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The Whitsunday Regional Council has met for the final time for 2020, capping off a big year in motions brought before councillors.
Here’s what you may have missed.
Mayoral minute after meeting
The Whitsunday Regional Council supported Mayor Andrew Willcox’s ability to debate and vote on the Flagstaff Hill redevelopment after it was revealed he met with prospective proponents.
In a mayoral minute tabled at the final council meeting of the year, Cr Willcox said he and council chief executive Rod Ferguson met with representatives of WHF Group at the Austral Hotel in Mackay on October 15 this year.
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Subscriber only Tensions have flared between a community group and Whitsunday councillor over the future direction of the Airlie Beach. Save Our Foreshore released a statement after a heated speech from Councillor Mike Brunker at the final council meeting for the year. In the meeting, councillors were discussing the Airlie Beach Local Plan and its inclusion in the major amendment to the Whitsunday Planning Scheme 2017. Save Our Foreshore secretary/treasurer Faye Chapman sent a question to councillors on behalf of the group, querying why a statement was added to the Local Plan which read: Redevelopment in the main street and or adjoining the foreshore is encouraged at higher density .