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MINUTES OF THE BUDGET AND OPERATIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING OF ASHFIELD COUNCIL, HELD ON LEVEL 6, CIVIC CENTRE, 260 LIVERPOOL ROAD, ASHFIELD ON TUESDAY 26 JULY 2011, COMMENCING AT 9:28 PM.

PRESENT         Councillor Wangmann in the Chair and Councillors Cassidy, Drury, Kennedy, Lofts, McKenna, Rerceretnam and Wang                                                               

                            Ms V Chan         General Manager

                            Ms N Kettle         Director Corporate and Community Services

                            Mr P Sarin          Director Planning and Environment

                            Mr G McMahon  Chief Financial Officer

                            Ms L Pascuzzo  Minute Taker

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF LOCAL ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY

"Let us acknowledge that we are meeting on country for which the members and elders of the local Aboriginal community have been custodians for many centuries, and on which Aboriginal people have performed age old ceremonies. We acknowledge their living culture and unique role in the life of this region."

APOLOGIES

B37/11 RESOLVED                                  Kennedy / McKenna

An apology for non attendance was received and accepted from Councillors Kelso, Stott and Adams.

Councillor Mansour was absent due to having previously been granted a leave of absence.

DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST

No disclosures were made.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

B38/11

RESOLVED                                  Wang / Kennedy That the minutes of the Budget and Operations Review Committee Meeting held on Tuesday 28 June 2011 be confirmed.

Staff Reports

	INVESTMENT REPORT AS AT 30 JUNE 2011. Ramani Sathananthan - General Ledger Coordinator. Report Submitted with attachments 1 to 3. (07/07/11)                       Financial Management>Reports>Investment Report                                h:\reports.bp\Committees\Reports\BOR260711SR_3.doc BOR 8.1 Attached
B39/11	RESOLVED                         Drury / Kennedy That the report be received and noted.

AMENDMENTS TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 REGARDING CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR COUNCILS AND THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS BY COUNCILS. Charles Latimer - Governance Project Officer. Report Submitted with attachments 1 and 2. (30/06/11)                                                                                             Legislation                                h:\reports.bp\Committees\Reports\BOR260711SR_2.doc BOR 8.2 Attached

B40/11

RESOLVED                         Cassidy / Lofts That the matter be deferred to a full Council meeting.

PROCEEDINGS TERMINATED AT 9:43pm.

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when the Minutes were confirmed

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