2025 Business Papers

The Business Papers (Agendas) for 2025 are available below:

January 2025 – Extra Ordinary Meeting
Attachments:
Item  4.5 Att C:  IP&R Guidelines – Community Engagement extract
Item  4.5 Att D:  IP&R Handbook – Community Engagement extract
 
February 2025Ordinary Meeting (7MB)
Attachments:
Item 11.2 Att 1:  Policies (10MB)
 
March 2025Extra Ordinary Meeting
Attachments:
Item 10.1  Att 1:  Riverview Strategy
Item 10.2  Att 2:  Walcha Policies
 
March 2025Ordinary Meeting
 
April 2025Ordinary Meeting (9MB)
Item 11.2 Att 2: Incident Management
 
 
Item  7.1 Att 1:  10.2025.33 Independent Assessment Report
LATE REPORT: 
 
 
July 2025Ordinary Meeting 
 
August 2025Ordinary Meeting (7MB)
Attachments:
Item 7.2 Att 1:  Draft Cumulative Impact Assessment 
Item 7.2 Att 2:  Draft Land Use Strategy 
 
September 2025Ordinary Meeting (9MB)
Item 7.5 Att 1:    Draft Fraud Control Plan
Item 7.5 Att 2:    Draft Fraud Prevention Policy
 
October 2025 – EXTRA Ordinary Meeting
 
October 2025 – Ordinary Meeting (6MB)
Item 7.2   Att 3:  Development Assessment Report; and
Item 7.2   Att 4:  Submissions
Item 7.4   Att 2:  Draft Land Use Strategy
Item 7.4   Att 4:  Submissions
Item 7.4   Att 5:  Submissions Analysis
Item 10.1 Att 1:  Walcha Events Data
 
November 2025 – Ordinary Meeting (6MB)
Item   7.1 Att 1:  Financial Statements 202
Item   7.4 Att 1:  Regulatory Impact Statement
Item   7.4 Att 2:  Feedback Form 
Item   7.5 Att 1:  Site Plan DA 10.2025.7
Item   7.5 Att 2:  Building Plan DA 10.2025.7
Item   7.5 Att 3:  DA 10.2025.7 Assessment
Item 10.2 Att 1:  Capital Works Update
 
December 2025 – Ordinary Meeting
Item  11.1 Att 3: John Petrie Sculptures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Clr Adam Iuston

First Elected to Council on 14 September 2024.

Clr Iuston is a member of the following Council Committees:

  • Walcha Council Beautification Advisory Committee;
  • Walcha Council Arts & Tourism Advisory Committee; and
  • Walcha Council Capital Review Committee.

 

Clr Iuston is Council’s Delegate on the following Committees:

  • NSW Public Libraries Assoc – North Eastern Zone;
  • Central Northern Regional Libraries Committee; and
  • Arts North West.

 

E – aiuston@walcha.nsw.gov.au 

 

Clr Rachel Greig

First Elected to Council on 14 September 2024

Clr Greig is a member of the following Council Committees:

  • Walcha Council Arts & Tourism Advisory Committee;
  • Walcha Council Preschool Advisory Committee; and
  • Walcha Council Capital Review Committee.

 

Clr Greig is Council’s Delegate on the following Committees:

  • Walcha Community Consultative Committee; and
  • New England Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) Community Reference Group.

 

E – rgreig@walcha.nsw.gov.au 

Clr Anne-Marie Pointing

First Elected to Council on 04 December 2021.

Clr Pointing is a member of the following Council Committees:

  • Walcha Council Beautification Advisory Committee; 
  • Walcha Apsley Riverview Committee;
  • Walcha Council Capital Review Committee; and
  • Walcha Council’s General Manager’s Performance Review Committee.

Clr Pointing is also Council’s Delegate on the Walcha Centre Management Committee (MPC).

E – apointing@walcha.nsw.gov.au 

Clr Eric Noakes

First Elected to Council on 10 September 2016.

Elected as Mayor on 28 September 2016, re-elected unopposed on
22 December 2021 and re-elected unopposed on 9 October 2024.

Councillor Noakes is Council’s Delelgate on the following Committees:

  • Country Mayors Association of NSW (CMA)
  • Walcha Local Health Committee
  • Coalition of Renewable Energy Mayors (CoREM)

And is also a member of the following Council Committees:

  • Walcha Council Apsley Riverview Committee;
  • Walcha Council Aboriginal Advisory Committee;
  • Walcha Council Capital Review Committee; and
  • Walcha Council General Manager’s Performance Review Committee.

 

E – enoakes@walcha.nsw.gov.au 

First Elected to Council on 14 September 2024.

Elected as Deputy Mayor on 9 October 2024.

Clr O’Brien is a member of the following Council Committees:

  • Walcha Council Motorcycle Rally Advisory Committee;
  • Walcha Council Aboriginal Advisory Committee; 
  • Walcha Council Capital Review Committee; and
  • Walcha Council’s General Manager’s Performance Review Committee.

 

Clr O’Brien is Council’s Delegate on the New England Bushfire Management Committee.

E – gobrien@walcha.nsw.gov.au 

Clr Hyde Thomson

First Elected to Council on 14 September 2024.

Clr Thomson is a member of the following Council Committees:

  • Walcha Council Youth Advisory Committee; and
  • Walcha Council Capital Review Committee.

 

E – hthomson@walcha.nsw.gov.au 

Clr Gary Olrich

First elected to Council on 14 September 2024.

Councillor Olrich is a member of the following Council Committees:

  • Walcha Council Community Care Advisory Committee
  • Walcha Motorcyle Rally Advisory Committee
  • Walcha Council Capital Review Committee

 

E – golrich@walcha.nsw.gov.au

Clr Stephen McCoy

First elected to Council on 14 September 2024.

Clr McCoy has been elected to:

  • Walcha Council Capital Review Committee; and
  • Walcha Council General Manager’s Performance Review Committee.

He is also Council’s representative on the Mid North Weight of Loads Group.

E – smccoy@walcha.nsw.gov.au