The Ordinary General Meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council will be held on March 24, 2021.
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This will be the first meeting chaired by interim administrator Viv May PSM.
The meeting will be broadcast to the community through live streaming via the council website and will be held at the Moss Vale Civic Centre at 3:30 pm. The meeting is open to the public and is ticketed.
Several items will be discussed in council.
Kimberley Drive, Bowral development application
A development application for Kimberley Drive, Bowral will be put before Mr May.
It was previously heard at the February 24 meeting where the decision was deferred until councillors could visit the site and understand the issues and concerns.
The site contains the heritage listed Milton Park House, grounds and outbuildings. It has significant for their association with the Hordern family. Milton Park is located at the eastern end of Horderns Road Bowral. It is approximately 8.5 kilometres east of the Bowral Town Centre.
It is recommended for approval.
Establishment of Local Planning Panel
A Local Planning Panel also known as an advisory planning assement panel will be established to cover development and planning proposals in Wingecarribee Shire and will make recommendations to the council with regard to the merits.
Interim Advisory Planning Assessment Panel consists of the following members be appointed to make recommendations on development applications required to be determined by council all planning proposals and other planning matters:
- Julie Walsh (Chair)
- Michael Mantei (Alternate Chair)
- Alf Lester (Independent Expert)
- Larissa Ozog (Independent Expert)
- Scott Barwick (Independent Expert)
- Heather Warton (Independent Expert)
- Carl Petersen (Community Representative)
- Jim Gilvarry (Community Representative)
LPPs make decisions on sensitive, complex and high-value DAs that come before councils thereby replacing the council in determining developments that exceed the staff delegation, review planning proposals and other planning related policies. Council staff, under delegation, will still determine the more straight forward DAs being the vast majority of DAs received by council.
Amendment to Code of Meeting Practice and Committee Structure
A report to amend council's Code of Meeting Practice will be heard.
The report is to alter the frequency of council meetings from twice monthly to once monthly. A committee structure will also be amended to dissolve council's finance committee and the business previously considered by the finance committee will be be considered at the ordinary meeting of council.
Council meetings for the remainder for 2021 will be held on:
- April 14
- May 12
- June 9
- July 14
- August 11
- October 13
- November 10
- December 8
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