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Good evening and welcome. We are at a

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special meeting of Port Phillip City

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Council here this evening on the 29th of

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June 2026.

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Council as always respectfully

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acknowledges traditional owners and

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custodians of the Kulin Nation and we

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acknowledge their legacy and spiritual

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connection to the land seas and

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waterways across the City of Port

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Phillip and pay our heartfelt respects

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to elders past, present and emerging.

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Tonight's meeting is a special meeting

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that's being held to consider the plan

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for Port Phillip including the budget

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for 2627.

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Just a reminder in terms of the touch

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points that early engagement was

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undertaken between the 17th of

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November last year up until the 1st of

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February and during that time we

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received feedback from over 90

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participants.

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We also heard feedback on the draft plan

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as per the statutory consultation

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process as well as also feedback from

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the community verbal submissions on the

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20th of May. And do once again want to

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thank everyone for their contribution to

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the budget both in the initial stages

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and as we went through the formalized

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process.

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Good evening to those of you that are

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joining us in the gallery here this

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evening and also to those of you also

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that are joining us online. And I note

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councelor Thomann, welcome online as

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well. A reminder that our meetings as

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always are conducted in a hybrid style

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and they are being streamed via

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council's webcast page and Facebook

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live. A reminder that meetings are

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copyrighted, cannot be altered,

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reproduced or republished without the

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permission of council. And if we do

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experience any technical difficulties,

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we as always will adjourn the meeting

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for a short time and just resolve those

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issues.

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And in the unlikely event of an

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emergency, please follow the direction

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of the emergency warden and governance

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staff by the door. Any apologies,

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councilors, this evening? We're all

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here.

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Of course.

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And once again, appreciate you joining

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online, councelor Thomann.

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Any declarations of conflicts of

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interest?

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No conflicts of interest for tonight's

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meeting. In which case we have one item

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for consideration here this evening and

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that is item 3.1 plan for Port Phillip.

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Any questions from officers in relation

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to this report?

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Oh, any questions to officers? Yes, from

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councilors to officers.

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Yes, councelor Halliday. Where's your

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moment? I was waiting for you I

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should have paid attention in

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accounting obviously the budget

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has something like a surplus of $30

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million in it. Can you explain how that

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how that surplus works and where those

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funds will go

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through you may thank you  thank you

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councelor for the question.

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so we have two surpluses. There's the

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operating surplus which is the one

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you're referring to. There's also then

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the cash surplus. Generally speaking,

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operating surplus just looks at the

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operating budget. So in other words,

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income less operating expenditure.

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What's left over is then used to fund

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our capital program. And so you'll note

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that for 2627 there's approximately $123

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million of operating  capital projects

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and initiatives in that. So that's where

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those operating surplus comes in to

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fund it. The cash surplus is then the

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impact of both those operating and

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capital um items and come and comes to

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that which is setting at some

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$750,000

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for the year.

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Any further questions for officers?

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Councelor Crawford.

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 I note that I can't find the page.

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Sorry I'm a little bit behind. Um, there

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is a notice there's a a grant for 10.1

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or $10.3 million, a one-off. I just want

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to clarify that's not from rates. And

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could I ask what that kind of that that

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one-off is for, that grant is for,

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please,

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over to you, Brian T.

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Thank you. And through  you, Mayor.

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Yes councelor I can confirm that

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the $10 million allocation in the budget

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is not rates payer funded it is

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an allocation that we're working through

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with the state government. It's part of

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the fish the delivery of the Fisherman's

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Bend vision and it's for the

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provision of community services

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infrastructure

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in future in Fisherman's Bend to

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ensure that the community in Fisherman's

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Bend going forward has community

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services in place. Councelor

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Buckingham,

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the City of Port Phillip has

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historically had a very generous

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hardships program for people that are

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struggling to pay rates and other

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charges. Could you please explain to

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us what hardship provisions are built

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into this budget and how this compares

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to other councils?

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Thank you through you Mayor. Thank

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you councilors for the question I'm

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quite proud to to say that Philip is one

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of the  more generous councils that

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off offers hardship um to our community.

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 you know in a budget  we've

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increased our pension rebate 

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significantly around 6% I believe to

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 for those who are subject to the

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pension so they are looked after

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from that aspect for those who 

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maybe struggle a little bit in terms of

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paying rates, there's also provisions

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for them to look at  seeking 

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support from a rates waiver. Again,

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that's also increased from $750 to $800

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this in this budget so that's two

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items that are cash related. In

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addition, there are  other means

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available. For example if

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temporary  cash flow is a issue for a

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rate payer, they can seek um  payment

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plans or or deferment of rates.

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In addition to that  those

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self-funded retirees can also seek to

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have a permanent defer of their rates as

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well at a 50% of the  penalty

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interest, which is about 5% 

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interest rate. So they can use that to

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permanently, you know, stay at their in

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their home without having to pay rates

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and and until time is ready to settle.

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Yeah.

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Further questions. Councelor Crawford,

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I just wanted to put on the record

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there's been a bit of inaccurate

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information floating around. Surprise,

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surprise, at this time of year

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because rates and waste charges are hard

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to understand. Even after 10 years, I'm

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still getting my head around it. But I

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just wanted to clarify that the increase

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in the waste charge has  because it

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incorporates hard waste 

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and general waste it has been

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evened out by reducing the overall rates

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pie where the incre could you explain

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because it is really hard for people to

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understand. We're not actually getting

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more overall. It's just how it's

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redistributed

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through you may. Thank you councelor for

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the question this year we follow

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the the guideline provided by the

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state government around the waste charge

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what can be included not ex not included

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and  they've recommended waste charge

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should also cover the cost of  dump

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rubbish and also lead bins  in that in

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the waste charge not from general rates.

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so in order for us to do that

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we would increase our rate our general

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rates at the 2.75%

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and then from that we would move that

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money out of general rates into the

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waste charge um which is approximately

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about $1.8 million into the waste

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charge. So we are not asking for

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additional money it just moving from

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general rates to the waste charge. Um

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the other bit in the other cause of the

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increase to the the waste charge is

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relating to other aspects of the waste

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charge such as um 6% increase in the

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landfill levy and and other inflationary

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pressures.

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Can I clarify those? So it actually is a

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flat rate. So the people with the higher

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end properties will actually pay a

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little bit less because everybody else

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is paying us a flat rate across the

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municipality.

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through you may thank you counselor for

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the question in short that's

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correct the general rate is based on

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the value of the property. The waste

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charge is based is a flat charge. So

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logically speaking what it has done

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is move shifted slightly from the

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higher value properties to the lower

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value properties through a flat charge.

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Councelor

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Halliday.

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just following up on that question

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about the waste charge there. Can I

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confirm then the waste charge itself is

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is  purely our costs. It's not a

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revenue source for us.  how does that

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work?

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Thank you  through you Mayor thank you

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councelor for the question the waste

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charge  that council agree to when we

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split the waste charge firm generates is

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to be cost recovery and it funds the

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services that we provide as listed in

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the waste charge. For example, the

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curbside waste collection you know

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the fog etc. and including the new

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additional elements of that in there,

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the dump rubbish and the litter

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bins.

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Further questions. Deputy Mayor Mears.

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And can you tell me of that 7.3 million

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how much?

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I can't hear anything.

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Yeah, the microphone. Deputy Mears. Your

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question again.

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Sorry.

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Of the 7.3 million collected in

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development contributions in Lakeside

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Ward over the last 5 years, how much has

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been spent in Lakeside Ward

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through you Mayor thank you councelor

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for the question open space or

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developer contribution is a little bit

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of 

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I guess in one way we we collect and 

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segregate that money based on postcodes

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and not by ward. So it is a little bit

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difficult for me to provide exactly how

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much was been allocated to lakeside

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because the lakeside can  include

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multiple I guess suburbs that are

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split between wards what I can what

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I've seen is that there was a location

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around that lakeside area for example

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near St. particular road that we did

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invest a money in that Albert road

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reserve where we spend about $5 million

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in that space that's you could argue

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that is part of that lakeside you could

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say it's not it's very hard for us to

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because we based it on the suburbs

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I think

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followup question

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yeah follow up the five 5 million was

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allocated into South Melbourne there's

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2.3 million I believe

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allocated outside Lakeside.

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through you may I guess you

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could say logically you're correct.

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Albert Park Road reserve falls under

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South Melbourne logically in that sense

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but it's actually funds part it's

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included in the sink road precinct

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area.

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for any further questions.

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Councelor Jay.

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 just to clarify for the residents at

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home, many would think that we've got

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this $300 million budget and they think

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that the councilors have a free for all

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over this money but as we found

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out, there's a lot of capital works

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already in the process. So Peter, my

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question is  how much influence do the

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counselors have on immediate projects

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that they might have as pet projects

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in a nice way

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through you Mayor. Thank you councel for

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the question

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you as you may I guess  recall the

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the coun this council revised the

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council plan the four-year council plan.

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So

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last year when you endorsed the budget

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 significant amount of councelor and

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community priorities were included and

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you recall those things include safety

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matters, social cohesion budgets, safety

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uplift, sept what else?  city

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immunity  and even the  

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what's the affordable housing which is

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like about $6 million included in

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that as well. So those priorities all

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form part of the council decision this

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council and so when you think about

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what budget annually speaking you a

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significant amount has been allocated

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through your decisions last year  and

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what's left through that normal

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budget cycle is that the existing

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priorities and commitments in your

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operating budget covers a lot of your 

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available budget so we because we

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run on a balanced budget this any given

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year this is not a huge amount of money

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that you could reallocate unless you

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council decide to make a change to that.

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That said, we did invest a lot of

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additional budget. You can see from

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 from the capital program, you know,

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as I mentioned, it was $123 million last

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year when we discussed this was a low

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amount in the forecast to that. I think

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it was around 110. So, we've added

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additional $10 million to the portfolio

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along that along this cycle as well. So

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um it's not so much that it's the finite

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number but it's it the budget reflects

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what the counselors has decided on and

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prioritize on through through last year

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and this year as well. So it's not just

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a small fraction of the budget. It's

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it's a holistic budget that council's

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endorsed.

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So just to clarify, there's a jar. All

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the big things get put in the jar and

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then if there's room or if there's

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leftover for little things that the

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community may need such as madding or

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gardens or zebra crossings then we must

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find it out of what's left. Um, is there

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ongoing budgets annually for the

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counselors to bring forward small

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priorities that they may discover in

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season that they need for their

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community if something um turns up like

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a you know might decide that we need a

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zebra crossing somewhere that we didn't

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think that we needed one last time and

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how quickly can we as counselors act on

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that or are they larger things that we

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have to sort of throw into the future?

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I'm wanting the residents to understand

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because we've had a lot of community

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requests and not many of them have made

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it um to the budget. So I just want the

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residents to understand why and and and

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and how the funds are allocated

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through you may thank you counselor for

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the question. You will appreciate

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counselors that our budget

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has a a limited capacity because of

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rights capping at 2.75 this year

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compared to inflation which is forecast

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to be at 4.9%.

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So that alone is is is problematic in

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one sense that we have to find savings

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in order to to address that gap. Um so

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we did this um we did find $2.4 $4

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million in the current draft budget um

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which proposed budget um to offset the

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gap. Um so in that respect it is

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difficult for us to continue to  to um

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find savings and and and additional

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budgets for discretionary items. Um that

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said the whole  budget cycle does

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involve counselor's decision and and

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community engagement through our process

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and the budget was did include community

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um priorities through that cycle as

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well. So um we have listened to our

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community and we've added items in there

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and even um through the last um draft

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budget cycle we've added additional

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items in the recommendation that you're

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about to um um to endorsed in this

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cycle. Yeah.

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Any further questions?

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Councelor Halliday.

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 thank you Mayor.  do we think that

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we'll see a lessening of the kind of

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impact of the um fuel price increases as

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the result of the Middle East

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confilration? Like are we seeing that

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ease off now

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through you may thank you counselor for

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the question? Um that's a bit hard to

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say in one sense in short bit bit hard

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to say we know that inflation for um

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March to March has is about 4 point

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something um above 4%.  we we know our

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um rates caps 2.7  5%. We know state

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governments only provided 3%  2.75% on

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statutory fees. Um and so um

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what I what I can say is that they what

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they project versus reality is a little

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little bit different. We what we

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experience from um our  our tenders

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and and various means of telling us

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what's going on in the market is also it

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depends on what services they are. So

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it's very hard for us to understand

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exactly what the increases are. But we

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know construction cost seems to go  be

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above um what we um are anticipating in

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what um some of that and that's seen

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through the valuation of our 

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infrastructure  using  um rates from

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um from the  Rollinssons telling us

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that it's you know between five to 8% of

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increase just on those alone. Um yeah so

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it's there's a lot of mixed messages. Um

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unfortunately um I think the risk is

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still there. Um but what degree it

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remains um to be seen.

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So through I think specifically in terms

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of the fuel costs

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it's difficult to tell. I think we see

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the price movement as you would see

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reported. Um when there's positive news

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it moves pretty quickly.  corrects

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pretty quickly but when there's negative

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news it blows out again pretty quickly.

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And at the moment there's just real

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instability. Like we'll see that there's

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been a

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 an agreement signed and the next

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minute we'll see bombing in the straight

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and bombing in  Lebanon. So and then

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prices go out again. So it's really

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difficult to tell. It's  it's not like

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a traditional

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ceasefire and truce. Um it just seems to

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keep going and  at the moment we we

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see fluctuations daily, weekly depending

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on the news cycle.

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Any further questions?

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Councelor Jay, is there a question? You

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look like it.

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Any other questions? Councelor

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Halliday.

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Councelor Hardy, any questions? See, I

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can see you through the screen.

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, councelor Thomann, any questions?

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Okay, thank you.

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Do you have a No, no questions. All

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right. In which case, we have a

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recommendation before us.

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As  chair, I'll move the

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recommendation before us noting that I

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would like to split this into parts. 

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part one encompassing 3.1 down to 3.3.

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Part two encompassing 3.4.

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Part three encompassing 3.5.

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Part four encompassing 3.6 through to

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3.10.

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Part five encompassing 311. Part 6

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encompassing 312 through to 316 and part

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7 encompassing 317 and 318.

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And a reminder that we'll be debating 

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or we'll be speaking to the entire item

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and then obviously de  voting in those

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parts as mentioned.  moved by myself

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as chair Mayor Mak. Do we have a second

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seconded councelor Halliday?

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I'm just going to wait for that to be

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reflected on the screen. Good work.

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That's reflected on the screen. In which

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case, I we will open the debate as per

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the chair. So, 

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all right. So, , the council budget

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obviously sets a direction for the next

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12 months and council budgets are never

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an easy piece to determine.

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As I mentioned in the preamble, you

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know, conversations around the budget

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both within council and the community

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started at November last year.

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Macro conditions are actually at a very

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different place , back in November

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last year compared to the beginning of

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this year. And I know a few of us have

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asked questions around the impact of

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fuel prices and all those other factors

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that we then had to reexplore.

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Council budgets are never easy, but this

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is really around setting the program of

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works and activities over the next 12

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months. Within that is the precinct

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planning for Domain and Lakeside, for

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Ripley, for Bellaclava, for Bay Street

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in Port Melbourne, for Aklland and

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additional works for Aklland Street

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Plaza. You know, these are works that

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will set the vision for our high streets

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and a priority for many of us as

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councilors in how do we set the vision

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for our high streets or our precincts

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and how do we start to actually

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implement the improvements that are

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required for each of those streets. Just

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this morning I spoke at a  business

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event on Bay Street and you know one of

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the areas of great  conversation and

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great support was that precinct planning

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for Bay Street setting the vision taking

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time to develop that vision and then

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working towards implementation of that.

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There's a whole range of capital works

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obviously South Melbourne Town Hall 

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the ongoing redevelopment of our child

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care centers

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 works for additional open space

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as well as also some of the additional

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items that came out through discussions

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and the community submissions  the

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accessible beach programs  obviously

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PCYC and the national theater.

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What was really encouraging back in

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November is that many of the committee

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submissions were already projects that

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we've been discussing as councilors and

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while it may look like some of those

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haven't actually gone into play many of

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those are actually already embedded and

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others have been reflected through our

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strategies noting that we have the

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creative strategy coming up  for

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finalization a multicultural strategy as

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well as other sort of  projects as

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well and I mentioned before the precinct

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plans Year two is very much about

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setting the wheels in motion, continuing

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the wheels and getting to a point where

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we can start to see tangibility and we

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will see this through this budget. We

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will see it through the delivery of

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those precinct plans. We will see it

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through other works that are emerging

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and I know you know delivery of

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footpaths in fisherman's band  the off

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leash dog park in fennel reserve and

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other projects that are coming similarly

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right around the municipality and this

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is a piece that we need to continue to

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focus on. Year two is how we start to

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see the delivery of the council plan

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that we all worked through in year one.

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No budget is easy and  no one likes to

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get a  rate notice but as we know

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there are significant pressures on

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council finances. We are seeing

00:26:49.520 --> 00:26:51.255
increased cost shifting into local

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government and that's something that we

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:55.640
have acknowledged on many situations.

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We are often between a rock and a hard

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place and we are trying to do what we

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can to deliver tangible improvements to

00:27:03.679 --> 00:27:05.015
our community and that's what this

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:07.255
budget does. I commend this motion and

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commend this budget and thank my

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:11.096
colleagues for and the officers for the

00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:14.120
work that they've undertaken within it.

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Does the second like to speak?

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 thank you Mayor. We find ourselves

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here um in our second budget.  and I

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think  many of us have learned an

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important lesson about the um the

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long-term program of council works um

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that we put in place last year in our

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:45.720
budget um and among others you know

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:50.279
we've had to um you know restrain our

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:53.496
ambitions in this budget um because we

00:27:53.520 --> 00:27:56.520
did commit to a lot of work last year um

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and to me  up in Elma award. This

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budget  and this year is a year about

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delivery. It's a year where  this

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coming year that is where we'll see the

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Inkman Street project finally underway

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:12.616
where we'll see the new parks in Jim

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Dugen Reserve in Landstone Street in

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Kimna um be developed as open space for

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our  for our population where we'll

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see  things like Alexandra Street um

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North and South both um start the works

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:30.840
on those. So this year for me is a

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:33.655
delivery year. Um but that's not to say

00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:35.655
that there aren't some new and exciting

00:28:35.679 --> 00:28:38.679
things in this budget. Um firstly, the

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:41.015
 commitment here in the budget for

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:43.096
funding for PCYC

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:45.655
will have an impact on our community

00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:48.679
members. Um a tangible impact for them

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:51.816
 into the future.  next year we see

00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:54.840
an Elma Park  master plan  which is

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:58.039
long overdue um for a a a bit of deep

00:28:59.120 --> 00:29:01.255
thinking about how we manage Elma Park

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:04.056
for the next generations ahead of us. Um

00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:06.296
and then a bit further into the future

00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:08.535
and a bit further south is all of the

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:11.559
work in Balaclava here on Carile Street

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:15.000
which will be transformative um for the

00:29:15.840 --> 00:29:18.840
Balaclava area. um you know I feel like

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:22.279
a kind of um you know  uncle to  to

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:27.976
this area um and am always hopefully

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:30.616
advocating um for Bellaca and Carlile

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:32.696
Street in these surrounding areas um as

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:35.720
well as for other areas as well.  we

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:39.720
also however have some looming

00:29:40.320 --> 00:29:43.320
 liabilities looming projects that are

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:46.056
going to challenge us into the future.

00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:48.375
These are big capital works projects

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:51.399
that have kind of undefined price tags

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:53.255
to them at this stage. We have the Port

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:55.416
Melbourne Town Hall which is desperately

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:57.976
in need of work. Um we have the Elwood

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:59.895
Foreshore which will be a huge project.

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:02.375
We have um

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:05.176
 historical so soil contamination

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:08.200
risks um across the precinct  and

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.976
across the city that we will have to

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:12.216
find ways of managing. Um and we have

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:14.216
the works on the South Melbourne market.

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:16.216
We live in a world where costs are

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:19.240
escalating day by day and our ability to

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:22.840
raise revenue is constrained um more and

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:26.120
more by rate capping  and by the

00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:27.736
limited ability we have to raise

00:30:27.760 --> 00:30:30.760
revenue.  and each of us has spent the

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:34.440
last 6 months here trying to navigate

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:37.736
our way through this. What we spend

00:30:37.760 --> 00:30:40.135
money on, what we don't spend money on,

00:30:40.159 --> 00:30:42.135
how much we set aside for the future.

00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:44.616
And I think that um that we all need to

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:47.336
take responsibility for what we see in

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:50.360
front of us here, this budget. I don't

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:52.856
think it's fair to spend 6 months

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:55.176
working on a budget and then at the 11th

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:58.200
hour say m not for me.  and you know

00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:01.736
throw our hands up and not take

00:31:01.760 --> 00:31:04.135
responsibility for we have here. So, I

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:05.895
encourage my fellow counselors to take

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:08.775
responsibility for we have here um

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:11.655
because this is our budget and all of us

00:31:11.679 --> 00:31:13.895
were in the room defining this and if

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:15.895
each of us, you know, if we want if we

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:17.176
didn't like something in here, we just

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:20.200
had to get the votes to um do something

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.096
different.

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:22.616
Thank you, Council Halliday. Right on

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:25.640
time.  next speaker for this item.

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:34.296
, Councelor Crawford,

00:31:34.320 --> 00:31:35.736
I'd like to move an amendment, please.

00:31:35.760 --> 00:31:36.775
Yes, please.

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:39.799
Um, it's one around food security. I

00:31:40.080 --> 00:31:42.216
don't know that we've done a joint one.

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:44.375
Can we combine them right now?

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:45.015
Yep.

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:47.895
Sorry, did we do this on the fly? Um, is

00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:50.056
it possible to put up both of the food

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:53.080
security ones in a form?

00:31:54.320 --> 00:31:56.135
, councelor Crawford's got the floor

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:58.456
in terms of proposing an amendment.

00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:01.480
That's

00:32:01.760 --> 00:32:04.760
both both combine the two.

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:08.056
I'm just making

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:10.135
Yep. Is it possible James? Yeah. All

00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:11.336
right. James is just sorting that.

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:12.056
Yep.

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.535
So,

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:15.559
this is

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.976
Yep.

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:23.000
Yep. So, we'll add in

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:25.495
Sorry, Council Crawford. Yep.

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:28.519
Second it.

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:30.616
Yes.

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:32.616
No, he can't. He can't.

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:34.296
Libby will second it once. Once

00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:36.375
 we have a second for the amendment

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:39.399
that is now coming on screen.

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.775
I'll give you a moment, councelor

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:42.696
Crawford, just to read through it. And

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:44.775
 like all wonderful amendments, you do

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:46.456
need to speak it out.

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:48.375
Wow, it's a long one. All right, I'll

00:32:48.399 --> 00:32:51.399
just read through it. So 3.1  3.11.5

00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:54.919
allocates up to $60,000 from the 2627

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:56.856
budget surplus to support local food

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:58.936
security responses with a particular

00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:00.936
focus on strengthening surplus food

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:03.336
coordination and improving integration

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:05.816
between local food relief providers. The

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:07.096
allocation of this funding is to be

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:09.015
informed by consultation with relevant

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:10.936
local providers and a counselor briefing

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:13.960
prior to implementation. And then 3.11.6

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:16.856
Six strengthens local food security and

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:18.936
community well-being through coordinated

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:21.960
placebased action by acknowledging the

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.976
increasing demand for food security

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:26.135
support within the municipality

00:33:26.159 --> 00:33:27.976
particularly among vulnerable community

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:30.375
members. Recognizing the links between

00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:32.375
food insecurity, social isolation and

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:34.135
broader issues of connection, loneliness

00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:36.775
and social cohesion. Noting that council

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:38.216
is planning to further strengthen

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:40.056
coordination and collaboration with food

00:33:40.080 --> 00:33:42.296
security, local food security and

00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:45.320
community service providers during 2627

00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:47.576
and noting that two workshops are

00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:50.135
planned in 2627 with community service

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:52.535
providers to support implementation of

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.895
the municipal public health and

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:55.895
well-being plan, including initiatives

00:33:55.919 --> 00:33:57.416
that address vulnerability and

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:59.176
strengthen community connection and

00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:01.176
noting that officers will report back to

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:02.535
counselors on the outcomes of this work

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:04.216
at a future date. I know it's long

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:06.616
folks, but it points to the importance.

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:08.936
Well done.  that was moved yourself,

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:10.536
councelor Crawford, seconded councelor

00:34:10.560 --> 00:34:12.055
Buckingham, in which case you now speak

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:13.736
to the motion.

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:15.416
Um councilors, I'm going to urge you to

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:18.440
support this. Um I feel councelor

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:20.536
Consolo and I can speak to back that

00:34:20.560 --> 00:34:23.176
kind of  time in the world where

00:34:23.200 --> 00:34:25.815
things were very uncertain for people

00:34:25.839 --> 00:34:27.736
and I feel like probably the last 5

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:29.095
years all we've been living through is

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:30.696
uncertainty and who knows how long it

00:34:30.720 --> 00:34:32.375
goes for but there were peak moments

00:34:32.399 --> 00:34:34.855
when co first started when lockdown

00:34:34.879 --> 00:34:36.696
started to happen and one of the things

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:38.216
we did was put I think we did it two

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:39.976
years in a row we put aside a proportion

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:42.055
of money that that could be worked out

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:43.655
with our local providers on how to

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:46.055
allocate it best noting that suddenly

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:48.375
people had loss of income  couldn't

00:34:48.399 --> 00:34:51.095
afford to feed themselves and the um the

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:54.119
need increased tfold in our city. I'm

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:56.456
asking you to support doing a similar

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:58.216
thing right now. We can work out the

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:59.896
details, but I do think it's important

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.656
to signal to our community that we're

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:04.680
here and providing food for you and

00:35:05.040 --> 00:35:06.936
making sure that that is available is a

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:09.960
priority for us. Um and and we know that

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:12.055
part of that is coordination and part of

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:13.815
it is connection. So, it's all of those

00:35:13.839 --> 00:35:16.216
aspects to it. So council has just hit

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:18.856
this peak moment of uncertainty and we

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:21.095
may need to do it again next year and

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:23.335
hopefully we don't but there is a need.

00:35:23.359 --> 00:35:26.359
Um we're hearing it on the ground. We're

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:28.136
seeing it hearing on the radio. You hear

00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:29.736
it everywhere. Um so I'm asking you to

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:32.055
support this small amount to do what we

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:34.616
can in this space.

00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:36.856
Thank you councelor Crawford. Second the

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:39.016
second do you wish to speak?

00:35:39.040 --> 00:35:41.176
Can I clarify?

00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:42.776
Can I speak to the amendment and then

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.335
speak to

00:35:43.359 --> 00:35:44.456
Yep. So this is speaking to the

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:46.216
amendment. So the amendment is before

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:47.896
us. Then we'll be voting. We'll go

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:49.496
through debate on the amendment. Vote on

00:35:49.520 --> 00:35:51.256
the amendment. Then we go back to the

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:52.616
originating motion.

00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:54.055
Wonderful. Thanks for the clarify.

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.856
Not a problem.

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:56.856
And I'd like to I'm very pleased to

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:59.016
second this amendment tonight. And I

00:35:59.040 --> 00:36:00.376
want to acknowledge the work of

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:03.095
councelor Crawford and Mayor Min in 

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:04.456
shaping up the words that we're

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:07.480
considering in front of us now because

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:10.296
 food security is not a marginal

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:12.536
issue. It is widespread and it is

00:36:12.560 --> 00:36:14.936
growing. The budget we've got in front

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:17.960
of us today responds to global shocks

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:19.976
that are having a deep impact in

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:22.776
people's day-to-day lives. And this is

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:25.575
felt no more acutely than in the

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:28.599
challenge to put a meal on the table.

00:36:29.040 --> 00:36:31.896
Our own council plan shows that over 20%

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:34.216
of residents are experiencing food sec

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:37.240
insecurity right here in Port Phillip.

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:39.256
The service providers and community

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:41.256
organizations are telling us we are now

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:43.656
facing a crisis unlike anything we've

00:36:43.680 --> 00:36:46.376
ever seen before and comparable to the

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:48.776
the heights of CO.

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:50.936
Behind the numbers are real people,

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:52.856
families skipping meals, parents going

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:55.736
without so their children can eat, and

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:57.575
more and more residents turning to food

00:36:57.599 --> 00:37:00.216
relief for the first time. We know what

00:37:00.240 --> 00:37:02.376
works. Food relief organizations are

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:04.776
already doing incredible work stretching

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:06.776
every dollar further than most of us

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:09.256
could do in our own homes. In fact, they

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:11.416
can deliver two meal um the big food

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:13.256
relief agencies tell us that they can

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:15.016
deliver two meals for every single

00:37:15.040 --> 00:37:17.575
dollar that is invested.

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:20.599
That's why a targeted investment now in

00:37:20.640 --> 00:37:23.640
this budget of $60,000 matters so much.

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:27.736
How we use it and the specifics needs to

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:29.416
be worked through with those that are

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:31.736
delivering food relief. It could be used

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:33.815
to open the share the food warehouse for

00:37:33.839 --> 00:37:36.776
an additional day each week, saving food

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:38.696
from the dumpster and putting it on

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:40.936
people's plates. It could help address

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:43.575
the critical shortages of non-p

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:46.599
perishable items such as canned food,

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:49.880
rice, dry pasta that we are hearing.

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:53.736
The donations are not keeping up with

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:56.456
the demand.

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:58.536
This funding will deliver thousands of

00:37:58.560 --> 00:38:01.416
meals to families in the city of Port

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:03.575
Phillip that need them the most. We've

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:05.016
seen the leadership of the city of

00:38:05.040 --> 00:38:07.416
Melbourne. They've just in their budget

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:10.440
allocated an additional $250,000

00:38:11.040 --> 00:38:13.176
 dollars to food relief and now it's

00:38:13.200 --> 00:38:15.815
our turn to step up. So, this is why I'm

00:38:15.839 --> 00:38:17.656
asking my fellow counselors today to

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:20.680
commit this $60,000 funding from our

00:38:21.040 --> 00:38:24.040
cash surplus to support our frontline

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:27.016
food relief partners and ensure that

00:38:27.040 --> 00:38:30.040
fewer people in our community go hungry.

00:38:31.359 --> 00:38:33.496
Thank you, Councelor Buckingham. The

00:38:33.520 --> 00:38:35.575
mover and seconder has spoken. Does any

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:37.095
other councelor wish to speak to this

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:40.119
item? Councelor J. Are we able to split

00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:43.160
this um suggestion in two and vote on it

00:38:43.520 --> 00:38:45.736
separately like the rest of the budget?

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:48.055
I'm happy to take advice on what parts

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:49.335
we would like.

00:38:49.359 --> 00:38:52.055
I think 3.11.5

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:54.936
is one part and 3.11.6

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:57.575
is another part. One requires money to

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:59.176
be taken out of the surplus. The other

00:38:59.200 --> 00:39:00.936
one supports existing work and

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:02.936
highlights our dedication.

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:05.335
I'm open to parts. Would you like to

00:39:05.359 --> 00:39:07.976
speak to the motion?

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:11.000
I would um I'm really passionate about

00:39:11.200 --> 00:39:13.736
food security. I've been working with um

00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:15.416
many many many different food

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:17.815
organizations for over two decades being

00:39:17.839 --> 00:39:20.696
soup kitchens, pantries, and delivering

00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:22.936
food on the street. I am not a

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:25.736
politician. What I bring is ground

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:28.760
experience and and and feedback from the

00:39:29.359 --> 00:39:31.736
the residents on the street and our

00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:33.815
isolated and our vulnerable directly and

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:36.536
also from the food organizations that I

00:39:36.560 --> 00:39:39.016
volunteer with regularly. We actually

00:39:39.040 --> 00:39:40.616
don't have a problem with food in Port

00:39:40.640 --> 00:39:42.216
Phillip. What we have a problem with is

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:45.016
loneliness, coordination, vulnerable

00:39:45.040 --> 00:39:48.040
people, and mental health. I um as much

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:51.880
as I um understand where the first part

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.296
of this motion's coming from, I don't

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:56.055
think it goes broad enough or deep

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:58.376
enough to solve the core issues in our

00:39:58.400 --> 00:40:01.256
community. It's I've seen so many times

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:03.656
firsthand it's very easy to give someone

00:40:03.680 --> 00:40:05.976
a meal, but that's only your entry after

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:07.335
you give them a meal. It's very

00:40:07.359 --> 00:40:09.736
important to be able to provide them um

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:11.575
definitely the mental health, the

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:14.216
housing, the the other support that they

00:40:14.240 --> 00:40:17.016
need that goes beyond food. Um, I would

00:40:17.040 --> 00:40:20.040
like to see more of that, more and more

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:22.936
of those bridging services. There's a

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:25.176
gentleman who I won't mention details,

00:40:25.200 --> 00:40:28.200
but I've been feeding for 3 years. He

00:40:28.560 --> 00:40:30.696
hasn't had a shower in 3 years. He's

00:40:30.720 --> 00:40:33.416
very isolated. Um, and I feel really

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:35.335
helpless just giving him more food and

00:40:35.359 --> 00:40:37.016
not being able to put him in a position

00:40:37.040 --> 00:40:38.616
where he's getting help. Can get a

00:40:38.640 --> 00:40:41.575
shower, can deal with  the demons in

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:43.815
his mind that that makes him fear the

00:40:43.839 --> 00:40:46.696
world so much. So, um, I don't have a

00:40:46.720 --> 00:40:49.720
problem with with 3.11.5.

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:53.000
I just don't think it it will impact our

00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:56.200
community the way that we think it will.

00:40:56.240 --> 00:40:59.176
Um, and it's it's not going deep enough.

00:40:59.200 --> 00:41:02.136
Um, council already has some great

00:41:02.160 --> 00:41:04.456
things planned in the future. I'd like

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:06.456
to be a little bit like Daraban Council

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:08.456
where they've had a round table on um

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:11.176
with mental health organizations in

00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:13.016
their community. So, I'd like to see a

00:41:13.040 --> 00:41:15.496
more holistic approach. So that is why

00:41:15.520 --> 00:41:18.520
um I requested it to be split. I'm happy

00:41:18.640 --> 00:41:21.640
to support 3.11.6.

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:24.696
Um and the truth is I don't think 60,000

00:41:24.720 --> 00:41:26.055
is enough for what we're going to need

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:28.136
around the social workers and the mental

00:41:28.160 --> 00:41:29.575
health and this thing. So I think it's

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:31.575
just a little bit premature and I'd

00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:34.216
prefer it to go through the the the

00:41:34.240 --> 00:41:36.776
official council process, but I do

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:39.800
commend the recommendation.

00:41:40.319 --> 00:41:42.055
Thank you, councelor Jay. Any other

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:43.736
councilors wish to speak to this?

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:45.256
Councelor Consol,

00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:47.256
thank you for sharing those. Councelor

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:49.896
um Jay,  I I understand what you're

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:51.736
talking about the complexities of some

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:53.736
cases. What I'm hearing here is a more

00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:56.760
broad need for food relief. So um the

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:59.016
other items will also start addressing

00:41:59.040 --> 00:42:01.016
this and I think it's a long path but a

00:42:01.040 --> 00:42:02.936
good path too. So I will be supporting

00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:05.176
this especially because it says up to we

00:42:05.200 --> 00:42:06.856
have a upcoming briefing that will give

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:09.416
us more information but we know that

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:12.055
food is um cost everything's up at the

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:15.079
moment. So to have this ready to go,

00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:17.176
this is the right process to me where we

00:42:17.200 --> 00:42:18.776
can look at how much of our budget we're

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:21.176
going to allocate up to to get it

00:42:21.200 --> 00:42:22.696
kickstarted and then we can have that

00:42:22.720 --> 00:42:25.095
longer time term conversation on all the

00:42:25.119 --> 00:42:28.119
other aspects that we can address.

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:30.776
Thank you, Councelor Consello. Other

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:33.256
councilors wish to speak? Councelor

00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:34.456
Halliday.

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:36.136
 just briefly,  thank you Mayor.

00:42:36.160 --> 00:42:39.160
Thank you  councilors Crawford and

00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:42.616
Buckingham for bringing this. Um and

00:42:42.640 --> 00:42:44.376
thank you other councilors for your

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:47.400
views here. , I was speaking randomly

00:42:47.839 --> 00:42:49.656
to an elderly member of the community

00:42:49.680 --> 00:42:52.680
who volunteers um at one of the food um

00:42:53.760 --> 00:42:56.055
the food distribution warehouses the

00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:59.079
other day and he said to me un unbidden

00:42:59.599 --> 00:43:02.599
that they that the demand is huge and

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:05.256
they need more time and more people

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:07.976
there helping to address that demand. So

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:10.616
I will be supporting this.

00:43:10.640 --> 00:43:12.616
Thank you councelor Halliday. Any

00:43:12.640 --> 00:43:15.640
other speakers?

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:22.136
Deputy May.

00:43:22.160 --> 00:43:25.160
, thank you, Mayor Mon. Um,

00:43:26.560 --> 00:43:29.560
my my issue here, and I think that, ,

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:33.000
councelor Jay has underlined it. Um,

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:37.335
it's it's more than just food. , it's

00:43:37.359 --> 00:43:39.016
there's certainly a mental health

00:43:39.040 --> 00:43:42.040
problem. Certainly the issue and the

00:43:42.240 --> 00:43:44.776
council surveys  reflect this

00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:47.335
information and support the view that

00:43:47.359 --> 00:43:50.359
lonel loneliness is an emerging

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:54.119
considerably growing fast growing issue

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:56.616
in  the city of Port Phillip and

00:43:56.640 --> 00:43:59.640
perhaps elsewhere. And um on a personal

00:44:01.680 --> 00:44:04.680
note  family members do support 

00:44:06.240 --> 00:44:09.176
elderly people within the city of Port

00:44:09.200 --> 00:44:12.200
Phillip  in shopping expeditions etc.

00:44:14.240 --> 00:44:16.856
And interestingly

00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:19.736
almost all the participants in those I

00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:22.136
suppose shopping expeditions

00:44:22.160 --> 00:44:23.815
don't are not really interested in

00:44:23.839 --> 00:44:25.736
shopping. They're looking for the

00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:28.760
comfort and  fellowship of  people

00:44:29.680 --> 00:44:32.680
they know and they meet on the bus on a

00:44:33.040 --> 00:44:35.656
weekly basis because they are living by

00:44:35.680 --> 00:44:38.055
themselves. Their partners have either

00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:41.079
passed away or they're separated and the

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:44.440
increasingly isolated and that I think

00:44:44.640 --> 00:44:46.456
is the big issue that we need to be

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:48.776
addressing.  I think this goes some

00:44:48.800 --> 00:44:51.416
way to to highlighting that that

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:54.055
position.

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:57.079
Thank you, Deputy Mayor M. Any other

00:44:57.520 --> 00:45:00.520
speakers? Councelor Hardy

00:45:02.400 --> 00:45:05.256
just 

00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:07.736
I really can't support $60,000 coming

00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:09.496
out of the budget at this time. You

00:45:09.520 --> 00:45:12.055
know, it's a it's at the a late hour.

00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:14.136
It's at the last hour and we really

00:45:14.160 --> 00:45:16.136
haven't been able to discuss this matter

00:45:16.160 --> 00:45:18.376
and obviously there's a bit of division

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:20.216
in the room with councelor Jay's

00:45:20.240 --> 00:45:21.736
attitude.

00:45:21.760 --> 00:45:24.136
um against

00:45:24.160 --> 00:45:27.160
the other supporters. So I really have a

00:45:27.359 --> 00:45:30.359
problem in supporting this late stage 

00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:33.960
amount coming out of the budget.

00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:38.599
Thank you councelor Hardy. Any other

00:45:38.640 --> 00:45:41.640
speakers?

00:45:41.920 --> 00:45:44.920
Councelor Thomann.

00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:48.616
Yes. Um

00:45:48.640 --> 00:45:50.055
excuse me. I'm on the board of Christ

00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:52.216
Church Community Center and I regularly

00:45:52.240 --> 00:45:53.656
go there and the place is always full of

00:45:53.680 --> 00:45:56.680
food. Um so having been being on the

00:45:57.760 --> 00:45:59.736
board the problem is actually not the

00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:01.176
food supply, the problem is mental

00:46:01.200 --> 00:46:04.200
health and so um if we spend extra money

00:46:05.359 --> 00:46:07.016
I'm not quite sure if it's just giving

00:46:07.040 --> 00:46:10.040
it to to have more food on the table. I

00:46:10.240 --> 00:46:13.176
think it's much broader as an issue. Um

00:46:13.200 --> 00:46:15.176
as I said they've you know Christ Church

00:46:15.200 --> 00:46:16.776
sometime you have they've got a surplus

00:46:16.800 --> 00:46:19.176
of food to give away because a lot of

00:46:19.200 --> 00:46:21.256
the locals  provide and all the

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:24.280
bakeries supermarkets  and others are

00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:26.936
very very generous in the including

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:29.960
South Melbourne traders. So I'm not sure

00:46:30.160 --> 00:46:33.160
if if the money dedicated just for food

00:46:33.760 --> 00:46:36.055
is the right way to spend the money when

00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:38.936
I think the problem is isolations and

00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:40.536
mental health and stuff. So I'm not

00:46:40.560 --> 00:46:42.776
quite sure about what to do here. um at

00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:45.736
such a late notice but but I said I'm

00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:47.256
deeply in there being on the board of

00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:49.256
that organization that is doing a

00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:52.280
fantastic job but  you know  every

00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:53.896
time I go there there's food plenty of

00:46:53.920 --> 00:46:56.616
plentiful food of everywhere but mental

00:46:56.640 --> 00:46:58.536
health that's where the problem is how

00:46:58.560 --> 00:47:00.776
to deal with people  when they come

00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:02.456
even to pick up their food and stuff how

00:47:02.480 --> 00:47:04.856
to deal with the issues they have which

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:07.815
is not necessarily eating so um so I'm a

00:47:07.839 --> 00:47:10.839
bit torn here so

00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:13.176
thank you council Timman, councelor

00:47:13.200 --> 00:47:15.896
Crawford, would you be I would like to

00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:18.920
propose an amendment to 3115

00:47:19.200 --> 00:47:22.200
allocates up to 60,000 from the 2627

00:47:22.319 --> 00:47:25.016
budget surplus to support local food

00:47:25.040 --> 00:47:28.040
security and  and/or social welfare

00:47:29.520 --> 00:47:30.936
responses.

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:32.616
Can I ask don't we have to vote on the

00:47:32.640 --> 00:47:34.856
amendment as it stands though? First

00:47:34.880 --> 00:47:37.016
you can vote, you can amend an amendment

00:47:37.040 --> 00:47:38.776
left to secondary.

00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:40.216
No, this is the still the amendment

00:47:40.240 --> 00:47:43.240
we're dividing. But I I want to close.

00:47:44.240 --> 00:47:46.776
I'm not I'm not open to that. I'm sorry.

00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:48.295
I think we're debating. We're we're

00:47:48.319 --> 00:47:50.856
getting caught up in I don't know what.

00:47:50.880 --> 00:47:51.976
Okay,

00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:54.055
then feel free to end after.

00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:54.456
Yeah.

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:55.896
All right,

00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:58.295
councilors. I think we we we're getting

00:47:58.319 --> 00:47:59.815
confused about two different issues.

00:47:59.839 --> 00:48:01.656
There's two parts. one is acknowledging

00:48:01.680 --> 00:48:04.136
all of those complex issues. But the

00:48:04.160 --> 00:48:06.696
part that I'm talking about is there are

00:48:06.720 --> 00:48:08.136
people that can't put food on their

00:48:08.160 --> 00:48:10.295
table for their kids or their

00:48:10.319 --> 00:48:12.055
pensioners. It's not about loneliness.

00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:14.136
It's people who've never been able in

00:48:14.160 --> 00:48:16.136
this situation before. There's people

00:48:16.160 --> 00:48:18.216
who are working who have homes who

00:48:18.240 --> 00:48:19.656
cannot afford when the bills come

00:48:19.680 --> 00:48:21.896
through to put food on their table. 

00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:24.616
we just did a calculation. 60,000 over

00:48:24.640 --> 00:48:27.640
365 days is 165 days a day is all we're

00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:32.055
asking to go to people. It's not

00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:33.896
council. It's going to these

00:48:33.920 --> 00:48:35.976
organizations who are dealing with

00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:38.456
people on all sorts with complexities

00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:40.136
and they're the ones who can put them in

00:48:40.160 --> 00:48:43.095
contact with the various services as

00:48:43.119 --> 00:48:45.016
well as provide them basic foods like

00:48:45.040 --> 00:48:47.736
rice, like beans, like tomatoes. I can't

00:48:47.760 --> 00:48:49.256
believe I'm even having to beg you to

00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:52.280
vote for this. Um, we are talking about

00:48:52.480 --> 00:48:54.216
we are going to do the food security

00:48:54.240 --> 00:48:55.496
program and look at those broader

00:48:55.520 --> 00:48:57.095
things, but we know that the long-term.

00:48:57.119 --> 00:48:58.456
We're talking about people not being

00:48:58.480 --> 00:49:00.776
able to put food on the table next week

00:49:00.800 --> 00:49:02.856
or tomorrow. There's the immediate need

00:49:02.880 --> 00:49:04.216
and then there's obviously the more

00:49:04.240 --> 00:49:06.456
complexity. Not all the people who need

00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:09.176
food have as much complexity or are

00:49:09.200 --> 00:49:10.776
socially isolated. They might be

00:49:10.800 --> 00:49:12.136
socially isolated because they're

00:49:12.160 --> 00:49:13.976
hungry. I can tell you a story of a lady

00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:15.416
who lived downstairs from me who

00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:17.095
couldn't work. I used to have to, she

00:49:17.119 --> 00:49:18.856
couldn't even, she was so depressed. I

00:49:18.880 --> 00:49:21.880
used to go down to PPC PPCG and pick up

00:49:21.920 --> 00:49:24.216
bags of food for her because she was too

00:49:24.240 --> 00:49:25.815
embarrassed to leave the house because

00:49:25.839 --> 00:49:27.256
she had no money. We're talking about

00:49:27.280 --> 00:49:29.016
someone who was just out of work for a

00:49:29.040 --> 00:49:31.256
while after her father died. It is all

00:49:31.280 --> 00:49:33.496
sorts of people you cannot imagine. She

00:49:33.520 --> 00:49:34.856
slipped a note under my door saying,

00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:37.335
"Would you be able to help me?" So, I'm

00:49:37.359 --> 00:49:38.776
going to urge you counselors. We can

00:49:38.800 --> 00:49:40.696
deal with all the complex stuff, but

00:49:40.720 --> 00:49:42.376
there's two parts. There's an immediate

00:49:42.400 --> 00:49:45.400
need for food, for basic food, and then

00:49:45.520 --> 00:49:46.936
there's the bigger longer term thing

00:49:46.960 --> 00:49:49.256
that I'm happy to discuss and look at,

00:49:49.280 --> 00:49:50.856
but they're going, this money would go

00:49:50.880 --> 00:49:52.616
to the organizations who are already

00:49:52.640 --> 00:49:54.456
helping people with complex needs or

00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:56.216
people who are facing food insecurity

00:49:56.240 --> 00:49:58.216
for the first time. Please don't be the

00:49:58.240 --> 00:50:01.016
council that votes down food for the

00:50:01.040 --> 00:50:02.696
people that need it most at a most

00:50:02.720 --> 00:50:05.720
uncertain time. Please support this.

00:50:07.119 --> 00:50:08.616
Thank you, councelor Crawford. and

00:50:08.640 --> 00:50:10.616
closing the debate. That means the

00:50:10.640 --> 00:50:13.640
amendment is now there for a vote.

00:50:14.880 --> 00:50:17.880
Oh,

00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:23.000
I might 

00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:27.815
can we  pause the meeting while we

00:50:27.839 --> 00:50:30.839
sort out this technical difficulty?

00:50:40.079 --> 00:50:43.079
Technical difficulty resolved.

00:50:45.920 --> 00:50:47.815
In which case, I just want to make sure

00:50:47.839 --> 00:50:50.696
Serge you're there. Audio is working.

00:50:50.720 --> 00:50:51.815
Yep.

00:50:51.839 --> 00:50:54.216
I'm here yet.

00:50:54.240 --> 00:50:56.216
Mayor M. All right. In which case, we're

00:50:56.240 --> 00:50:58.696
now putting it to the vote. This is the

00:50:58.720 --> 00:51:00.616
amendment that's going to the vote. All

00:51:00.640 --> 00:51:03.640
in favor?

00:51:04.880 --> 00:51:07.880
My apologies.

00:52:02.880 --> 00:52:05.880
Um, can I just come in here?

00:52:26.559 --> 00:52:29.559
Councelor

00:52:45.119 --> 00:52:46.696
Tom, we can't actually see your hand on

00:52:46.720 --> 00:52:48.616
the screen.

00:52:48.640 --> 00:52:50.535
Yes, but I was  before you couldn't

00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:52.535
see it either because I voted for it and

00:52:52.559 --> 00:52:54.535
it says I'm against. So,

00:52:54.559 --> 00:52:57.559
okay. So you 43152.

00:52:57.839 --> 00:52:59.575
All right.

00:52:59.599 --> 00:53:00.216
Yes.

00:53:00.240 --> 00:53:02.856
Councilman, we need to physically see

00:53:02.880 --> 00:53:05.095
your hand. Would you be able to adjust?

00:53:05.119 --> 00:53:06.535
Um

00:53:06.559 --> 00:53:08.136
No, no, no. I can see I put my hand.

00:53:08.160 --> 00:53:08.776
Yes.

00:53:08.800 --> 00:53:10.456
Great. All right. I'm going to take that

00:53:10.480 --> 00:53:11.736
again given that we've had these

00:53:11.760 --> 00:53:14.535
technical challenges. So 315.

00:53:14.559 --> 00:53:15.815
Let me make sure I've got the vote

00:53:15.839 --> 00:53:18.216
right. 315. I've got councelor

00:53:18.240 --> 00:53:19.815
Buckingham, councelor Crawford,

00:53:19.839 --> 00:53:22.136
councelor Conolo, councelor Halliday,

00:53:22.160 --> 00:53:24.856
councelor Tomand. 315.

00:53:24.880 --> 00:53:25.416
can't see.

00:53:25.440 --> 00:53:26.456
Yes,

00:53:26.480 --> 00:53:27.976
I need to physically see your hand on

00:53:28.000 --> 00:53:29.496
the screen. It's a governance thing.

00:53:29.520 --> 00:53:32.520
Thank you. And myself, Mayor Min

00:53:33.680 --> 00:53:35.335
and against I'm going to take that vote

00:53:35.359 --> 00:53:36.936
again.

00:53:36.960 --> 00:53:39.960
I' councelor Hardy, councelor J. Councel

00:53:40.559 --> 00:53:42.136
M.

00:53:42.160 --> 00:53:45.160
All right. Now, part two 316.

00:53:46.400 --> 00:53:49.400
Let's take that vote again.

00:53:49.520 --> 00:53:51.016
I can see your hand. Thank you,

00:53:51.040 --> 00:53:52.696
Councelor Tabar. You've made my life a

00:53:52.720 --> 00:53:55.016
lot easier.  councelor Buckingham,

00:53:55.040 --> 00:53:56.856
councelor Crawford, councelor Consello,

00:53:56.880 --> 00:53:58.696
councelor Halliday, councelor Thomann,

00:53:58.720 --> 00:54:01.016
myself, Mayor Min, Deputy Mayor M,

00:54:01.040 --> 00:54:04.040
councelor J, councelor Hardy. That is

00:54:04.160 --> 00:54:07.160
316 is passed unanimously.

00:54:16.079 --> 00:54:19.079
All right, that is now the substantive

00:54:19.359 --> 00:54:21.095
motion

00:54:21.119 --> 00:54:23.335
and now we can continue the debate or

00:54:23.359 --> 00:54:25.656
any other amendments we'd like on this.

00:54:25.680 --> 00:54:27.416
Councelor Jay,

00:54:27.440 --> 00:54:29.256
I've got a couple of amendments. Mayor,

00:54:29.280 --> 00:54:31.896
yes, please.

00:54:31.920 --> 00:54:34.920
Yep. So, , let's start with the first

00:54:35.119 --> 00:54:37.335
amendment. We might need to take these

00:54:37.359 --> 00:54:39.176
in parts, too. So, start with the first

00:54:39.200 --> 00:54:40.295
amendment and I'll provide that

00:54:40.319 --> 00:54:40.856
guidance.

00:54:40.880 --> 00:54:43.880
Yeah. So, first amendment is 3.11.2

00:54:44.640 --> 00:54:47.640
of the PCYC um funding. Um just

00:54:48.480 --> 00:54:49.976
reminding and I would like the wording

00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:51.575
added that this is subject to the

00:54:51.599 --> 00:54:54.599
reopening of the community gym. We've

00:54:54.720 --> 00:54:56.696
already allocated some funding and there

00:54:56.720 --> 00:54:59.720
was um

00:55:04.480 --> 00:55:06.055
and then do you want the second one or

00:55:06.079 --> 00:55:07.335
do you want to deal with them one one

00:55:07.359 --> 00:55:07.656
by?

00:55:07.680 --> 00:55:10.680
 is it part of three.11? Yeah.

00:55:10.880 --> 00:55:12.136
All right. Then we can deal with that as

00:55:12.160 --> 00:55:12.776
a group.

00:55:12.800 --> 00:55:15.736
It's the next one. 3.11.3.

00:55:15.760 --> 00:55:18.760
It's around the matting for our disabled

00:55:18.880 --> 00:55:21.656
residents and visitors.  the wording

00:55:21.680 --> 00:55:24.680
which governance has will be $5,000 for

00:55:25.520 --> 00:55:27.976
feasibility of expanding the accessible

00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:30.535
beaches program to operate year round

00:55:30.559 --> 00:55:32.535
including Port Melbourne Beach and

00:55:32.559 --> 00:55:35.176
request officers to report back to

00:55:35.200 --> 00:55:37.815
council on the cost and scope of

00:55:37.839 --> 00:55:40.616
undertaking feasibility studies to

00:55:40.640 --> 00:55:42.535
extend the program to South Melbourne

00:55:42.559 --> 00:55:45.559
and Sandridge beaches including oper 

00:55:46.400 --> 00:55:48.535
consideration of operational

00:55:48.559 --> 00:55:51.559
feasibility, comma community need,

00:55:51.920 --> 00:55:54.376
accessibility outcomes and potential

00:55:54.400 --> 00:55:57.400
future costs.

00:55:58.000 --> 00:56:00.376
All right. And that's it for 3.1 in

00:56:00.400 --> 00:56:01.496
terms of your amendments. Councelor

00:56:01.520 --> 00:56:03.656
Halliday, can I ask a clarifying

00:56:03.680 --> 00:56:04.055
question?

00:56:04.079 --> 00:56:07.079
Yes, sure. Does this

00:56:07.119 --> 00:56:10.119
um expand the current accessibility

00:56:11.280 --> 00:56:14.280
program at Port Melbourne or does it

00:56:17.200 --> 00:56:19.896
simply look into the feasibility

00:56:19.920 --> 00:56:22.920
through expanding current? My

00:56:23.040 --> 00:56:25.656
interpretation of what is before you at

00:56:25.680 --> 00:56:28.680
the moment is a feasibility

00:56:35.359 --> 00:56:37.496
Does that answer the question? Councelor

00:56:37.520 --> 00:56:38.535
Conseller, is there further

00:56:38.559 --> 00:56:40.376
clarification to the amendment?

00:56:40.400 --> 00:56:42.775
Is there a wording change we could do

00:56:42.799 --> 00:56:45.799
that makes it be actioned or we don't

00:56:45.839 --> 00:56:47.656
have an understanding the cost of what

00:56:47.680 --> 00:56:50.680
that would be to resume it through when

00:56:51.599 --> 00:56:54.599
we have it um budget budgeted already to

00:56:55.119 --> 00:56:57.016
recommence

00:56:57.040 --> 00:56:59.256
 through through you Mayor. I think to

00:56:59.280 --> 00:57:01.656
give counselors a more accurate figure,

00:57:01.680 --> 00:57:04.680
it would be  better to um to clarify

00:57:05.520 --> 00:57:08.520
that um and come back to you  at a at

00:57:08.720 --> 00:57:11.095
a later date. Um I do understand though

00:57:11.119 --> 00:57:13.095
there has been some previous advice

00:57:13.119 --> 00:57:16.119
given  to councilors that um expanding

00:57:17.280 --> 00:57:20.216
in Port Melbourne would be approximately

00:57:20.240 --> 00:57:23.240
$15,000 on top of the summer season. Um

00:57:24.720 --> 00:57:27.016
it but it it may be worth further

00:57:27.040 --> 00:57:29.256
clarifying that but we'll be guided by

00:57:29.280 --> 00:57:29.815
counselors.

00:57:29.839 --> 00:57:31.736
Another clarifying question.

00:57:31.760 --> 00:57:34.616
Councelor Con $5,000 of feasibility

00:57:34.640 --> 00:57:36.216
report

00:57:36.240 --> 00:57:38.295
a like

00:57:38.319 --> 00:57:40.376
if we went and just said let's do it

00:57:40.400 --> 00:57:41.896
based on the number you told me before.

00:57:41.920 --> 00:57:44.376
We wouldn't be spending $5,000 on a

00:57:44.400 --> 00:57:46.136
report. We'd actually be do like

00:57:46.160 --> 00:57:49.160
actioning getting a result. So, it's not

00:57:49.359 --> 00:57:51.496
sinking $5,000 into something that we

00:57:51.520 --> 00:57:54.216
already won't get anything out of.

00:57:54.240 --> 00:57:56.535
 through through you, Mayor. My

00:57:56.559 --> 00:57:59.256
interpretation of the  amendment

00:57:59.280 --> 00:58:02.280
before you also goes  broader than

00:58:02.640 --> 00:58:05.640
Port Melbourne. So, it's also exploring

00:58:05.680 --> 00:58:08.456
South Melbourne and Sandridge.  there

00:58:08.480 --> 00:58:10.535
has been, as I understand it, I haven't

00:58:10.559 --> 00:58:12.616
seen the work personally myself, there

00:58:12.640 --> 00:58:15.335
has been some work undertaken  for

00:58:15.359 --> 00:58:17.736
South Melbourne and Sandridge, but there

00:58:17.760 --> 00:58:20.055
may be some further work that is is

00:58:20.079 --> 00:58:22.856
needed or some further advice  that is

00:58:22.880 --> 00:58:24.616
needed before we can bring that back to

00:58:24.640 --> 00:58:27.640
you  as a group of counselors. So I I

00:58:27.760 --> 00:58:29.896
think the a member before you is is

00:58:29.920 --> 00:58:32.920
trying to do a a range of things.

00:58:37.040 --> 00:58:40.040
Would you like to work with the mover on

00:58:41.040 --> 00:58:42.696
suggestions on that amendment? Council

00:58:42.720 --> 00:58:45.720
console.

00:58:46.720 --> 00:58:48.295
Who who moved it? You did. Okay.

00:58:48.319 --> 00:58:50.775
Yep.  councelor Jay was a mover. Is

00:58:50.799 --> 00:58:52.376
there wording that you'd like to suggest

00:58:52.400 --> 00:58:54.055
before we start debate?

00:58:54.079 --> 00:58:55.896
Well, maybe it's up to first of all

00:58:55.920 --> 00:58:58.055
because  hopefully it's not costing

00:58:58.079 --> 00:59:00.616
$5,000 to do this because it seems

00:59:00.640 --> 00:59:02.936
insanely expensive for someone telling

00:59:02.960 --> 00:59:05.256
us, "Yeah, yeah, mate. We need a little

00:59:05.280 --> 00:59:08.280
bit more money." Um, I understand the

00:59:08.640 --> 00:59:10.775
complexities of the structural issues at

00:59:10.799 --> 00:59:13.496
South Melbourne and at Sandridge. Those

00:59:13.520 --> 00:59:16.520
are definitely separate to rolling out a

00:59:16.559 --> 00:59:18.936
map to allow at least one of our beaches

00:59:18.960 --> 00:59:20.616
to be accessible all year long while we

00:59:20.640 --> 00:59:23.095
sort out the other ones. I just I worry

00:59:23.119 --> 00:59:26.119
that this is getting really expensive

00:59:26.160 --> 00:59:29.016
um and not actually delivering right now

00:59:29.040 --> 00:59:30.775
when people are asking for it.

00:59:30.799 --> 00:59:32.376
Is there wording you'd like to suggest

00:59:32.400 --> 00:59:32.856
where

00:59:32.880 --> 00:59:35.176
two 5,000's one?

00:59:35.200 --> 00:59:37.176
Yep.

00:59:37.200 --> 00:59:40.200
Um

00:59:40.640 --> 00:59:43.256
I feel stuck. Um

00:59:43.280 --> 00:59:45.736
so the suggestion is changing five to up

00:59:45.760 --> 00:59:48.760
to 5,000

00:59:49.520 --> 00:59:52.456
of the mover. Yes. Clarifying question.

00:59:52.480 --> 00:59:55.416
Is your intention here to um actually

00:59:55.440 --> 00:59:58.440
run the trial of the accessible matting

00:59:59.359 --> 01:00:02.136
over some part of winter in Port

01:00:02.160 --> 01:00:05.016
Melbourne?

01:00:05.040 --> 01:00:07.896
My intention would be to roll out Matts

01:00:07.920 --> 01:00:09.656
through the whole of Port Phillip and

01:00:09.680 --> 01:00:12.295
have a supportive disability access

01:00:12.319 --> 01:00:14.216
program where we put our money where our

01:00:14.240 --> 01:00:17.016
mouth is behind our community groups and

01:00:17.040 --> 01:00:20.040
be behind our plans. My my request my my

01:00:21.200 --> 01:00:23.176
counselor request here would be to get

01:00:23.200 --> 01:00:25.256
the job done. And it kills me to keep

01:00:25.280 --> 01:00:28.280
taking money for PCYC and for outside

01:00:28.319 --> 01:00:30.936
organizations. Yet we cannot support our

01:00:30.960 --> 01:00:33.416
disabled community with immediate

01:00:33.440 --> 01:00:35.176
access. So I'

01:00:35.200 --> 01:00:37.176
So there's an intent here. I think the

01:00:37.200 --> 01:00:38.696
question is we want to make sure the

01:00:38.720 --> 01:00:40.616
motion reflects the or the amendment

01:00:40.640 --> 01:00:43.640
reflects the intent.

01:00:44.400 --> 01:00:47.400
No. No. So the question first part as

01:00:47.520 --> 01:00:50.456
move of mover of amendment would you

01:00:50.480 --> 01:00:53.480
like to put up to 5,000?

01:00:54.160 --> 01:00:54.775
Sure.

01:00:54.799 --> 01:00:55.736
Okay.

01:00:55.760 --> 01:00:57.416
I'd like to put up to 50,000.

01:00:57.440 --> 01:00:59.736
So it's up to 5,000. You're the mover of

01:00:59.760 --> 01:01:02.055
the amendment.

01:01:02.079 --> 01:01:03.815
Then

01:01:03.839 --> 01:01:05.575
is there further suggestions to the

01:01:05.599 --> 01:01:07.896
mover in terms of clarifying that

01:01:07.920 --> 01:01:10.920
intent?

01:01:11.680 --> 01:01:13.016
We don't even have a date when this is

01:01:13.040 --> 01:01:16.040
coming back to us. Um,

01:01:16.319 --> 01:01:18.775
councelor Jay, as mover, would you be

01:01:18.799 --> 01:01:20.936
open to

01:01:20.960 --> 01:01:23.960
as a mover, I'm going to change it to up

01:01:24.480 --> 01:01:27.176
to 50,000 and let's see if we can get

01:01:27.200 --> 01:01:29.176
this over.

01:01:29.200 --> 01:01:31.575
All right.

01:01:31.599 --> 01:01:34.599
Through you through me, can I I

01:01:35.359 --> 01:01:38.295
I need to clar I just need to clarify.

01:01:38.319 --> 01:01:41.319
So,

01:01:41.680 --> 01:01:44.680
um,

01:01:48.319 --> 01:01:51.016
the challenge here is is part of this we

01:01:51.040 --> 01:01:53.496
is easier to roll out. Um, but we still

01:01:53.520 --> 01:01:54.856
don't know exactly what the cost would

01:01:54.880 --> 01:01:56.936
be, but it's easier to roll out where

01:01:56.960 --> 01:01:58.376
you've got an existing program and you

01:01:58.400 --> 01:02:00.936
want to extend that over winter. We we

01:02:00.960 --> 01:02:02.535
just don't know exactly how much that's

01:02:02.559 --> 01:02:05.016
going to cost yet. Where you want to

01:02:05.040 --> 01:02:06.775
extend it to beaches that don't

01:02:06.799 --> 01:02:08.295
currently have it and have some

01:02:08.319 --> 01:02:10.055
accessibility broader accessibility

01:02:10.079 --> 01:02:12.535
challenges that we need to work through.

01:02:12.559 --> 01:02:15.016
You know, we'd all love to get on with

01:02:15.040 --> 01:02:17.016
it, but we also have a full program of

01:02:17.040 --> 01:02:19.176
work and we do need some experts to come

01:02:19.200 --> 01:02:22.200
and help us potentially to understand

01:02:22.319 --> 01:02:24.376
exactly what it's going to take to to

01:02:24.400 --> 01:02:25.976
make it work. So that's that's the

01:02:26.000 --> 01:02:28.535
feasibility particularly for South

01:02:28.559 --> 01:02:31.559
Melbourne and Sandridge.

01:02:31.760 --> 01:02:33.256
I just want to make sure as you're doing

01:02:33.280 --> 01:02:34.535
this you're really clear with officers

01:02:34.559 --> 01:02:36.535
we're not conflating a feasibility study

01:02:36.559 --> 01:02:39.559
for those things with a trial to roll it

01:02:39.599 --> 01:02:40.936
out

01:02:40.960 --> 01:02:43.960
in um Port Melbourne.

01:02:44.319 --> 01:02:47.319
Um the initial feasibility was looking

01:02:47.359 --> 01:02:49.496
at what it would look at look like to

01:02:49.520 --> 01:02:51.736
roll it out across

01:02:51.760 --> 01:02:54.760
other places in Port Phillip with $5,000

01:02:55.359 --> 01:02:58.359
isn't an unreasonable sum. We may not

01:02:59.200 --> 01:03:00.616
need that much, but it is an

01:03:00.640 --> 01:03:02.136
unreasonable sum to do some due

01:03:02.160 --> 01:03:03.575
diligence to make sure we're doing it

01:03:03.599 --> 01:03:04.856
right and we address some of the

01:03:04.880 --> 01:03:07.335
technical problems that we've got.

01:03:07.359 --> 01:03:10.359
Um, we wouldn't need 50,000 for

01:03:10.640 --> 01:03:12.295
feasibility

01:03:12.319 --> 01:03:13.656
right now

01:03:13.680 --> 01:03:16.295
for trials could we do for feasibility

01:03:16.319 --> 01:03:16.535
and

01:03:16.559 --> 01:03:18.936
well the trial the trial the trial at

01:03:18.960 --> 01:03:21.736
Port Melbourne we could do we just don't

01:03:21.760 --> 01:03:23.176
know exactly how much it's going to cost

01:03:23.200 --> 01:03:24.616
I think we gave you a ballpark figure

01:03:24.640 --> 01:03:25.815
but I'm just a bit

01:03:25.839 --> 01:03:27.736
look Chris you you get to delegate as

01:03:27.760 --> 01:03:30.216
the CEO after the budget what happens so

01:03:30.240 --> 01:03:31.335
could we in

01:03:31.359 --> 01:03:33.656
so I think there sorry what you need to

01:03:33.680 --> 01:03:35.496
do there is be clear that there's an

01:03:35.520 --> 01:03:37.416
allocation for for a trial of rolling

01:03:37.440 --> 01:03:40.136
out the accessible beaches program year

01:03:40.160 --> 01:03:42.936
round at poor Melbourne Beach and

01:03:42.960 --> 01:03:45.960
feasibility study for expansion into

01:03:46.880 --> 01:03:49.256
South Melbourne and Sandridge with a

01:03:49.280 --> 01:03:51.335
report back on the feasibility of that

01:03:51.359 --> 01:03:53.976
by  the midyear budget process. We try

01:03:54.000 --> 01:03:57.000
and do it earlier but um that would be

01:03:57.520 --> 01:03:59.416
councelor Consolid.

01:03:59.440 --> 01:04:01.335
I'm happy to put two amendments in and

01:04:01.359 --> 01:04:03.015
vote on both of them and have one voted

01:04:03.039 --> 01:04:05.015
down. can't support the moment 50,000.

01:04:05.039 --> 01:04:06.696
So I won't be able to second that as

01:04:06.720 --> 01:04:09.015
it's written. So up to 5,000. I

01:04:09.039 --> 01:04:11.656
understand this the process here.

01:04:11.680 --> 01:04:13.256
Midyear budget's going to be in like

01:04:13.280 --> 01:04:15.256
January, February when the mats already

01:04:15.280 --> 01:04:18.280
out. So it's a loss for this winter.

01:04:18.480 --> 01:04:20.136
It's upsetting, but I think that this is

01:04:20.160 --> 01:04:22.136
probably the better process. Just sort

01:04:22.160 --> 01:04:23.575
it out and look at some of the expanding

01:04:23.599 --> 01:04:25.015
it to the other beaches. So I'm happy

01:04:25.039 --> 01:04:26.136
with up to 5,000.

01:04:26.160 --> 01:04:27.416
Are you happy with that?

01:04:27.440 --> 01:04:28.055
Well, happy enough.

01:04:28.079 --> 01:04:30.616
Do you want to roll? So, , the

01:04:30.640 --> 01:04:33.640
suggestion once again in, , subject to

01:04:34.480 --> 01:04:37.480
you as the mover was up to 5,000.

01:04:43.839 --> 01:04:45.416
Councelor Halliday,

01:04:45.440 --> 01:04:47.976
can we just have a quickerence?

01:04:48.000 --> 01:04:49.815
We we can have a fivem minute break as

01:04:49.839 --> 01:04:52.839
we  tease out some wording.

01:04:54.319 --> 01:04:56.856
We're back from recess.

01:04:56.880 --> 01:04:59.575
It's all fun and games tonight. that.

01:04:59.599 --> 01:05:01.976
So, councelor Jay, during the break, I

01:05:02.000 --> 01:05:04.136
understand that you have reworked  the

01:05:04.160 --> 01:05:07.160
wording. So, councelor Jay, are you able

01:05:08.079 --> 01:05:11.079
to

01:05:14.799 --> 01:05:17.335
read your amendment?

01:05:17.359 --> 01:05:19.896
Yeah. So, my fellow councilors and I

01:05:19.920 --> 01:05:22.295
have strengthened this to give the

01:05:22.319 --> 01:05:25.319
residents immediate um deliverables and

01:05:25.839 --> 01:05:28.616
immediate action. So 3113, you need to

01:05:28.640 --> 01:05:31.640
read the new wording. 3113 up to $15,000

01:05:32.640 --> 01:05:35.416
to trial expanding the accessible beach

01:05:35.440 --> 01:05:37.015
program

01:05:37.039 --> 01:05:38.775
to

01:05:38.799 --> 01:05:41.799
operate year round in 2627 at Port

01:05:42.480 --> 01:05:45.335
Melbourne Beach and requests officers to

01:05:45.359 --> 01:05:47.815
report back to council at the quarter

01:05:47.839 --> 01:05:50.839
12627 budget reviews on the cost, scope,

01:05:52.799 --> 01:05:55.656
and further work that may be required to

01:05:55.680 --> 01:05:57.815
extend the program to South Melbourne

01:05:57.839 --> 01:05:59.896
and Sandridge beaches.

01:05:59.920 --> 01:06:02.136
including consideration of operational

01:06:02.160 --> 01:06:04.456
feasibility, community need,

01:06:04.480 --> 01:06:07.480
accessibility outcomes, and potential

01:06:07.520 --> 01:06:10.520
future costs.

01:06:10.559 --> 01:06:13.559
All right, there's an amendment before

01:06:13.599 --> 01:06:15.335
us. Is there a second for that

01:06:15.359 --> 01:06:17.256
amendment? That is seconded. Councelor

01:06:17.280 --> 01:06:18.936
Consol.

01:06:18.960 --> 01:06:21.176
Now, as mover, councelor Jay, you can

01:06:21.200 --> 01:06:23.256
speak to this amendment.

01:06:23.280 --> 01:06:26.280
Thank you, Mayor. Um,

01:06:28.160 --> 01:06:31.095
from the many many community requests,

01:06:31.119 --> 01:06:33.095
this one is one that really hit us

01:06:33.119 --> 01:06:36.119
counselors um, close to the heart. in

01:06:36.319 --> 01:06:39.176
the year that we've supported the 

01:06:39.200 --> 01:06:41.575
creation of a disability access

01:06:41.599 --> 01:06:43.575
committee. Um in the year that we've

01:06:43.599 --> 01:06:45.976
supported our accessible plan for the

01:06:46.000 --> 01:06:48.936
city of Port Phillip. In a year that we

01:06:48.960 --> 01:06:51.960
have as councilors really um  shared

01:06:53.280 --> 01:06:55.015
that we want to support our diverse

01:06:55.039 --> 01:06:57.015
community in all diversities, especially

01:06:57.039 --> 01:06:59.815
ones with you know physical and

01:06:59.839 --> 01:07:02.839
intellectual challenges. Um, this is a

01:07:02.960 --> 01:07:05.960
welcome addition and this $15,000 will

01:07:06.799 --> 01:07:09.736
go a long way. It's not just people in

01:07:09.760 --> 01:07:11.736
wheelchairs that use our mating. It's

01:07:11.760 --> 01:07:14.760
also moms with pram um and possibly even

01:07:15.119 --> 01:07:16.856
lifesavers. I don't know. I haven't seen

01:07:16.880 --> 01:07:19.015
what they're doing. So, I do commend

01:07:19.039 --> 01:07:21.656
this and I do look forward to the day

01:07:21.680 --> 01:07:23.815
that all of our beaches in Port Phillip,

01:07:23.839 --> 01:07:26.216
our third spaces are all accessible to

01:07:26.240 --> 01:07:29.240
our wider community. So this is a great

01:07:29.280 --> 01:07:31.656
initiative and I hope to get everybody's

01:07:31.680 --> 01:07:33.256
support.

01:07:33.280 --> 01:07:35.496
Thank you councelor Jay for moving and

01:07:35.520 --> 01:07:37.256
opening the debate. Councelor Consol is

01:07:37.280 --> 01:07:39.015
second your turn to speak.

01:07:39.039 --> 01:07:40.775
Thank you. Our beaches are incredible

01:07:40.799 --> 01:07:43.256
even outside of  summer. Winter's some

01:07:43.280 --> 01:07:45.335
of our best times down there. And more

01:07:45.359 --> 01:07:46.535
and more people have been embracing

01:07:46.559 --> 01:07:48.696
getting in the water and when it's cold.

01:07:48.720 --> 01:07:49.896
And some of the people who have reached

01:07:49.920 --> 01:07:51.496
out on this one have said they've

01:07:51.520 --> 01:07:53.656
recently had hip surgery and it's really

01:07:53.680 --> 01:07:55.496
challenging for them to walk across the

01:07:55.520 --> 01:07:57.896
sand. But when they have the mat there,

01:07:57.920 --> 01:07:59.656
it's much easier to get down and they go

01:07:59.680 --> 01:08:02.616
into the water for some of that recovery

01:08:02.640 --> 01:08:05.176
therapy. So swimming is very gentle on

01:08:05.200 --> 01:08:07.335
injuries like that. Um, I know the cold

01:08:07.359 --> 01:08:08.856
water is not for everybody, but you can

01:08:08.880 --> 01:08:10.616
see that people are using our beaches

01:08:10.640 --> 01:08:13.640
beyond the traditional summer and also

01:08:13.839 --> 01:08:15.575
people walk along it and it's a lot

01:08:15.599 --> 01:08:18.215
easier to get down to the part that's a

01:08:18.239 --> 01:08:21.239
bit more firm for walking for some um by

01:08:21.600 --> 01:08:23.496
providing these mats. So, I appreciate

01:08:23.520 --> 01:08:25.255
that people want this across the entire

01:08:25.279 --> 01:08:27.416
municipality. Starting at Port Melbourne

01:08:27.440 --> 01:08:30.135
is a start and we'll see how it goes.

01:08:30.159 --> 01:08:31.496
and I appreciate the change here and all

01:08:31.520 --> 01:08:33.416
the time it's taken to get to this point

01:08:33.440 --> 01:08:36.440
to um see this rolled out rather than

01:08:37.120 --> 01:08:38.775
something that comes back and gets

01:08:38.799 --> 01:08:40.856
delayed. So, thank you. I hope you

01:08:40.880 --> 01:08:43.096
people will support this tonight and we

01:08:43.120 --> 01:08:44.856
can see how it goes.

01:08:44.880 --> 01:08:47.735
Other speakers to the amendment.

01:08:47.759 --> 01:08:49.416
Councelor Halliday.

01:08:49.440 --> 01:08:51.175
 thank you councelor Jay for working

01:08:51.199 --> 01:08:52.616
with us on the amendment. I support

01:08:52.640 --> 01:08:55.335
this.

01:08:55.359 --> 01:08:57.335
You still at 2 minutes and 55 seconds.

01:08:57.359 --> 01:08:59.655
Any other counselors wish to speak to

01:08:59.679 --> 01:09:02.679
this item before us? Councelor Thomann.

01:09:04.319 --> 01:09:06.456
Yes.  happy to support this. I

01:09:06.480 --> 01:09:08.936
actually send you a link to a Washington

01:09:08.960 --> 01:09:10.616
Post article about something an

01:09:10.640 --> 01:09:13.096
experience that's happening in Spain. 

01:09:13.120 --> 01:09:14.775
hopefully it's something we can look at

01:09:14.799 --> 01:09:17.096
with people who are heavily disabled and

01:09:17.120 --> 01:09:20.120
in wheelchairs. So hopefully we can go,

01:09:20.159 --> 01:09:21.335
you know, further. There are not that

01:09:21.359 --> 01:09:22.695
many, you know, Port Melbourne is the

01:09:22.719 --> 01:09:25.719
closest beach to the city. um and  to

01:09:25.839 --> 01:09:28.456
provide such a facility  so close to

01:09:28.480 --> 01:09:31.480
city is a  is a great um thing to do.

01:09:32.000 --> 01:09:35.000
So  thanks for raising this  and yes

01:09:35.679 --> 01:09:37.655
I fully support it.

01:09:37.679 --> 01:09:39.655
Thank you councelor Timman. Any other

01:09:39.679 --> 01:09:42.679
speakers to this item?

01:09:43.920 --> 01:09:46.456
I'm going to say a couple of words. 

01:09:46.480 --> 01:09:48.536
councelor Jay, thank you for working on

01:09:48.560 --> 01:09:50.616
this. I know there's been many members

01:09:50.640 --> 01:09:52.456
of the community as councelor Consolo

01:09:52.480 --> 01:09:55.256
said to um just before many members of

01:09:55.280 --> 01:09:56.776
the community that have asked for this.

01:09:56.800 --> 01:09:58.936
Thank you for working through this and

01:09:58.960 --> 01:10:01.175
 what this enables us to do is get a

01:10:01.199 --> 01:10:03.976
trial and then actually work through 

01:10:04.000 --> 01:10:06.296
South Melbourne and Sandridge so that we

01:10:06.320 --> 01:10:08.616
can realize your vision of accessible

01:10:08.640 --> 01:10:10.936
beaches. So, thank you councelor Jay for

01:10:10.960 --> 01:10:13.336
your persistence on this and getting

01:10:13.360 --> 01:10:15.736
this up for this evening. I also commend

01:10:15.760 --> 01:10:17.416
this motion

01:10:17.440 --> 01:10:19.416
Any

01:10:19.440 --> 01:10:22.056
 final speakers before the mover has

01:10:22.080 --> 01:10:24.616
an opportunity to close? Going once,

01:10:24.640 --> 01:10:27.640
going twice. Back to the mover

01:10:30.239 --> 01:10:32.536
to close the amendment, the debate on

01:10:32.560 --> 01:10:34.536
the amendment.

01:10:34.560 --> 01:10:36.616
I just think it's a no-brainer, you

01:10:36.640 --> 01:10:38.376
know, if we want to be that diverse

01:10:38.400 --> 01:10:40.056
council and that council that's

01:10:40.080 --> 01:10:42.456
supporting its community and we are the

01:10:42.480 --> 01:10:44.936
closest beach to the city and it's a

01:10:44.960 --> 01:10:47.736
free area. I understand this costs

01:10:47.760 --> 01:10:49.736
money, but um as the other councilors

01:10:49.760 --> 01:10:51.416
have pointed out in a cost of living

01:10:51.440 --> 01:10:54.135
crisis when people can't afford, you

01:10:54.159 --> 01:10:55.896
know, breakfast for their kids, the

01:10:55.920 --> 01:10:58.920
beach is still a free um a free location

01:10:59.440 --> 01:11:01.816
and a free place for people to go and

01:11:01.840 --> 01:11:04.840
enjoy our um little bit of nature in our

01:11:05.120 --> 01:11:08.120
very high densely populated

01:11:08.560 --> 01:11:11.256
community. So, I support this.

01:11:11.280 --> 01:11:12.776
Thank you, Councelor Jane. In which

01:11:12.800 --> 01:11:15.736
case, we will put this to the vote. All

01:11:15.760 --> 01:11:18.695
those in favor

01:11:18.719 --> 01:11:20.695
that is carried unanimously and I can

01:11:20.719 --> 01:11:22.376
see your hand councelor Tomman. So thank

01:11:22.400 --> 01:11:24.376
you.

01:11:24.400 --> 01:11:27.175
That now brings us back to the

01:11:27.199 --> 01:11:28.695
substantive. So that now becomes a

01:11:28.719 --> 01:11:29.976
substantive motion and we're back

01:11:30.000 --> 01:11:33.000
debating the full  budget motion. Any

01:11:34.080 --> 01:11:36.135
other councilors wish to speak to this?

01:11:36.159 --> 01:11:37.976
So far it's been myself and councelor

01:11:38.000 --> 01:11:40.456
Halliday to the substantive. Any

01:11:40.480 --> 01:11:43.336
other councilors? Deputy Mayers. Thank

01:11:43.360 --> 01:11:46.360
you, Mayor Min. And  I'm pleased to be

01:11:46.880 --> 01:11:49.880
able to  put my comments to this

01:11:50.239 --> 01:11:51.896
budget.

01:11:51.920 --> 01:11:54.920
Um and I do it  with some considerable

01:11:55.440 --> 01:11:58.440
frustration and  disappointment. Um

01:11:59.679 --> 01:12:02.679
earlier comments in relation to

01:12:04.080 --> 01:12:06.376
being present during this process and

01:12:06.400 --> 01:12:08.776
therefore essentially saying tonight

01:12:08.800 --> 01:12:10.936
we'll just suck it up and that's where

01:12:10.960 --> 01:12:13.816
we go. The fact of the matter is I have

01:12:13.840 --> 01:12:16.376
been present with  all of the debates

01:12:16.400 --> 01:12:18.215
and discussions about this budget and

01:12:18.239 --> 01:12:21.239
I've made my comments  I thought

01:12:21.600 --> 01:12:24.600
pretty clear in relation to Lakeside in

01:12:24.800 --> 01:12:26.856
particular

01:12:26.880 --> 01:12:29.416
but my frustration stems from the fact

01:12:29.440 --> 01:12:31.896
that those comments suggest that um I

01:12:31.920 --> 01:12:33.416
haven't made those comments clear. So

01:12:33.440 --> 01:12:36.440
let me try again. The fact is that um

01:12:37.600 --> 01:12:40.600
Lakeside Ward doesn't have any um

01:12:43.520 --> 01:12:46.215
long-term council works emerging or

01:12:46.239 --> 01:12:49.239
happening because previous council

01:12:49.360 --> 01:12:52.056
councils have put that in motion. There

01:12:52.080 --> 01:12:55.080
are none and that's because Lakeside has

01:12:55.760 --> 01:12:58.760
been forgotten in my view. the $7.3

01:12:59.360 --> 01:13:01.736
million we referred to in the last five

01:13:01.760 --> 01:13:04.760
years, matter of record, um has been

01:13:05.920 --> 01:13:08.135
used elsewhere and that's understandable

01:13:08.159 --> 01:13:11.159
and  the fact that Lakeside remains at

01:13:12.239 --> 01:13:14.856
this point in time perhaps containing

01:13:14.880 --> 01:13:16.856
the highest population and the most

01:13:16.880 --> 01:13:18.776
significant development in the city of

01:13:18.800 --> 01:13:21.800
Port Phillip has not been the recipient

01:13:22.320 --> 01:13:25.320
 of any benefit for that contribution

01:13:26.159 --> 01:13:29.096
or ongoing contribution. It continues to

01:13:29.120 --> 01:13:32.120
grow at a pace and um as I have said

01:13:34.080 --> 01:13:37.080
previously on occasions, unless we

01:13:37.199 --> 01:13:39.655
address these fundamental issues that

01:13:39.679 --> 01:13:42.456
are, you know, common place in other

01:13:42.480 --> 01:13:44.936
wards in the city of Port Phillip, we

01:13:44.960 --> 01:13:47.960
are going to have increasing difficulty

01:13:48.000 --> 01:13:51.000
in dealing with  the residents who are

01:13:51.280 --> 01:13:54.215
becoming more and more vocal with the

01:13:54.239 --> 01:13:57.239
fact that they have got a diminishing

01:13:58.320 --> 01:14:01.320
lack value for money. They're paying

01:14:01.360 --> 01:14:03.256
their rates and they're getting nothing

01:14:03.280 --> 01:14:05.655
for it. It's taken three and a half

01:14:05.679 --> 01:14:08.679
years, almost 3 and 3/4 years to get

01:14:09.120 --> 01:14:12.056
four parallel parking spots in Arthur

01:14:12.080 --> 01:14:14.456
Street, which is still, as we sit here,

01:14:14.480 --> 01:14:17.480
incomplete. That work is not complete.

01:14:17.600 --> 01:14:20.600
And at that pace of change,

01:14:21.520 --> 01:14:24.520
we we have some problems. It is

01:14:24.640 --> 01:14:26.695
frustrating.

01:14:26.719 --> 01:14:29.016
um sitting here tonight talking about

01:14:29.040 --> 01:14:31.816
this budget and the fact that  you

01:14:31.840 --> 01:14:33.655
know there's there's all these wonderful

01:14:33.679 --> 01:14:36.679
things in there. Um there's nothing for

01:14:37.360 --> 01:14:40.360
Lakeside and we will pay our rates,

01:14:40.400 --> 01:14:43.400
continue to do so. Um, we need to spend

01:14:44.400 --> 01:14:47.400
more money  and make allocations for

01:14:48.400 --> 01:14:51.400
the greening and making some pocket

01:14:52.159 --> 01:14:55.159
parks and areas for um Lakeside and

01:14:57.120 --> 01:14:59.576
there's there's nothing that I can see

01:14:59.600 --> 01:15:01.416
going to happen. There is the

01:15:01.440 --> 01:15:03.976
possibility that we'll begin to work on

01:15:04.000 --> 01:15:06.215
a precinct plan and it'll be delivered

01:15:06.239 --> 01:15:09.096
sometime in the future. Again, my

01:15:09.120 --> 01:15:11.816
frustration runs high and  I

01:15:11.840 --> 01:15:14.056
commiserate with the Lakeside residents

01:15:14.080 --> 01:15:15.976
who are saying, "What are you doing for

01:15:16.000 --> 01:15:17.256
me?"

01:15:17.280 --> 01:15:20.056
So, I've got great difficulty in

01:15:20.080 --> 01:15:23.080
supporting this budget. And I understand

01:15:23.520 --> 01:15:26.520
that  that's not a a a welcome

01:15:27.199 --> 01:15:30.199
outcome. Um but

01:15:30.719 --> 01:15:33.336
we need to make note of it. The council

01:15:33.360 --> 01:15:35.175
office has done a magnificent job in

01:15:35.199 --> 01:15:36.936
putting together a budget and this isn't

01:15:36.960 --> 01:15:39.496
a comment on the quality of the budget

01:15:39.520 --> 01:15:41.976
itself and how it's been put together.

01:15:42.000 --> 01:15:45.000
It's a comment on  ignoring the

01:15:45.360 --> 01:15:48.135
forgotten ward Lakeside Ward.

01:15:48.159 --> 01:15:50.456
Thank you, Deputy Mes.

01:15:50.480 --> 01:15:53.016
Any other speakers to the substantive

01:15:53.040 --> 01:15:56.040
motion?

01:15:58.159 --> 01:16:01.159
 councelor Tim.

01:16:02.159 --> 01:16:04.536
Sorry, I was  I missed the beginning

01:16:04.560 --> 01:16:06.536
of the thing.  I've got a few domestic

01:16:06.560 --> 01:16:09.175
issues here.  that I'm not going to

01:16:09.199 --> 01:16:11.655
raise here at a council meeting.  but

01:16:11.679 --> 01:16:14.679
I missed. So what are we voting? Which

01:16:14.800 --> 01:16:16.536
council man? We're voting now on the

01:16:16.560 --> 01:16:18.296
substantive motion that includes the

01:16:18.320 --> 01:16:20.616
amendments. Sorry.  debating the

01:16:20.640 --> 01:16:23.640
substantive motion. Yep. So would you

01:16:23.679 --> 01:16:26.679
like to speak to the substantive motion

01:16:26.960 --> 01:16:28.776
which is 3.1?

01:16:28.800 --> 01:16:30.856
It's the whole thing.

01:16:30.880 --> 01:16:33.880
the whole thing. Okay. So, um I'm I'm

01:16:34.000 --> 01:16:36.056
happy to  speak to the whole thing and

01:16:36.080 --> 01:16:38.376
I'm still don't quite know what I'm um

01:16:38.400 --> 01:16:41.256
so I did raise  when the draft budget

01:16:41.280 --> 01:16:43.336
was released, I did I did make it clear

01:16:43.360 --> 01:16:45.416
that I wasn't quite sure about what I

01:16:45.440 --> 01:16:47.416
was going to do today. And  what I'm

01:16:47.440 --> 01:16:49.496
going to do is a decision that I have

01:16:49.520 --> 01:16:52.520
been thinking for the last six weeks. Um

01:16:52.960 --> 01:16:55.736
I I am like I I don't have a problem

01:16:55.760 --> 01:16:57.655
with the you know the work of the

01:16:57.679 --> 01:16:59.576
officers and everybody else but I

01:16:59.600 --> 01:17:01.816
actually feel compared to the last two

01:17:01.840 --> 01:17:03.976
terms I feel councilors have very little

01:17:04.000 --> 01:17:07.000
input in  in a budget.  and um I'm

01:17:08.800 --> 01:17:11.800
sort of you know I feel that we have I

01:17:11.840 --> 01:17:13.096
certainly feel I have very little

01:17:13.120 --> 01:17:14.856
opportunity to influence the final

01:17:14.880 --> 01:17:17.576
document.  priorities that were asked

01:17:17.600 --> 01:17:19.175
to be submitted at the beginning of the

01:17:19.199 --> 01:17:21.736
budget process were in many case not

01:17:21.760 --> 01:17:23.736
reflected in the final budget. mind most

01:17:23.760 --> 01:17:26.695
of them haven't been so um so I know we

01:17:26.719 --> 01:17:28.215
have to look at the whole city and stuff

01:17:28.239 --> 01:17:29.816
but there's stuff that I felt were

01:17:29.840 --> 01:17:32.215
important  that were not taken into

01:17:32.239 --> 01:17:35.096
consideration for lots of reasons  but

01:17:35.120 --> 01:17:38.120
so it is disappointing because the

01:17:39.199 --> 01:17:41.496
budget should not be something an

01:17:41.520 --> 01:17:44.520
document and answering a council plan 

01:17:44.640 --> 01:17:47.640
it should be I think it's missing the

01:17:47.679 --> 01:17:49.256
point that it's not a general reflection

01:17:49.280 --> 01:17:51.336
of the collective priorities of the

01:17:51.360 --> 01:17:54.360
elected councilors Um so um it delivers

01:17:56.800 --> 01:17:58.695
great things and I acknowledge that you

01:17:58.719 --> 01:18:00.296
know a capital works program of more

01:18:00.320 --> 01:18:03.320
than 120 million investing in community

01:18:03.440 --> 01:18:05.175
infrastructure

01:18:05.199 --> 01:18:08.199
um the south Melbourne town hall

01:18:08.320 --> 01:18:11.320
 children centers fisherman's bent 

01:18:11.760 --> 01:18:13.496
etc. So there are important investment

01:18:13.520 --> 01:18:15.096
that will benefit our committee for many

01:18:15.120 --> 01:18:17.655
years to come. I also improved the

01:18:17.679 --> 01:18:19.336
welcome the increased focus on community

01:18:19.360 --> 01:18:22.360
safety with more CCV and conventions

01:18:22.719 --> 01:18:25.719
septed design initiatives  following

01:18:26.000 --> 01:18:28.695
the round table  we had and work under

01:18:28.719 --> 01:18:31.175
tech and we have  you know it's

01:18:31.199 --> 01:18:32.536
encouraging to see that the safety

01:18:32.560 --> 01:18:34.376
continues to receive attention from

01:18:34.400 --> 01:18:36.936
council but and I understand that

01:18:36.960 --> 01:18:38.695
council is recognizing the financial

01:18:38.719 --> 01:18:41.719
challenges that we are facing  and

01:18:42.000 --> 01:18:43.655
there will be significant long-term

01:18:43.679 --> 01:18:46.679
funding gaps So however  acknowledge

01:18:47.600 --> 01:18:50.056
this positive does not erase all my

01:18:50.080 --> 01:18:53.080
concerns. I remain disappointed that

01:18:53.120 --> 01:18:54.536
some practical committee focus

01:18:54.560 --> 01:18:57.336
priorities I've advocated for  have

01:18:57.360 --> 01:19:00.360
not been considered. Um as council we

01:19:01.280 --> 01:19:03.655
are supposed to reflect and represent

01:19:03.679 --> 01:19:05.655
our communities and I believe that this

01:19:05.679 --> 01:19:08.376
is not necessarily the case. So today my

01:19:08.400 --> 01:19:10.056
decision is a balanced one. I still

01:19:10.080 --> 01:19:11.496
don't know what I'm going to do, but I

01:19:11.520 --> 01:19:13.016
recognize the hard work of council

01:19:13.040 --> 01:19:14.856
officers and appreciate the many

01:19:14.880 --> 01:19:17.256
initiative contained within the budget,

01:19:17.280 --> 01:19:19.336
but I also remain concerned about the

01:19:19.360 --> 01:19:20.776
process that brought us here and the

01:19:20.800 --> 01:19:22.376
limited opportunities for elected

01:19:22.400 --> 01:19:24.616
councils to generally shape the final

01:19:24.640 --> 01:19:26.215
outcome for those reason. While I

01:19:26.239 --> 01:19:28.776
acknowledge the many positive investment

01:19:28.800 --> 01:19:30.936
contained in the budget, I also believe

01:19:30.960 --> 01:19:32.856
it is important to place my concern on

01:19:32.880 --> 01:19:35.096
the public record. Thank you.

01:19:35.120 --> 01:19:38.120
Thank you, councelor Thomann. Any further

01:19:38.480 --> 01:19:41.480
speakers? Once again, this is on  the

01:19:41.520 --> 01:19:44.520
debating the entire substantive motion.

01:19:47.199 --> 01:19:50.135
Councelor Jay,

01:19:50.159 --> 01:19:53.159
I'll get it over and done with.

01:19:53.360 --> 01:19:55.256
Um there is some great things in this

01:19:55.280 --> 01:19:57.496
budget and then there is other things

01:19:57.520 --> 01:19:59.336
that just don't go far enough in my

01:19:59.360 --> 01:20:01.336
opinion

01:20:01.360 --> 01:20:02.936
and there are other things that I don't

01:20:02.960 --> 01:20:05.736
believe should be in here. I do agree

01:20:05.760 --> 01:20:07.816
with councelor Tomman. It does feel like

01:20:07.840 --> 01:20:09.496
a bureaucratic budget and there's very

01:20:09.520 --> 01:20:12.520
little movement for interm.

01:20:13.920 --> 01:20:16.376
Um I do understand that this is

01:20:16.400 --> 01:20:18.296
democracy and there's nine of us sitting

01:20:18.320 --> 01:20:20.056
here and nine of us have had many

01:20:20.080 --> 01:20:21.896
conversations about many of these things

01:20:21.920 --> 01:20:23.576
and sometimes it has just felt like

01:20:23.600 --> 01:20:26.296
we're going around in circles. I do like

01:20:26.320 --> 01:20:28.536
this night because it makes us um be

01:20:28.560 --> 01:20:30.616
very intentional and and and bring it

01:20:30.640 --> 01:20:33.640
all out. Um, the ward system has been

01:20:34.320 --> 01:20:36.215
fantastic in some ways because it's

01:20:36.239 --> 01:20:38.776
strengthened our representation of our

01:20:38.800 --> 01:20:40.376
community,

01:20:40.400 --> 01:20:43.336
but at times this process has felt like

01:20:43.360 --> 01:20:45.576
hungry hippos with everyone grabbing

01:20:45.600 --> 01:20:47.576
what they can and getting what they can

01:20:47.600 --> 01:20:50.215
for that their patch of their patch of

01:20:50.239 --> 01:20:53.239
town. Um, I understand all of this, but

01:20:53.760 --> 01:20:55.736
the reality is it's much easier to spend

01:20:55.760 --> 01:20:58.695
money and very hard to restrain from

01:20:58.719 --> 01:21:01.719
spending it or strategically plan to

01:21:02.239 --> 01:21:05.239
spend it in a more efficient way. Um,

01:21:06.320 --> 01:21:08.296
many of you have been speaking about the

01:21:08.320 --> 01:21:10.616
cost of living crisis and speaking about

01:21:10.640 --> 01:21:13.640
how um, you know, um, people can't feed

01:21:14.800 --> 01:21:17.800
themselves or can't feed their kids.

01:21:18.480 --> 01:21:20.376
And I do find it ironic that the same

01:21:20.400 --> 01:21:22.215
councilors that are so passionately

01:21:22.239 --> 01:21:23.976
speaking about hungry people are the

01:21:24.000 --> 01:21:25.976
ones that are quite happy to increase

01:21:26.000 --> 01:21:28.376
the rates and quite happy to pull money

01:21:28.400 --> 01:21:31.400
out of the surplus to keep spending.

01:21:31.520 --> 01:21:33.496
We hear a lot about rising costs, but

01:21:33.520 --> 01:21:36.520
too often the answer is higher rates. As

01:21:37.440 --> 01:21:40.135
a resident, this concerns me. I've heard

01:21:40.159 --> 01:21:41.976
plenty about spending more, but not

01:21:42.000 --> 01:21:43.816
enough about tightening our belt and

01:21:43.840 --> 01:21:46.616
saving in the current economic climate.

01:21:46.640 --> 01:21:49.496
Our community expects discipline and it

01:21:49.520 --> 01:21:52.215
values fairness because this is not our

01:21:52.239 --> 01:21:53.896
money. It belongs to our community and

01:21:53.920 --> 01:21:56.536
they deserve more. I'm speaking today as

01:21:56.560 --> 01:21:59.560
both a counselor and a resident.

01:22:02.719 --> 01:22:05.719
And I probably um just want to add in my

01:22:05.920 --> 01:22:08.920
46 seconds that

01:22:09.199 --> 01:22:10.936
there's some areas of our municipality

01:22:10.960 --> 01:22:12.856
that have had a lot of money thrown at

01:22:12.880 --> 01:22:14.936
them for many many years. And then

01:22:14.960 --> 01:22:17.016
there's other areas like St. Kilda road

01:22:17.040 --> 01:22:19.175
because they haven't had specific ward

01:22:19.199 --> 01:22:20.776
representations

01:22:20.800 --> 01:22:22.776
anything along St Kilder Road our most

01:22:22.800 --> 01:22:25.016
densely populated areas have not seen

01:22:25.040 --> 01:22:27.736
the investment to match its growth. It's

01:22:27.760 --> 01:22:30.296
fair to say publicly it's been neglected

01:22:30.320 --> 01:22:32.695
and it's fair to say that this council

01:22:32.719 --> 01:22:35.719
will work to correct that. The ward

01:22:36.159 --> 01:22:37.336
system has strengthened our

01:22:37.360 --> 01:22:39.496
representation

01:22:39.520 --> 01:22:42.520
and I look forward to delivering more um

01:22:43.840 --> 01:22:46.840
specific targeted um results to our

01:22:48.000 --> 01:22:50.936
community as they need it. Thank you.

01:22:50.960 --> 01:22:53.736
Thank you, Councelor Jay. Any further

01:22:53.760 --> 01:22:55.896
speakers to the motion before us?

01:22:55.920 --> 01:22:58.536
Councelor Hardy.

01:22:58.560 --> 01:23:00.456
I certainly do not support the rate

01:23:00.480 --> 01:23:02.776
increase and I've learned a lot over the

01:23:02.800 --> 01:23:05.416
last two years. I just hope that the

01:23:05.440 --> 01:23:07.336
next year during our budget

01:23:07.360 --> 01:23:10.056
deliberations we learn to think a little

01:23:10.080 --> 01:23:13.080
bit harder in not just spending spending

01:23:14.159 --> 01:23:16.456
spending and see look at some areas that

01:23:16.480 --> 01:23:18.056
we

01:23:18.080 --> 01:23:20.776
have funded and funded and funded they

01:23:20.800 --> 01:23:22.215
may as well be another council

01:23:22.239 --> 01:23:25.239
department. So, I fully fully support my

01:23:25.600 --> 01:23:27.736
colleagues in relation to the support

01:23:27.760 --> 01:23:30.296
for the Lakeside Ward, but I just hope

01:23:30.320 --> 01:23:32.056
that I said next year we have a bit more

01:23:32.080 --> 01:23:34.135
of a think about who we fund and how

01:23:34.159 --> 01:23:37.159
much we give our money to.

01:23:40.239 --> 01:23:41.896
Thank you, Councelor Hardy. Councelor

01:23:41.920 --> 01:23:44.056
Consol,

01:23:44.080 --> 01:23:47.016
thank you. Um it is hard with a a rate

01:23:47.040 --> 01:23:50.040
cap because um you know the amount that

01:23:51.840 --> 01:23:53.736
we've got 2.75 that we're allowed to go

01:23:53.760 --> 01:23:55.175
up to, but we've already heard it's over

01:23:55.199 --> 01:23:58.199
4%. So even if we um we're going to use

01:23:59.679 --> 01:24:01.655
the same money, same everything year to

01:24:01.679 --> 01:24:04.679
year, we're already behind. Okay. So the

01:24:05.120 --> 01:24:07.416
team do a the officers do a lot of work

01:24:07.440 --> 01:24:08.936
behind the scenes to look at the

01:24:08.960 --> 01:24:10.536
efficiencies and make sure that we are

01:24:10.560 --> 01:24:12.215
in a healthy position. And I'm so proud

01:24:12.239 --> 01:24:14.615
of the healthy position we're at in the

01:24:14.639 --> 01:24:16.536
city of Port Phillip. Over the years, we

01:24:16.560 --> 01:24:18.536
have offered many different 

01:24:18.560 --> 01:24:21.560
strategies to reflect the concerns that

01:24:22.320 --> 01:24:24.615
rates are high and everything's getting

01:24:24.639 --> 01:24:26.456
more expensive. That's the differential

01:24:26.480 --> 01:24:28.135
rates. We've done the rebate. We've done

01:24:28.159 --> 01:24:30.456
the waste charge change. There's been

01:24:30.480 --> 01:24:32.376
many, many things that we've done to

01:24:32.400 --> 01:24:34.536
help that we're in a better position now

01:24:34.560 --> 01:24:35.816
than we would have been without those.

01:24:35.840 --> 01:24:36.936
So, I really hope that there's some

01:24:36.960 --> 01:24:38.536
respect that we have done some things

01:24:38.560 --> 01:24:41.560
over the years. the waste charge. Um,

01:24:41.679 --> 01:24:43.496
yeah, I know that that that number

01:24:43.520 --> 01:24:45.175
percentage the percentage I think it was

01:24:45.199 --> 01:24:47.576
said like 20% or something higher. That

01:24:47.600 --> 01:24:49.655
does seem a little bit shocking, but

01:24:49.679 --> 01:24:51.736
when you think of the real cost of

01:24:51.760 --> 01:24:53.736
waste, we actually all get away with a

01:24:53.760 --> 01:24:55.655
really good deal. The amount of stuff we

01:24:55.679 --> 01:24:57.336
bring into our households and ask

01:24:57.360 --> 01:25:00.360
council to take away from us for us, it

01:25:00.400 --> 01:25:02.135
would cost a lot more than what we're

01:25:02.159 --> 01:25:03.576
charging if we all had to do that

01:25:03.600 --> 01:25:05.736
individually.

01:25:05.760 --> 01:25:07.496
, there's a big cost and I think that

01:25:07.520 --> 01:25:09.016
we're only going to see waste get higher

01:25:09.040 --> 01:25:10.056
and higher. I'm not talking the city

01:25:10.080 --> 01:25:11.576
portfolio. I'm talking about the

01:25:11.600 --> 01:25:13.736
country, the world. I think there are

01:25:13.760 --> 01:25:15.336
some comments tonight saying that this

01:25:15.360 --> 01:25:17.175
is a bureaucratic budget is really

01:25:17.199 --> 01:25:19.896
unfair to say. I know we're not getting

01:25:19.920 --> 01:25:22.695
all the exciting things that people put

01:25:22.719 --> 01:25:25.655
on the list, but what often happens is

01:25:25.679 --> 01:25:28.376
an annual budget might not deliver for a

01:25:28.400 --> 01:25:30.615
specific area, but across the 10 years,

01:25:30.639 --> 01:25:33.639
we do spread that share of capital

01:25:34.000 --> 01:25:35.976
works. And it's a bitter a bitter

01:25:36.000 --> 01:25:38.056
picture in the longer term because these

01:25:38.080 --> 01:25:41.080
projects take a long time.  St. Killer

01:25:41.440 --> 01:25:42.615
Road, I will acknowledge it. I think

01:25:42.639 --> 01:25:44.296
that there could be a community hub,

01:25:44.320 --> 01:25:45.655
something that brings that growing

01:25:45.679 --> 01:25:47.416
community together, more infrastructure,

01:25:47.440 --> 01:25:49.576
those kind of things that make that 

01:25:49.600 --> 01:25:52.600
feel more value for money. Um

01:25:53.600 --> 01:25:55.256
that is something that we are looking at

01:25:55.280 --> 01:25:56.776
and I appreciate the comments that have

01:25:56.800 --> 01:25:58.695
been made there tonight. But again, I

01:25:58.719 --> 01:26:00.856
think this budget process has been fair.

01:26:00.880 --> 01:26:02.376
I've been a part of it. We've all been a

01:26:02.400 --> 01:26:03.896
part of it. We haven't all gotten what

01:26:03.920 --> 01:26:06.296
we want, but a lot of the work is still

01:26:06.320 --> 01:26:09.320
to go. And um I appreciate all the work

01:26:10.000 --> 01:26:11.655
the officers have done and my fellow

01:26:11.679 --> 01:26:13.896
colleagues, councilors have put into

01:26:13.920 --> 01:26:16.776
this budget. And I hope it passes

01:26:16.800 --> 01:26:18.695
because we sure need a budget to run an

01:26:18.719 --> 01:26:21.576
organization like this. Thank you.

01:26:21.600 --> 01:26:24.600
Thank you, Councelor Consol. Any further

01:26:24.639 --> 01:26:27.576
speakers? Councelor Buckingham.

01:26:27.600 --> 01:26:30.600
I'd like to thank all the people who

01:26:31.840 --> 01:26:34.215
have contributed into shaping this

01:26:34.239 --> 01:26:37.239
budget tonight. all the people that 

01:26:38.000 --> 01:26:41.000
engaged in the consultation process, the

01:26:41.120 --> 01:26:43.416
organizations that put in submissions

01:26:43.440 --> 01:26:46.440
and the officers that pulled together

01:26:46.800 --> 01:26:49.800
the um the many sometimes conflicting

01:26:50.159 --> 01:26:53.159
priorities and um

01:26:53.679 --> 01:26:55.976
have walked with us as counselors along

01:26:56.000 --> 01:26:58.135
this journey in shaping this budget.

01:26:58.159 --> 01:27:01.159
that engagement, it really matters and

01:27:01.520 --> 01:27:03.655
it is a lengthy process and there are a

01:27:03.679 --> 01:27:06.056
lot of people in our community that gave

01:27:06.080 --> 01:27:09.080
a lot of their time, their expertise

01:27:09.440 --> 01:27:12.056
um called their local counselor, called

01:27:12.080 --> 01:27:15.080
me, engaged in the the council um

01:27:16.239 --> 01:27:19.239
processes and have made the budget

01:27:20.000 --> 01:27:23.000
stronger for that. We are debating this

01:27:23.840 --> 01:27:26.215
budget in very challenging times. We've

01:27:26.239 --> 01:27:27.496
heard tonight about the global

01:27:27.520 --> 01:27:29.655
instability, the fuel crisis, cost of

01:27:29.679 --> 01:27:31.816
living, housing stress, and we know that

01:27:31.840 --> 01:27:33.496
a lot of people in the community are

01:27:33.520 --> 01:27:36.520
doing it tough. So, I think it is

01:27:36.960 --> 01:27:39.960
important to say that it is a steady

01:27:40.560 --> 01:27:42.135
budget

01:27:42.159 --> 01:27:45.159
in uncertain times.

01:27:45.840 --> 01:27:48.536
At a time when councils around the

01:27:48.560 --> 01:27:51.560
country are facing

01:27:52.400 --> 01:27:54.536
heightened budget pressures, city of

01:27:54.560 --> 01:27:55.816
Port Phillip, we're not cutting

01:27:55.840 --> 01:27:57.816
services.

01:27:57.840 --> 01:28:00.296
So the the people that say, "Oh, you

01:28:00.320 --> 01:28:03.320
know, cut cut rates, freeze rates."

01:28:04.320 --> 01:28:06.695
You can't

01:28:06.719 --> 01:28:08.856
say the first part of that sentence

01:28:08.880 --> 01:28:11.496
without the second, which is what will

01:28:11.520 --> 01:28:14.456
we cut? This budget does not cut

01:28:14.480 --> 01:28:17.175
services. It does not send us into debt

01:28:17.199 --> 01:28:20.199
and we're not running down our assets.

01:28:20.320 --> 01:28:22.376
We're continuing to invest in vital

01:28:22.400 --> 01:28:25.256
community and arts organizations.

01:28:25.280 --> 01:28:28.280
If the budget tonight passes, we will be

01:28:28.320 --> 01:28:30.296
a partner with the National Theater in

01:28:30.320 --> 01:28:33.320
upgrading the facade of that stunning

01:28:33.760 --> 01:28:36.536
building in the heart of St Kilda that

01:28:36.560 --> 01:28:39.016
provides so much engagement particularly

01:28:39.040 --> 01:28:41.096
to young people.

01:28:41.120 --> 01:28:44.120
will save the St Kilda PCYC and support

01:28:44.719 --> 01:28:46.456
the youth programs from continuing

01:28:46.480 --> 01:28:48.376
there.

01:28:48.400 --> 01:28:51.400
I acknowledge the burden of rates. We

01:28:51.920 --> 01:28:53.816
have a responsibility as a council to

01:28:53.840 --> 01:28:56.840
spend that rateayer money carefully. And

01:28:56.960 --> 01:28:59.416
we have a responsibility to pass on a

01:28:59.440 --> 01:29:01.416
council

01:29:01.440 --> 01:29:04.440
that is sustainable financially,

01:29:04.960 --> 01:29:07.960
that has buildings that are standing and

01:29:08.239 --> 01:29:10.695
not crumbling, that delivers the

01:29:10.719 --> 01:29:13.096
essential services that we all rely upon

01:29:13.120 --> 01:29:15.655
to have a good life.

01:29:15.679 --> 01:29:17.576
I'm proud. We heard tonight about City

01:29:17.600 --> 01:29:19.576
of Port Phillip being a leader in

01:29:19.600 --> 01:29:21.416
providing hardship to those that need

01:29:21.440 --> 01:29:23.256
it.

01:29:23.280 --> 01:29:26.135
We are managing around $4 billion in

01:29:26.159 --> 01:29:28.296
community assets and this budget

01:29:28.320 --> 01:29:31.016
continues to invest in them.

01:29:31.040 --> 01:29:33.096
For me, locally in Balaclava Ward,

01:29:33.120 --> 01:29:35.736
there's huge progress. upgrades to

01:29:35.760 --> 01:29:37.976
multiple playgrounds,

01:29:38.000 --> 01:29:40.536
 investment in Carile Street, which

01:29:40.560 --> 01:29:43.256
will service the whole municipality,

01:29:43.280 --> 01:29:45.736
and upgrades to our local um children's

01:29:45.760 --> 01:29:47.655
centers.

01:29:47.679 --> 01:29:50.679
Overall, it's a solid and responsible

01:29:50.719 --> 01:29:52.536
budget. It's not perfect. There are

01:29:52.560 --> 01:29:54.296
gaps. I've run out of time. I was I

01:29:54.320 --> 01:29:55.736
wanted to talk particularly to arts

01:29:55.760 --> 01:29:58.056
funding. It's not perfect, but it's

01:29:58.080 --> 01:30:00.695
balanced and it keeps things moving in

01:30:00.719 --> 01:30:03.719
the right direction. I support it. It's

01:30:04.239 --> 01:30:06.296
a budget we can continue building on and

01:30:06.320 --> 01:30:07.976
we'll be proud to pass on to the

01:30:08.000 --> 01:30:09.655
councilors that come after us.

01:30:09.679 --> 01:30:11.175
You know me well with timing. Councelor

01:30:11.199 --> 01:30:14.199
Buckingham, well done.  any further

01:30:15.040 --> 01:30:17.496
speakers to the budget before us?

01:30:17.520 --> 01:30:19.096
Councelor Crawford,

01:30:19.120 --> 01:30:21.816
I'm going to speak fast. So um Mariana

01:30:21.840 --> 01:30:24.615
Makutz Matsacato is a worldrenowned

01:30:24.639 --> 01:30:26.776
economist and she recently spoke about

01:30:26.800 --> 01:30:29.096
governing for the common good and I

01:30:29.120 --> 01:30:30.376
really struck me as that's what

01:30:30.400 --> 01:30:32.936
council's here to do is to govern and

01:30:32.960 --> 01:30:35.016
invest for the common good. It's not

01:30:35.040 --> 01:30:36.695
about the individual. It's about the

01:30:36.719 --> 01:30:38.936
common good that we all share in. Now I

01:30:38.960 --> 01:30:40.776
think this is a budget a good budget for

01:30:40.800 --> 01:30:42.536
the common good because it allows us to

01:30:42.560 --> 01:30:44.215
effectively and compassionately invest

01:30:44.239 --> 01:30:46.135
in the many things that you tell us you

01:30:46.159 --> 01:30:48.296
want and matter to your quality of life.

01:30:48.320 --> 01:30:49.896
It funds the programs and the

01:30:49.920 --> 01:30:51.496
maintenance and the buildings and the

01:30:51.520 --> 01:30:53.096
parks and the offices to help with

01:30:53.120 --> 01:30:55.976
amenity in Lakeside. But of course, it's

01:30:56.000 --> 01:30:57.576
really hard to retrofit community

01:30:57.600 --> 01:30:59.816
infrastructure where historically hasn't

01:30:59.840 --> 01:31:02.840
existed like in Lakeside. And we need to

01:31:03.280 --> 01:31:05.576
do that, but it takes time and planning

01:31:05.600 --> 01:31:08.056
and we need to do like spread the

01:31:08.080 --> 01:31:09.655
investment and do that work which we are

01:31:09.679 --> 01:31:11.816
starting to do. But I am going to be

01:31:11.840 --> 01:31:13.416
pointy here and say it's important to

01:31:13.440 --> 01:31:15.496
note who votes for what tonight, who

01:31:15.520 --> 01:31:16.856
makes the hard decisions in these

01:31:16.880 --> 01:31:18.856
moments because in order to invest in

01:31:18.880 --> 01:31:20.456
the common good and to have all the

01:31:20.480 --> 01:31:22.695
various things that we say we want, it

01:31:22.719 --> 01:31:25.719
does require us to pass the rates.

01:31:25.760 --> 01:31:28.296
We have actually um you know it's

01:31:28.320 --> 01:31:29.496
interesting to vote who get votes

01:31:29.520 --> 01:31:30.776
against the things that our community

01:31:30.800 --> 01:31:33.496
say they want. Beach access, community

01:31:33.520 --> 01:31:35.016
facilities, more trees, all these

01:31:35.040 --> 01:31:37.416
wonderful things. They cost money. And

01:31:37.440 --> 01:31:39.016
no one has ever said to me, "Don't take

01:31:39.040 --> 01:31:41.096
away my library. Don't I mean take away

01:31:41.120 --> 01:31:42.936
my library, take away my park, take away

01:31:42.960 --> 01:31:44.776
my market. We actually only get more

01:31:44.800 --> 01:31:47.096
requests for funding and for various

01:31:47.120 --> 01:31:48.456
things and that includes all the

01:31:48.480 --> 01:31:50.135
counselors. No one's ever said take

01:31:50.159 --> 01:31:52.296
something out of my ward. We have

01:31:52.320 --> 01:31:53.896
actually redistributed some of the rates

01:31:53.920 --> 01:31:56.456
through the waste charge and done um a

01:31:56.480 --> 01:31:58.615
small cut many years ago in many

01:31:58.639 --> 01:32:00.615
different ways we've tried to help. Um

01:32:00.639 --> 01:32:01.896
but it's never been acknowledged

01:32:01.920 --> 01:32:03.816
publicly and it'll be really nice to see

01:32:03.840 --> 01:32:05.816
that. But on the back of tonight's

01:32:05.840 --> 01:32:07.736
decision, I'm going to ask for decency

01:32:07.760 --> 01:32:10.760
online on our local Facebook pages. No

01:32:11.040 --> 01:32:13.096
vitriolic commentary, please, from the

01:32:13.120 --> 01:32:14.856
usual suspects who attack some

01:32:14.880 --> 01:32:16.615
counselors rather than just

01:32:16.639 --> 01:32:17.655
point of order.

01:32:17.679 --> 01:32:19.896
I mean, are we point of order? Is there

01:32:19.920 --> 01:32:21.096
an error of fact or

01:32:21.120 --> 01:32:22.936
Yeah, there is an error of fact. I have

01:32:22.960 --> 01:32:23.576
fact is

01:32:23.600 --> 01:32:25.576
I've on many occasions suggested that we

01:32:25.600 --> 01:32:27.576
take some things out of my ward and and

01:32:27.600 --> 01:32:29.416
and and put the money back in.

01:32:29.440 --> 01:32:30.215
All right. Noted.

01:32:30.239 --> 01:32:32.215
So that that I have come up with a few

01:32:32.239 --> 01:32:33.576
million dollars worth. I've offered

01:32:33.600 --> 01:32:35.256
Justin Halliday some money out of my

01:32:35.280 --> 01:32:36.056
ward and

01:32:36.080 --> 01:32:38.056
it's been noted.

01:32:38.080 --> 01:32:41.080
Oh, good gracious. Sorry, I forgot.

01:32:41.120 --> 01:32:43.496
So, I'm going to ask people online to

01:32:43.520 --> 01:32:45.256
play the ball as they say, not the

01:32:45.280 --> 01:32:47.096
people because do you know what? I'm

01:32:47.120 --> 01:32:49.175
tired after 10 years. I'm I'm bracing

01:32:49.199 --> 01:32:51.736
myself for the onslaught. Social media

01:32:51.760 --> 01:32:53.175
does not bring out our best selves. So,

01:32:53.199 --> 01:32:55.175
I'm going to ask people in the community

01:32:55.199 --> 01:32:58.199
to  just do it decently. Debate the

01:32:58.560 --> 01:33:00.135
topics because all that negativity

01:33:00.159 --> 01:33:01.576
doesn't make our community a better

01:33:01.600 --> 01:33:03.816
place. maybe use your posit um your

01:33:03.840 --> 01:33:05.976
energy for positivity. Now, this budget

01:33:06.000 --> 01:33:07.736
is a statement of our values. It

01:33:07.760 --> 01:33:09.175
acknowledges the needs of the broad

01:33:09.199 --> 01:33:10.695
church of our community. Whether you

01:33:10.719 --> 01:33:12.376
care about sports grounds, libraries,

01:33:12.400 --> 01:33:14.776
more connection, dogs, babies, older

01:33:14.800 --> 01:33:16.296
members of our community, creatives,

01:33:16.320 --> 01:33:18.536
traders, our multicultural, multiffaith,

01:33:18.560 --> 01:33:20.376
vibrancy, our high streets, housing for

01:33:20.400 --> 01:33:22.456
all, sustainability, accessibility,

01:33:22.480 --> 01:33:24.456
infrastructure, markets, dog poo bags,

01:33:24.480 --> 01:33:26.936
our canal, our bay, our beaches, safety,

01:33:26.960 --> 01:33:29.175
lighting, graffiti, early education, our

01:33:29.199 --> 01:33:31.016
maternal services, the landside of the

01:33:31.040 --> 01:33:33.576
pier, basketball courts. It speaks to it

01:33:33.600 --> 01:33:35.496
all. We're trying to do it. We can't do

01:33:35.520 --> 01:33:37.576
everything, but we're trying our best to

01:33:37.600 --> 01:33:39.736
deliver what you tell us you want. So I

01:33:39.760 --> 01:33:41.496
say to my fellow councilors, we are

01:33:41.520 --> 01:33:43.496
responsible for governing all of the

01:33:43.520 --> 01:33:45.655
city, not just our wards. And I urge you

01:33:45.679 --> 01:33:47.576
to support this budget because it is

01:33:47.600 --> 01:33:49.816
solid. Not perfect, but it is solid and

01:33:49.840 --> 01:33:51.416
it responds to what our community has

01:33:51.440 --> 01:33:53.496
told us matters and it goes to the

01:33:53.520 --> 01:33:55.896
common good. Of course, there is more to

01:33:55.920 --> 01:33:57.496
do. But I'm asking you to support the

01:33:57.520 --> 01:33:59.256
common good.

01:33:59.280 --> 01:34:01.175
Thank you, Councelor Crawford. All

01:34:01.199 --> 01:34:02.695
councilors have now spoken on the

01:34:02.719 --> 01:34:05.496
motion. So that moves back to the move

01:34:05.520 --> 01:34:08.520
to close which happens to be myself.

01:34:09.440 --> 01:34:11.655
There's been points this evening around

01:34:11.679 --> 01:34:14.456
areas historically missing out in terms

01:34:14.480 --> 01:34:17.096
of committee infrastructure, open space.

01:34:17.120 --> 01:34:19.816
Lakeside and domain are being mentioned

01:34:19.840 --> 01:34:22.456
as prime examples and correct there is

01:34:22.480 --> 01:34:24.615
no community infrastructure there.

01:34:24.639 --> 01:34:27.175
There's a shortage of open space. You

01:34:27.199 --> 01:34:29.175
know, that is why this council undertook

01:34:29.199 --> 01:34:30.536
the work in the community infrastructure

01:34:30.560 --> 01:34:32.695
plan to actually build the evidence base

01:34:32.719 --> 01:34:35.719
and build the need for those facilities.

01:34:36.560 --> 01:34:38.376
It is why we're doing the precinct

01:34:38.400 --> 01:34:41.096
planning for Domain and Lakeside. And

01:34:41.120 --> 01:34:43.416
yes, that takes time, but it puts the

01:34:43.440 --> 01:34:45.816
plans and gets the evidence base so we

01:34:45.840 --> 01:34:48.056
can start to see that come online. It's

01:34:48.080 --> 01:34:49.896
why I personally been keen on the

01:34:49.920 --> 01:34:51.816
precinct planning for Bay Street and why

01:34:51.840 --> 01:34:54.135
we're seeing it for Ripen Lee and 

01:34:54.159 --> 01:34:56.376
other areas.

01:34:56.400 --> 01:34:59.400
You know, it council executing council

01:34:59.520 --> 01:35:01.336
activities comes from having the right

01:35:01.360 --> 01:35:03.736
strategic frameworks. And you know, the

01:35:03.760 --> 01:35:05.416
fact that this council come on board in

01:35:05.440 --> 01:35:07.496
late 24 and actually put some of that

01:35:07.520 --> 01:35:09.896
strategic scaffolding in place is

01:35:09.920 --> 01:35:11.816
actually real testament to this council.

01:35:11.840 --> 01:35:13.736
As much as we like to debate the RGB

01:35:13.760 --> 01:35:16.760
bargie around rates and specific sort of

01:35:17.040 --> 01:35:19.576
tactile pieces, we've actually done a

01:35:19.600 --> 01:35:21.416
damn good job putting the strategic

01:35:21.440 --> 01:35:23.016
scaffolding in place. The community

01:35:23.040 --> 01:35:24.615
infrastructure plan, the multicultural

01:35:24.639 --> 01:35:27.175
strategy,  the accessibility action

01:35:27.199 --> 01:35:29.976
plan and other strategic scaffolding

01:35:30.000 --> 01:35:31.576
that in my view this council should have

01:35:31.600 --> 01:35:33.336
had sooner, but at least we're doing it

01:35:33.360 --> 01:35:35.655
now. And by doing it now, we can start

01:35:35.679 --> 01:35:37.736
to get it in place and realize some of

01:35:37.760 --> 01:35:40.135
the stuff that everyone wants to see

01:35:40.159 --> 01:35:43.096
equitably across this municipality.

01:35:43.120 --> 01:35:45.816
This continues getting that in place.

01:35:45.840 --> 01:35:48.296
Yes, it doesn't give 100% of 100% of

01:35:48.320 --> 01:35:50.856
what we want. No budget ever does, but

01:35:50.880 --> 01:35:53.256
it actually starts to get the essential

01:35:53.280 --> 01:35:55.655
pieces in place so that we can actually

01:35:55.679 --> 01:35:58.679
correct some of those historic areas

01:35:59.040 --> 01:36:01.336
that have been overlooked. That is why

01:36:01.360 --> 01:36:03.175
we need this budget. That is why we need

01:36:03.199 --> 01:36:05.655
to continue this work and that is why we

01:36:05.679 --> 01:36:07.175
have delivered this budget through what

01:36:07.199 --> 01:36:08.776
we have undertaken. I commend the

01:36:08.800 --> 01:36:11.576
motion.

01:36:11.600 --> 01:36:13.336
All right. So we're voting

01:36:13.360 --> 01:36:16.360
sorry we are voting in parts as per the

01:36:16.639 --> 01:36:19.639
earlier discussion. Part one is 3.1 to

01:36:20.880 --> 01:36:22.936
3.3.

01:36:22.960 --> 01:36:25.960
I will take that part first. All in

01:36:27.120 --> 01:36:29.096
we're just getting on screen. All in

01:36:29.120 --> 01:36:32.120
favor 3.1 to 3.3.

01:36:32.159 --> 01:36:34.536
That is councelor Buckingham, councelor

01:36:34.560 --> 01:36:36.456
Crawford, councelor Consol, councelor

01:36:36.480 --> 01:36:39.480
Halliday, and myself, Mayor Min. All

01:36:39.840 --> 01:36:42.840
those opposed, Deputy Mayor M, Councelor

01:36:43.120 --> 01:36:46.120
Jay, Councelor Hardy.

01:36:46.159 --> 01:36:49.159
, any abstaining to this motion or to

01:36:50.080 --> 01:36:52.695
this part? That is abstaining. Councelor

01:36:52.719 --> 01:36:55.719
Thomann. Part one is carried.

01:36:56.320 --> 01:36:59.320
Part two, three.

01:37:01.119 --> 01:37:04.119
Yep.

01:37:04.320 --> 01:37:07.256
Going too fast.

01:37:07.280 --> 01:37:08.376
That's what happens when you speak too

01:37:08.400 --> 01:37:11.400
quickly. Council Crawford, set the pace.

01:37:12.880 --> 01:37:15.880
All right, that takes us now to 3.4

01:37:19.040 --> 01:37:21.576
there. So, , part two, which covers

01:37:21.600 --> 01:37:24.600
3.4. All those in favor,

01:37:25.440 --> 01:37:26.776
councelor Buckingham, councelor

01:37:26.800 --> 01:37:28.776
Crawford, councelor Consolo, councelor

01:37:28.800 --> 01:37:31.800
Halliday, myself, Mayor M, , Deputy

01:37:32.080 --> 01:37:35.080
Mayor Mes, Councelor Hardy,

01:37:35.119 --> 01:37:38.119
and Councelor Thomann. All those against

01:37:38.400 --> 01:37:41.256
part two, against councelor Jay, part

01:37:41.280 --> 01:37:43.655
two is carried.

01:37:43.679 --> 01:37:45.576
Part three

01:37:45.600 --> 01:37:48.135
and I'll

01:37:48.159 --> 01:37:51.159
Yep, we're on track. Part three which is

01:37:51.600 --> 01:37:54.536
3.5

01:37:54.560 --> 01:37:57.560
all those in favor of 3.5

01:37:58.719 --> 01:38:01.416
that is councelor Buckingham councelor

01:38:01.440 --> 01:38:03.896
Crawford councelor Consol councelor

01:38:03.920 --> 01:38:06.135
Hardy myself it's councelor Tomman

01:38:06.159 --> 01:38:08.296
myself Mayor Min councelor Hardy

01:38:08.320 --> 01:38:11.320
councelor Jay deputy may that part looks

01:38:11.360 --> 01:38:14.360
like it's moved unanimously

01:38:15.520 --> 01:38:17.496
yeah see we can come to a unanimous

01:38:17.520 --> 01:38:20.520
decision part four.

01:38:20.639 --> 01:38:23.639
Sorry. , yep. Part four, which is 3.6

01:38:25.360 --> 01:38:28.135
through to 3.10.

01:38:28.159 --> 01:38:31.159
This covers 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 310. All

01:38:32.639 --> 01:38:35.639
those in favor, part four, councelor

01:38:35.679 --> 01:38:37.095
Buckingham, councelor Crawford,

01:38:37.119 --> 01:38:38.296
councelor Consello, councelor

01:38:38.320 --> 01:38:40.936
Halliday, councelor Thomann, myself,

01:38:40.960 --> 01:38:43.960
Mayor M, Deputy Mayor M, and councelor

01:38:44.480 --> 01:38:47.480
Hardy. All those against. Part four

01:38:49.199 --> 01:38:52.199
against is councelor J.

01:38:52.480 --> 01:38:55.480
That is carried.

01:38:57.199 --> 01:39:00.199
Part five which covers 3.11

01:39:01.440 --> 01:39:04.440
including  those amendments

01:39:05.199 --> 01:39:06.856
which have now become the substantive

01:39:06.880 --> 01:39:09.880
motion.

01:39:13.760 --> 01:39:16.536
So part five 311

01:39:16.560 --> 01:39:19.336
including what we debated as now the

01:39:19.360 --> 01:39:22.360
substantive motion all those in favor

01:39:22.560 --> 01:39:25.256
C deputy Mayor M councelor Jay councelor

01:39:25.280 --> 01:39:28.135
Hardy Mayor M councelor Tamand councelor

01:39:28.159 --> 01:39:30.296
Halliday councelor Conolo councelor

01:39:30.320 --> 01:39:32.536
Crawford councelor Buckingham that is

01:39:32.560 --> 01:39:35.560
carried unanimously

01:39:38.400 --> 01:39:41.400
and then part six

01:39:42.000 --> 01:39:44.856
which covers 3.12

01:39:44.880 --> 01:39:47.880
through to 3.16

01:39:50.000 --> 01:39:52.296
financial positions and assumptions. All

01:39:52.320 --> 01:39:55.320
those in favor deputy may counselor Jay,

01:39:56.080 --> 01:39:58.376
councelor Hardy, councelor Buckingham,

01:39:58.400 --> 01:40:00.056
councelor Crawford, councelor Consolo,

01:40:00.080 --> 01:40:03.080
councelor Hardy and councelor Thomann and

01:40:04.000 --> 01:40:06.215
myself, Mayor Mak that is carried

01:40:06.239 --> 01:40:08.936
unanimously.

01:40:08.960 --> 01:40:11.736
And then part seven

01:40:11.760 --> 01:40:14.760
which covers 3.17 and 3.18 adoption of

01:40:15.440 --> 01:40:18.376
strategic plan and budget. All those in

01:40:18.400 --> 01:40:20.615
favor

01:40:20.639 --> 01:40:22.856
that is

01:40:22.880 --> 01:40:24.856
councelor Buckingham councelor Crawford

01:40:24.880 --> 01:40:27.416
councelor Consolo councelor Halliday

01:40:27.440 --> 01:40:30.440
councelor Tomman may all those against

01:40:30.960 --> 01:40:33.960
part seven.

01:40:35.119 --> 01:40:38.119
All those against part seven.

01:40:40.480 --> 01:40:43.480
All those abstaining on part seven.

01:40:45.199 --> 01:40:47.256
Can Can we retake?

01:40:47.280 --> 01:40:49.336
I'm happy to ask it again. All those in

01:40:49.360 --> 01:40:52.215
favor of part 7 which covers 3.17 and

01:40:52.239 --> 01:40:54.376
3.18.

01:40:54.400 --> 01:40:56.456
I've got councelor Bucky, councelor

01:40:56.480 --> 01:40:58.536
Crawford, councelor Consol, councelor

01:40:58.560 --> 01:41:00.376
Halliday, councelor Thomann, Mayor

01:41:00.400 --> 01:41:03.400
Min.

01:41:03.920 --> 01:41:06.920
All those against part seven.

01:41:07.920 --> 01:41:10.920
All those abstaining from part seven.

01:41:13.679 --> 01:41:15.416
All right. So,

01:41:15.440 --> 01:41:18.215
I'm going to do it one last time.

01:41:18.239 --> 01:41:19.976
All right. We're all ready. We're on

01:41:20.000 --> 01:41:22.296
part seven. I'm going to take the fours

01:41:22.320 --> 01:41:24.856
again.

01:41:24.880 --> 01:41:26.615
Councelor Bucky have councelor Crawford

01:41:26.639 --> 01:41:28.615
counselor Consolor

01:41:28.639 --> 01:41:31.576
Halliday counselor Thomann May all

01:41:31.600 --> 01:41:34.600
those against part seven against

01:41:34.639 --> 01:41:37.336
councelor Jay all those abstaining

01:41:37.360 --> 01:41:40.296
deputy may and councelor Hardy that is

01:41:40.320 --> 01:41:43.320
also passed

01:41:44.080 --> 01:41:46.856
and after that riveting evening I'm glad

01:41:46.880 --> 01:41:49.016
to say that there's no further business

01:41:49.040 --> 01:41:50.936
and therefore I declare the meeting

01:41:50.960 --> 01:41:53.960
closed at 8:23

01:41:54.480 --> 01:41:57.175
See you on the 16th of July. Thank you

01:41:57.199 --> 01:41:59.496
members of the public. Look forward to

01:41:59.520 --> 01:42:02.520
seeing you then. Take care.