Our elected body are seeking your feedback on the Draft Council Policy – Payment of Expenses and Provision of Facilities for the Mayor and Councillors. The current policy was adopted in September 2022.

The proposed updates are listed below:

• 2.4.2 – Omission of the rates table at Accommodation, Travel and Meals. This has been replaced by a link to the Australian Taxation Office Travel Allowance page.
• 2.4.2- Private Vehicle Travel rates have been updated. Hybrid and Electronic Vehicles have been included.
• 2.4.2 – Other expenses – Enrolment Fees have been updated. Personal carer or child care fees have been amended to state ‘as incurred’.
• 3.3.4 – Vehicle allowance has been changed to be inclusive of all Councillors.
• 3.3.7 – More detail has been provided
• 3.8.1 – Updated to 11 Councillors
• 3.8.5 – Addition of omitted words.
• 4.1.8 – Wellington has been included
• 4.2.4 – The second paragraph has been removed to align with current Council policy.
• Email address has been updated on application forms.
• Administrative changes to update minor typographical errors and formatting.

If these proposed changes are adopted by Council following this consultation, changes to the policy will come into immediate effect and will be available to the public on Council's website, in accordance with the Government Information (Public Access) Act.

In accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act 1998, written submissions received by Council containing personal information may be made public when the matter goes before Council for consideration, as it may be included in Council’s Business Papers. Persons have the right to remain anonymous if they so choose by refraining from submitting their personal information, however, the submission may be given less weight in the overall assessment and consideration of the draft Development Control Plan.