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Okay, welcome everyone. Please stand.

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Almighty God, we pledge ourselves to

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work in harmony for the social,

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cultural, economic, and economic

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well-being of our rural city. Help us to

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be wise in our deliberations and fair in

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our actions so that prosperity and

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happiness shall be the light of our

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people. Amen.

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The Horsham Rural City Council acknowledges the

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five traditional owner groups of this

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land and the Wotjobaluk Jaadwa Jadawadjali Wergaiya 

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and Jupagulk people. We recognize the important

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and ongoing place that all indigenous

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people hold in our community. We pay our

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respects to the Elders both past and

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present and commit to working together

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in the spirit of mutual understanding

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and respect for the benefit of the

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broader community and future

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generations. Please be seated.

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Welcome councilors, staff, staff,

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members of the gallery and the media to

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our council meeting. My name is

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councelor Brian Klowss, the Mayor of the

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Horsham Rural City Council. An unscheduled

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council meeting has been called tonight

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to consider  the award of

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one agenda item contract to 2616

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Three Bridges Road safety upgrade. This

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tender is linked to grant funding, so

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decision is required now rather than

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waiting until the next scheduled council

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meeting. For those of you who have

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reviewed the agenda, you'll notice that

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this item appears in the public agenda.

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This is a change from our usual process

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for considering the awarding of tenders.

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In the interest of being transparent as

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possible, we are considering this report

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in the open agenda. While councilors

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have received and reviewed a

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confidential attachment containing

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commercial inconidence information, I

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advise the public that tonight's council

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meeting will be recorded to maintain a

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video archive.

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 councilors do I have any 

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apologies for tonight's meeting?

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Councilor Ross

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have any other apologies for the

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meeting?

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do I have a motion to accept the

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apologies?

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Councilor Wilson

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move that the apology for councelor

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Ross be approved.

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Again, do I have a second of a motion?

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Councilor Munn.

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All those in favor?

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Carry.

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 conflicts of interest. Are there any

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declarations or conflicts of interest?

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We have no

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 number six is the officers reports

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for council decision. R 6.1 the award of

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a contract 2616

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3 Richard's road safety upgrade.

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 the purpose of this report is to

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seek council approval to award contract

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2616

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for the three bridges road safety

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upgrades. Councilors, do I have a

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motion?

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Councilor Wilson,

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I'll move that council  one   award

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contract 26-016

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300 road safety upgrade to preferred

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tender mutton civil for contract sum of

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$417,676.30

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excluding GST and   two    authorize the

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Chief Executive Officer

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contractual documentation on behalf of

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council. Okay. Council has a second

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after the motion. Council

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councilor Wilson, would you like to speak

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to the motion?

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Yes, please.

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these safety works on the I'm going to

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call them notorious sense between

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the river and the Horton Roger Road on

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three bridges road will the upgrades

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these this session will be a great

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improvement to what is already there.

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I was very welcoming to see that we had

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high submissions for this tender which

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was a fair amount of competition and

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that our preferred tender while coming

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under budget from what we proposed back

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in March last year

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was awarded to somebody in from within

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our own municipality.

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I support awarding this tender 

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and

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ask my council to support the motion.

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Thank you.

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Council, would you like to speak to the

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motion?

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 yes. Just briefly I concur with

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everything councelor Wilson said

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and after careful review of the tender

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evaluation report, I'm quite comfortable

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that the recommended Chandra is a

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good recommendation I'd just like to

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add to that  whilst it wasn't really

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 applicable to today's

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 discussion around the tender awarding

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that community feedback was sought for

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this project back in February 2025

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along with the other projects that were

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for the TAC funding. So community have

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had input into this and I'm comfortable

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that the correct way forward.

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Thank you. Are there any councilors wish

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Sorry, I'll start that again. Are there

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any councilors who wish to speak against

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the motion?

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No. Are there any councilors who wish to

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speak for the motion?

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No.

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Councelor Wilson, would you like to

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close the Nothing? Thank you.

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I'll now put the sorry got tongue's

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tied I'll now put the motion all those

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in favor by a show of hands please

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carry

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no there being no further items of

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business I declare many