AN investor looking to start an aquaculture business at Indigiscapes will have to wait until next year before he learns whether council will consider his proposal.
At last week's meeting, Division 2 councillor Craig Ogilvie called for an update of a report into the aquaculture business and whether officers had contacted the prospective investor, Fish Protech.
But CEO Bill Lyon was unable to give details, prompting Cr Ogilvie to scold the executive leadership team for not knowing about the progress of all motions moved in council and not treating the proposal as urgent.
In September, Cr Ogilvie asked officers to compile a report and organise a workshop on the investment prospects of the Runnymede Road site at Capalaba.
Councillor Mark Edwards, chair of the audit portfolio, told last week's meeting he would move a new motion regarding aquaculture at the next general meeting on November 4.
But that was not good enough for Cr Ogilvie who said he wanted an update on the aquaculture report by the end of close of business.
Cr Ogilvie said the investor had not been contacted by officers in the month since he had asked council to investigate the viability of locating an aquaculture business at Indigiscapes.
"I asked for the report to come back to council quite urgently - ie before December because that investor is not patient," he said.
"I heard, three weeks after I move that motion, that noone had even contacted the investor."
CEO Bill Lyon said he did not have the information on hand and he didn't know if any of the officers did either.
"You may have to do an adjournment so that we can prepare a report," he said.
Despite protests from Cr Julie Talty that the request was unreasonable, Deputy mayor Alan Beard, chairing the meeting, said the information would be given to all councillors by 5pm that day.
Officers told Cr Ogilvie at 5pm they had unsuccessfully tried to contact Fish ProTech.
