OPENING PRAYER
"Dear Lord, help us in our deliberations today so that our decisions will be for the greater good for the whole of Kempsey Shire - Amen".

APOLOGIES

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

ASSESSMENT OF ITEMS LISTED IN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PAPER ORDINARY MINUTES 8TH MAY 2007 (FOR CONFIRMATION)

PRESENTATION

1. At 11.00am Mr Bill Heath from the Valuer General’s Department Grafton will be addressing Council for a 30 minute talk on valuations.
   
2. The General Manager of RTA Pacific Highway, Bob Higgins and Project Manager, Roger Fenner will attend lunch at 1.00 pm and conduct a presentation on the status of the project when meeting resumes at around 1.45 pm.

PUBLIC FORUM

CONSIDERATION OF LATE REPORTS
Consideration of late reports to determine whether they should be dealt with or deferred.

CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS RELATING TO PUBLIC FORUM MATTERS

ADOPTION OF AGENDA ORDER OF BUSINESS

MAYORAL MINUTE A1 – A8

MM1 - Proposed Works Inspection Tour of A1
Community Services Projects
File: 335

MM2 - South Kempsey Business & Security A2
File: 69

MM3 - Climate Change Agreement A3
File: 579

MM4 - NSW Coastal Councils Group A4
File: 184

MM5 - NSW Floodplain Management Authority A5
File: 284

MM6 - Mayoral Activities for May 2007 A6
File: 380

MAYORAL SUPPLEMENTARY MINUTE

MM7 SUPP - LGMA Forum and Shire Conference
File: 458

ITEMS TABLED FOR INFORMATION B1

NOTICE OF MOTION D1 – D5

NOM1 - Regional Tourism Organisation D1
File: 135

NOM2 - Boyters Lane Sporting Fields D2
File: LA14205, T6-04-307

NOM3 - Exhibition of Local Environmental Study (LES) and D3
Draft Local Environmental Plan (LEP) Former Shell Site,
Phillip Drive, South West Rocks
File: T5-94

NOM4 - Grading and Maintenance on Plomer Road D5
File: 10

DELEGATE’S REPORT F1 – F4

DR1 - Northern NSW Oral Health Network F1
File: 265

DR2 - Student Achievement Awards F3
File: 40

DELEGATE'S SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT

DR3 SUPP - Local Government Learning Solutions
File: 242

DIRECTOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES REPORT G1 – G17

DSDS1 - Review of Development Control Plan 30 Exempt and G1
Complying Development
File: T5-97

DSDS2 - Revotes 2006 / 07 G3
File: 153

DSDS3 - Street Naming G5
File: T6-02-697

DSDS4 - Building and Development G7
File: 329

DIRECTOR SHIRE SERVICES REPORT H1 – H19

DSS1 - Naming of an Existing Street H1
File: 147

DSS2 - NSW Performance Monitoring Reports – Macleay Water H2
Results for 04 / 05
File: 588

DSS3 - Assessment of Sporting Fields for South West Rocks H4
File: LA14295 and 527

DSS4 - Pacific Highway Upgrade Program – Oxley Highway to Kempsey H8
File: 312

DSS5 - NSW Health Drinking Water Monitoring Program H9
File: 158

DSS6 - Water and Sewer Revotes 2006 / 2007 H10
File: 153

DSS7 - Capital Works Revotes 2006 / 2007 H11
File: 153

DSS8 - Stuarts Point Town Improvement Program H12
File: 153

DSS9 - Community Waste Education Programs – Tangler Bins and H14
Waste to Art Program
File: 474 and 40

DSS10 - Waste Management Review H16
File: 491 and 584

DIRECTOR SHIRE SERVICES SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT

DSS11 SUPP - Roads to Recovery Program
File: 197

DIRECTOR CORPORATE & COMMUNITY SERVICES REPORT J1 – J23

DCCS1 - Statement of Bank Balances as at 31st May 2007 J1
File: 454

DCCS2 - Statement of Investments as at 31st May 2007 J2
File: 303

DCCS3 - Fleet Management J3
File: 212

DCCS4 - Kempsey Assistance Patrol Advisory Committee J4
File: 558

DCCS5 - Mayoral and Councillor Fees J6
File: 276

DCCS6 - Abandon Rates and Charges on Cancelled Forestry Lease J8
File: LA12385

DCCS7 - Arts Mid North Coast Annual Report J9
File: 79

DCCS8 - Capital Works Expenditure J10
File: 153

DCCS9 - Operational Partnership with Department of Corrective Services J12
File: 282

DCCS10 - Building Works – Visitor Information Centre / Museum J13
File: *

DCCS11 - Renewal of Leases for Crescent Head and Stuarts Point J14
Community Pre-Schools
File: LA9447 and LA11231

DCCS12 - Macleay River Historical Society Museum J16
File: LA2100

DCCS13 - Saleyards Operators Association – Annual Conference J18
File: 388

DCCS14 - Councillors Requests for Access to Records J20
File: 367

DCCS15 - Tender – Audit Services J21
File: Tender 1018

DIRECTOR CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT

DCCS 16 SUPP - Loans 4 Shore Holiday Parks
File: 314

GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT K1 – K17

GM1 - Outstanding Reports / Resolutions K1
File: 149

GM2 - Works Program K3
File: 153

GM3 - Declarations of Interest K4
File: 68

GM4 - Draft Management Plan K6
File: 339

GM5 - Making of Rates and Charges for 2007 / 2008 K8
File: R1-2

GM6 - Annual Performance Review General Manager K11
File: S10-13

GM7 - Local Government Comparative Data K12
File: 319

GM8 - 2006 / 2007 Fees and Charges K16
File: 484

GENERAL MANAGER'S SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT

GM9 SUPP - National Sea Change Conference
File: 357

COMMITTEE REPORTS L1 – L4

Minutes of the Aboriginal Liaison Committee Discussion held 9th May 2007 L1

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE M1

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS ARE OF SUCH A NATURE THAT DISCUSSION IS LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE WHEN THE MEETING IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE REASONS STATED. MOTION FOR CONFIDENTIAL COMMITTEE N1

CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PAPER

CONFIDENTIAL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OFFICER’S REPORTS

DIRECTOR CORPORATE & COMMUNITY SERVICES CONFIDENTIAL REPORT J1–J2

REASON FOR PRESENTATION OF REPORT ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS

The matters and information are the following:

(d) commercial information of a confidential nature that would, if disclosed;
(i) prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied it.

DCCS1 CONF - Tender - Auditor J1
File: Tender 1018

GENERAL MANAGER’S CONFIDENTIAL REPORT K1 – K6

REASON FOR PRESENTATION OF REPORT ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS

This report is submitted on a confidential basis as it involves advice concerning litigation, or advice that would otherwise be privileged from production in legal proceedings on the ground of legal professional privilege. (Local Government Act 1993, Section 10A(2)(g)).

GM1 CONF - Various Legal Matters – Current Position K1
CONF. File: 155

REASON FOR PRESENTATION OF REPORT ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS

The matters and information are the following:

(d) commercial information of a confidential nature that would, if disclosed;
(ii) confer a commercial advantage on a competitor of the council,

On balance, the public interest in preserving the confidentiality of the commercial information outweighs the public interest in openness and transparency in council decision making by discussing the matter in open meeting.

GM2 CONF - Library and Residential Development 18 – 22 Landsborough K4
Street, South West Rocks
File: 155

OPEN COUNCIL

ADOPTION OF REPORT OF THE CONFIDENTIAL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

CONCLUSION