Mayor reluctantly pauses council meeting for free lunch | The Examiner | July 10, 2025 - video Dailymotion

Mayor Matthew Garwood was reluctant to let councillors break for lunch during their meeting on June 19. Video by the City of Launceston

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00:00I'm going to move a procedural motion.

00:07This is ridiculous.

00:07We're doing all of these changes on the fly.

00:10The governance team are under pressure now to put words on the screen.

00:14I'm going to suggest that we lay the item on the table

00:16and that we break for lunch.

00:20Okay.

00:23So, all those in favour?

00:27Those against?

00:28Mayor against?

00:30Just get on with it.

00:31But anyway, we're breaking now.

00:34Does that mean we wait for the next council meeting?

00:37No?

00:38Oh, all right.

00:39So, we've got 30 minutes adjournment because Councillor Gibson has moved

00:42that we break for lunch and it's been voted and moved by the table,

00:48minus the mayor, and we will break for 30 minutes.

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