cost attached to this. Um but it's still

01:22:32.960 --> 01:22:35.416
important that we tonight make a

01:22:35.440 --> 01:22:38.440
decision to to go forward um with this

01:22:39.360 --> 01:22:42.360
project potential project and I ask to

01:22:42.880 --> 01:22:44.296
support it. Thank you.

01:22:44.320 --> 01:22:47.320
Thank you councel Amos.

01:22:47.440 --> 01:22:49.016
Okay.

01:22:49.040 --> 01:22:50.615
Okay.

01:22:50.639 --> 01:22:53.639
Have we got anyone against the motion?

01:22:54.880 --> 01:22:57.880
Do we have any other speakers?

01:22:58.159 --> 01:22:59.736
Councelor Charman.

01:22:59.760 --> 01:23:02.615
 thank you, Mayor. Um thank you 

01:23:02.639 --> 01:23:05.639
councelor Amos and  councelor Marwood.

01:23:05.920 --> 01:23:07.576
Um

01:23:07.600 --> 01:23:10.600
this is another massive project. Um the

01:23:11.840 --> 01:23:14.840
one thing that this does is provides us

01:23:16.159 --> 01:23:18.615
a way forward of where the location of

01:23:18.639 --> 01:23:21.576
an appropriate u

01:23:21.600 --> 01:23:24.215
design can work to

01:23:24.239 --> 01:23:25.816
to

01:23:25.840 --> 01:23:28.840
protect 275 properties in AUCA.

01:23:29.840 --> 01:23:32.840
There is many steps still to go um as

01:23:32.880 --> 01:23:35.336
the report indicates

01:23:35.360 --> 01:23:38.296
it um is something that we can't do by

01:23:38.320 --> 01:23:40.135
ourselves as well. We need state and

01:23:40.159 --> 01:23:43.096
federal funding to help us with this.

01:23:43.120 --> 01:23:44.776
The

01:23:44.800 --> 01:23:47.800
the project um will require

01:23:47.920 --> 01:23:50.920
quite a few endorsements and approvals

01:23:51.120 --> 01:23:54.120
um from different um bodies um to get to

01:23:54.800 --> 01:23:57.655
the next stage. But it will it will be a

01:23:57.679 --> 01:23:59.976
project that um potentially protects

01:24:00.000 --> 01:24:03.000
that that whole Auka East um Golden Bang

01:24:04.159 --> 01:24:07.159
Road type area. Um and this is um I

01:24:08.639 --> 01:24:10.536
suspect the start of many reports to

01:24:10.560 --> 01:24:13.016
come over the the future. So thank you

01:24:13.040 --> 01:24:15.655
and well done for the officers um to

01:24:15.679 --> 01:24:17.976
bring this. So this is the starting

01:24:18.000 --> 01:24:21.000
point of many. Thank you. Thank you

01:24:21.840 --> 01:24:23.256
councelor Cob.

01:24:23.280 --> 01:24:26.135
Thank you. Um

01:24:26.159 --> 01:24:28.615
 following on from councelor Jan, I

01:24:28.639 --> 01:24:30.936
want to point out that like the um

01:24:30.960 --> 01:24:33.960
Rochester  pool  designs, this is

01:24:34.880 --> 01:24:37.880
also a design that essentially  allows

01:24:38.400 --> 01:24:40.056
us to have more of a shovel ready

01:24:40.080 --> 01:24:42.536
project  in case any um funding

01:24:42.560 --> 01:24:44.936
opportunities come up from  state or

01:24:44.960 --> 01:24:47.960
federal government. Um, sometimes they

01:24:48.159 --> 01:24:51.159
can ask for a 50/50  um I guess

01:24:51.760 --> 01:24:54.760
contribution  but not always.  and

01:24:55.280 --> 01:24:58.280
so I guess we hope for the not always um

01:24:58.320 --> 01:25:01.016
in being able to have this  as 

01:25:01.040 --> 01:25:04.040
funded as much as possible um by  the

01:25:06.239 --> 01:25:07.896
higher levels of government with more

01:25:07.920 --> 01:25:10.376
access to the um ability to raise

01:25:10.400 --> 01:25:13.016
revenue. Um

01:25:13.040 --> 01:25:14.936
is also I think important to point out

01:25:14.960 --> 01:25:17.960
that part of the cost is for um  pumps

01:25:18.239 --> 01:25:21.239
that are put along the um levey. 

01:25:21.840 --> 01:25:24.840
partly to actually pump water out in the

01:25:25.040 --> 01:25:28.040
case of the flood from the residential

01:25:28.080 --> 01:25:29.896
area.  one of the things about

01:25:29.920 --> 01:25:31.655
building a wall around something is you

01:25:31.679 --> 01:25:33.336
keep the water out but you also keep the

01:25:33.360 --> 01:25:36.056
water in um when it the water is you

01:25:36.080 --> 01:25:38.615
know raining down on that side. And so

01:25:38.639 --> 01:25:41.496
part of the design has actually been um

01:25:41.520 --> 01:25:43.496
to create these spaces where the water

01:25:43.520 --> 01:25:45.496
will accumulate and then can be pumped

01:25:45.520 --> 01:25:47.336
across. And of course in order to do

01:25:47.360 --> 01:25:49.416
that and make sure that those houses are

01:25:49.440 --> 01:25:51.496
still safe  not just from the river

01:25:51.520 --> 01:25:54.520
but from the the water and the rain that

01:25:54.639 --> 01:25:56.776
comes through on the other side of a

01:25:56.800 --> 01:25:59.416
levey. Um you do need to chuck those

01:25:59.440 --> 01:26:02.376
pumps in. Um this was I guess something

01:26:02.400 --> 01:26:04.135
new that I learned  when we were

01:26:04.159 --> 01:26:06.695
briefed on this the other week because

01:26:06.719 --> 01:26:09.256
um it's just hadn't occurred to me until

01:26:09.280 --> 01:26:11.416
then that oh yeah that's right the water

01:26:11.440 --> 01:26:14.440
will also have to be um pumped out from

01:26:15.360 --> 01:26:17.816
you know where it's you know rains

01:26:17.840 --> 01:26:20.840
essentially in a flood um situation. So

01:26:21.520 --> 01:26:24.520
um all in all it's a um f great design

01:26:25.840 --> 01:26:27.976
um and I hope my fellow counselors

01:26:28.000 --> 01:26:30.456
support it. Thank you.

01:26:30.480 --> 01:26:33.336
Thank you. Okay.

01:26:33.360 --> 01:26:35.896
Do we have any other speakers?

01:26:35.920 --> 01:26:38.920
Councelor Zobec.

01:26:44.000 --> 01:26:47.000
Thank you, Mayor.

01:26:47.120 --> 01:26:49.736
Um

01:26:49.760 --> 01:26:52.215
one point um which I picked up was the

01:26:52.239 --> 01:26:55.239
fact that um according to our flood

01:26:55.920 --> 01:26:58.920
study that we um approved was.5

01:27:01.199 --> 01:27:04.199
a.5 a event and um as your document

01:27:04.880 --> 01:27:07.880
states it's a it's a one a event. So

01:27:08.480 --> 01:27:11.480
obviously I know that's um

01:27:12.320 --> 01:27:14.135
a correction that can be made but that

01:27:14.159 --> 01:27:16.215
that will be will be necessary to be

01:27:16.239 --> 01:27:18.856
made in our flood study. Um an amendment

01:27:18.880 --> 01:27:20.856
be made there.

01:27:20.880 --> 01:27:23.576
The the cost is approximately what was

01:27:23.600 --> 01:27:26.600
it somewhere here? It was um

01:27:27.280 --> 01:27:30.280
about $21.8 million to set this up. And

01:27:31.360 --> 01:27:32.856
that's

01:27:32.880 --> 01:27:35.016
that certainly will need to be funded by

01:27:35.040 --> 01:27:36.615
federal and state. That there's no way

01:27:36.639 --> 01:27:39.639
that the council can support um putting

01:27:40.239 --> 01:27:42.376
such amount of money into into this

01:27:42.400 --> 01:27:44.695
project

01:27:44.719 --> 01:27:47.719
if the if it is funded and we can build

01:27:48.560 --> 01:27:50.615
this um ley bank which certainly would

01:27:50.639 --> 01:27:53.639
would be a large bonus um and a security

01:27:54.719 --> 01:27:57.719
for what was it 275 properties.

01:27:59.520 --> 01:28:01.896
then it becomes a burden on the council.

01:28:01.920 --> 01:28:03.816
The burden to the council will be the

01:28:03.840 --> 01:28:06.840
maintenance. Um so what what will be in

01:28:07.520 --> 01:28:10.215
place in relation to the maintenance? Um

01:28:10.239 --> 01:28:11.736
now I don't know whether this has been

01:28:11.760 --> 01:28:13.256
explained in the document or there's

01:28:13.280 --> 01:28:15.736
other documents attached but the burden

01:28:15.760 --> 01:28:17.496
to the council would be to maintain the

01:28:17.520 --> 01:28:20.215
levy which will be a cost. So then is

01:28:20.239 --> 01:28:23.239
that cost then distributed on the

01:28:25.120 --> 01:28:27.816
unfortunate 275 residents that actually

01:28:27.840 --> 01:28:30.840
get a benefit often off them off the

01:28:31.120 --> 01:28:34.120
levy in relation to a special charge. So

01:28:35.120 --> 01:28:36.536
there's a lot of discussion, there's a

01:28:36.560 --> 01:28:38.776
lot of things to be finalized and worked

01:28:38.800 --> 01:28:40.776
through before this actually can become

01:28:40.800 --> 01:28:43.800
a reality. And I think um it's a good

01:28:44.000 --> 01:28:46.456
start. Um let's certainly hope that the

01:28:46.480 --> 01:28:47.816
um federal government, state government

01:28:47.840 --> 01:28:50.296
certainly fund it and um and then we can

01:28:50.320 --> 01:28:51.976
go to work and finalize the whole

01:28:52.000 --> 01:28:54.536
project. Thank you Mayor.

01:28:54.560 --> 01:28:56.296
Thank you. Do we have any other

01:28:56.320 --> 01:28:58.135
speakers?

01:28:58.159 --> 01:29:01.159
Councelor Sharrock.

01:29:02.159 --> 01:29:05.159
Thank you Mayor and um

01:29:06.960 --> 01:29:09.960
it's good to sort of see this plan

01:29:10.320 --> 01:29:12.695
functional design coming through. It's

01:29:12.719 --> 01:29:15.175
one of many steps. Obviously, there's,

01:29:15.199 --> 01:29:17.416
you know, within the document itself.

01:29:17.440 --> 01:29:18.776
You know, there's a couple stages built

01:29:18.800 --> 01:29:21.655
in. There's certainly costs around that.

01:29:21.679 --> 01:29:23.816
But 3 years ago,

01:29:23.840 --> 01:29:26.615
it was a very trying time.

01:29:26.639 --> 01:29:29.639
Like to see the amount of temporary levy

01:29:29.920 --> 01:29:31.736
that sort of got built in that short

01:29:31.760 --> 01:29:34.760
amount of time. And

01:29:35.040 --> 01:29:36.695
yeah,

01:29:36.719 --> 01:29:38.695
like the whole community to come

01:29:38.719 --> 01:29:40.695
together. It's really shown the

01:29:40.719 --> 01:29:43.719
realities of what mother nature can do

01:29:44.400 --> 01:29:47.400
and um you know and this is certainly

01:29:48.719 --> 01:29:51.336
a step of many steps to to get this

01:29:51.360 --> 01:29:53.496
right to to really save our whole

01:29:53.520 --> 01:29:56.520
community like you know in in in a lot

01:29:57.120 --> 01:29:59.336
of areas and this is one one step of

01:29:59.360 --> 01:30:02.360
many for for that particular area. um

01:30:02.800 --> 01:30:05.800
you know all of us have been affected

01:30:06.320 --> 01:30:07.976
and

01:30:08.000 --> 01:30:11.000
um you know obviously I know myself

01:30:11.280 --> 01:30:13.736
seeing a lot of this firsthand you know

01:30:13.760 --> 01:30:16.296
this is a a real step towards getting

01:30:16.320 --> 01:30:19.320
that right and um yeah certainly um yeah

01:30:21.760 --> 01:30:24.135
it's it's it's one of many steps and you

01:30:24.159 --> 01:30:26.376
know there's discussions that will be

01:30:26.400 --> 01:30:29.400
ongoing in that space and and um you

01:30:30.000 --> 01:30:31.336
know there will be a bit of fine tuning

01:30:31.360 --> 01:30:34.360
in Um but it's certainly um I believe a

01:30:35.120 --> 01:30:38.056
big step in the right direction um to

01:30:38.080 --> 01:30:41.080
you know really um you know affect

01:30:41.360 --> 01:30:44.056
affecting that but yeah thank you.

01:30:44.080 --> 01:30:46.376
Thank you.

01:30:46.400 --> 01:30:49.400
Okay um

01:30:49.520 --> 01:30:52.520
councelor Amos you reserved your right.

01:30:54.080 --> 01:30:57.016
Thank you Mayor.  yeah and I thank

01:30:57.040 --> 01:30:59.336
everyone for their contribution and 

01:30:59.360 --> 01:31:01.655
all  quite very pertinent points

01:31:01.679 --> 01:31:03.655
actually. Um just a couple of things I

01:31:03.679 --> 01:31:06.456
want to add towards the end.  pleased

01:31:06.480 --> 01:31:08.135
with the consultation that's gone on

01:31:08.159 --> 01:31:10.536
with this project. I have to say pleased

01:31:10.560 --> 01:31:13.496
with the fact that it's got fairly it's

01:31:13.520 --> 01:31:15.896
the the local race community is strongly

01:31:15.920 --> 01:31:17.655
supportive of this and they've been

01:31:17.679 --> 01:31:20.056
consulted along the way. We've certainly

01:31:20.080 --> 01:31:23.080
spoken to Dika um Parks Vic Colin Water

01:31:23.520 --> 01:31:26.520
Vic Track  Yordi Autoation um North

01:31:27.040 --> 01:31:29.976
Central Catchment Management Sy Vic SCES

01:31:30.000 --> 01:31:31.736
 sort of I guess the professionals in

01:31:31.760 --> 01:31:34.760
this area um as well.  I guess the

01:31:36.400 --> 01:31:38.215
there will be funding needed as as

01:31:38.239 --> 01:31:40.135
people have pointed out and I I think I

01:31:40.159 --> 01:31:43.159
I think just to  wanted to ensure that

01:31:44.159 --> 01:31:45.736
expectations are where they need to be

01:31:45.760 --> 01:31:47.416
particularly from a time frame point of

01:31:47.440 --> 01:31:49.336
view. There will be a lot of approvals

01:31:49.360 --> 01:31:51.496
that will be required to this. This is a

01:31:51.520 --> 01:31:53.816
very large levy you know 2 and 1 half to

01:31:53.840 --> 01:31:56.840
3 and 1/2 m high

01:31:56.880 --> 01:31:59.880
25 m wide at the base. It's going to um

01:32:01.280 --> 01:32:03.655
need the removal of a lot of trees. 

01:32:03.679 --> 01:32:05.256
there's going to be a very large

01:32:05.280 --> 01:32:08.280
footprint over 25 m by 2.6 km long. That

01:32:10.159 --> 01:32:12.615
is going to take some work to get 

01:32:12.639 --> 01:32:15.175
just the approval of that let alone the

01:32:15.199 --> 01:32:18.199
building and  and construction.  but

01:32:18.239 --> 01:32:19.896
it is a great step forward and  that

01:32:19.920 --> 01:32:22.456
community did suffer as council said

01:32:22.480 --> 01:32:25.480
during that um during the floods and um

01:32:27.040 --> 01:32:29.896
that they are as as the reporter said

01:32:29.920 --> 01:32:32.376
probably the most vulnerable  in a

01:32:32.400 --> 01:32:34.376
future flood in our community from the

01:32:34.400 --> 01:32:36.776
from an auka point of view. So thank you

01:32:36.800 --> 01:32:37.896
very much.

01:32:37.920 --> 01:32:39.736
Thank you. We'll go back to the mover

01:32:39.760 --> 01:32:41.096
council m.

01:32:41.120 --> 01:32:42.776
Yeah, thank you everyone for your

01:32:42.800 --> 01:32:45.800
comments. Um it's

01:32:46.159 --> 01:32:49.016
disaster being disaster ready is a

01:32:49.040 --> 01:32:51.416
really important place that we need to

01:32:51.440 --> 01:32:53.576
have in our minds about protecting how

01:32:53.600 --> 01:32:56.600
we protect our community. Um the

01:32:56.719 --> 01:32:59.576
challenge here is the approval process

01:32:59.600 --> 01:33:02.376
and the funding you know

01:33:02.400 --> 01:33:05.400
disaster ready fund will allocate some

01:33:05.520 --> 01:33:08.520
funds but not all funds. So there is a

01:33:08.800 --> 01:33:11.576
long long way to go here, but we have a

01:33:11.600 --> 01:33:14.600
fantastic starting point. Um, it's what

01:33:15.440 --> 01:33:17.416
our community wants and it's what we

01:33:17.440 --> 01:33:18.856
should be doing for our community. Thank

01:33:18.880 --> 01:33:19.896
you.

01:33:19.920 --> 01:33:21.655
Thank you, Council Mwood. I will take

01:33:21.679 --> 01:33:24.679
that to the vote. All those in favor?

01:33:25.040 --> 01:33:26.936
That's unanimous. That is carried. Thank

01:33:26.960 --> 01:33:29.960
you.

01:33:31.040 --> 01:33:34.040
Item 9.4.1 4.1 policy public open space

01:33:34.320 --> 01:33:37.175
provisions P107

01:33:37.199 --> 01:33:39.896
review/revoke.

01:33:39.920 --> 01:33:42.695
We have a recommendation.  do we have

01:33:42.719 --> 01:33:45.719
a motion for this?

01:33:48.239 --> 01:33:51.239
Councelor Cook

01:33:51.600 --> 01:33:52.215
as what is

01:33:52.239 --> 01:33:53.336
great as read. Thank you ma'am.

01:33:53.360 --> 01:33:55.655
Yep.  do we have a second? Councelor

01:33:55.679 --> 01:33:57.816
Amos. Councelor Cook.

01:33:57.840 --> 01:34:00.776
Thank you Mayor.  similar to the 

01:34:00.800 --> 01:34:02.936
other policies  that have just been

01:34:02.960 --> 01:34:05.960
revoked  in the agenda. Um this is

01:34:06.480 --> 01:34:09.480
another  policy just under a different

01:34:09.520 --> 01:34:12.135
um directorate  that is essentially

01:34:12.159 --> 01:34:15.159
covered by um different pieces of

01:34:15.280 --> 01:34:18.280
legislation already. And um as council

01:34:18.639 --> 01:34:21.336
Amos  said earlier in relation to the

01:34:21.360 --> 01:34:23.256
other ones, there's the same thing here

01:34:23.280 --> 01:34:24.856
in terms of just making sure there isn't

01:34:24.880 --> 01:34:27.880
the duplication of paperwork. Um

01:34:28.480 --> 01:34:31.480
 the open space um pol  reserve

01:34:34.000 --> 01:34:35.816
 policy

01:34:35.840 --> 01:34:38.840
public sorry policy public open space

01:34:38.960 --> 01:34:41.960
provision um is covered by  the um

01:34:45.679 --> 01:34:48.296
subdivision act 1988

01:34:48.320 --> 01:34:51.320
 and clause 53 in  the public open

01:34:52.960 --> 01:34:54.936
space contribution subdivision in

01:34:54.960 --> 01:34:56.615
planning scheme.

01:34:56.639 --> 01:34:58.215
um basically it's covered by the

01:34:58.239 --> 01:35:01.239
planning scheme and the subdivision act

01:35:01.520 --> 01:35:04.520
and as such our officers will um go to

01:35:06.400 --> 01:35:09.400
those first if they have any I guess 

01:35:09.920 --> 01:35:11.416
policy queries or making sure that

01:35:11.440 --> 01:35:12.936
they're following in lines with the

01:35:12.960 --> 01:35:15.960
legislation um rather than you know if

01:35:16.000 --> 01:35:17.655
my fellow councilor support this 

01:35:17.679 --> 01:35:20.376
going back to and trying to find another

01:35:20.400 --> 01:35:23.400
policy that is  essentially redundant

01:35:23.760 --> 01:35:25.736
for us to have. Thank you, ma'am.

01:35:25.760 --> 01:35:28.760
Thank you, Council Amos.

01:35:28.880 --> 01:35:29.736
Reserve my

01:35:29.760 --> 01:35:32.760
reserve. Anyone against the motion?

01:35:33.840 --> 01:35:36.840
Any other speakers?

01:35:37.920 --> 01:35:39.655
Councilless.

01:35:39.679 --> 01:35:42.536
Thanks, Mayor. I just wanted the last

01:35:42.560 --> 01:35:44.456
thing I want to say. Thanks, Councelor

01:35:44.480 --> 01:35:46.695
Cook. Um, just to confirm with people

01:35:46.719 --> 01:35:49.096
that this is not the open space

01:35:49.120 --> 01:35:51.816
strategy. It is the

01:35:51.840 --> 01:35:53.576
um

01:35:53.600 --> 01:35:56.056
the

01:35:56.080 --> 01:35:59.080
the um open space provision

01:36:00.159 --> 01:36:03.159
um sorry the

01:36:06.719 --> 01:36:08.695
it's the open space provision and

01:36:08.719 --> 01:36:10.056
associated open space reserves

01:36:10.080 --> 01:36:11.736
guidelines which is part of the planning

01:36:11.760 --> 01:36:13.655
scheme. That's all I just wanted to add.

01:36:13.679 --> 01:36:14.376
Thanks.

01:36:14.400 --> 01:36:16.376
Thank you. We'll go back to councelor

01:36:16.400 --> 01:36:17.175
Cook.

01:36:17.199 --> 01:36:19.896
All good. Apologies um if I misspoke

01:36:19.920 --> 01:36:22.296
earlier  in terms of what it was

01:36:22.320 --> 01:36:24.695
called.  council Amos is correct. 

01:36:24.719 --> 01:36:26.056
happy for you to take it to the vote.

01:36:26.080 --> 01:36:26.536
Please be

01:36:26.560 --> 01:36:28.296
no worries. Thank you. We'll take that

01:36:28.320 --> 01:36:31.016
to the vote. All those in favor?

01:36:31.040 --> 01:36:33.175
That's unanimous. That is carried. Thank

01:36:33.199 --> 01:36:34.776
you.

01:36:34.800 --> 01:36:37.800
Item 9.5.1 notes of appreciation. Do we

01:36:38.719 --> 01:36:41.719
have a mover?

01:36:42.159 --> 01:36:45.159
Council Sharrock.  as read. Yes. And

01:36:46.320 --> 01:36:49.320
yep. a second.

01:36:52.400 --> 01:36:55.400
Councelor German, Councelor Sharrock.

01:36:56.560 --> 01:36:59.560
Thank you, man. And thank you to all the

01:37:00.960 --> 01:37:02.376
members of the community that's actually

01:37:02.400 --> 01:37:04.615
gone through and

01:37:04.639 --> 01:37:07.639
taken their time out to actually

01:37:07.760 --> 01:37:10.456
um yeah, mention. And it's it's really

01:37:10.480 --> 01:37:12.215
great to sort of see the sheer amount of

01:37:12.239 --> 01:37:15.239
people that have actually said you hey

01:37:16.320 --> 01:37:18.695
this is what we've really been

01:37:18.719 --> 01:37:20.936
recognized and and what's been done in

01:37:20.960 --> 01:37:23.816
that and I really thank you for yeah you

01:37:23.840 --> 01:37:26.376
know what those notes coming through

01:37:26.400 --> 01:37:29.400
even um yeah one I'd like to really

01:37:30.320 --> 01:37:33.320
touch on is

01:37:34.000 --> 01:37:35.976
um under point number 11 Bernie from

01:37:36.000 --> 01:37:38.215
Rushworth Bernie emailed to the council

01:37:38.239 --> 01:37:41.239
I feel that I should report. So what a

01:37:41.360 --> 01:37:43.095
wonderful job for the two gardeners do

01:37:43.119 --> 01:37:46.119
at Rushworth. They do a a great job and

01:37:48.639 --> 01:37:51.639
the garden and lawns in the around town

01:37:51.840 --> 01:37:54.695
are a credit. I see them washing the

01:37:54.719 --> 01:37:56.615
rubbish bins and there's no rubbish

01:37:56.639 --> 01:37:58.695
lying about. They always seem to be busy

01:37:58.719 --> 01:38:00.856
and very polite and pleasant to speak

01:38:00.880 --> 01:38:03.256
with. They do deserve to be recognized

01:38:03.280 --> 01:38:05.256
by the SH for what a wonderful job they

01:38:05.280 --> 01:38:08.215
do. They're great ambassadors for the SH

01:38:08.239 --> 01:38:11.239
and so yeah, thanks heaps for taking the

01:38:11.600 --> 01:38:14.600
time to give us the heads up and and let

01:38:14.960 --> 01:38:17.496
us know that and yeah, as you can see

01:38:17.520 --> 01:38:20.296
like right across there's many areas

01:38:20.320 --> 01:38:23.320
within the whole region of Compass that

01:38:24.239 --> 01:38:27.239
um have been written in there to

01:38:27.679 --> 01:38:30.679
say you know thank you and really yeah

01:38:31.360 --> 01:38:32.776
appreciate that coming through. Thank

01:38:32.800 --> 01:38:35.800
you ma'am. Thank you, Council J.

01:38:37.280 --> 01:38:39.095
Thanks, Mayor. Um, just quickly, I was

01:38:39.119 --> 01:38:42.056
just reading through them today and it's

01:38:42.080 --> 01:38:43.655
really a cross-section. Everything from

01:38:43.679 --> 01:38:45.576
dust suppression to librarians to

01:38:45.600 --> 01:38:48.296
customer service to the garden people.

01:38:48.320 --> 01:38:50.856
Um, what have we done for pickle ball,

01:38:50.880 --> 01:38:53.095
generous contribution,

01:38:53.119 --> 01:38:55.175
it's it's a bit of a metaphor document

01:38:55.199 --> 01:38:58.199
for how wide and varied our staff touch

01:39:00.960 --> 01:39:03.816
the community. And to me, u it isn't

01:39:03.840 --> 01:39:05.496
always a positive, um, part of the

01:39:05.520 --> 01:39:07.336
meeting, so I won't drag it on, but

01:39:07.360 --> 01:39:09.896
there's some great, um, comments in

01:39:09.920 --> 01:39:11.736
there from genuine people that just made

01:39:11.760 --> 01:39:13.736
the effort to thank people who helped

01:39:13.760 --> 01:39:15.336
them or sorted something out. And I

01:39:15.360 --> 01:39:17.095
think that's something that, um, as

01:39:17.119 --> 01:39:19.416
counselors, this is the outcomes that

01:39:19.440 --> 01:39:21.256
when we sit here on a Tuesday night once

01:39:21.280 --> 01:39:22.695
a month, this is actually when it makes

01:39:22.719 --> 01:39:24.536
a difference to people on the day-to-day

01:39:24.560 --> 01:39:26.376
basis. Well done, everyone who received

01:39:26.400 --> 01:39:27.976
one.

01:39:28.000 --> 01:39:30.376
Anyone against the motion?

01:39:30.400 --> 01:39:33.400
Any other speakers? Councelor Cook.

01:39:33.760 --> 01:39:36.760
Thank you, Mayor. Um,  to reiterate,

01:39:36.880 --> 01:39:39.880
it is fantastic to read, um, the, 

01:39:40.080 --> 01:39:41.736
notes of appreciation that we have

01:39:41.760 --> 01:39:44.296
received. Um, every now and then I have

01:39:44.320 --> 01:39:47.175
someone come up to me, um, just out in

01:39:47.199 --> 01:39:49.256
the community and, you know, say

01:39:49.280 --> 01:39:50.536
something positive that's happened to

01:39:50.560 --> 01:39:52.776
council. And I always urge them to put

01:39:52.800 --> 01:39:54.936
in a note of appreciation and you know

01:39:54.960 --> 01:39:57.416
email us or call in or however you want

01:39:57.440 --> 01:40:00.135
to tell us your appreciation because um

01:40:00.159 --> 01:40:01.976
then we get to you know have it in the

01:40:02.000 --> 01:40:04.215
agenda and read it um at the council

01:40:04.239 --> 01:40:07.239
meeting. Um and so I do hope that um

01:40:08.239 --> 01:40:10.456
more members of the public if they

01:40:10.480 --> 01:40:12.296
notice something that we're doing well

01:40:12.320 --> 01:40:15.320
um do let us know um so that we can read

01:40:15.600 --> 01:40:17.256
it out here because they are very

01:40:17.280 --> 01:40:18.776
appreciated.

01:40:18.800 --> 01:40:21.655
Very good. Any

01:40:21.679 --> 01:40:24.456
other speakers? I would just like to say

01:40:24.480 --> 01:40:26.615
that I actually went to the pickle ball

01:40:26.639 --> 01:40:29.639
um um at the Chuga Stadium. There was um

01:40:30.960 --> 01:40:32.776
from Bendigo and Denilikin and

01:40:32.800 --> 01:40:34.456
Sheperdan. So it was very good to see

01:40:34.480 --> 01:40:37.480
the pickle ball people  put it

01:40:37.760 --> 01:40:40.296
together. Um I didn't get to stay for

01:40:40.320 --> 01:40:43.320
long, but it was very entertaining. So

01:40:43.440 --> 01:40:46.440
 no but I have I have been had a

01:40:46.560 --> 01:40:48.695
coaching lesson by  the principal of

01:40:48.719 --> 01:40:51.336
the juke of pickle ball team. Thank you

01:40:51.360 --> 01:40:53.256
lovely.  we'll go back to councelor

01:40:53.280 --> 01:40:55.976
Sharrock.

01:40:56.000 --> 01:40:58.936
Thank you ma'am and just want to sort of

01:40:58.960 --> 01:41:01.655
finish off. Look, I mean it's it's it's

01:41:01.679 --> 01:41:03.736
awesome to really see that the sheer

01:41:03.760 --> 01:41:06.135
amount of people that have actually

01:41:06.159 --> 01:41:09.159
stepped out and said, "Hey, um you know,

01:41:09.600 --> 01:41:11.576
like for for what they've come back with

01:41:11.600 --> 01:41:14.376
and said and even like on that first

01:41:14.400 --> 01:41:16.536
point, what Peter from Kyra Council

01:41:16.560 --> 01:41:17.976
received a call from Peter to thank

01:41:18.000 --> 01:41:20.135
customer service team for organizing

01:41:20.159 --> 01:41:21.655
with the waste contractor for a green

01:41:21.679 --> 01:41:23.816
bin to be recollected when it was

01:41:23.840 --> 01:41:25.655
missed." She was very appreciative that

01:41:25.679 --> 01:41:28.296
it was emptied on a separate run. So,

01:41:28.320 --> 01:41:31.175
you know, really great to sort of see

01:41:31.199 --> 01:41:34.199
um a member of our community going

01:41:34.480 --> 01:41:36.776
through and taking the time to give that

01:41:36.800 --> 01:41:39.496
recognition. So, um thank you. Very

01:41:39.520 --> 01:41:40.856
good. We'll put that to the vote. All

01:41:40.880 --> 01:41:43.816
those in favor, that is unanimous. That

01:41:43.840 --> 01:41:46.456
is carried. Thank you very much.

01:41:46.480 --> 01:41:49.336
 item 10, urgent business.  there's

01:41:49.360 --> 01:41:51.736
been nil received.

01:41:51.760 --> 01:41:54.760
 item 11, confidential business.

01:41:56.159 --> 01:41:59.159
Okay. Items 11.1 and 11.2 and 11.3

01:42:00.480 --> 01:42:03.175
contain council business information as

01:42:03.199 --> 01:42:06.199
defined under section 3 1A of the local

01:42:06.880 --> 01:42:09.655
government act 2020. Council business

01:42:09.679 --> 01:42:11.816
information being information that would

01:42:11.840 --> 01:42:14.215
prejudice the council's position in

01:42:14.239 --> 01:42:17.095
commercial negotiations if prematurely

01:42:17.119 --> 01:42:19.095
released. This section applies because

01:42:19.119 --> 01:42:20.936
the matter concerns contracts around

01:42:20.960 --> 01:42:22.615
which negotiations have not been

01:42:22.639 --> 01:42:24.856
finalized. It would be prejudice the

01:42:24.880 --> 01:42:27.016
council's position in the negotiations

01:42:27.040 --> 01:42:28.615
if it were released prior to the

01:42:28.639 --> 01:42:31.639
decision being made.

01:42:33.119 --> 01:42:36.119
Do we have a motion? Yes. You need to

01:42:37.760 --> 01:42:40.760
read that one out. Council Johns.

01:42:51.760 --> 01:42:54.456
Oh yes. Thank Thank you.

01:42:54.480 --> 01:42:56.776
Um that pursuant to the provisions of

01:42:56.800 --> 01:42:59.800
the local government act  2020 the act

01:43:00.080 --> 01:43:01.655
the meeting will now be closed to

01:43:01.679 --> 01:43:03.496
members of the public in accordance with

01:43:03.520 --> 01:43:06.520
section 66 bracket 2 bracket A of the

01:43:07.840 --> 01:43:10.615
act to enable considerations to be given

01:43:10.639 --> 01:43:13.336
to items that contain confidential

01:43:13.360 --> 01:43:15.736
information as defined in sections 3

01:43:15.760 --> 01:43:18.760
bracket one bracket A of the act.

01:43:19.040 --> 01:43:21.016
Okay. Would we have somebody councelor

01:43:21.040 --> 01:43:22.856
Amos?

01:43:22.880 --> 01:43:25.880
Okay. Um

01:43:26.239 --> 01:43:28.456
I was going to ask the members of the P

01:43:28.480 --> 01:43:31.480
the council Amos seconded. Yes.

01:43:37.360 --> 01:43:40.135
Yes.  we'll take that to the vote.

01:43:40.159 --> 01:43:43.159
Thank you. All those in favor. Thank

01:43:43.199 --> 01:43:45.095
you.

01:43:45.119 --> 01:43:47.655
That is carried. Thank you. Thank you,

01:43:47.679 --> 01:43:50.679
Councilor Amos. Okay, we will now ask

01:43:50.880 --> 01:43:52.376
the members of the public to leave the

01:43:52.400 --> 01:43:55.016
meeting.

01:43:55.040 --> 01:43:58.040
Item 12, the close of the meeting. We

01:43:58.080 --> 01:43:59.736
have now concluded the business of the

01:43:59.760 --> 01:44:01.416
meeting. So, now I declare the meeting

01:44:01.440 --> 01:44:03.896
closed at 8:13

01:44:03.920 --> 01:44:06.920
p.m.