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Welcome councilors, officers and members

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of the online and public gallery to

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tonight's meeting. I'm councselor Paige

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Kennett and I have the privilege of being

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the Mayor of Knox City Council. Council

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acknowledges the Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung

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people of the Bunurong People of the

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Kulin Nation as traditional custodians

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of the land. Today we meet on the

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traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung

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people and pay our respects to Elders

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both past and present. Our statement of

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commitment. The Knox way is characterized

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by service integrity, community

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participation, accountability, and good

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governance. Council is committed to

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being responsive to the community and

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advocating to other governments and

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agencies on their behalf. We recognize

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the importance of local democracy and

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council's responsibility to govern well

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for all in our city. Our history is rich

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and in the spirit of the Knox tradition,

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let us move and prosper.

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We're con conducting tonight's meeting

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in a hybrid format as usual. I'll

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introduce my colleagues and ask the

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counselors give a bit of a wave as I

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call their names. Our counselors in

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attendance tonight are councelor Susan

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Pearce representing Taylor Ward,

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councelor Robert Williams representing

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Dinsdale Ward, councelor Peter Lockwood

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representing Baird Ward, Deputy Mayor

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Councelor Chris Duncan representing

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Collier Ward, Councelor Meagan Baker

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representing Dobson Ward, and also

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joining us online is councelor Lisa

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Cooper representing Scott Ward and

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councelor Parisa Considine representing

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ing Friberg Ward. Joining us in the

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chamber is our acting CEO Matt Kelleher,

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director infrastructure Grant Thorne,

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acting director city livability Nicole

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Ward, director connected communities

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Judy Chalkley, interim director customer

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and performance Lisa Westbury,

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Chief Financial Officer Yvette Lawkin, Manager

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Governance and Risk Andrew Daly. Head

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of Governance Saskia Werheim.

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Tonight's meeting is being recorded and

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live streamed on our website in

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accordance with our live streaming of

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public meetings policy. So, council does

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not permit additional recording of the

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meeting. I remind everyone that opinions

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expressed and statements made during

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this meeting are those of the

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individuals making them and not those of

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council unless set out in a resolution

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passed by council. Council accepts no

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liability for any defirmatory remarks

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made during a meeting. You are

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responsible for your own comments and

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therefore may be personally liable for

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any loss or damage they may cause.

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Moving now to our order of business. The

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first item is apologies and requests for

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leaves of absence. Tonight we have an

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apology from councelor Glenn Atwell. Do

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we have any requests for leaves of

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absence?

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No. Thank you.  item two is

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declaration of conflict of interest. If

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any councelor has conflict of interest

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to declare tonight, now is an

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opportunity to first shadow that

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conflict. But I'll ask that you declare

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your conflict of interest in full later

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in the meeting immediately before the

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item is considered. Are there any such

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declarations? Yes, councelor Baker.

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Thank you. It's not a conflict, but I

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just need to make a transparency

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statement for item 4.2. Thank you. Thank

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you, councelor Baker.

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Yes. Okay.

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Was there any other councelor with a

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conflict of interest? No. Thank you. 

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item three is confirmation of minutes.

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Is there any opposition to the minutes

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of the 10th of November midmonth council

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meeting minutes?

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There being no opposition, I declare the

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meeting  the minutes to be confirmed.

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The next item on the agenda is item four

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of officer reports. Item 4.1, minor

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grants program and emergency relief fund

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2025 to 2026 monthly report. Would a

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counselor like to move a motion?

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Yes, councelor Pearce. Is that the

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officer's recommendation as printed?

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Yes, it is Mayor.

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Thank you. Is there a second for that

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motion? Thank you, councelor Williams.

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As mover counselor, would you like to

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speak?

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Yes, briefly, madame Mayor. The request

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for minor grants has once again provided

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a number of wonderful causes.

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Cass care limited, a balance for life

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request provides health sessions for

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Chinese residents over 55 to prevent

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falls and promote active independent

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living by qualified health

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professionals.

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This project addresses a genuine need in

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the community.

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They need to deliver professional

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services and discriminate a strong

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alliance with our council health and

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well-being policy. A number of our older

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people are fall have falls. This

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actually provides help to actually get

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them moving again as well as to prevent

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the falls in the first place. So I

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always think that's a good option. The

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second is the Waverley Industries. This

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project addresses a key critical

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operation need resulting from an or

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 August organizational merger and

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direct support of employment inclusion

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for a si significant number of Knox

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residents with disabilities. These type

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of organizations are fantastic my

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son went to a disability school and

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attended Waverley industries for a

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short time number of years ago and it

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was a fantastic opportunity promoting

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them to get life skills.

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The application de demonstrates a clear

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need and its appropriate co-contribution

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which aligns strongly with our council

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inclusion exe objectives. Madame Mayor,

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I strongly recommend the approval of the

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four applications under the minor grants

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totaling seven $7,356.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, councelor Pearce. Councelor

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Williams has second. Would you like to

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speak to the motion?

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Thank you through you, Mayor. I think

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councelor Pearce has spoken quite quite

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well on those two um on the um few that

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have applied. Some really good 

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community activity happening here. And I

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just want to note that based on if we

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do approve the grants tonight  there's

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some 4,0

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 beneficiaries in Nox that are going

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to take a benefit out of all this um you

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know very small amount of money  for

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such a large reach. So, um, amazing

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community groups putting together some

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really great activities. Um, and just to

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note that Wavely Social Enterprises, um,

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was the place that's taken over, Knox,

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um, which is in Bayswater and they

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do support a lot of employment

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at the Bayswater site but there is

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just a name change there But 4,000 plus

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people, that's that's an amazing reach.

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Thank you, Councelor Williams. Does any

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other counselor wish to speak?

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I'll now put the motion. All those in

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favor.

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That motion is carried unanimously.

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Item 4.2, Knox Council  Knox Community

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Awards Program Review.

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 Councelor Baker.

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Thank you. And three, Mayor sorry,

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Mayor Kennett just the transparency

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statement a note that a family member

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is named in the as a recipient in the

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2025  awards from earlier this year

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for noting it's not a conflict of

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interest  as this report is merely

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seeking to adopt a revised terms of

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reference and not  awarding

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recipients. So I don't believe there's

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conflict of interest. Thank you.

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Thank you councelor Baker. Would a

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counselor like to move a motion? Thank

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you councelor Williams. Is there a

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second?

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Thank you.

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 Councelor Pearce thank you 

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councelor Williams as mover, would you

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like to speak?

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Thank you through you, Mayor just

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briefly on this one as the chair for

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last or this year, I should say  on

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the um community awards. It was it was a

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great privilege to be there and being

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able to assess so many applications that

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came through. Um it look it was tricky

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in the end to to finalize and um work

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out who we awarded but I think we

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awarded the right people um for some

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very long-standing volunteer

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contributions to Knox amazing work

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that's been done by the officers on this

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report and just acknowledging some of

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the minor changes that we needed 

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through that including the years of

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service which I think is pretty

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important. So um I would like to 

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commend to my fellow counselors the

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officer's recommendation as is. Thank

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you, Councelor Williams. Councelor

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Pearce.

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Thank you, Madame Mayor. Just briefly

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the changes in the dates of the awards

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to include plus 30 and plus 40 years

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honors the volunteers that have made a

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strong com contribution over a

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considerable amount of time. The

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monetary awards are modest, but you need

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and need to be monitored to ensure the

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introduction of prize money does not

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shift the focus away the extendric

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recognition of to material rewards. The

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modest amount I think strikes an

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appropriate balance. Reframing the

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outstanding volunteer service to Knox

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volunteer of the year special honor

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creates a clear hierarchy of the awards

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and the purpose. The limit of five

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awards maintains it a selectivity and

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prestige of the awards. Simpl

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simplifying the scoring system out of 10

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improves the usability without

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sacrificing the quality of the

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assessment.

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I believe adopting these recommendations

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will only enhance the awards. Increasing

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nominations demonstrate the community's

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ri rising awareness and value that's

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placed on these awards. I recommend the

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officers recommendations. Thank you.

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Thank you, councelor Pearce. Does any

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other counselor wish to speak?

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I'll now put the motion. All those in

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favor?

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That motion is unanimously carried.

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Thank you.

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Item 4.3, storm water asset management

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plan.

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 councilor Baker. Yes.

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Have an alternate. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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We'll put that alternate on the screen.

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Councelor

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Baker, while we're waiting for that to

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come up on the screen, would you mind

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reading your alternate motion? Oh,

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no worries. Thank you.

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Um, so for the alternate motion for item

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4.3, storm water asset management plan

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that council one adopts the storm water

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asset management plan 2025 as set out in

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attachment one. Number two, note note

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that the storm water asset management

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plan 2025 has been informed by community

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engagement processes. Three, write to

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state and federal members of parliament

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advocating for adequate funding to

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mitigate floodprone areas across Knox

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and authorized council offices to

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advocate to the Victorian and Australian

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governments for increased investment in

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storm water and flood resilience

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infrastructure, including upgrades to

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legacy undersized assets impacted by

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climate change, particularly in light of

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increased housing targets and associated

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pressure on NOx drainage networks. and

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four receives a report by December 2026

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unless deferred to a later date in

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consultation with the Mayor on progress

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in implementing the storm water asset

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management plan 2025.

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Thank you councelor Baker. Is there a

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second for that motion?

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Thank you councelor Williams. 

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councelor Baker is mover. Would you like

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to speak?

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Thank you and through you may kennet.

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Um, I'd just like to take the

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opportunity to thank the officers for

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the detailed report. Um, with this plan,

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there's been a lot of work that has gone

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into this. Um, and I appreciate also the

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feedback received from community

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members. Um, I feel that this

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alternative is rather self-explanatory.

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Um, obviously points one and two are

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from the original recommendation in the

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report.  this is an important

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strategic document for NOX and what

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concerns me is the financial challenges

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that NOX face um in a rate capping

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environment and the proposed 43,000

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homes and the um 43,000 homes that are

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projected for 201

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and what possible  impacts that they

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might have on our storm water

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infrastructure. Hence why I feel

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advocating to the state and federal

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governments seeking financial assistance

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for NOX to assist in this implementation

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of this plan. Um I'm also seeking a

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report to come back in 12 months time um

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from now to assist counselors and

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residents  to be informed and

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understand the progress of the

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implementation of this plan. Um I'm

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fully supportive of this plan and

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important that we advocate for financial

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assistance um for delivery. Um you know

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these challenges are real. the growth is

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forecasted and the action is necessary.

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Um, so I will be totally supportive of

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this plan and I hope my colleagues are

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able to support this  alternate as

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well. Thank you.

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Thank you councelor Baker. Councelor

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Williams as second would you like to

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speak?

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Thank you through you may um fully

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support councelor Baker's alternative

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tonight.  I think councelor Baker's

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shown she's put in a lot of lot of work

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with um just these two um sort of

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additional points. I think our officers

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have done a fantastic job, but councelor

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Baker's um just backed that up with

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writing to state and federal

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politicians. I think that's important.

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Um as an emergency responder myself and

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seeing plenty of floods and and the

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increase of  floods  through Knox

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and in particular  in certain areas of

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Knox, um it is important that we do um

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obtain some funding um that's required

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um to be able to make these improvements

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to what we can do. We're limited by what

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we can do and the budgets we've got. And

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I think um councelor Baker has put

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forward that um the state and federal

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members, it's about time we all got

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together and we work together to um

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working for a better outcome, especially

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with the um state outcomes of 43,000

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additional households by 201. Um I think

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it's very important that we um address

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these issues now rather than later. And

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um thank councelor Baker for bringing

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this up and I think also given the

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officers sufficient time to provide a

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report back to us in December 2026. I um

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fully support this and um thank you

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councelor Baker for bringing this up.

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Thank you councelor Williams. Would any

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other counselor wish to speak?

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So now I'll put the motion. All those in

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favor

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that motion is carried unanimously.

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Thank you.

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Item 4.4 for appointment of second

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representative on your library limited.

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Would a council like to move a motion?

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Move the recommendation. May

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thank you councelor Lockwood and

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as second. Thank you councelor Baker.

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Councelor Lockwood.

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 we need we need a CEO need a member

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for next week's AGM. Um and the CEO is

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on leave. So Matt's going to step up and

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we'll have someone there for the AGM

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next week when we  do our annual

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report and um  elect the new chair and

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deputy chair and  your library limited

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has three members as you probably know

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three councils um who are the basis of

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the three councils and  send two board

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members each each council only six. So

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for the moment we have three councils

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and we welcome Matt along.

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Thank you, councelor Lockwood. Councelor

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Baker,

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I'll reserve my right. Thank you.

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Thank you. Would any other council wish

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to speak to the motion?

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No. And with that, I'll put the motion.

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All those in favor?

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The motion is carried unanimously.

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Thank you.

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We'll move on to item five, notices of

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motion. There are no such items this

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evening. So, we'll move on to our next

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item, supplementary items. There are no

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such items this evening. Moving on to

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item seven, urgent business. Does any

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councelor wish to raise a matter of

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urgent business?

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No. There being no urgent business, I'll

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move on to confidential business.

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Um, and as there are no such items this

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evening, um, it is my pleasure to

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declare this meeting closed. Thank you

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to the public gallery and to our viewers

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at home for your attendance. I wish you

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a good evening.