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

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            Purpose of the Meeting Procedures
           The purpose of the Model Meeting Procedures is to set out certain procedures to ensure the Local
           Government principles are reflected in the conduct of Local Government meetings and Local
           Government committee meetings.
           It is not intended that the Model Meeting Procedures would deal with all aspects of meeting
           conduct but only those required to strengthen public confidence in Local Government to deal with
           the conduct of Councillors in meetings.

            Background
           In particular, as required under section 150F of the Loca/ Government Act 2009 (LGA) this
           document sets out:
           e the process for how a Chairperson of a Local Government meeting may deal with instances of
              unsuitable meeting conduct by Councillors.
           e the process for how suspected inappropriate conduct of a Councillor referred to the local
              government by the Independent Assessor (the Assessor) is to be dealt with at a Local
              Government meeting.

           Application
           A Local Government must either adopt the Model Meeting Procedures or prepare and adopt other
           procedures for the conduct of its meetings and meetings of its committees that are consistent with
           the Model Meeting Procedures.
           If a Local Government chooses to continue using existing standing orders, the Council must review
           the existing standing orders to ensure that they are consistent with the requirements of the Model
           Meeting Procedures. To assist Local Governments, the Department of Local Government, Racing
           and Multicultural Affairs (the Department) has published best practice standing orders that
           Councils can choose to adopt".
           A Local Government must conduct its meetings in a manner that is consistent with either the Model
           Meeting Procedures or its own procedures.

           1 Section 150G of the LGA

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