Minutes of Meeting

Strategic Business Advisory Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 30 June 2022
Time	4.30pm

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Strategic Business Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 30 June 2022

Minutes of the Strategic Business Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 30 June 2022

File No: I2022/757

PRESENT: Cr M Lyon (Mayor), Cr A Hunter, Cr A Pugh

Staff:  Shannon Burt (Director Sustainable Environment and Economy)

Sharyn French (Manager Environmental and Economic Planning)

            Sharyn French (Minute Taker)

Guest:                                             Rob Hall (.id (informed decisions)) via zoom

Cr Lyon (Chair) opened the meeting at 4.39pm and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Lisa Richards (Business and Visitor Economy Officer)

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Sustainable Environment and Economy

Report No. 3.1           Review Constitution of Strategic Business Advisory Committee

File No:                       I2022/469

Committee Recommendation:

1.      That the Strategic Business Advisory Committee recommend to Council to adopt the constitution at Attachment 1 (E2021/148723), with amendments to:

a)      the number of Councillors required for quorum to be one, at Point 7.

b)      Point 5 Membership, to include four members of the business community from a range of industry sectors.

c)      Key Objective 2. to ‘Where appropriate take a leadership role to encourage new and emerging sectors to flourish’

d)      the name of the committee to the Business and Industry Advisory Committee.

2.      That the Strategic Business Advisory Committee recommend to Council to call for nominations for representatives from the business community from a range of business sectors.

(Lyon/Hunter)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried..

Report No. 3.2           Presentation from .id informed decisions - Economic Health Check Report

File No:                       I2022/649

Committee Recommendation:

That the Strategic Business Advisory Committee notes the report and presentation provided by .id informed decisions.

(Hunter/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried..

Report No. 3.3           Projects update - business industry and visitor economy

File No:                       I2022/689

Committee Recommendation:

That the Strategic Business Advisory Committee notes the business update report.

(Hunter/Pugh)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 6.19pm.