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 (PDF 149kB), 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.
Councillors
- Individual Councillor details on our Councillors pages.
- Councillor oaths and affirmations from Council meeting on Monday 16 November 2020
- Declarations of councillor induction training (PDF 1.9MB)
- Election campaign donation summary (PDF 177kB)
- Councillor expense reports
- Summary of personal interest returns (PDF 179kB)
- Councillors Gifts Disclosure Policy (PDF 152kB)
- Councillor code of conduct (PDF 341kB)
- Councillor Social Media Policy (PDF 83kB)
Council and Committees
- Governance Rules (PDF 650kB)
- Council and Committees meeting dates and agendas
- Past meeting agendas and minutes
- Meeting recordings
- Council Committees Policy (PDF 188kB)
- Advisory Committees terms of reference
- Audit and Risk Committee Charter
Council Policies
- Community Vision
- Council Plan
- Fraud and Corruption Policy and Control Plan (PDF 611kB)
- Procurement Policy (PDF 415kB)
- Public Transparency Policy (PDF 149kB)
- Community Engagement Policy (PDF 618kB)
- Complaints Policy (PDF 318kB)
- Privacy and Health Records Policy (PDF 46kB)
- Domestic Animal Management Plan (PDF 1.3MB)
- Municipal Public Health Plan
- Municipal Strategic Statement on Yarra Planning Scheme
- View all our strategies, policies and plans
Financial Planning
Instruments of delegation and sub-delegation
- Register of Delegations (PDF 93kB)
- Council to the Planning Decisions Committee (PDF 189kB)
- Council to the Chief Executive Officer (PDF 350kB)
- Council to members of Council staff (PDF 1.0MB)
- Chief Executive Officer to Council staff (Council powers) (PDF 1.5MB)
- Chief Executive Officer to Council staff (variation) (PDF 682kB)
- Chief Executive Officer to Council staff (procurement) (PDF 531kB)
- Chief Executive Officer to Council staff (CEO powers) (PDF 1.5MB)
- Chief Executive Officer to Council staff (VicSmart) (PDF 1.6MB)
- Municipal Building Surveyor to Council staff (PDF 1.2MB)
Staff
- Summary of personal interest returns (PDF 179kB)
- Staff Code of Conduct (PDF 794kB)
- Conflict of Interest Policy (PDF 113kB)
- Chief Executive Officer Employment and Remuneration Policy (PDF 150kb)
- Workforce Plan (PDF 662kB)
Local Laws
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 December 2021 (PDF 181kB)
- Instrument of appointment of municipal monitor June 2022 (PDF 179kB)