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Ordinary Meeting - 20 August 2026

Thursday 20 August 2026 · Ordinary Meeting · 36 substantive items

Our summary

Council reversed itself on Lions Park after the legal advice quietly changed, and adopted a motion doing roughly what it had voted down five times nine days earlier.

The short version

The Mayor moved to discontinue overflow parking at Noosa Heads Lions Park. He lost, 3–4. Cr Finzel crossed the floor, and what council adopted instead was Cr Phillips' replacement motion: get a further report, and in the meantime write to the Minister under s 52AA of the Land Act 1994 seeking interim approval for temporary parking over the 2026 Christmas period. Carried 5–2.

The General Committee had recommended approving the start of a land management plan. That part was dropped.

Why it turned

Between the 11 August committee meeting and this one, the advice changed. On 11 August council was told, on legal advice read into the record, that it could not rely on s 52AA and should proceed on the basis that a land management plan was required. On 20 August the Director of Development & Regulation told council s 52AA is available and that on his understanding no management plan is required.

Asked by the Mayor whether that was a change from the week before, he said "not necessarily."

It is a change, and it matters, because on 11 August council voted down five separate attempts to ask exactly that question. Full history in the Lions Park dossier.

What else was on

This meeting also carried the General Committee's en bloc recommendations, which included the annual delegations review — the item that hands the CEO a standing set of powers for the year — and the review of the Community Purpose Land and Infrastructure Tenure Policy. Both are the kind of item that passes in a block without debate and shapes what council can do without coming back to a meeting.

Also on the agenda: two Planning & Environment Court appeals over short-stay letting, a third over MCU17/0559.05, an update to the infrastructure charges resolution, the Q4 operational plan report, and the June register of planning applications decided under delegated authority.

Watch it yourself

Every item below is cued to the moment it was debated in council's own recording. Item 11.1.3 is Lions Park.

Background

Agenda

Timestamps link into council's own recording. Document names are what council listed; the files themselves stay on council's site — why.

  1. 1 DECLARATION OF OPENING
  2. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY 0:20
  3. 3 ATTENDANCE & APOLOGIES 0:23
  4. 4 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES 0:42
  5. 4.1 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES ORDINARY MEETING 16 JULY 2026
    Minutes2026-07-16 Ordinary Meeting Minutes open on council's site
  6. 5 PETITIONS
  7. 5.1 PETITION - BLACK MOUNTAIN SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION REQUEST 1:17
    Petition2026-08-20 PETITION Black Mountain Speed Limit Reduction - REDACTED open on council's site
  8. 6 PRESENTATIONS 2:08
  9. 7 DEPUTATIONS 2:10
  10. 7.1 DEPUTATION Applicant: Cecile Saraiva (on behalf of local residents of Black Mountain who signed and supported a community petition) Topic: Request for Speed Reduction on Black Mountain Range Road and Black Mountain Road Speakers: Cecile Saraiva & David Jones and Anthony Slattery 2:13
    Deputation Application open on council's site
  11. 7.2 DEPUTATION Applicant: ADRIAN REED, NOOSA WATERS RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION Topic: nOOSA wATERS aDVISORY GROUP Speakers: ADRIAN REED 6:42
    Deputation Application open on council's site
  12. 8 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME 14:34
  13. 8.1 EDUOARD RIOTTOT 14:39
    Report open on council's site
  14. 8.2 MATHEW HOFFMAN 18:32
    Report open on council's site
  15. 8.3 PAT SPICER 20:07
    Report open on council's site
  16. 9 MAYORAL MINUTES 24:28
  17. 10 NOTIFIED MOTIONS 39:05
  18. 10.1 STRENGTHENING SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTATION ON MAJOR COUNCIL WORKS 39:09
    Notice Of Motion Report2026-08-20 Notice of Motion - Cr Lorentson - Strengthening Small Business Consultation on Major Council Works open on council's site
  19. 10.2 MAIN BEACH RESERVE CAR PARK – REVIEW OF MAIN BEACH DROP-OFF ZONE RESOLUTION 1:07:47
    Notice Of Motion Report2026-08-20 Notice of Motion - Cr Lorentson - Main Beach Reserve Car Park – Review of Main Beach Drop-Off Zone Resolution open on council's site
  20. 10.3 MAIN BEACH RESERVE CAR PARK – REVIEW OF MAIN BEACH DROP-OFF ZONE RESOLUTION
  21. 11 CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS 1:23:25
  22. 11.1 GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS DATED 11 AUGUST 2026 1:23:29
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  23. 11.1.1 CAPITAL PROGRAM 2025-2026 DELIVERY STATUS REPORT 1:23:33
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  24. 11.1.2 HOUSING MONITORING REPORT 1:23:49
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  25. 11.1.3 NOOSA HEADS LIONS PARK LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN 1:23:53
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  26. 11.1.4 PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY DELEGATED AUTHORITY – JUNE 2026 1:40:47
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  27. 11.1.5 OPERATIONAL PLAN 2025-2026 Q4 QUARTERLY REPORTING 1:44:40
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  28. 11.1.6 TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) - NOOSA WATERS RESIDENT ADVISORY GROUP 1:44:48
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  29. 11.1.7 UPDATE TO INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGES RESOLUTION 1:44:56
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  30. 11.1.8 REVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY PURPOSE LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE TENURE POLICY 1:45:01
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  31. 11.1.9 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COURT APPEAL 1576 OF 2026 - SHORT STAY LETTING LOCAL LAW REVIEW DECISION - 8 WITTA CIRCUIT, NOOSA HEADS 1:45:05
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  32. 11.1.10 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COURT APPEAL 1763 OF 2026 - SHORT STAY LETTING LOCAL LAW REVIEW DECISION - 5/7 PEZA COURT, NOOSA HEADS 1:45:15
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  33. 11.1.11 MCU17/0559.05 - PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COURT APPEAL 1842 OF 2026 - FOR MINOR CHANGE TO A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR A DUPLEX DWELLING AT 2/16 GRANT STREET, NOOSA HEADS 1:45:20
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  34. 11.1.12 DELEGATIONS ANNUAL REVIEW - COUNCIL TO CEO 1:45:34
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  35. 11.1.13 GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ENBLOC 1:45:46
    EnBloc Recommendation open on council's site
  36. 12 ORDINARY MEETING REPORTS
  37. 12.1 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT JULY 2026 1:59:13
    ReportAttachment 1 - Statement of Income and Expenditure 31 July 2026Attachment 2 - Statement of Financial Position 31 July 2026Attachment 3 - Statement of Changes in Equity 31 July 2026Attachment 4 - Financial Analytics 31 July 2026Attachment 5 - Capital Financial Performance 31 July 2026 open on council's site
  38. 12.2 BUDGET REVIEW 1 FOR THE 2026/27 FINANCIAL YEAR 2:23:27
    ReportAttachment 1 - 2026-27 Budget Review 1 and 2026-27 to 2035-36 Long Term Financial ForecastAttachment 2 - Revised 2026-27 Debt PolicyAttachment 3 - Revised 2026-27 Fees and Charges open on council's site
  39. 13 CONFIDENTIAL SESSION
  40. 13.1 confidential - Waste Supply Agreement 2:47:49
    Public Summary open on council's site
  41. 14 NEXT MEETING 3:20:00
  42. 15 MEETING CLOSURE 3:20:12

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