{"id":3535,"date":"2019-08-27T18:47:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T18:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=3535"},"modified":"2019-08-27T18:47:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T18:47:27","slug":"council-update-tuesday-27-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/08\/27\/council-update-tuesday-27-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Update – Tuesday 27 August"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following is a summary of the Ordinary Council Meeting for Tuesday 27 August 2019. NB: it is not a full record of resolutions.
\nLord Mayoral Minutes<\/strong>
\nRevocation of Freeman of the City and Citizen of the Year awarded to Graeme Lawrence<\/strong>
\nA Lord Mayoral Minute to formally revoke the 2004 Citizen of the Year accolade and the Freeman of the City award on Graeme Lawrence was endorsed at tonight\u2019s council meeting.
\nCity of Newcastle Organics Recycling<\/strong>
\nA Lord Mayoral Minute\u00a0requesting\u00a0City of Newcastle explores opportunities to promote organic waste recycling within the community, was supported.
\nPopulation projections for the Greater Newcastle Metropolitan Area<\/strong>
\nA third Lord Mayoral Minute requesting\u00a0the City write to the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces asking for a\u00a0review of the population projections for the Greater Newcastle Metropolitan Area, to ensure that appropriate planning is undertaken for service and infrastructure delivery for the community, was supported.
\nInfrastructure Priority List 2020 update<\/strong>
\nLastly, councillors supported a fourth Lord Mayoral Minute requesting City\u00a0of Newcastle prepares\u00a0a submission for consideration for the 2020 Infrastructure Priority List publication, outlining projects of significance to the City of Newcastle, and the Greater Newcastle Metropolitan Area (as outlined in the Greater Newcastle Metropolitan Plan 2036).
\nOrdinary business<\/strong>
\nWard Boundary amendments on public exhibition<\/strong>
\nCouncillors voted to place the proposed ward boundary map on public exhibition for a 42-day period, with a further report to be prepared for the council following the consultation period.
\nNewcastle Writers Festival sponsorship<\/strong>
\nCouncillors approved a three-year sponsorship deal for the Newcastle Writers Festival (NWF). Annual contributions of $40,000 will also go towards the delivery of the festival, which will result in almost all of the NWF events being staged within the City’s cultural facilities.
\nAdoption of Special Business Rate Expenditure Policy<\/strong>
\nCouncillors voted to approve the new SBR framework, which will guide the development of projects and events in the City Centre, Hamilton, Mayfield, Wallsend and New Lambton.
\nElectricity Tender<\/strong>
\nCity of Newcastle will set its sights on a 100 per cent renewable energy target after councillors endorsed a report tonight to tender for a new electricity contract.
\nANZAC Day Sponsorship\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAn annual contribution of\u00a0$75,000 will go towards\u00a0City of Newcastle Returned Services League (RSL) Sub-branch to deliver the region\u2019s major ANZAC Day commemorative events. The funds will be used\u00a0to support the delivery of the\u00a0Dawn Service at Camp Shortland, Newcastle East, the\u00a0ANZAC Day March, Newcastle; and the United Service of Remembrance at Civic Park, Newcastle, for the next three years.
\nNotices of Motion<\/strong>
\nOutdoor Dining Policy<\/strong>
\nCity staff\u00a0will investigate opportunities to waive the application fees paid to the City by outdoor dining traders. A report will be prepared for the Council in response to the NOM that reiterated support for changes to the State Government’s Outdoor Dining Policy, which aims to streamline and simplify outdoor dining approvals, cut red tape for small business and local Councils.
\nYouth Mock Council<\/strong>
\nA motion\u00a0congratulating\u00a0the work of the Newcastle Youth Council on the Youth Mock Council held in May 2019, was supported.\u00a0The Youth Mock Council, comprising of people aged 15 to 25-years-old, aims to provide strategic advice on issues relevant to young people to the Council.
\nSexism and homophobia \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
\nA procedural motion to lay a Notice of Motion regarding sexism and homophobia\u00a0on\u00a0the table until the next council meeting,\u00a0was supported.
\nInner-city and Newcastle East cycleway<\/strong>
\nA NOM requesting the City undertake a detailed investigation, planning and design process to identify an\u00a0appropriate route from the Hunter\/Union Streets intersection to Newcastle East for\u00a0the construction of a separated cycleway, was supported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following is a summary of the Ordinary Council Meeting for Tuesday 27 August 2019. NB: it is not a full record of resolutions. Lord Mayoral Minutes Revocation of Freeman of the City and Citizen of the Year awarded to Graeme Lawrence A Lord Mayoral Minute to formally revoke the 2004 Citizen of the Year accolade … Continue reading “Council Update – Tuesday 27 August”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}