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What Council Information does the public have access to?

Should any members of the public require access to information pertaining to Council operations the following documents are available for inspection free of charge.  Should a member of the public wish to view any of these documents Council's Staff are available to be of assistance:

·        The Council's Code of Conduct.

·        The Council's Code of Meeting Practice.

·        Annual Report.

·        Annual Financial Reports.

·        Auditors Report.

·        Management Plan.

·        EEO Management Plan.

·        The Council's policy concerning the Payment of Expenses incurred by, and the Provision of Facilities to, Councillors.

·        The Council's Land Register.

·        Register of Investments.

·        Returns of the Interest of Councillors, Designated Persons and Delegates.

·        Returns as to Candidates' Campaign donations.

·        Agenda and Business Papers for Council and Committee Meetings (but not including business papers for matters considered when part of a meeting is closed to the public).

·        Minutes of Council and Committee Meetings, but restricted (in the case of any part of a meeting that is closed to the public), to the resolutions and recommendations of the meeting.

·        Any Codes referred to in this Act.

·        Register of Delegations.

·        Annual Reports of bodies exercising delegated Council functions.

·        Applications under Part 1 of Chapter 7 for approval to erect a building, and associated documents.

·        Development Applications (within the meaning of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979) and associated documents.

·        Local Policies adopted by the Council concerning approvals and orders.

·        Records of approvals granted, any variation from local policies with reasons for the variation, and decisions made on appeals concerning approvals.

·        Records of building certificates under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

·        Plans of land proposed to be compulsorily acquired by the Council.

·        Leases and licences for use of public land classified as community land.

·        Plans of management for community land.

·        Environmental Planning Instruments, Development Control Plans and Plans made under section 94AB of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 applying to land within the Council's area.

·        The Statement of Affairs, the Summary of Affairs and the Register of policy documents required under the Freedom of Information Act 1989.

·        Department Representatives' reports presented at a meeting of the Council in accordance with Section 433.

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