Decision details

Moved by Councillor Scully, seconded by Councillor Thalis –

It is resolved that:

(A)        Council note the submissions received from the community on the exhibited draft Revised Operational Plan 2019/20 as included in Attachment A to the subject report;

(B)        Council adopt the draft Revised Operational Plan 2019/20 and budget, incorporating:

(i)           the revised grants program for 2019/20; and

(ii)         the revised Budget for 2019/20;

(C)        Council adopt a new category under which fees and charges can be waived or reduced, referred to as “COVID-19”, that enables the waiving or reducing fees or charges for the remainder of 2019/20 in response to the COVID-19 situation as it evolves;

(D)        Council note that the revised 2019/20 budgets include a reduction in the 2019/20 budgeted Operating Result from $112.9M to $77.9M and the Net Surplus from $36.5M to $1.5M, resulting from the increase to the CEO's Operating Expenditure budget by $35.0M; and

(E)        authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to approve any minor editorial corrections prior to publication and authorise the relevant staff to implement any such corrections.

Carried unanimously.

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