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 (download)
- Election campaign donation summary (download)
- Councillor expense reports (link)
- Personal interest return summary at 4 April 2022 (download)
- Councillors Gifts Disclosure Policy (download)
- 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)
- Council Committees Policy (download)
- Advisory Committees terms of reference (link)
- Audit and Risk Committee Charter (link)
Council Policies
- Community Vision (link)
- 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 (link)
- Annual Report (link)
Instruments of Delegation
- Instrument of delegation to the Planning Decisions Committee (download)
- Instrument of delegation to the Chief Executive Officer (download)
- Instrument of delegation to members of Council staff (download)
Staff
- Personal interest return summary at 4 April 2022 (download)
- Staff Code of Conduct (download)
- Conflict of Interest Policy (download)
- Chief Executive Officer Employment and Remuneration Policy (download)
- Workforce Plan (download)
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)
- Instrument of appointment of municipal monitor (download)