ATTENDEES:& Aploogies -- As Per Attendance Book
MEETING COMMENCED: The President Daniel Garofalo declared the meeting open at 7.10pm.
MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING BE ACCEPTED
Minutes from the April meeting were available at the meeting. Due to a communication error written copies of the minutes were not available at the last meeting. The minutes from the Apr meeting were presented and accepted.
Minutes from the June meeting were presented and accepted.
Moved – Diane Schudmak Seconded – Vania Lunardi
CORRESPONDENCE OUT / IN
Post from Hume City Council – 10 July 11 Community Grant Presentation.
Post from Hume City Council – 16 June 11 Hume Festive of Music Grants Scheme
Letter from Barrymore Rd Preschool Committee – 25 May 11 Severe Vandalism and Theft
Reply Letter from Hume City Council – 9 June11 Severe Vandalism and Theft
TREASURER Reported on current finances & balances
Moved – John Haddad Seconded – Mavis Jack Passed
GENERAL BUSINESS
Liquor Licence at Greenvale Shopping Centre: Greg White explained that there has been no further action from the Department of Justice on the application at this time.
Library Bookmarks: The Secretary asked Vania about bookmark artwork and she explained that Brianna has this and will present it when completed.
Action: Brianna to complete artwork and provide to Secretary for costing.
Councillor’s Report: Cr Ros Spence provided the following report. Prior to the last election the council sent letters to Vic Roads regarding a number of issues within Greenvale. These letters have been resent to the new government. Community Grants – the amount of money available has been raised from $800 to up to $2000. There is a new grant process and 19 August is the closing date. Rate rises were discussed and the rate increase is 6.2% which comprises of 4.95% council, 0.75% landfill, 0.5% superannuation fund. The State Government does not provide the Council with any funds from the Landfill levy. The councillor also provided information on the Hume City Council budget and highlighted items that are for Greenvale. These included soccer fields at Barrymore Road, Community tennis courts in Normanby Road and Greenvale Drive and ongoing development of the football fields in Section Road.
Graffiti: Vania provided information on a grade 1 student from St Carlo’s who was recently interviewed by the Hume Leader after sending the newspaper an article on graffiti within the Greenvale area and why the girl did not like the graffiti.
Internet Connections: Joe complained about internet connections with Iprimus. Daniel explained to the meeting how the internet connections work within the Telstra network. IPrimus has an allocated amount of space for its customers, the more customers it gets the less responsive the service is.
State Secondary School for Greenvale: Several residents had questions about a Secondary School for Greenvale. Further discussion indicated that this is a very important requirement for Greenvale and it was decided to form a sub-committee. Volunteers were asked for and the following people were elected to form a sub-committee. President – Daniel Garofalo, members – Daryl Canny, Charlie Grech, Mavis Jack.
Action: President to hold sub-committee meeting and report to GRA monthly meeting.
Greenvale Soccer Club: Hilmi Mina provided an update on the soccer club. The club has approx. 180 children aged between 5-18 years in 14 teams. The expansion of the club is only limited by the current lack of facilities. The club has spoken to Hume City Council about the clubs future intentions. This included the new fields, coaches’ boxes, access to toilets and a future club house. Discussion followed Hilmi’s briefing and the main point was the need for a club house in the next five years. The soccer club and GRA need to get this put on the Hume City Council five year planning cycle as soon as possible.
There being no further General Business the President thanked those in attendance for coming and closed the meeting at 9.15 pm.
