2018-12-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   11 DECEMBER 2018




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 11 DECEMBER 2018

                                                                          =        Queensland
                                                                                   Integrity Commissioner

                    (3)   At each meeting, the minute           ious meeting must be—
                           (a)    confirmed by the cou          ommittee members present; and
                           (b)    signed by the person p        t the later meeting.
                    (4)    Acopy  of the minutes of each          =
                          (a)    must be available for inspection by the public, at a local government's public
                                 office and onits website, within 10 days after the end of the meeting; and
                          (b)    when the minutes have been confirmed—must be available for purchase at
                                 the local government’s public office.
                    (5) — The price for purchasing the minutes must not be more than —
                           (a)    the cost to the local government of having the copy printed and made available for
                                 purchase; and
                           (b)   if the copy is supplied to a purchaser by post —the cost of postage.
                    (6)    This section does not apply to a committee which a local government has, by resolution,
                          exempted from the requirement to take minutes of its proceedings.
                    (2    =A _local government may only exempt a committee under subsection (6) if the
                           committee’s only function is to advise, or otherwise make a recommendation to,
                           the local government.
                    (8)    Also, acommittee which has been exempted under subsection (6) must give the local
                           government    _a_written    report   of  its  deliberations   and   its   advice   or
                          recommendations.
             [Emphasis added]

       Recording of Decisions
       Section 273 of the LGR provides for recording of reasons for particular decisions as follows:

             273    Recording of reasons for particular decisions

                    (1)    This section applies if a decision made at a meeting is inconsistent with a recommendation
                          or advice given to the local government by an advisor of the local government and either or
                           both of the following apply to the decision—
                                (a)     the decision is about entering into a contract the total value of which
                                        is more than the greater of the following —
                                                 (i)     $200,000 exclusive of GST;
                                                 (ii)    1% of the local government's net rate and utility
                                                         charges as stated in the local government's audited
                                                         financial statements included in the local
                                                         government's most recently adopted
                                                         annual report;
                                (b)     the decision is inconsistent with—
                                                 (i)     the policy or approach ordinarily followed by the local
                                                         government for the type of decision; or
                                                 (ii)    a policy previously adopted by the local government
                                                         by resolution, whether or not as required by the Act,
                                                         and still in force.
                                                         Examples of decisions to which this section might apply —
                                                         °       the grant of a licence, permit or approval,
                                                                 however named, under an Act or local
                                                                 law

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