Council Minutes - Town of Cambridge
Council Minutes - Town of Cambridge
Council Minutes - Town of Cambridge
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COUNCIL<br />
20 DECEMBER 2011<br />
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION<br />
Moved by Cr Bradley, seconded by Cr Grinceri<br />
That:-<br />
(i) the valuation <strong>of</strong> the Mindarie Regional <strong>Council</strong> determined by<br />
PriceWaterhouseCoopers not be accepted due to the flawed basis <strong>of</strong> the<br />
assumptions used to calculate the value;<br />
(ii)<br />
the following be noted:<br />
(a) position <strong>of</strong> the City <strong>of</strong> Stirling in relation to the value <strong>of</strong> their shareholding in<br />
the Mindarie Regional <strong>Council</strong>, request to withdraw from the Resource<br />
Recovery Facility guarantee and retention <strong>of</strong> their shareholding in the Tamala<br />
Park land;<br />
(b) that the Heads <strong>of</strong> Agreement to negotiate the withdrawal <strong>of</strong> the City <strong>of</strong> Stirling<br />
expired on 30 April 2011 and has not been renewed or extended;<br />
(c) the <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cambridge</strong> agrees to continue participating in the negotiations to<br />
facilitate the withdrawal if the City <strong>of</strong> Stirling.<br />
(iii) the decision <strong>of</strong> Mindarie Regional <strong>Council</strong> to set up a working group comprising<br />
the regional council Chairman and CEO, and mayors <strong>of</strong> the member councils to<br />
consider options for the membership, structure and operations <strong>of</strong> the Mindarie<br />
Regional <strong>Council</strong> be noted;<br />
(iv) Mayor Simon Withers represent the <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cambridge</strong> on the Working Group<br />
proposed in (iii) above;<br />
(v)<br />
in relation to negotiation for the withdrawal <strong>of</strong> the City <strong>of</strong> Stirling from the Mindarie<br />
Regional <strong>Council</strong> the <strong>Town</strong>’s position is that the City <strong>of</strong> Stirling:<br />
(a) be paid their paid-in capital contributions;<br />
(b) be paid their share <strong>of</strong> the Members Revenue Equalisation Reserve (i.e.<br />
under/over’s account);<br />
(c) be paid any residual value based on negotiations for a financial settlement to<br />
be negotiated;<br />
(d) be paid be from current accumulated Mindarie Regional <strong>Council</strong> funds in<br />
relation to (a) and (b) above and any additional payments, should there not be<br />
sufficient funds held by the regional council, be paid from annual operational<br />
surpluses <strong>of</strong> the regional council over a period <strong>of</strong> time inclusive <strong>of</strong> interest;<br />
(e) not be released from its liabilities under the Resource Recovery Facility<br />
guarantee to Biovision;<br />
(f) retain its post closure liabilities for the Tamala Park landfill in proportion to<br />
the tonnes tipped to the total <strong>of</strong> members tonnes over the life <strong>of</strong> the landfill;<br />
(g) retain its shareholding in the land at the Tamala Park site.<br />
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