Council to discuss Willow Court Committee

A SPECIAL meeting of the Derwent Valley Council will be held this Thursday at 6.30pm to deal with several issues from the abandoned annual general meeting of the dysfunctional Willow Court Redevelopment Committee.

A notice of meeting published in today's issue of the Mercury newspaper lists only two agenda items for the special meeting, including the selection of a community representative for the Willow Court Committee. The other item refers to the Willow Court Committee's terms of reference.

Thursday's meeting will be one of the rare occasions when the council has discussed Willow Court in open session. Under Mayor Tony Nicholson's administration, most briefings on this sensitive topic have been conducted in "workshops" or closed council meetings, both of which are off limits to the general public.