OCM 6 JUL 2021 · ITEM 17.3 · NO RESOLUTION NUMBER

Notice of Motion: Councillor Catherine Lezer: Notices of Motion for New Projects

Carried 5–3

Amendment removing points b and c, which asked notices of motion to consider available funding and alignment with strategic priorities, leaving only the budget-timing protocol.

What it changed. Removes points b and c of the protocol, leaving only that notices of motion for new projects coincide with the budget or mid-year review.

Reasons given in the minutes. Parts b. and c. include wording of ‘due consideration of available funding’ however, Elected Members do not know every account or grant opportunities. Point a. works to implement a discipline which is in line with the perceived intent of the motion.

The minutes do not record a mover or seconder.

Yes

Liam Gobbert
Basil Zempilas
Di Bain
Brent Fleeton
Sandy Anghie

No

Catherine Lezer
Clyde Bevan
Rebecca Gordon

Did not vote

Sitting members with no recorded vote. A member at the meeting may have left the room, for example after declaring an interest.

Viktor KoApology

Commitments this vote tests

Cut financial waste with forward planningIn line: a No vote

Other votes on this item

Amendments count where they test a commitment. Procedural votes, such as deferring an item, are never counted.

Endorses a protocol that notices of motion proposing new projects should coincide with the budget process, either the annual budget or the mid-year review.Carried

Check it yourself

Minutes of 6 Jul 2021, page 158 (City of Perth, PDF)