Minutes of Special Council Meeting - Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Minutes

Mayor Roberts declared the meeting open at 6:00pm and reads the prayer.

Good evening Councillors, staff, ladies and gentlemen, we wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we are meeting on, the Whadjuk people. We would like to pay respect to the Elders of the Nyoongar nation, past and present, who have walked and cared for the land and we acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contributions made to the life of this city and this region and I invite you to bow your head in prayer:

Lord, We ask for your blessing upon our City, our community and our Council. Guide us in our decision making to act fairly, without fear or favour and with compassion, integrity and honesty. May we show true leadership, be inclusive of all, and guide the City of Wanneroo to a prosperous future that all may share. We ask this in your name. Amen

Please refer to agenda for details of full reports and attachments.

Item 1 Attendance

TRACEY ROBERTS, JP Mayor

Councillors:

NATALIE SANGALLI North Coast Ward

LINDA AITKEN, JP North Coast Ward

SONET COETZEE North Coast Ward

CHRIS BAKER North Coast Ward

LEWIS FLOOD North Coast Ward

FRANK CVITAN, JP Central Ward

JACQUELINE HUNTLEY Central Ward

PAUL MILES Central Ward

DOT NEWTON, JP Central Ward

GLYNIS PARKER South Ward

HUGH NGUYEN South Ward

BRETT TREBY South Ward

DOMENIC ZAPPA South Ward

Officers:

DANIEL SIMMS Chief Executive Officer

MARK DICKSON Director, Planning & Sustainability

HARMINDER SINGH Director, Assets

DEBBIE TERELINCK Director, Community & Place

NOELENE JENNINGS Director, Corporate Strategy & Performance

MUSTAFA YILDIZ Manager Governance & Legal

NATASHA SMART Manager, Council & Corporate Support

NATSHA MUTCH Manager, Communication Brand

MADONNA ILIFFE Minute Officer

Item 2 Apologies and Leave of Absence

VINH NGUYEN South Ward (apology)

There were six members of the public and one member of the press in attendance.

Item 3 Public Question Time

Nil

Item 4 Reports

Declarations of Interest by Council Members, including the nature and extent of the interest. Declaration of Interest forms to be completed and handed to the Chief Executive Officer.

Cr Treby declared an impartiality interest in Item SCS01-05/21 due to being a continuing Council Member at the October 2021 elections and the motion proposes that he will be allocated to the newly proposed South Ward. (HPE21/219216)

Cr Baker declared an impartiality interest in Item SCS01-05/21 due to being a continuing Council Member at the October 2021 elections and the motion proposes that he will be allocated to the newly proposed North Ward.

Cr Cvitan declared an impartiality interest in Item SCS01-05/21 due to being a continuing Council Member at the October 2021 elections and the motion proposes that he will be allocated to the newly proposed Central Ward.

Cr Parker declared an impartiality interest in Item SCS01-05/21 due to being a continuing Council Member at the October 2021 elections and the motion proposes that she will be allocated to the newly proposed North-East Ward.

Cr Sangalli declared an impartiality interest in Item SCS01-05/21 due to being a continuing Council Member at the October 2021 elections and the motion proposes that she will be allocated to the newly proposed Central-West Ward.

Mayor Roberts declared an impartiality interest in Item SCS01-05/21 due to being a continuing Council Member at the October 2021 elections.

Cr Huntley declared an impartiality interest in Item SCS01-05/21 due to being a continuing Council Member at the October 2021 elections and the motion proposes that she will be allocated to the newly proposed Central-East Ward.

Corporate Strategy & Performance

Council & Corporate Support

SCS01-05/21 Consideration of Principles for the Allocation of Continuing Councillors to New Wards

File Ref: 41102V02 – 21/210966

Responsible Officer: Director, Corporate Strategy & Performance

Disclosure of Interest: Nil

Attachments: 2

Moved Cr Newton, Seconded Cr Parker

That Council BY ABSOLUTE MAJORITY:

1. APPROVES the tiered three principle system outlined in this report, to be applied for the allocation of continuing Councillors to new wards following the City of Wanneroo 2020 Review of Wards and Representation as follows:

a) Principle 1 - Order of retirement from office of Councillors (Schedule 4.2 of the Local Government Act 1995);

b) Principle 2 - Commonality with the ward for which a continuing Councillor was initially elected;

c) Principle 3 - New ward proximity to residential property of continuing Councillor;

2. AUTHORISES the Chief Executive Officer to advise the Local Government Advisory Board, through the Department of Local Government, Sports and Cultural Industries, of the proposed allocation of continuing Councillors as an outcome of the application of the tiered three principle system.

Motion to Amend

Moved Cr Huntley, Seconded Cr Baker

That part 1(c) of the recommendation be amended to add new tiered sub-principles as follows:

That Council BY ABSOLUTE MAJORITY:

a) Principle 1 - Order of retirement from office of Councillors (Schedule 4.2 of the Local Government Act 1995);

b) Principle 2 - Commonality with the ward for which a continuing Councillor was initially elected;

c) Principle 3;

i. residential property of continuing Councillor being located within a new ward;

ii. proximity of residential property of continuing Councillor within a straight line distance to a new ward;

Procedural Motion

Moved Cr Baker, Seconded Cr Aitken

That an extension of time to speak be granted to Cr Huntley for three minutes.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

Cr Domenic Zappa left the meeting, the time being 6:56pm

Cr Domenic Zappa returned to the meeting, the time being 6:57pm

Procedural Motion to Adjourn

Moved Cr Zappa, Seconded Cr Treby

That Council adjourn the meeting for ten minutes to allow external guests to present to the Audit & Risk Committee Members on item 4.1 on the Audit & Risk Committee Agenda.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

In accordance with Standing Orders Local Law 2008 part 7.6 the Council Members who spoke to Item SCS01-05/21 prior to the Motion to adjourn were: Cr Huntley,
Cr Baker, Cr Parker, Cr Aitken, Cr Newton, Cr Treby and Cr Miles.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:58pm

Mayor Roberts declared the meeting open at 7:08pm

Procedural Motion to Resume Debate

Moved Cr Newton, Seconded Cr Treby

That debate on the proposed amendment to Item SCS01-05/21 be resumed.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

The debate resumed at 7:08pm

The Motion to Amend was put and

lost

6/8

For the motion: Cr Aitken, Cr Baker, Cr Coetzee, Cr Huntley, Cr Miles and
Cr H Nguyen

Against the motion: Cr Cvitan, Cr Flood, Cr Newton, Cr Parker, Mayor Roberts,
Cr Sangalli, Cr Treby and Cr Zappa

The Substantive Motion was put and

Carried BY ABSOLUTE MAJORITy

14/0

Item 5 Confidential

Nil

Item 6 Late Reports

Nil

Item 7 Date of Next Meeting

The next Council Members’ Briefing Session has been scheduled for 6:00pm on Tuesday 8 June 2021, to be held at Council Chambers, Civic Centre, 23 Dundebar Road, Wanneroo.

Item 8 Closure

There being no further business, Mayor Roberts closed the meeting at 7:20pm.

In Attendance

TRACEY ROBERTS, JP Mayor

Councillors:

NATALIE SANGALLI North Coast Ward

LINDA AITKEN, JP North Coast Ward

SONET COETZEE North Coast Ward

CHRIS BAKER North Coast Ward

LEWIS FLOOD North Coast Ward

FRANK CVITAN, JP Central Ward

JACQUELINE HUNTLEY Central Ward

PAUL MILES Central Ward

DOT NEWTON, JP Central Ward

GLYNIS PARKER South Ward

HUGH NGUYEN South Ward

BRETT TREBY South Ward

DOMENIC ZAPPA South Ward

Appendix 1 Special Council Agenda – 25 May 2021

Attached is a copy of the Special Council Agenda for 25 May 2021 as required by the Local Government Regulations Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2020 11(g) “Minutes, content of -“The content of minutes of a meeting of a council or a committee is to include…. (g) each document attached to an agenda relating to a council or committee meeting unless the meeting or that part of the meeting to which the documents refers is closed to members of the public”.