OSCAR was pleased to be in attendance for some of last night’s OM (Thursday, 15 August) which broke a record for the length of an ordinary meeting and included a number of decisions that make Noosa Council an even better exemplar of transparency in local government. Well done Noosa councillors.
Councillors voted to:
REVIEW OF COUNCIL MEETING LIVE STREAMING AND VIDEO OPERATIONS
A. Continue to live stream Council’s General Committee, Ordinary and Special Council Meetings and continue to make the video recording of these meetings available for future viewing on Council’s YouTube channel;
B. Request the Chief Executive Officer to introduce bookmarking of the meeting videos (commencing from the August 2019 meetings) to make it easier for viewers to follow the meeting based on individual agenda items and further, that the back catalogue of meeting videos be progressively bookmarked as time and resources allow;
C. Request the Chief Executive Officer to regularly publicise the availability of live streaming of Council’s General Committee, Ordinary and Special Council Meetings and the availability of the video recordings of those meetings which are accessible on Council’s YouTube channel;
D. Continue to note that video recordings are not the final record of the meeting and that the meeting minutes are the official record those meetings; and
E. Note that at this stage, Council will not undertake live streaming of meetings other than the Council’s General Committee, Ordinary and Special Council Meetings for the reasons outlined in the report by the Chief Executive Officer.
Carried unanimously.
REVIEW OF STANDING ORDERS FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS
D. Request the Chief Executive Officer to record the names of Councillors and how they voted on all decisions and recommendations at Council meetings commencing in September 2019;
E. Note that the new Standing Orders include the provision for public question time which would be undertaken in accordance with Public Question Time Guidelines and request the CEO to develop such Public Question Time Guidelines for Council adoption noting that the provisions of the Standing Orders in relation to public question time will not commence until those Guidelines have been adopted by Council; and
F. Request the Chief Executive Officer to promote the availability of petitions, deputations, presentations and public question time at Council meetings as one way in which the community can engage with our Council through our meeting processes and in particular, update information available on Council’s website in relation to these options as well as periodically promoting these issues using other Council communication channels.
Carried unanimously.
REVIEW OF ISSUES RAISED IN NOTIFIED MOTION OF 20 JUNE 2019
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Services & Organisation Committee Meeting dated 6 August 2019 and request the Chief Executive Officer to include on Council’s website, details of all reference groups, focus groups, stakeholder forums, roundtables, advisory committees and the like that have been established by Council including details of Council appointments to such groups and all group members.