Documents for public inspection
You can visit Council to look at any document from the list below.
Contact Council and ask for the Governance Unit to arrange a time to visit Moreland Civic Centre and see the document.
You cannot ask for a copy to be emailed or faxed to you, you must come in and view it.
Under the Local Government Act 1989, the following documents are available for public inspection:
Council staff and Councillors
- Details of current allowances fixed for the Mayor, Lord Mayor (if any) and Councillors.
- Details of total annual remuneration for all senior officers in respect of the current financial year and the previous financial year.
- Details of overseas or interstate travel taken in an official capacity by Councillors or any member of Council staff in the previous 12 months.
- Names of Council officers required to submit a return of interest during the financial year and the dates the returns were submitted.
- Names of Councillors who submitted returns of interest during the financial year and the dates the returns were submitted.
- A register of authorised officers appointed under section 224 of the Act.
Councillor expenses are kept on this website.
Ordinary and Special Council Meetings
- Agendas for and minutes of ordinary and special meetings held in the previous 12 months except if the minutes relate to parts of meetings which have been closed to members of the public.
Council meeting agendas, minutes and reports for the previous 12 months are kept on this website.
Special committees
- A list of all special committees established by Council and the purpose for which each committee was established.
- A list of all special committees established by the Council which were abolished or ceased to function during the financial year.
- Minutes of meetings of special committees and held in the previous 12 months except if the minutes relate to parts of meetings which have been closed to members of the public.
Council's two special committees are the Urban Planning Committee and the Audit Commitee. Both committees have Councillors as members.
Delegations
- A register of delegations.
Leases and contracts
- Details of all property, finance and operating leases involving land, buildings, plant, computer equipment or vehicles entered into by the Council as lessor or lessee.
- A list of contracts valued at $100,000 or higher:
(i) which the Council entered into during the financial year without first engaging in a competitive process;
(ii) and which are not contracts referred to in section 186(5) or (5A) of the Act.
Donations, grants and memberships
- A list of donations and grants made by the Council during the financial year.
- A list of the names of the organisations of which the Council was a member during the financial year and details of all membership fees and other amounts and services provided during that year to each organisation by the Council.
Submissions and agreements
- Submissions received during the previous 12 months (in accordance with section 223 of the Act).
- Agreements to establish regional libraries.
