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Every decision in council's minutes since 2016, and how each councillor voted where council recorded it.

Frank Pardon

Cr Frank Pardon appears on decisions from 20 April 2017 to 28 November 2019, across 93 meetings. In that time 885 decisions were taken while they were in the room. Council recorded how they voted on 46 of them.

46votes recorded by name
62votes inferred, not recorded
46contested votes
1decisions they could not vote on

88% of the decisions Cr Frank Pardon sat through do not record who voted at all. That is 781 of 885. It is a fact about council's minutes in those years, not about this councillor: until September 2019 the minutes wrote “Carried” and nothing else, so no position of theirs on those items can be known. Read the numbers above as what survived, not as what they did.

What the record holds

Of the 885 decisions taken while Cr Frank Pardon was presentDecisionsShare
named council recorded who voted 41 5%
inferred minuted “unanimously”, so their vote follows from being in the room 63 7%
not recorded minuted “Carried” and nothing more 781 88%

Counted from the minutes' own attendance record, so a decision taken while they had stepped out for a conflict is not counted against them. The three rows are kinds of record, never added together into a single “votes cast” figure, because only the first is something a clerk wrote. The first row counts decisions where council named the voters; Cr Frank Pardon's own recorded votes number 46, slightly fewer, because a block can name the voters without naming them.

Voted against

11 recorded votes against the motion.

DateDecisionOutcome
17 October 2019 Ordinary Meeting Notified Motion – Cr Ingrid Jacksonmotion Lost
14 October 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devices - Post Public Consultation Proposed Changesamendment Lost
16 September 2019 General Committee OPW17/0150.01 Minor Change to Development Approval for Operational Works - Prescribed Tidal Works - Extension to Existing Jetty at 180 Gympie Terrace Noosavillemotion Lost
12 September 2019 Special Meeting Proposed Changes Considered Significant to New Noosa Plan for Further Consultationmotion Carried
15 July 2019 General Committee Climate Emergency Declarationmotion Lost
13 May 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devicesamendment Lost
13 May 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devicesamendment Lost
13 May 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devicesamendment Carried
21 February 2019 Ordinary Meeting RAL18/0009 – Development Application to Reconfigure a Lot for 1 into 2 Lots at 20 Mitti Street, Noosa Headsmotion Lost
18 February 2019 General Committee Short Term Accommodation Online Platform Issues Paperamendment Lost
16 July 2018 General Committee OPW17/0555 - Representations to Conditions - Development Permit for Operational Works for Signage, Located at 4-24 Gibson Road, Noosavilleamendment Lost

Contested votes

Every decision where councillors did not all agree and Cr Frank Pardon's vote was recorded — 46 of them. “With the majority” describes the outcome, not the merits.

DateDecisionTheir voteResult
28 November 2019 Special Meeting Draft Noosa River Plan for Public Consultationmotion for 6–1 Carried
18 November 2019 General Committee OPW17/0150.01 - Planning & Environment Court Appeal No D186 of 2019 - Refusal of Application for Operational Works - Prescribed Tidal Works - Extension to Existing Jetty at 180 Gympie Terrace, Noosavillecommittee recommendation for 4–2 Carried
18 November 2019 General Committee Draft Noosa District Sports Complex and Cooroy Sports Complex Master Planscommittee recommendation for 4–2 Carried
17 October 2019 Ordinary Meeting Notified Motion – Cr Ingrid Jacksonmotion against 1–5 Lost
17 October 2019 Ordinary Meeting Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devices - Post Public Consultation Proposed Changesamendment for 4–2 Carried
17 October 2019 Ordinary Meeting Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devices - Post Public Consultation Proposed Changesamendment for 2–4 Lost against the majority
17 October 2019 Ordinary Meeting Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devices - Post Public Consultation Proposed Changesamendment for 3–3 Lost on casting vote against the majority
17 October 2019 Ordinary Meeting Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devices - Post Public Consultation Proposed Changesamendment for 5–1 Carried
17 October 2019 Ordinary Meeting Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devices - Post Public Consultation Proposed Changesamendment for 5–1 Carried
17 October 2019 Ordinary Meeting Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devices - Post Public Consultation Proposed Changesamendment for 2–4 Lost against the majority
14 October 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devices - Post Public Consultation Proposed Changesamendment for 4–1 Carried
14 October 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devices - Post Public Consultation Proposed Changesamendment for 4–1 Carried
14 October 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devices - Post Public Consultation Proposed Changesamendment against 2–3 Lost
14 October 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devices - Post Public Consultation Proposed Changesamendment for 3–2 Carried
14 October 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devices - Post Public Consultation Proposed Changescommittee recommendation for 4–1 Carried
30 September 2019 Special Meeting Planning and Environment Court Appeal No. 3387 of 2019 to Change Development Approval Conditions at 215 David Low Way Peregian Beach MCU16/0153 for 5–1 Carried
16 September 2019 General Committee OPW17/0150.01 Minor Change to Development Approval for Operational Works - Prescribed Tidal Works - Extension to Existing Jetty at 180 Gympie Terrace Noosavillemotion against 2–5 Lost
16 September 2019 General Committee OPW17/0150.01 Minor Change to Development Approval for Operational Works - Prescribed Tidal Works - Extension to Existing Jetty at 180 Gympie Terrace Noosavillecommittee recommendation for 5–2 Carried
12 September 2019 Special Meeting Proposed Changes Considered Significant to New Noosa Plan for Further Consultationmotion against 4–3 Carried against the majority
12 September 2019 Special Meeting Proposed Changes Considered Significant to New Noosa Plan for Further Consultation for 6–1 Carried
15 July 2019 General Committee Climate Emergency Declarationmotion against 1–6 Lost
20 June 2019 Ordinary Meeting Notified Motions for 5–1 Carried
16 May 2019 Ordinary Meeting Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devices for 5–1 Carried
13 May 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devicesamendment against 1–5 Lost
13 May 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devicesamendment for 2–4 Lost against the majority
13 May 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devicesamendment against 1–5 Lost
13 May 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devicesamendment against 3–3 Carried against the majority
13 May 2019 General Committee Proposed Local Law Amendments - Advertising Devicescommittee recommendation for 5–1 Carried
21 March 2019 Ordinary Meeting Proposed Expression of Interest for Community Activation of the Top Floor of Peregian Beach Surf Club for 6–1 Carried
18 March 2019 General Committee Proposed Expression of Interest for Community Activation of the Top Floor of Peregian Beach Surf Clubcommittee recommendation for 5–2 Carried
21 February 2019 Ordinary Meeting RAL18/0009 – Development Application to Reconfigure a Lot for 1 into 2 Lots at 20 Mitti Street, Noosa Headsmotion against 1–5 Lost
21 February 2019 Ordinary Meeting RAL18/0009 – Development Application to Reconfigure a Lot for 1 into 2 Lots at 20 Mitti Street, Noosa Heads for 5–1 Carried
21 February 2019 Ordinary Meeting Short Term Accommodation Online Platform Issues Paperprocedural motion for 4–3 Carried
18 February 2019 General Committee Short Term Accommodation Online Platform Issues Paperamendment against 1–5 Lost
17 January 2019 Ordinary Meeting The Nature Conservancy Partnership Proposal - Noosa River Oyster Reef Restoration Project for 6–1 Carried
14 January 2019 General Committee The Nature Conservancy Partnership Proposal - Noosa River Oyster Reef Restoration Projectcommittee recommendation for 6–1 Carried
20 December 2018 Ordinary Meeting Purchase of 24 Cooroy Noosa Road, Tewantin – Lot 375 SP151415 (Former Tewantin TAFE Site) for 5–1 Carried
17 December 2018 General Committee 51987.2951.01 - Minor Change to a Development Approval for Additions to a Detached House to Include a Swimming Pool, Deck and Other Structures Seaward of the Coastal Building Line Situated at 42 Seaview Terrace, Sunshine Beachcommittee recommendation for 4–2 Carried
15 October 2018 General Committee Further Report - MCU18/0019 Development Application for a Material Change of Use for Multiple Housing - Type 3 Retirement and Special Needs (90 Bed Aged Care Facility) at 52 - 62 Goodchap Street and 3 - 11 Val Crescent, Noosavillecommittee recommendation for 5–1 Carried
20 September 2018 Ordinary Meeting Recording of Council Meetingsprocedural motion for 5–2 Carried
20 September 2018 Ordinary Meeting Recording of Council Meetings for 6–1 Carried
19 July 2018 Ordinary Meeting MCU17/0546 - Representations to Conditions - Development Permit for Material Change of Use - Home Based Business - Type 3 Significant Scale Situated at 54 Boronia Road, Cootharaba for 5–1 Carried
19 July 2018 Ordinary Meeting Noosa Transport Strategy - 12 Month Progress Report for 6–1 Carried
16 July 2018 General Committee OPW17/0555 - Representations to Conditions - Development Permit for Operational Works for Signage, Located at 4-24 Gibson Road, Noosavilleamendment against 2–4 Lost
16 July 2018 General Committee Noosa Transport Strategy - 12 Month Progress Reportcommittee recommendation for 5–1 Carried
20 April 2017 Ordinary Meeting Noosa Waterfront Restaurant Request for Approval of Events in Adjacent Recreation Park Reserveamendment for 3–4 Carried

Read the two columns differently. A recorded vote is council's own words: the minutes name Cr Frank Pardon and say which way they went. An inferred vote is this site's reading of a minute that says “Carried unanimously” and lists who was present — sound, but not a list anyone wrote. Where council recorded names they can be checked against who the minutes place in the room, and they disagree about one time in twenty-two.

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