Council Decides July 2025 Ordinary Meeting

Published on 09 July 2025

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Welcome to our July issue of “Council Decides”, where we update you on the decisions and discussions of the Lismore City Council meeting.

The business papers and attachments for the meeting can be found at here

MAYORAL MINUTE(S) AND CONDOLENCE MOTIONS

Councillors resolved to:

  • Receive and note a Condolence Motion for Dr Ros Irwin and forward a letter of condolence to the family from the Mayor
  • Receive and note a Condolence Motion for Barry Davidson and forward a letter of condolence to the family from the Mayor
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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

Councillors resolved to:

  • Receive and adopt the recommendations contained within the 26 March 2025 minutes of the Local Traffic Committee
  • Receive and adopt the recommendations contained within the 4 June 2025 minutes of the Lismore Flood Risk Management Committee

 

MATTERS ARISING

Councillors resolved to:

  • Note the Questions on Notice responses provided in the Business Papers
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  • REPORTS OF THE GENERAL MANAGER

Councillors resolved to:

  • approve the acquisition of part of Lot 2 in Deposited Plan 621526 being Part 25 Chelmsford Road, Rock Valley NSW by agreement, meet the landholder’s costs associated with the aquisition, and delegate the General Manager to negotiate the terms of the acquisition and compensation and to execute all documents necessary to give effect to this resolution
  • sell part of 313 Wyrallah Road, Monaltire (Lot 2 DP 1213261) as outlined in this report, directly to the Lismore Model Flying Club for the sum of $1 plus any costs associated with the sale/transfer for the land
  • approve the granting of an easement for footpath access over Council-owned land at Wade Park, (161 Military Road, East Lismore), in favour of the owner or occupier of 24 Colleen Place, East Lismore, approve consideration for the granting of the easement to be a nominal amount of $1.00 with the applicant to bear all costs associated with the creation and registration of the easement, including but not limited to survey, legal, lodgement, and administrative fees and delegate authority to the General Manager to negotiate the terms of the easement generally in accordance with the proposed terms set out in this report, and to execute all necessary documentation to register the easement with Land Registry Services
  • waive Outdoor Dining licence fees for the 2025-2026 financial year
  • receive and note the June 2025 Investments report
  • define the expiration of ARIC terms as below: (1) Stephen Coates appointment as chair will expire on 11 December 2026, (2) Andrew Macleod’s appointment as a member will expire on 22 March 2029 and (3) Glenn Mullins’ appointment as a member will expire on 8 November 2029
  • appoint Mark Ambrose to the Koala Advisory Group; Col Baker (Modanville/Dunoon) and Len Johnston (Richmond Hill/Lindendale) to the Lismore Villages Advisory Group; and Hannah Wilson to the Aboriginal Advisory Group
  • receive the Mayoral Attendance Report for June 2025
  • prepare a Planning Proposal reviewing planning provisions relating to Rural Land-sharing Community development as part of the current Local Environmental Plan and Development Control Plan reviews, with a view to removing these provisions and hold a workshop to discuss (a) existing Rural Land-sharing Community developments and approved housing limits, (b) non-compliant Rural Land-sharing Community developments, and (c) land property titles for Rural Land-sharing Community developments
  • name to final grandstand at Oakes Oval in honour of Craig Foster AM
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  • CONFIDENTIAL SESSION

Councillors resolved to:

  • accept the tender to form an un-ranked panel of approved providers from the following suppliers for Tender T562425RTC on a Schedule of Rates based contract: (a)      HXR Construction Pty Ltd, (b) CivilCS Pty Ltd, (c) McNamara and Tierney Pty Ltd, trading as Kyogle Earthworx, (d) Rugendyke and Bashforth Contracting Pty Ltd, € Smith Plant Hire (NSW) Pty Ltd, (f) The Trustee for the Stewart Family Trust trading as Tom Thumb Earthmoving, (g) WF & SL Sullivan Pty Ltd trading as, Richmond Sand Gravel and Landscaping Lismore (h) P and C Roach Contracting and Plant Hire Pty Ltd, (2) the panel be awarded for an initial period of three (3) years commencing on 9 July 2025, with an optional extension of one (1) year, and (3) Council delegates authority to the General Manager to: (a) finalise and execute the contract, execute the options to extend the contract when required, and any other documentation required to give effect to this resolution, and (b) approve purchases without a fixed upper limit of expenditure from approved budget source for Tender T2025-10 Supply of Unsealed Roads Maintenance
  • not appeal the Court’s decision on Monaltrie Area Community Association Incorporated v Santin and Anor [2025] NSWLEC 38.
  • offer to the preferred applicant identified by the recruitment committee for the role of General Manager of Lismore City Council, delegate authority to the Mayor to negotiate the terms of the contract with the successful applicant, based on the parameters agreed by Council, should negotiations with the preferred applicant not be successful, Council delegate authority to the Mayor to negotiate the terms of the contract with the applicant identified as the second preferred applicant by the recruitment committee, and that the members of the Performance Review Committee work with LG Management Services to develop a performance agreement for the incoming General Manager

 

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