Ordinary Meeting - 20 February 2025

Thursday 20 February 2025 · Ordinary Meeting · 18 substantive items

Agenda · Transcript · Video

We have not written this meeting up yet. Below is council's own agenda structure, with each item cued to the video.

From the floor

People who addressed council at this meeting, from its minutes. The full register is at deputations.

1. Public question

   Pat Spicer

   How much of the $3.3 million initial budget allocation has been used in the process of investigating, getting reports, subdivision, tree clearing and remediation planning for 62 Lake Macdonald Drive, Cooroy? Please include when the budget allocation was made and the details of costings for each report and plan that has…

2. Public question

   Debra Walz

   At November's Ordinary Meeting last year, I asked Council to consider changing the time-frame of dog registrations due to many community members receiving infringement notices for not renewing their annual dog registration on time. An amount of over $225,000 was collected by Council during the dog renewal/infringement …

3. Public question

   Craig Vella

   The Go Noosa Interim report prepared by the Infrastructure Manager and tabled at item 8.1 of the General Committee Agenda considered on 20 January 2025:- (a) recommended the cessation of both the Free Weekend Bus Services and the Go Noosa Free Bus Service for peak season (Service) in light of 50 cent bus fares implemen…

4. Public question

   Brian O'Connor

   We are told that Noosa Shire is experiencing a housing shortage, but I wonder whether is extends beyond death? The Tewantin Cemetery is not accepting any more prospective guests in repose and the council has given up land set aside for expansion of the Cooroy Cemetery for use as affordable housing for the living instea…

5. Public question

   Andrew Mccarthy

   When will Council contact the Minister for Transport to access the $2.5 million pledged for boating infrastructure on the Noosa River and further advocate for immediate due diligence to be undertaken to assess the most suitable boat ramp upgrade due to ageing infrastructure in consultation with the Noosa Community whic…

Agenda

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1. 1 DECLARATION OF OPENING
2. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
3. 3 ATTENDANCE & APOLOGIES 0:37
4. 4 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
5. 5 PETITIONS
6. 6 PRESENTATIONS
7. 7 DEPUTATIONS Deputations
8. 8 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME Deputations
9. 8.1 BRIAN O'CONNOR Deputations 1:01
   Report open on council's site
10. 8.2 PATRICIA SPICER Deputations 4:21
    Report open on council's site
11. 8.3 DEBRA WALZ Deputations 10:07
    Report open on council's site
12. 8.4 CRAIG VELLA Deputations 15:25
    Report open on council's site
13. 8.5 ANDREW MCCARTHY Deputations 19:38
    Report open on council's site
14. 9 MAYORAL MINUTES
15. 10 NOTIFIED MOTIONS Notified motions
16. 10.1 CHANGE OF ORDINARY MEETING TIME Notified motions 22:38
    Notice Of Motion Report2025-02-20 Notice of Motion - Cr Lorentson - Ordinary Meeting Commencement Time open on council's site
17. 11 CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS
18. 11.1 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT - 11 FEBRUARY 2025 50:53
    Committee to Council report open on council's site
19. 11.2 SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE REPORT - 11 FEBRUARY 2025 51:13
    Committee to Council report open on council's site
20. 11.3 GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT - 17 FEBRUARY 2025 54:10
    Committee Report to Council open on council's site
21. 12 ORDINARY MEETING REPORTS
22. 13 CONFIDENTIAL SESSION Closed doors
23. 14 NEXT MEETING 1:09:19
24. 15 MEETING CLOSURE

Source

• Council recording: full video © Noosa Shire Council
• Agenda, packet and minutes: council's meeting portal
• Council's meetings index: noosa.qld.gov.au