Council Decides: April Ordinary Meeting 2025

Published on 09 April 2025

Welcome to our April issue of “Council Decides”, where we update you on the decisions and discussions of the Lismore City Council’s monthly Council meeting.

The business papers and attachments for the meeting can be found here

PUBLIC ACCESS

Two people spoke on two topics during Public Access

• One speaker spoke in favour of Council providing a letter of support for the Bexhill Quarry Parklands Association
• One speaker spoke in favour of the purchase of the former Vinnies Building at 40 Cullen St, Nimbin

   

  REPORTS OF THE GENERAL MANAGER

  Councillors resolved to:

• adopt and publish on Council’s website the site-specific Development Control Plan chapter for the proposed urban release area at 1055 Bruxner Highway, Goonellabah
• receive and note the March 2025 Investments Report

• Councillors resolved to:

  NOTICES OF MOTION/QUESTIONS WITH NOTICE

Councillors resolved to:

• receive the Mayoral Attendance Report for March 2025
• write a letter supporting the Bexhill Quarry Parklands Association and contact Crown Lands to request a review indicating how any ongoing risks may be addressed to allow public access
• include 40 Cullen Street, Nimbin, in the upcoming Council Property Strategic Review to assess the opportunity to provide cultural, community and economic significance to Nimbin, and inform St Vincent’s de Paul that an assessment of 40 Cullen St is being included in Council’s Property Strategy Review
• ·organise CBD flood-response planning sessions in late November each year, inviting experienced flood and weather forecasters from the local Lismore SES unit and the BOM to speak about expectations, to assist attendees to better understand and prepare for flood and weather events regularly experienced in the Lismore area
• request Council staff action the previous resolution of Council requiring the establishment of a Disaster Management Committee prior to the end of the current financial year
• ·organise an open public consultation session to consider and identify solutions to any local crime concerns, inviting our Federal and State MPs, police, ambulance and hospital representatives and, as well as local security firms, to contribute to the discussion and to help resolve any issues, and write to our State Member to seek funding for the implementation of the Police, Clinical, Early, Response (PACER) program in Lismore

CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS

Councillors resolved to:

• accept the quote from Workways Australia (T/A Envite Environment) and delegate authority to the General Manager to enter and administer the contract.
• Accept the tender to form an un-ranked panel of approved providers from the following suppliers for Tender T422425RTC on a Schedule of Rates based contract: a. Boral Resources, b. Graham’s Concrete, c. Holcim, and that the panel be awarded for an initial period of three (3) years, with an optional extension of two (2) one (1) year extensions, commencing on 9 April 2025
• Council accepts the tender from the following suppliers for Tender T2025-07 (REGPRO402425) on a Schedule of Rates based contract for Supply and Installation of Road Safety Barriers: a. A1 Highways, b. GRI Road Services, c. Road Safety Barriers, d. Irwin Family Trust, and that the panel be awarded for an initial period from 9 April 2025 to 31 March 2028 with a provision for two, 1-year extensions based on satisfactory supplier performance, which may take this contract through to 31 March 2030
• ·note the resignation of Mr Jon Gibbons as Lismore City Council’s, General Manager and thanks him for his dedicated service to the organisation and community, appoints Eber Butron as the Council’s Acting General Manager, effective 3 May 2025, pursuant to sections 336 and 351 of the Local Government Act 1993, with such person to remain as the Council’s Acting General Manager for a maximum of 12 months until the Council appoints a new General Manager or until a further decision of Council to appoint a different Acting General Manager, whichever occurs first, and that the total remuneration package for the Acting General Manager is the same as the package for the former General Manager