INVITATION PUBLIC MEETING TUES JUNE 7 AT 7 PM ALBERT HALL

PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCED AT LAST

You may wish to use this form to make a written submission to the General Manager in respect of the subject matter explained below.

Written submissions must be lodged with Council by 5pm Wednesday 1 June 2016.

You may use a Council form to make your written submission but that is not compulsory.

The City of Launceston 
will hold a 
PUBLIC MEETING
@

 7pm on Tuesday 
7 June 2016 

Albert Hall

Corner of Tamar and Cimitiere Streets, Launceston. 

This meeting is being held following a petition seeking a public meeting being lodged with the Council. Subject matter of the public meeting As described by the petition, the subject matter of the public meeting will be: 

1. That the Launceston City Council call a Public Meeting for the purpose of discussing the Council's decision to transfer (free gift) land, known as Willis Street Car Park and Old Velodrome. 
2. Call on Council to rescind the motion passed by the Full Council Meeting 9th November 2015 to transfer said land (free gift) to UTAS. 
3. That the said land be placed for sale on the open market via a public auction with a Reserve Price of $5 million. 

Options for lodging your submission:

• Print and complete this form, and return it via email, post or in person. 
• If you do not wish to use the Council form, your written submission will be accepted by email, post or in person. 

City of Launceston's contact details are provided at the bottom of this page.

Remember that your submission must be received by 5pm Wednesday 1 June 2016. 

At the public meeting Submissions will be summarised by the General Manager and will be made available to people who attend the public meeting. Your name and contact details will not be included in the summary.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE COUNCIL FORM

When making your own submission LCC News would appreciate it if you:

1. Make your submission by eMAIL to City of Launceston General Manager 

• Robert Dobrzynski  Robert.Dobrzynski@launceston.tas.gov.au

2. Please copy your submission to  

      LAUNCESTON PROJECTS –  launcestonprojects@bigpond.com 

     So that your submission can be put on this website for the information of others making submissions

3. At the top of your submission please provide your contact details and the date submitted 

•  Unit/street number: 
• Street name: 
• Suburb:                   State:            Postcode: 
• Daytime phone number: 
• Email address: 

• Council may wish to use this information to contact you if they have a question about your submission        OR
• LCC News may wish to contact you with additional information relevant to the meeting

Section 60A(2) of the Local Government Act 1993 (Tas) (the Act) requires Council to:

(a) publish a notice on at least 2 occasions in a daily newspaper circulating in the municipal area; and 

(b) send to the person who lodged the petition. 

The notice will be published for a second time in the Examiner on Saturday 14 May 2016.

The actions taken by Council in relation to the public meeting are directed at meeting the legislative requirements as set out in the Act.

WAS YOUR SIGNATURE COUNTED?

In reply to a request for information regarding the large number of rejected signatures Ray Norman, the petition's authoriser, received the following information and explanation.

"Thank you for your email. I can advise:

• Section 59(2) of the Local Government Act 1993 (Tas) (the Act) requires that council must hold a public meeting if the petition is signed by (a) 5% of the electors in the municipal area; or (b) 1,000 of those electors (whichever is the lesser).
•  If the above is not met, Council may still resolve to hold a public meeting regarding the subject matter of the petition, as provided for in section 60(3) of the Act.
• The purpose of verifying the number of signatures to the petition was to inform Council whether the public meeting must be held, or whether the public meeting required a resolution of Council to proceed.
• For section 59(2) to apply, it was necessary for Council officers to verify the number of electors in the municipal area that signed the petition.
• We obtained a copy of the electoral roll for the Launceston Municipality as at 31 January 2016, from the Tasmanian Electoral Office.
• Council officers checked the signatories to the petition against the electoral roll.

        • 273 names could either not be found in the electoral roll, or the name and address on the petition could not be matched to a name and address in the electoral roll
         • 38 entries were duplicates
         • 14 entries were not legible
         • 17 entries had no name
         • 22 entries had no address
         • 1 entry was on a piece of paper that did not have a heading as required by section 57(2)(b) of the Act
         • The letter provided as a cover to the petition specified 1,493/1,492 signatures; Council officers counted 1,495 signatures. The above entries were deducted from 1,495 to        arrive at 1,130 validated signatures (i.e. 1,495 - 273 - 38 - 14 - 17 - 22 - 1 = 1,130)
         • Signatures were considered individually i.e. we did not reject a whole sheet if a signature failed for any reason; any entries on a page that were able to be validated were counted as validated signatures."

PETITION PROGRESS