Notice of Ordinary Council Meeting - 27 November 2025
Published on 21 November 2025
An Ordinary Meeting of Council will be held at 2:00pm on Thursday 27 November 2025, at the Council Chambers, Bicentennial Complex at Burnt Pine. Members of the community are welcome to attend the public gallery to observe. This meeting will be streamed live on the website and Radio, video recorded and made available on Council’s website after the meeting concludes.
Requests for Public Access for this meeting will close at 4:30pm, Monday 24 November 2025. 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 www.nirc.gov.au.
AGENDA
1. Attendance
2. Welcome
3. Statement of Respect / Ethical Obligations / Meeting Statements
4. Prayer
5. Condolences
6. Public Access
6.1 New Zealand to Norfolk Island Airline Connection – Adam Humphries – Regional Sales and Development Manager, Qantas Airways Limited
6.2 Greg Bourke – Consultant, The Comms Team
7. Apologies and Applications for a Leave of Absence
8. Disclosure of Interests
9. Administrators’ Minute / Report
9.1 Administrators’ Activity
9.2 Administrators Report – Recruitment of a General Manager – Progress/Update
10. Confirmation of Minutes
10.1 Confirmation of Minutes of Ordinary Council Meeting held 29 October 2025
11. Matters Arising
12. Committee Reports
12.1 Unconfirmed Minutes of the Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee Meeting held 11 November 2025
12.2 Unconfirmed Minutes of the Environment and Sustainability Advisory Committee held 10 November 2025
13. Decision Reports
13.1 Annual Report 2024-2025
13.2 Public Exhibition – Audited Financial Reports
13.3 Electricity Tariff Community Consultation
13.4 Delta Pearl Partners and Norfolk Island Regional Council Purchase Orders
14. Information Reports
14.1 Wastewater Service Review
14.2 Operational Plan Review and Quarterly Budget Review 1
14.3 General Communications Services Update
14.4 Investment Report as at 31 October 2025
14.5 Monthly Finance Report
14.6 NI Telecom "000" outage report
14.7 Second Battery Storage Business Case Update
14.8 2026/27 Integrated Planning and Reporting (IP&R) Process
14.9 Work Health and Safety - WHS Audit Corrective Action Plan
14.10 Schedule of Outstanding Resolution as at 27 November 2025
15. Notice of Motions / Recissions / Questions with Notice
16. Urgent Business Without Notice
17. Confidential Matters for Consideration / Closed Session
18. Correspondence and Media Releases
19. Questions for the Next Meeting
20. Date of Next Meeting
21. Closing Prayer
22. Close of Council Meeting
Community members are welcome to attend council meetings in the public gallery to observe. Those in the tourism industry may be interested in hearing from Adam Humphries, Regional Sales and Development Manager, Qantas Airways Limited. He is scheduled to be speaking shortly after the 2pm start time. People who cannot stay for the full meeting are welcome to leave at any time.
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.