For as long as I can remember and as recently as April 11, he has consistently taken part in debates and voted on motions concerning the management of Yornup Hall, despite the obvious conflict raised by his membership of both the Yornup Hall Management Committee and the private group which was allowed to run the hall and its finances, the Yornup Hall Committee. In one case, he was the only councillor to vote against a motion that the CEO should check whether the arrangements regarding the hall were legal. (It turned out they were not.)
But a strange thing happened at the most recent Council meeting on April 24... Mr Pratico declared this conflict of interest. Cr Hodson, who is also on the Management Committee, declared his interest and the Shire CEO's executive assistant, Mrs Norris also declared an interest as a member of the private committee.
So what brought on this sudden burst of propriety?
I suspect it may have has something to do with me lodging an official complaint a couple of weeks ago about Mr Pratico's failure to declare his conflicts on this issue.
Check out his record below...
Failure to declare an impartiality interest (three instances) Council meeting 25/2/2010.
Mr Pratico took part in the debate and voted against the
following motion:
Item: C.06/0210 That
the instrument of Appointment for the Yornup Hall Management Committee be
withdrawn.
Mr Pratico took part in debate and voted in favour of the
following amendment: That point 3 of
C.24/0210 be deleted. (Censure of the Management Committee chairman)
Mr Pratico took part in debate and voted against
C.24/0210 (Noting the Management
Committee had breached its Instrument of Appointment)
At the time, he was a member of committee in question, the
Yornup Hall Management Committee.
Failure to declare an impartiality interest. Council meeting 24/6/2010
Mr Pratico took part in debate and voted against
C.13/0610 That Council defer
consideration of a request (from the Yornup Hall Committee) to replace jarrah
weatherboards on the hall until Council received and considered financial statements from the
Yornup Hall Management Committee.
At the time, he was a member of both the Yornup Hall
Committee and the Yornup Hall Management Committee.
Failure to declare an impartiality interest. (two
instances) Council meeting 25/11/2010
Mr Pratico took part in the debate and voted against the
following motion:
Item C.03/1110 (Part 1) That all budgeted expenditure on
upgrades and improvements to the Yornup Hall and surrounds be suspended until
it can be established that this publicly-owned asset is being managed in a way
which allows proper scrutiny and provides accountability.
Mr Pratico also took part in debate and voted against the
following motion:
C.03/1110 (Part 2)
That the CEO seek advice and provide a report to Council on the legality
of the current arrangements in regard to management of this publicly owned
asset and retention of hall hire fees by a private group, being the Yornup Hall
Committee.
At the time he was chairman of the Yornup Hall Management
Committee and a member of the Yornup Hall Committee.
Failure to declare an impartiality
interest. Council meeting 28/2/2013
Cr Pratico voted in favour of the following motion:
Item C.02/0213 That
Council request the CEO to investigate and report back to the April 2013
standing committee meeting on the possibility of leasing the Yornup Hall to the
Yornup Hall (Community) Committee and consequential disbanding of the Yornup
Hall Management Committee.
At the time he was a member of both the Yornup Hall
Management Committee and the private Yornup Hall Committee.
Failure to declare an impartiality
interest. Standing Committee meeting 11/4/2013
Cr Pratico took part in debate and voted in favour of Amendment and Substantive Motion dealing with proposal to lease hall to Yornup Hall Committee
- Item SC.05/0413
At the time, he was a member of both the Yornup Hall
Management Committee and the private Yornup Hall Committee.
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