MINUTES OF Narrabri
Shire council
Extraordinary Council
Meeting
HELD AT THE Boggabri
Golf Club, Boggabri
ON Thursday, 17
October 2019 AT 6:28pm
PRESENT: Cr Catherine Redding (Mayor), Cr Cameron Staines (Deputy Mayor), Cr Ron Campey, Cr Robert Kneale, Cr Ann Loder, Cr Annie McMahon
IN ATTENDANCE: Stewart Todd (General Manager), Daniel Boyce (Manager Planning & Regulatory Services), Zoe Saunders (Manager Community Relations)
Proceedings of the meeting commenced at 6.28pm.
Members and officers were asked to be upstanding for the opening prayer read by Mayor, Cr Cathy Redding.
The Mayor acknowledged the Traditional Owners of the land on which the Council met, the Kamilaroi people, and paid her respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Minute 231/2019 Moved: Cr Ron Campey Seconded: Cr Robert Kneale That apologies from Cr Maxine Booby, Cr Ron Campbell and Cr Lloyd Finlay be received and accepted. In Favour: Crs Catherine Redding, Robert Kneale, Ron Campey, Ann Loder, Annie McMahon and Cameron Staines Against: Nil carried 6/0 |
Nil.
Nil.
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Minute 232/2019 Moved: Cr Catherine Redding Seconded: Cr Annie McMahon 1. That Council note the results of the community consultation including: a. The net community benefits the Vickery Mine should deliver. b. The unanimous community sentiment to the current Vickery VPA offer. 2. That Council reject the current Vickery Mine Extension VPA offer, for the following reasons: a. It does not meet the Council endorsed objectives for a planning agreement concerning the Vickery Mine Extension project. b. Accepting the VPA offer is not in the Public Interest. 3. That Council reject the 30:70 VPA ratio proposed by Whitehaven due to it not withstanding rational critique. 4. That Council request a revised VPA offer in the amount of $14.87 million; if an agreed payment schedule is in excess of two (2) years in length, associated payments are to be subject to CPI. 5. That Council commit to expending the full VPA amount in Boggabri and surrounds. 6. That Council request that the Independent Planning Commission require the upgrade of Braymont Road or a contribution of $7,467,500 and annual contribution of $67,600 (subject to CPI). 7. If Council is unsuccessful in negotiating a VPA for the Vickery Mine by COB Friday 8 November 2019, Council receive a further report on the assessment of the community benefit of the Vickery project for Boggabri and Narrabri Shire Council, in the absence of a VPA. In Favour: Crs Catherine Redding, Robert Kneale, Ron Campey, Ann Loder, Annie McMahon and Cameron Staines Against: Nil carried 6/0 |
The Meeting closed at 6:54pm.
The minutes of this meeting are scheduled to be confirmed at the Ordinary Meeting of the Narrabri Shire Council held on 21 October 2019.
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CHAIRPERSON