Public Transparency Principles
The Local Government Act 2020 sets out the following public transparency principles:
- Council decision making processes must be transparent except when the Council is dealing with information that is confidential
- Council information must be publicly available unless the information is confidential or public availability of the information would be contrary to the public interest;
- Council information must be understandable and accessible to members of the municipal community;
- Public awareness of the availability of Council information must be facilitated.
We are committed to transparency in our decision making processes and to provide access to Council information in accordance with these principles.
In fulfilling our commitment, we ensure that information is publicly available in accordance with our Public Transparency Policy, as well as all policies, plans and reports required under the Local Government Act 2020 or any other Act, unless the information is confidential or the public availability of the information would be contrary to the public interest.
This page is still in development, so not all information is yet available here, but all of the information shown on this page can be accessed by contacting us.
Available Information
Councillors
- Councillor details (link)
- Councillor oaths and affirmations (download)
- Declarations of councillor induction training (declarations have not yet been required)
- Election campaign donation summary (download)
- Councillor expense reports (link)
- Personal interest return summary (download)
- Councillor Gift Policy (required to be adopted by 24 April 2021)
- Councillor code of conduct (download)
Council and Committees
- Governance Rules (download)
- Council Meetings Operations Policy (download)
- Meeting Schedule (link)
- Upcoming meeting agendas (link)
- Past meeting agendas (link)
- Meeting minutes (link)
- Meeting recordings (link)
- Instrument of delegation to Planning Decisions Committee (download) - coming soon
- Instrument of delegation to Inner Melbourne Action Plan Implementation Committee (download) - coming soon
- Council Committees Policy (download)
- Advisory Committees terms of reference (link)
- Audit and Risk Committee Charter (link)
Council Policies
- Community Vision (required to be adopted by 1 November 2021. Until then, see our Council Plan)
- Council Plan (link)
- Procurement Policy (link)
- Public Transparency Policy (download)
- Community Engagement Policy (download)
- Complaints Policy (required to be adopted by 4 January 2022. Until then, see Customer Feedback and Complaints)
- Privacy and Health Records Policy (link)
- Domestic Animal Management Plan (link)
- Municipal Public Health Plan (link)
- Municipal Strategic Statement (external link)
- Other strategies, policies and plans (link)
Financial Planning
- Annual Budget (link)
- Financial Plan (required to be adopted by 1 November 2021. Until then see our Annual Budget)
- Asset Plan (required to be adopted by 30 June 2022. Until then see our Annual Budget)
- Revenue and Rating Plan (required to be adopted by 30 June 2021. Until then see our Annual Budget)
- Annual Report (link)
Staff
- Personal interest return summary (download)
- Staff Code of Conduct (download)
- Chief Executive Officer Employment and Remuneration Policy (required to be adopted by 4 January 2022)
- Workforce Plan (required to be adopted by 4 January 2022)
Local Laws
- Local Laws (link)
- Local law incorporated documents (link)
Open Data
- Open Data Policy (download) - coming soon
- Open Data datasets - coming soon
External Documents
- Councillor Conduct Panel determinations (no determinations have been made)
- Governance Directions (no Governance Directions have been made)
- Compliance Exemptions (no Compliance Exemptions have been requested)
- Notice of appointment of Municipal Monitor (No Municipal Monitors have been appointed)