4 June 2019
Held in the Council Chambers, Administration Building
45 Roderick Street, Ipswich
The meeting commenced at 9.00 am
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ATTENDANCE AT COMMENCEMENT |
Greg Chemello (Interim Administrator) INTERIM MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Simone Webbe, Jan Taylor, Stan Gallo and Steve Greenwood |
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WELCOME TO COUNTRY OR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY |
Greg Chemello (Interim Administrator) Ipswich City Council respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners as custodians of the land. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, as the keepers of the traditions, cultures and stories of a proud people. |
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OPENING PRAYER |
Greg Chemello (Interim Administrator) Let us pray or reflect on our responsibilities for the
people of Ipswich. |
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APOLOGIES AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE |
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That the Interim Administrator of Ipswich City Council resolve: A. That Hutchinson Builders are the preferred tenderer for Tender No. 13254, the Ipswich Central Civic Project. B. That Council (Interim Administrator of Ipswich City Council) enter into a contract with Hutchinson Builders.
C. That the Chief Executive Officer be authorised to negotiate and finalise the terms of the contract to be executed by Council and to do any other acts necessary to implement Council’s decision in accordance with Section 13(3) of the Local Government Act 2009.
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DISCUSSION |
The confidential papers associated with the Officer’s Report are confidential as they include various commercial in-confidence and financial aspects of the tender assessment.
The Interim Administrator advised that the attachments include the independent probity advisor’s report and that, in future reports council will make any probity advisor’s report public as they simply advise that council either has or has not complied with the necessary probity and governance arrangements.
The Interim Administrator quoted some words from the probity report from Argyle Independent Corporate Advisors on this project: · The appropriate probity process had been established · Equal opportunity was provided to all tender respondents · Adequate security and confidential procedures were followed · Conflict of Interest and probity declarations were made · The evaluation methodology was followed · The report is evidence that the process followed and the conclusions reached were consistent with their review and with the requirements of the Tender Evaluation and Probity Plan · No governance issues or concerns were raised from the probity process. Amended Council Ordinary Meeting 25 June 2019 The Interim Administrator advised that this is a very significant project, one of the largest infrastructure projects that council has ever signed. He stated that 10 years after council acquired the properties it will now have a contract to undertake redevelopment which will be about a two year project.
The Interim Administrator thanked all staff and consultants involved in the tender process. |
MEETING CLOSED |
The meeting closed at 9.04 am.
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