Download - CRJO Board Meeting #4 - Draft Board Minutes 15 February 2019 · 2019-02-24 · CRJO Board Meeting #4/18: 15 February 2018 MINUTES 1 Meeting Opened: 9.24am 1. Welcome and Introductions

CRJOBoardMeeting#4/18:15February2018MINUTES

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MeetingOpened:9.24am

1.WelcomeandIntroductions

MemberCouncils

BegaValleyShireCouncil CrKristyMcBainLeanneBarnes

EurobodallaShireCouncil CrLizInnesLindsayUsher

GoulburnMulwareeCouncil CrBobKirkWarwickBennett

HilltopsCouncil CrBrianIngramDrEdwinaMarks

Queanbeyan-PalerangRegionalCouncil CrMarkSchweikertPeterTegart

SnowyValleysCouncil CrGeoffPritchardPhilStone

SnowyMonaroRegionalCouncil CrJohnRooneyPeterBascomb

UpperLachlanShireCouncil CrJohnStaffordJohnBell

WingecarribeeShireCouncil

CrDuncanGairAnnPrendergast

YassValleyCouncil CrRowenaAbbey(Chair)

AssociateMembers

ACTGovernment SamEngeleDavidClapham

WaggaWaggaCityCouncil CrGregConkeyOAM

AlsoPresent

CRJO DavidRoweGabrielleCusack

NSWGovernment JamesBolton

VictorianCross-BorderCommissioner

LukeWilson

SnowyHydro DeanLynch



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Apologies

EastGippslandShireCouncil CrNatalieO’ConnellAnthonyBasford

Queanbeyan-PalerangRegionalCouncil CrTimOverall

EurobodallaShireCouncil DrCatherineDale

WaggaWaggaCityCouncil PeterThompson

CanberraAirport NoelMcCann

YassValleyCouncil SharonHutch

SnowyValleysCouncil CrJamesHayesOAMMatthewHyde

2.UrgentItems–LateBusiness

RESOLUTION54/2018

ThattheissueoftheSnowyLegacyFundbedealtwithasanitemofurgentbusiness.

MSchweikert/BIngram

NB:thisismatterisdealtwithunderResolution70/2018

3.ConfirmationofMinutes–7December2018

RESOLUTION55/2018

TheminutesfromtheCRJOBoardmeeting#3/18of7December2018wereconfirmed.KMcBain/BKirk

4.CRJOMembership

RESOLUTION56/2018

1. ThatSnowyValleysCouncilbeformallyacceptedasfullmemberoftheCanberraRegionJointOrganisation.

2. ThatdiscussionscontinuewithSnowyHydroinrelationtotheframeworktobecomingan

AffiliatememberoftheCRJO.

3. GMACprepareareporttotheBoardontermsofAffiliatemembershiprelatingtoCorporateBodies.

KMcBain/MSchweikert


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5.DRAFTStatementofStrategicRegionalPriorities

RESOLUTION57/2018

ThattheStatementofRegionalPrioritiesbeadopted.

LInnes/BKirk

6.DRAFTCRJOStrategicPlan2019-2021

RESOLUTION58/2018

thattheCRJOStrategicPlan2019-2021beadoptedThattheStrategicPlan2019-2021beadoptedwithminordataamendments.

BIngram/DGair

7.CRJOVisionRESOLUTION59/2018

Thedraftvisionstatementbelowisendorsedin-principleforfurtherconsiderationatthenextmeeting

“Weare…..Vibrant,Connected,Creative……………simplyirresistible”

LInnes/KMcBain

8.RegionalNSWJONetwork

RESOLUTION60/2018

1. ThattheBoardagreetoputforwardthefollowingissuesforconsideringbytheJONetworkforitsnextmeetingtobeheldon7March2019:

a. OngoingfundingforJOb. BiodiversitylegislationandRMSc. Government2.0(serviceNSW+DPEportal)d. Pensionrebates

2. CRJOmembersprovideanyfurthersuggestionstoCEOorChairpriorto7March2019.

LInnes/BIngram

9.PaymentofMembershipFeesRESOLUTION61/2018

1. Thattherevisedpolicybeadopted.

2. ThattheBoardnoteGMAC’sviewthatthefeesoutlinedinthepolicy(a) arerecompenseforworkasaBoardmemberandarenotconsideredtobea‘gift’or

benefitunderthe‘CodeofConduct’(b) donotneedtobedisclosedasan‘interest’underPart4oftheModelCodeof

Conduct.

3. ThatCRJOlodgeasubmissiontotheLocalGovernmentRemunerationTribunalrequestingthatfeesforJointOrganisationBoardmembersbeincludedinthe2019DeterminationandtheLocalGovernmentActbeamendedasrequired.

BKirk/GPritchard


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10.CRJOBoardMeetingDates

RESOLUTION62/2018

1. ThatCRJOBoardresolvetochangeBoardmeetingdatesandlocationsfor2019

BOARDMEETING-THURSDAY/FRIDAY

LOCATION

2019

1 14-15February WaggaWagga

2 23-24May Canberra

3 12-13September Sydney

4 5-6December Tumut(SnowyHydro)

ANDthattheformatfortheBoardmeetingsbe;

a. Thursday-inspections,presentationsandeveningdinnerb. Friday-BoardMeeting(meetingAgendaitemsonly)

JRooney/BKirk

11.ModelCodeofConduct

RESOLUTION63/2018

Thatthe2018ModelCodeofConductandProceduresforAdministrationoftheModelCodeofConductbeadoptedbytheCRJO.

BKirk/MSchweikert12.CRJOAdvocacyReport

RESOLUTIONS64/2018

1. Thatthereportbenoted,andthevalueofadvocacyberecognised.

2. ThatitbenotedtheCRJOwilldevelopan‘advocacystrategy’aspartofanoverall‘engagementframework’.

DGair/JStafford

13.ElectionAdvocacyRESOLUTION65/2018

ThatanElectionAdvocacydocumentbepreparedonthefollowingtopics:

A. RepairFederalFundingtoLocalGovernmentB. RealisetheProductivePotentialofAustralia’sFreightRoutesC. BoostSafetyonLocalRoadsD. PromoteHealthierCommunities


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E. SupportCommunitiesontheirDigitalTransformationJourneysF. PromoteEquitableaccesstoCommunityServicesG. ProtectCommunitiesfromImpactofNaturalDisasterH. WasteandRecycling

KMcBain/JRooney

14.FinanceReportRESOLUTION66/2018

Thatthefinancereportbenoted.

BIngram/BKirk

15.BiodiversityReformsCapacity

RESOLUTION67/2018

1. ThatthebenefitsthattheBiodiversitySupportOfficerprovidestoCouncilsbeacknowledged.2. ThattheNSWGovernmentberequestedtoextendthecurrentfundingprogramby3yearsto31

December2022.3. Thatsupportforextensionoftheprogrambesoughtfromotherorganisationsthatcurrently

auspiceBiodiversitySupportOfficers.4. GMACfacilitateaforumtoexaminethebiodiversityissuesincludingbiodiversityoffsetsacross

cross-bordersintheregiontoprepareapaperforconsiderationbytheBoard.

LInnes/BKirk

16.CoastalCatchmentManagement

RESOLUTION68/2018

ThatBegaValleyShireCouncilandEurobodallaShireCouncilmeetwithrepresentativesoftheSouthEastLocalLandServicestofurtherexploretheoptionsinrelationtoCoastalCatchmentManagementandreportbacktotheBoard.

LInnes/KMcBain

17.OfficeofSportUpdateRESOLUTION69/2018

1. NotethattheOfficeofSportwillbeliaisingwiththeCRJOregardingthedevelopmentofasustainablegovernancemodelfortheSouthEastAcademyofSport.

2. ReceiveandnotethereportontheSESAfromtheOfficeofSport.

BKirk/DGair


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18.FutureFundingforRegionalCouncilsRESOLUTION70/2018

1. ThattheCRJOnotetheinitialprioritiesfortheSnowyLegacyFund*ProvidingWaterSecurityinprioritycatchments*Improvingrail&roadpassengertransportconnections*Improvingfreightlinkages*ImprovingdigitalconnectivityacrossregionalNSW*Activatingregionallocationsforincreasedbusinessinvestment

2. ThatCRJOliaisewithDPCtopreparea‘snowyplan’tomanagerisksandactivateopportunitiesemergingintheLGA’sintheregionfromtheconstructionofSnowy2.0.

3. ThattheCRJOadvocatetotheStateGovernmenttocreateaFuturesFundforRegionalCouncils

fromtheproceedsofsaleofSnowySchemetofundlocalgovernmentassets.BIngram/BKirk

19.SouthernLightsProjectRESOLUTION71/2018

Thattheupdatebenoted.

KMcBain/MSchweikert

20.CRJOActionListRESOLUTION72/2018

ThattheCRJOActionlistbenoted.

DGair/MSchweikert

NextMeeting:Thursday23&24May2019–Canberra

RESOLUTION73/2018

ThatWaggaWaggaCityCouncilbythankedforhostingtheCRJOtourandmeeting.

LInnes/DGair

MeetingClosed:11.20am