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good evening everyone I am councelor

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Denise Massoud mayor of Whitehorse City

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Council and I welcome all who have

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joined this council meeting both in

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person and

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online tonight is a special council

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meeting therefore we can only consider

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the business that the meeting is called

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for as the local government elections

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are being held on Saturday the 26th of

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October we are currently in the election

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period also known as

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caretaker during the election period

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there are restrictions in place that

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prevents Council from making certain

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decisions tonight's item of business is

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not a prohibited or significant item it

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is a statutory requirement there are

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also restrictions on counselors when

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speaking to the item for counselors that

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may wish to speak to the item I ask that

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you ensure that the requirements of

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council's election period policy are

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adhered to

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in accordance with council's governance

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rules the following items of business

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normally conducted at an ordinary

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council meeting are not to be permitted

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for a special council meeting held

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during an election

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period that is public Question Time

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petitions public submissions recision or

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alteration motions notices of motion or

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reports by delegates and reports on

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conferences or seminar attendance

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Council live streams Council meetings

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and a copy of the live stream will be

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available for viewing on the council's

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website within 48

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hours I now formally open this special

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council meeting and will recite the

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opening and acknowledgement of country

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please stand if you are able to

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we give thanks Oh God for the Men and

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Women of the past whose generous

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devotion to the common good has been the

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making of our city grant that our own

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generation May build worthily on the

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foundations they have laid direct our

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minds that all we plan and determine is

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for the well-being of our City Amen

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 Whitehorse City Council acknowledges

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the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung people of the

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Kulin Nation as the traditional owners

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of the land we are meeting on and we pay

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our respects to their Elders past,

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present and emerging and Aboriginal and

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Torres Strait Islanders from communities

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who may be present

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today please be seated

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I would now like to introduce our

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counselors commencing with counselors on

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my right Deputy Mayor councelor Andrew

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Davenport good evening and welcome councelor

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Andrew Munroe good evening all and very

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warm welcome councelor Tina Liu good

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evening

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everyone Council Prue Cutts good evening

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everyone and welcome Council Raylene Carr

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good evening everyone in the gallery and

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at home watching at

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home Council Blair

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Barker good evening Mayor good evening all

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councelor Trudy Skilbeck good evening

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and warm welcome to everyone councelor

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Amanda McNeill good evening everyone a

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very warm welcome to those in the

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gallery and those listening at

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home we are also joined by the CEO and

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Senior officers I will commence with

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Chief Executive Officer Simon

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McMillan good evening everyone and

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welcome Jeff Green Director City

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Development Steven White Director

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Infrastructure Siobhan Sullivan Acting

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Director Community

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Services Vivian Feleno Manager Governance

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and Integrity andmembers of the

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governance and it

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teams apologies I note that councelor

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Mark Lane is an apology this

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evening and also counselor Ben

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Stennett I need a mover and a seconder to

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receive these

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apology

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 moved Councilor McNeill seconded

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councilor

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Cutts all those in

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favor carried

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unanimously I now move to disclosures of

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Interest are there any  other

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disclosures of interest for items on the

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agenda this evening if so I will require

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counselors and officers to disclose that

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interest and the nature of that interest

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there being no disclosure of interests

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we move now to our main item Council

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reports item 10.1 the annual report for

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2023/24

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in accordance with section 100 of the

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Local Government Act the mayor must

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report on the implementation of the

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council plan by presenting the annual

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report at a council meeting open to the

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public ordinarily the mayor's report

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would present highlights but

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given we are in the election period I

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will only be making a small statement

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for the annual report for the

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2324 Financial year the annual report

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sets out council's implementation of the

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council plan during 2023/24 Financial

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year the annual report will be published

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on council's website and can be accessed

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by the community if they want to review

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council's performance and implementation

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 of the council

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plan I seek a mover happy to move

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mayor and a seconder 

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second  thank you moved Council Barker

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seconded councelor McNeill okay story

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councelor Barker thank you mayor  I

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hold our democratic traditions in the

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highest respect and understand the

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conventions of the caretaker period

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so I won't be using this as an

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opportunity to

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 to showcase my talent  to be

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viewed as grandstanding to the other

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candidates that are contesting the

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election so I just like to say that I

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move the annual report I haven't read

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the Mayor's statement I found that a

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little bit bizarre to find it as a blank

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page it's an important report and I

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would courage all to see it the the

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audited Financial reports have been

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discussed and prosecuted here at length I

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say no more I congratulate Mr McMillan

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on a well-run

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[Music]

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organization thank you councelor

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McNeill  thank you mayor and counselors

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and it gives me great pleasure to Second

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 this report and   and  to

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follow on from councilor Barker 

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stated we're limited in what we can 

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can be said tonight due to the caretaker

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period

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however I would like to just highlight

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 a few very simple but Salient facts

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 from Council from Simon McMillan's

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CEO report  Council planted more than

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3,000 Street trees in parks and Street

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 Scapes across Whitehorse

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 and we recycled

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14,747 and green Organics Fogo waste

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across the

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municipality and  also we 

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2,235 new  c new citizens were

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actually welcomed through citizenship so

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that's really good and over 71,000 kg of

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household items were collected through

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the home cycle

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program now the full report report will

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come out after the caretaker period and

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look I encourage both  those in the

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gallery and residents at home and

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residents at large to read this report

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it is an excellent excellent report and

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 I ask my colleagues to support it

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thank

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you thank you councelor McNeill I will

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acknowledge that it is  in caretaker

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mode many councils may not even speak to

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the annual report but we do have one

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Council coun who is retiring and not

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randing and that's counselor car and I'd

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like to acknowledge your service to the

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city and thought you might like to make

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a comment about perhaps something in the

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annual report that really  perhaps

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brings something special home to

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you oh okay thank

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you not any I'd like to not necessarily

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pick out any highlights from the report

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because I'd like to leave that for the

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residents the community to read 

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following the election because although

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I am retiring I am still a counselor and

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I'm very very concerned about if I pick

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certain things out that I may overstep

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the mark and I certainly don't want to

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do that  not at the end of 16 years I

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don't want to find myself in trouble but

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I did I have something I prepared

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earlier and I would like to read that if

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I may

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so  councilors to satisfy all

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legislative requirements We Are Tonight

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presented with a reduced version of the

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2023 24 annual report this docent

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fairly represents council's operations

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financial position and the council plan

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2021 to

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2025 performance in respect of the 2324

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Financial year the pending council

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elections have necessitated A reduced

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version in compliance with the local

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Local Government Act 2020 which states

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in an election year local government is

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prohibited from using Council resources

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including the annual annual report in a

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way that is intended to influence or is

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likely to influence voting this requires

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the report be presented in a reduced

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format with the admission of any

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promotion of council's achievements for

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the year beyond the statutory

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requirements the 2324 annual report

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contains audited annual Financial stat

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St Ms and the audited performance

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statement both statements have been

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considered by the audit and risk

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committee and were approved in principle

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at council's meeting on the 30th of

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September 24 prior to lodgment with a

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Victorian auditor general confirmation

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of acceptance from the vag was received

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on the 3rd of October 24 in time for

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both statements to be included in

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tonight's reduced version of the annual

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report following the conclusion as

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previously been said following the

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conclusion of the election period I

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encourage residents wishing to read the

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full and complete version of the 2324

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annual report to log on to council's

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website or visit one of council's

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customer service centers or your local

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library to pick up a copy containing the

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mayor's message and council's

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performance highlights of which there

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were many to be proud of counselors 

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yeah I I read that by way of explanation

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for those listening at home  to to

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really explain why we are submitting a

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reduced version of the annual report in

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an election year so that's why so thank

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you mayor for allowing me to do that you

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thank you councilor car and yes very

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much  can I say on behalf of all your

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colleagues  you have given outstanding

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service and you will be long remembered

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by all of us and there are many

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achievements I'm sure you are aware of

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so we wish wish you well in your

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retirement and thank you for such long

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service to local government and white

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[Applause]

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horse thank you

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everyone and that is the only item for

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this

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evening's oh we better go for a vote I

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didn't do the vote that's not good is it

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 so we've moved to  receive the

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annual report all those in favor

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to approve the annual report carried

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unanimously and that is the only item

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that we have to vote on this evening 

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so this is the last council meeting

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scheduled for before the general

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election which is  this Saturday the

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16th of O  26th of October before

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closing the special council meeting I

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would like to advise of the following

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meetings of council the first council

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meeting after the general election will

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be the meeting to elect the mayor and

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Deputy Mayor on Monday the 18th of

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November

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2024 and the first ordinary council

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meeting will be held on Monday the 2nd

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of December

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2024 I now close the

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meeting at 87

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1817 6 6 yeah well 12 hour 18 hour  24

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hour 6:17 p.m. I hope you enjoyed the

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rest of your evening and good night and

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thank you to those who traveled here for

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such a short meeting and have often come

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to Council meetings thank you for taking

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interest in White Horse