Annual Report 2017-18

Summary of expenses/ reimbursements paid to
Councillors for the period
The reimbursements that were made to Councillors                 For the period all claimed expenses were processed
for the period were for mandatory and discretionary              and fell within the required limits prescribed by the
professional development, hospitality, vehicle use,              Policy.
home office and telecommunication, and travel
expenses incurred whilst on Council business.                    A summary of expenses/ reimbursements to
                                                                 Councillors for the period is outlined in Table 3
                                                                 below.
Table 3 - Councillor Expenses 2017/18

Councillor                  Mandatory     Discretionary      Use of         Home      Hospitality           Travel           Total
                          Professional     Professional      private       office &            ($)         expenses              ($)
                         Development      Development        vehicle    telecomms                      as required
                                 ($)                 ($)   (option 1)           ($)                    to represent
                                                                 ($)*                                       Council
                                                                                                                ($)

Cr Tony Wellington             4,506                  0      5,000         2,880                 0                0       12,386
Cr Jess Glasgow                     0               603      5,000         2,880                 0                0        8,483
Cr Ingrid Jackson                   0                 0      5,000         2,880                 0                0        7,880
Cr Joe Jurisevic                    0           1,369        5,000         2,880                 0                0        9,249
Cr Frank Pardon                     0                 0      5,000         2,880                 0                0        7,880
Cr Brian Stockwell                  0           1,326        5,000         2,880                 0                0        9,206
Cr Frank Wilkie                  566                71       5,000         2,880                 0                0        8,516
Note amounts rounded to the nearest whole dollar value
*Under the Councillors’ Expenses Reimbursement Policy, Councillors may elect one of two options regarding private
vehicle reimbursement. Option 1 - Councillors accept an annual payment of $5,000 as reimbursement for the use of
their private vehicle on Council business.




Councillor meeting attendance
The attendance of Councillors at Ordinary meetings, Special meetings and Committees for the period is
outlined in Table 4 below.

Table 4 - Council Meeting Attendance 2017/18

Councillor                               Ordinary      General  Planning &  Services &                Special &       Audit & Risk
                                         Meeting     Committee Environment Organisation              Budgetary         Committee
                                                                Committee   Committee
Total no. of meetings held                    12            12             11               11                6                 4

Cr Tony Wellington                            12            12             11               11                6                 3
Cr Jess Glasgow                               10             8             2*               6*                6               n/a
Cr Ingrid Jackson                             11            11              9              n/a                6                2*
Cr Joe Jurisevic                              12            12             7*               2*                6                2*
Cr Frank Pardon                                9             9            n/a                7                3               n/a
Cr Brian Stockwell                            12            12             10              n/a                6               n/a
Cr Frank Wilkie                               12            11            n/a              10                 6               n/a
Notes: n/a in the table above indicates that the relevant Councillor is not a representative of the particular Committee.
*Councillor membership on the Planning & Environment Committee, Services & Organisation Committee and Audit &
Risk Committee was altered in April 2018.


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