MINUTES
General Meeting
To be held at 5.30pm on 19 May at the City of Joondalup,
90 Boas Ave, Joondalup
1. Welcome
Mr Eric Ayers opened the meeting at 1830hrs, welcomed attendees and thanked Mr Malcolm Jenkinson and the City of Joondalup for hosting the meeting.
2. Present
Mr E Ayers City of Wanneroo President (Chairperson)
Mr D Lawrence City of Nedlands Vice President
Ms D Rohan City of Armadale Treasurer/Membership Secretary
Ms S Murton Town of Bassendean Secretary
Mr D Valcic City of Rockingham
Mr P Postma Shire of Toodyay
Mr L Preedy City of Stirling
Ms S Jordan C Y O’Connor College of TAFE
Mr J Scotland City of Geraldton-Greenough (via Skype)
Mr D O’Hara City of Subiaco
Mr M Jenkinson City of Joondalup
Mr B Wilkinson Town of Kwinana
Guest
Mr D White City of Fremantle
Mr K Pleitner Life Member
3. Apologies
Mr C Venables Town of Kwinana
Ms A Bricknell Town of Narrogin
Mr M Bettridge Town of Bassendean
4. Confirmation of Minutes from the Committee Meeting held on Wednesday 3 March 2010 and Saturday 10 April 2010
Dave White – Apologies – Anika & ROTM Raelene Meares
Brad – addition to apologies
Sharleen Jordan – ammend 9.3 to read (remove before) insert as a condition of.
Moved / Seconded / MotionSharleen Jordan moved that the minutes of the Committee Meeting held at the City of Rockingham on 3 March 2010 and Shire of Toodyay 10 April 2010 be accepted as true and correct once the ammendments have been made. / Dave Valcic / Carried
5. Business Arising From Previous Minutes
Nil
6. Correspondence In
Survey Responses
Statistics
Dog Tag Query
Merchandise orders
Remittance advice
How to be a Ranger Queries
World Animal Day Information
Ranger Job Advertisements
Merchandise ideas
Pet Licence 101 intiative information
Merchandise queries
Conference Information
Victoria Rangers Forum Information
Scotland infromation regarding Restricted Breed Legislation
Nomination request for Junior Ranger Bravery Award
Agenda Items
Apologies
Ranger Training Query
EUPA Meeting Request
Reviewed Draft Policies
Dog Line information
Preventing Crime Newsletter
Victoria Legislation
SWZ Meeting information
CAL Publisher Membership Information
State Animal Welfare Unit Information
Rangers on the Move Information
Lost Dog
Women in Local Government Information
Women in Local Government Survey and Photo Request
Rangerdaze information
Business Cards Information
Skype Confirmation
AIAM Meeting Information
Dog Barking Information
Missing Children Information
LGMA Conference Information
Dog Amnesty Information request
Disabled Parking Concession request for comment
Camping enquiry
Other
Survey Responses
Letter from LGMA – advising of Year of Women in Local Government
7. Correspondence Out
Message to members
Agenda
Minutes
Request for Strategic Plan Updates
Dog Tag Query
How to be a Ranger Queries
Victoria Rangers Forum Information
Pet Licence 101 initiative information
Scotland Information regard Restricted Breed Legislation
Victoria Legislation
CAL Publisher Membership Information
State Animal Welfare Unit Information
Women in Local Government Survey responses
Dog Barking Information
Missing Children Information
Dog Amnesty Information request
Disabled Parking Concessions request for Comment
Moved / Seconded / MotionMalcolm Jenkinson moved that correspondence in is accepted and correspondence out be endorsed. / Paul Postma / Carried
8. Reports
8.1 President – Mr Eric Ayers
8.1.1 Mr Ayers advised that Ms Bricknell has requested that WARA financially support her attendance at the Year of Women in Local Government Conference. She will attend as a representative of WARA and the Town of Narrogin.
8.1.2 Mr Ayers advised that the Association has also provided sponsorship to the LGMA Year of Women in Local Government Conference. WARA will be having an unmanned Display at the conference. Mr Lawrence also advised that there may be an information brochure produced for attendees.
Moved / Seconded / MotionEric Ayers moved that WARA pays for Anika Bricknell’s delegate registration for the LGMA Year of Women in Local Government Conference / Malcolm Jenkinson / Carried
8.1.3 Mr Ayers advised that he has been approached by the Electrical, Utilities and Public Administration Training Council Inc to discuss Ranger training and if there was a need for recognized training for Rangers. Mr Ayers advised he attended a meeting and advised them that they should contact C Y O’Connor College of TAFE to further discuss training needs and requirements for Rangers.
8.2 Treasurer – Ms Dee Rohan
8.2.1 Ms Rohan advised that as of 19 May 2010 the Cheque Account has a balance of $26,935.83.
8.2.3 Ms Rohan advised that she has investigated to possibility of providing a BPAY option for payments to the Association. After discussion it was decided that further information regarding requirements and options are required before a decision can be made.
8.3 Membership Secretary – Ms Dee Rohan
8.3.1 Ms Rohan advised that current figures were unavailable.
8.4 Webmaster – Mr Paul Postma
8.4.1 Mr Postma advised that there have been 169,450 visitors to the site and that 4 jobs have been placed on the Job Advert section.
8.4.2 Mr Postma advised that he is currently looking for an update on the website software for the upcoming website update.
8.5 Strategic Plan
8.5.1 On behalf of Mr Bettridge Ms Murton presented his update. Mr Bettridge advised that many of the outcomes have either been completed by the ersponsible officers or are on-going projects.
8.5.2 Mr Ayers advised of the items he would like considered for updating and removal of unrealistic items.
Moved / Seconded / MotionPaul Postma that all reports be received / Dene Lawrence / Carried
9. General Business
9.1 Rangers on the move
Harry Louwe – to Shire of Jeramungup
Peter Wilson – Shire of Denmark exit Industry
Charlie Smith – to City of Subiaco
Shaun Binder – to City of Subiaco
Judy Clarke – Co-Ordinator City of Geraldton-Greenough
9.2 Lucky Member Draw
9.2.1 Mr Keith Pleitner completed the draw and the winning member is Mr Bradley Wilkinson from the Town of Kwinana.
9.3 Policy Review
9.3 Mr Ayers raised the discussion regarding the draft reviews of policies that have currently been put forward.
9.3.2 Discussions were held and it was decided to review the final draft at the July meeting.
9.4 AEG discussion
9.4.1 Mr Postma advised that he has spoken to Adam Quinn at FESA and he provided him the latest copy of the document. Mr Postma was advised that the agreement would be further investigated. Mr Postma advised that he will provide further update when it becomes available.
9.5 Animal Welfare
9.5.1 Mr Ayers advised the Association has been requested to comment on the disbanding of the Animal Welfare Group. Mr Ayers provided background information received from Lisa Baker, MLA for Maylands. Discussions were held regarding the content of the response to be provided. Mr Ayers requested that Committee members provide him with comments for inclusion in the response by 1200hrs Friday 21 May 2010.
9.6 Mr Pleitner advised that further work has been completed on the History of WARA project. Mr Pleitner and Mr Wilkinson presented a draft version of the presentation.
9.7 Mr Valcic advised catering has been booked for the conference.
9.8 Mr Lawrence advised that Conference speakers are organized.
9.9 Mr Jenkinson raised discussion regarding the Planning and Development Act in regards to illegal temporary signs on Private Land and the possibility of Rangers being authorized to act on them.
9.10 Ms Jordan advised that there is a Building Services Bill before Cabinet currently. This will put the responsibility of compliance for building on Local Government.
9.11 Ms Jordan requested financial support to attend the upcoming AIAM meeting in June 2010. Discussions were held and it was decided that as per previous support WARA would provide financial assistance.
Moved / Seconded / MotionKeith Pleitner moved that WARA provide up to $800 to Sharleen Jordan to attend the AIAM meeting on 25 June 2010 located in Adelaide / Luke Preedy / Carried
9.12 Ms Jordan requested information regarding work experience insurance cover as there are no longer specific providers and she would like information from any Councils that may offer work experience and how they provide cover. Please email comments to Sharleen directly.
10. Next Meeting – Committee
To be held at the City of Subiaco 7 July 2010.
11. Close
There being no further business the meeting closed at 2145hrs.