Council Decides: February 2025 Ordinary Meeting

Published on 12 February 2025

Welcome to our February “Council Decides” issue, 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

Three people spoke on three topics during Public Access

• One speaker spoke against a proposed sub-division in Clunes
• One person spoke against the proposed Property Strategy
• One person spoke in favour of Council providing funding to the Lismore Chamber of Commerce
  
  

  MAYORAL MINUTE(S) AND CONDOLENCE MOTIONS

  Councillors resolved to:

  • confirm the minutes of the Lismore City Council held on 19 December 2024 and 10 December 2024

   

  REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  Councillors resolved to:

• receive and adopt the recommendations for the Lismore Flood Risk Management Committee
• receive and adopt the minutes of the Australia Day Awards committee
• adopt the Code of Meeting Practice Review

   

  MATTERS ARISING

  Councillors resolved to:

   

  • note the responses to Questions on Notice
  • adopt the Code of Meeting Practice as attached to the business papers, with the inclusion that Public Access is livestreamed

   

  REPORTS OF THE GENERAL MANAGER

  Councillors resolved to:

• request the General Manager develop a Property Strategy, and an implementation model to implement the findings of the Property Strategy and include options for Council office presence in the CBD, that the property strategy and implementation model be brought back to Council and priority be given to find a suitable location for the Richmond River Historical Society
• support the Planning Proposal for 1055 and 1055A Bruxner Highway, Goonellabah for amendments to the Local Environmental Plan, send the Planning Proposal and accompanying maps and studies, to the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure for finalisation in accordance with the Gateway determination and the General Manager finalise and signs the Voluntary Planning Agreement.
• receive and endorse the Delivery Program Progress Report from July to December 2024
• adopt the December 2024 Quarterly Budget Review Statement and approve the recommended variations
• note and receive the Investments for December 2024 and January 2025
• receive the Pecuniary Interest Returns report and acknowledge the tabled Pecuniary Interest Returns.
• confirm delegates for the 2025 ALGA National General Assembly are Crs Krieg, Hall, Dalton-Earls and Knights-Smith, (2) voting delegated is Cr Krieg

NOTICES OF MOTION

 Councillors resolved to:

• received the Mayoral Attendance Report for December 2024 and January 2025
• name the unnamed bridge on Wilson Street South, South Lismore, the “Lenny Perren Bridge”
• bring a report to the Council outlining the structure, objectives and operational framework for establishing a Youth Advisory Group (YAG) with a focus on best practices from surrounding councils who have established a YAG
• allocate annual funding to Business Lismore commencing in the 2024-2025 Operational Plan on a similar basis to the funding allocated annually to the Nimbin Chamber of Commerce be prepared for consideration by council at the March Council meeting
• repeal Policy Number 3.1.1 Definition of Nuclear Free Peace Zone Policy

CONFIDENTIAL SESSION

When Council had resumed, the Mayor reported that the following had been resolved:

• accept the tender T24/26 for the redevelopment of damaged recreation courts to multi-purpose courts - Perradenya Estate
• accept tender T24/32 for the I.T. disaster recovery solution