Late Agenda of Extraordinary Council Meeting

Councillor Contact Details

Granville Ward
Clr Steve Christou (Mayor)	0419 651 187	Steve.Christou@cumberland.nsw.gov.au
Clr Ola Hamed	0405 070 007	Ola.Hamed@cumberland.nsw.gov.au
Clr Joseph Rahme	0418 995 471	Joseph.Rahme@cumberland.nsw.gov.au
Greystanes Ward
Clr Greg Cummings	0417 612 717	Greg.Cummings@cumberland.nsw.gov.au
Clr Eddy Sarkis (Deputy Mayor)	0418 306 918	Eddy.Sarkis@cumberland.nsw.gov.au
Vacant	-	-
Regents Park Ward
Clr Ned Attie	0419 583 254	Ned.Attie@cumberland.nsw.gov.au
Clr George Campbell	0409 233 315	George.Campbell@cumberland.nsw.gov.au
Clr Kun Huang	0418 911 774	Kun.Huang@cumberland.nsw.gov.au
South Granville Ward
Clr Glenn Elmore	0418 459 527	Glenn.Elmore@cumberland.nsw.gov.au
Clr Paul Garrard	0414 504 504	Paul.Garrard@cumberland.nsw.gov.au
Clr Tom Zreika	0400 805 303	Tom.Zreika@cumberland.nsw.gov.au
Wentworthville Ward
Clr Lisa Lake	0418 669 681	Lisa.Lake@cumberland.nsw.gov.au
Clr Suman Saha	0419 546 950	Suman.Saha@cumberland.nsw.gov.au
Clr Michael Zaiter	0418 432 797	Michael.Zaiter@cumberland.nsw.gov.au

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Extraordinary Council Meeting

27 May 2020

Item No: EMM05/20-30

Mayoral Minute - Council's Response to Easing of Covid-19 Restrictions

Author: Mayor Steve Christou

File Number: SC486

Summary

I have been disappointed to hear some criticism that Council is not acting quickly enough to reopen facilities and services as the state government eases the Covid-19 restrictions.

At all times during the current pandemic, the decisions of Council’s Critical Incident Management Team have been guided by the overriding principle of protecting the health and safety of Council staff and of our community. Council took a measured approach to the imposition of the restrictions and will take a similarly measured approach to the easing of restrictions.

The worst possible outcome would be for Council to act too quickly to ease restrictions and either a staff member or a member of the community becomes infected as a result.

The Critical Incident Management Team’s deliberations are guided by Council’ s adopted Risk Management Policy, the latest version of the NSW Public Health Order and any published exemptions. Federal and State Government announcements are also monitored on a daily basis.

As late as yesterday the NSW Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerry Chant, stated that Covid-19 is likely to be around for at least a further 12 months, and I believe therefore that it is unlikely that things will return to complete normality before this. It is important therefore that Council remains vigilant and takes all steps necessary to ensure that its operations are conducted in such a way that social distancing and all other restrictions are complied with.

Therefore Councillors I am recommending the following:

Recommendation

That Council support a measured approach to the reopening of Council services and facilities, consistent with the NSW Public Health Order and other state government guidelines.

Attachments

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