2017-12-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                             12 DECEMBER 2017


 Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangement (Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982);
 Survey Mapping & Infrastructure (Survey Mapping & Infrastructure Act 2003);and
 TORUM (Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995).

The complete Delegations of Authority relating to the above list are provided at Attachment 2.
Council’s delegation of these powers remain unchanged from the previous year.

Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting, 20 October 2016, Item 8, Page 8
That Council note the report by the Governance Advisor to the Services & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 11 October 2016 and:
A.     Pursuant to section 257 of the Local Government Act 2009 (LGA), agree to delegate the
       powers of the Local Government outlined in Table 1 and Table 2 of the report (and
       provided at Attachment 1), to the Chief Executive Officer;
B.     Repeal Council’s current Land Protection Delegation 2015-24; and
C.     Note that the current delegations of authority outlined in the report have been reviewed and
       require no changes.

Special Meeting, 29 June 2017, Item 3, Page 5
That Council note the report by the Manager, Planning & Environment regarding new delegations
for the Planning Act 2016, Planning Regulation 2017 and Development Assessment Rules to the
Special Meeting dated 29 June 2017 and:
A.     Repeal the delegations for the Planning Act 2016 as adopted by Council at the Ordinary
       Meeting of 15 June 2017;
B.     Pursuant to section 257 of the Local Government Act 2009, agree to delegate the powers
       for the Planning Act 2016, Planning Regulation 2017 & Development Assessment Rules as
       detailed in Attachment 1 to the report.

Finance
Nil.

Risks & Opportunities
If delegations are not current or officers operate outside of their delegated authority, relevant
decisions made and action taken may be considered unauthorised and potentially subject to legal
challenge. This may expose Council to the risk of unnecessary and expensive legal action by
third parties and result in reputational damage.

The majority of Council’s delegations contain the following conditions to manage the risk of
Officers acting beyond the appropriate delegated authority:

“1.    The delegated officer must exercise this delegation in accordance with Council resolutions,
       policies, guidelines, procedures, industrial instruments and agreements.
2.     If the CEO on delegates any of these powers the delegated officer must exercise any
       delegated power in accordance with the scope and limitations of the subject officer’s letter
       of appointment and/or, position description, qualifications, technical knowledge and
       legislative requirements.



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