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B
A
A
Members
welcome
to
some
some
new
members
and
in
particular
to
Richard
Harbord
over
here.
Richard
is
our
first
independent
expert
addition
to
audit
committee.
This
is
a
new
appointment
according
to
sit
for
guidance,
which
is
a
wealth
of
expertise
in
local
government
Finance.
Having
worked
as
a
section
151
officer
in
many
councils
and
held
numerous
board
and
Regulatory
positions,
I
believe
that
there
is
no
planned
fire
drill.
Tonight,
I
am
scanning
around
trying
to
find
the
official
wording
I'm
supposed
to
read
out.
A
A
So
there
are
no
fire
alarm
schedule
for
this
evening.
Therefore,
if
the
fire
alarm
sounds,
please
evacuate
the
building
immediately.
The
Forex
is
located
at
the
side
of
the
room,
Exit
3
reception
and
meet
in
War
Memorial
Park.
This
meeting
is
being
webcast,
live
on
the
internet
and
will
be
available
to
view
on
YouTube
after
the
meeting.
A
I
agree:
we've
had
a
conversation
with
officers;
it
is
a
combination
of
things,
one
of
which
is
the
there
are
a
couple
of
items
of
business
on
there
that
would
have
normally
been
approved
six
or
three
months
earlier.
What
I'm
planning
to
do
about
it?
Council
Fillmore,
is
to
try
and
get
through
it.
Before
we
hit
the
three
hour
adjournment
watch
shed
and
in
the
interest
of
smooth
running
and
members,
questions
I
will
be
taking
all
papers.
A
Red
I'll
be
moving,
some
items
for
which
we
have
guests
forward,
so
I'm
going
to
move
the
agenda
around
a
fair
bit
so
that
those
guests
can
leave
earlier.
There
are
also
several
items
that
are
there
for
noting
so
I'll
be
moving
those
from
the
chair
quite
quickly,
so
the
members
have
more
time
available
for
questions
on
matters
that
perhaps
more
opportune
for
discussion.
A
So
for
members,
reference
we'll
take
items
one
to
five,
then
we'll
take
item
18,
which
is
the
island
close
closed
investment
paper.
Then
we'll
take
item
15,
which
is
the
Auditors
report,
I
believe
Larissa's
here
or
he's
joining
then
we'll
take
item
16,
which
is
the
2021
Twitter
accounts.
Then
we'll
take
six
seven,
eight
I'm
pushing
item
nine
to
the
end
of
the
agenda.
That's
the
annual
governance
statement
for
2223.
A
I
do
want
to
get
everything
done
before
9
30,
but
as
I
said,
if
we
don't
only
defer
item
nine,
just
I'll
ask
now,
because
it's
it's
likely
we'll
hit
the
three
hours
is
anyone?
Can
anyone
not
extend?
Does
anyone
want
to
say
now
that
or.
C
Yeah
I'd
rather
not
extend
if
we
can
avoid
it.
Thank
you.
Obviously,
if
it's
just
going
to
be
a
few
minutes,
then
that's
reasonable.
A
So
if,
if
members
could
bear
with
me,
if
I
try
to
speed
things
along
and
just
bear
that
in
mind
in
context,
I've
got
to
try
to
try
and
strike
the
right
balance
between
the
ability
to
ask
questions
and
the
ability
to
get
all
the
business
on
the
paper
done.
A
So
moving
on
to
apologies,
I
have
apologies
from
councilor
Gaskell
I
have
apologies
from
councilor
Falconer.
Are
there
any
other?
Apologies.
A
I'm
not
seeing
any.
We
have
councilman
Lenny
here
as
a
substitute.
A
Moving
on
to
Declarations
of
Interest,
are
there
any
Declarations
of
Interest
none
moving
on
to
I
think
it's
item,
three.
The
employment
of
a
vice
chair
is
anyone.
Would
anyone
like
to
nominate
anyone
for
last
year,
Council
for
them.
B
Well,
I'd
like
the
ground,
Faulkner,
but
he's
not
here,
but
I,
don't
know
if
he
wants
to
stand,
but
if
we're
consistent,
you
didn't
allow
that
excrutiny,
but
an
absentee
t
for
his
chair,
but
I
I
think
Graham
Graham
would
be
the
vote
for
the
job.
Thank
you.
A
It's
a
non-political
committee,
so
it
doesn't
matter
whose
last
year
is
my
understanding,
the
council
Tustin.
Did
you
have
something
to
say
or
no
does
anyone
else
have
a
view
on
would
even
like
the
second,
the
opponent
councilor
falconer?
A
I
think
councilor
Falcon
will
be
an
excellent
choice.
I
believe,
because
he's
not
here,
we
we
can
make
the
appointment
provisional
on
his
acceptance
of
of
that.
A
So
moving
on
to
item
four
urgent
matters,
there
are
none
and
we
have
no
members
of
the
public
to
speak
tonight.
I
will
destroy
your
attention
to.
We
do
have
a
supplementary
paper
for
item
11.
I,
don't
know
if
everyone's
got
that
on
their
desk.
A
Great.
Thank
you.
So
moving
on
to
item
five
minutes
of
the
6th
of
March
2023,
we
are
allowed
to
consider
their
accuracy.
Accuracy
only
may
I
move
that
from
the
chair
can
I
have
a
seconder.
A
A
Next
is
a
gender
item:
18
external
funds,
modern
monitoring
from
all
in
close
the
existence
of
this
paper
is,
is
open,
but
we
then
need
to
go
into
a
closed
session
and
there's
some
wording.
I
need
to
read
to
you.
A
Thank
you
read.
The
following
resolution.
Agree
with
members
at
the
meeting
is
now
to
become
confidential
by
passing
The
Following
motion
that
pursue
into
section
100
A4
of
the
Local
Government
Act
1972,
the
public
be
excluded
from
the
remainder
of
the
meeting
on
the
grounds
to
the
public
interest
in
maintaining
the
exemption,
outweighs
the
public
interest
in
disclosing
it,
and
therefore
that
exempt
information
is
likely
to
be
disclosed,
as
defined
in
the
appropriate
paragraphs
three
of
schedule
12a
to
the
ACT.