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Open Access Information

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Agency Information Guide

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Describes Council’s functions, responsibilities, organisational structure and how to access Councils information

Information Guide - February 2020(PDF, 7MB)

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Annual Reports

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Our Annual Reports include:

Financial and Auditors Reports
Bodies Exercising Functions Delegated by Local Authority.

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Code of Conduct

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Our Code of Conduct obligations for Council officials are in 3 codes:

Code of Conduct for Councillors(PDF, 465KB)
Code of Conduct for Council Staff, Contractors and Volunteers(PDF, 441KB)
Code of Conduct for Council Committee Members, Delegates of Council and Council Advisers(PDF, 415KB) .

The Procedures of the Administration of the Code(PDF, 430KB) can be read in conjunction with each Code of Conduct.

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Code of Meeting Practice

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The Code of Meeting Practice is made under:

Section 360 of the Local Government Act 1993 and
Local Government (General) Regulation 2005.

A Council and a Committee of the Council of which all the members are Councillors must conduct its meetings in accordance with the Code of Meeting Practice adopted by the Council.

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Contracts Register

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Council is required to publish a register of its contracts with private sector bodies valued at more than $150,000.

It includes the:

contractors name and any related company involved in the contract
start date and duration of the contract
goods and services to be provided under the contract
amount payable to the contractor, any renegotiation provisions, tender methods if applicable, and any payment provisions for operational or maintenance services under the contract.

Contracts Register(PDF, 421KB)

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Council Meetings

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Our Council Meetings page has information on Council:

meeting dates
agendas
business papers
reports
minutes
Code of Meeting Practice.

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Council Plans (Integrated planning and reporting)

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Our Integrated planning and reporting documents incorporate our community’s vision and plans for the municipality.

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Council policies

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These are available to download on our Policies page.

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Delegations

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Our register of the functions delegated to the Chief Executive Officer, Mayor and Council Officers:

Council Officers - Delegations Register

Chief Executive Officer and Mayor - Delegations Register(PDF, 169KB)

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Development Application Information

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For information in relation to development applications please go to the DA Tracker section of Council's website

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Development contributions

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The Development Contributions Register has been prepared in accordance with clause 217 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021.

Development contributions register(PDF, 805KB)

The Planning Agreements Register has been prepared in accordance with clause 206 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021.

Planning agreements register(PDF, 366KB)

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Disclosure Log

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A log of Formal Access to Information applications we've received that are likely to be of interest to the public.

Our Disclosure Log(PDF, 275KB) contains non-personal information only.

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Disclosure of Interests of Councillors and Designated persons

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To fulfil Council’s obligations under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 and Government Information (Public Access) Regulation 2018, Council is required to make information about Council’s disclosure of interests of Councillors and designated persons publicly available as open access information.

Designated persons include the Chief Executive Officer, senior staff and other staff who hold a position that involves an exercise of a function that could potentially give rise to a conflict of interest.

To protect the privacy and safety of Councillors and designated persons, Council has redacted private addresses and signatures from individual Returns.

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Returns of Interest - Councillors - Post Election 2024 - redacted(PDF, 5MB)

Councillors and Designated Persons Returns (redacted) 2023-2024(PDF, 22MB)

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