2014-01-02 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                       2 JANUARY 2014


6      ORDINARY MEETING REPORTS


6.1    APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY MAYOR

DOCUMENT INFORMATION
File No

Author           Acting Chief Executive Officer



SUMMARY/PURPOSE
The purpose of this report is to propose to Council a process to appoint a Deputy Mayor.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Section 175 of the Local Government Act 2009 (the Act) requires that Council resolve to appoint
a Deputy Mayor from its councillors at the post election meeting.

Other than the requirement for such an appointment, the Act and Local Government Regulation
2012 are silent with regards to the process.

PREVIOUS COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
Nil.

REPORT
It is proposed that the process for the appointment of the Deputy Mayor commence with the
Mayor calling for nominations. Should there be only a single nomination the Mayor would call for
a motion proposing the election of the nominated individual and the motion then be put.

In the event of more than one nomination it is proposed that the preferred nominee be elected by
means of an exhaustive secret ballot, with the Acting Chief Executive Officer and Chief of Staff
acting as Returning Officers. Once the preferred nominee has been identified the Acting Chief
Executive Officer shall inform the Council of the successful nominee’s name and the ballot
papers destroyed. The Mayor would then call for a motion proposing the appointment of the
nominated individual and the motion be put.

BUDGET & FINANCIAL ASPECTS
Nil.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Acting Chief Executive Officer to the Ordinary Meeting dated
2 January 2014 and appoint a Councillor as Deputy Mayor in accordance with Section 175 of the
Local Government Act 2009.

ATTACHMENTS
Nil.



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