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A snapshot from the City of Whyalla ordinary meeting held on Monday, December 18.
DEPUTATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Whyalla Youth Mayor Ethan Klobucar gave a report on the YAC activities and achievements in 2017.
YMCA: Mary Modra from the YMCA presented a plan and made a request to council to use transitional funds to create meeting facilities at the Whyalla Leisure centre that would accommodate needs arriving from the roll out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and for other uses such as after-school activities.
PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
Questions were responded to from Barbara Derham, Angela Antonio and Kerry Johnstone.
CITY GROWTH MATTERS
DOG ON-LEASH AND OFF-LEASH AREAS IN WHYALLA: A motion was carried to defer planned changes to times pet owners are allowed to have their dogs off-the-leash, to allow more time to assess the issues at hand and obtain more statistics.
INFRASTRUCTURE MATTERS
WALKING TRACKS: A report that highlights the opportunity to develop and utilise existing walking trails linking the foreshore, Hummock Hill, Flinders and Freycinet lookouts, Tank “Rocky” Hill, Tower Hill and Mount Laura as two identifiable routes for the Four Hills Walking Trail project was carried.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES MEMBERSHIP: It was recommended that council receive and note the membership of a local government report. A motion was carried that the matter of the City of Whyalla’s membership to the Eyre Peninsula Local Government Association be “laid on the table for further discussion”.
NOTICES OF MOTION
AUDIO COUNCIL MEETING : A motion to rescind the council resolution to "cease recording of council meetings and alter the appropriate policy to reflect this change" was lost.
AIRPORT MASTER PLAN: A motion to look into funding in the 2018-19 City of Whyalla budget for a study into an expansion of the airport was carried.
MOTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
WHYALLA ART PRIZE: Cr Barnes put forward motion for an extensive review of the Whyalla Art Prize process and council’s involvement. This was carried.
RECYCLING: Cr Schmitz put forward a motion that the Whyalla City Council prepare a report on the use of recycled plastic/composite products within the city with an aim to prepare a policy which endorses the use of these products in parks, gardens, reserves and signage applications. This was carried.
NOTE: This is a “snapshot” summation of the council meeting and not the official minutes. The official minutes will be published in due course.