Notice of Ordinary Council Meeting - 25 Feb 2026

Published on 20 February 2026

Ordinary meeting of council

An Ordinary Meeting of Council will be held at 2:00pm on Wednesday 25 February 2026, at the Council Chambers, Bicentennial Complex at Burnt Pine.

Members of the community are welcome to attend the public gallery to observe. Requests for Public Access for this meeting will close at 4:30pm, Monday 23 February 2026. The Public Access session will be conducted on the day of the Council meeting commencing at 2:00pm. Please contact Customer Care on 22001 or email executiveassistant@nirc.gov.nf to register your interest.

The following is a summary agenda of the meeting for the information of the community, and the substantive Agenda is available (as of 4:00pm Friday) on the Council website at nirc.gov.au/Your-council/Council-meetings/2026-Meetings.

AGENDA

  1. ATTENDANCE 

  2. WELCOME 

  3. STATEMENT OF RESPECT/ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS/MEETING STATEMENTS 

  4. PRAYER 

  5. CONDOLENCES 

  6. PUBLIC ACCESS 

  7. APOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS FOR A LEAVE OF ABSENCE 

  8. DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS  

  9. ADMINISTRATORS’ MINUTE / REPORT

9.1  Administrators’ Activity since reported last meeting  

10  CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES 

10.1 Confirmation of Minutes of Previous Meeting held on 4 February 2026 

11 MATTERS ARISING 

12  COMMITTEE REPORTS 

12.1 Report of the Electricity Special Purpose Committee  

12.2  Unconfirmed Minutes of the Environment and Sustainability Advisory Committee meeting held 20th January 2026. 

13 DECISION REPORTS 

13.1  Financial Year 2025/26 - Quarterly Budget Review 2  

13.2 Draft Relocation and Rent Assistance Policy (General Manager) - Post Public Exhibition  

13.3  Council Advisory Committee Expression of Interest  

13.4  FY 2024/25 Amended Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report  

13.5  DA 7/2025 - Information Signage at Kingston and Cascade Piers  

13.6  Community Engagement Strategy  

13.7  New and Revised Council Policies  

13.8  Information Technology (IT) Managed Services Contract 

14 INFORMATION REPORTS 

14.1 Work Health and Safety - WHS Audit Corrective Action Plan  

14.2  Norfolk Island Plan 2002 - Draft Plan to Make Amendments to Facilitate Implementation of the Plan  

14.3  Customer Care update  

14.4  Enterprise Bargaining Agreement Update  

14.5  Finance Department Consolidated Information Report  

14.6  Telecom Backhaul Briefing  

14.7  Schedule of Outstanding Resolution as at 25 February 2026 

15 NOTICE OF MOTIONS / RECISSIONS / QUESTIONS WITH NOTICE  

16  URGENT BUSINESS WITHOUT NOTICE  

17  CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION / CLOSED SESSION 

18 CORRESPONDENCE / PRESS RELEASES 

18.1 Correspondence/Media Releases 

19 QUESTIONS FOR THE NEXT MEETING  

20  DATE OF NEXT MEETING  

21  CLOSING PRAYER  

22  CLOSE OF COUNCIL MEETING 

The meeting will be streamed live on the website and Radio Norfolk, and a video recording will be available on Council's website after the meeting concludes. 

Please note this summary agenda is subject to change and the final agenda is available from Friday, 4pm on Council’s website: nirc.gov.au/Your-council/Council-meetings/2026-Meetings.  

 

Tagged as: