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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                            11 OCTOBER 2016



8                        ANNUAL REVIEW OF DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                           Governance Advisor, Paul Bright
                                 Executive Office

Index                            ECM/ Governance/ Delegation of Authority

Attachments                      1.   Updated Delegations of Authority: Council to Chief Executive Officer
                                      2016/17 (34pg document provided separately to this report. 2 x hard copies
                                      provided in Councillors’ Room)



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report provides a background of Council Delegations of Authority and summarises the annual
review of Delegations of Authority recently undertaken by the Governance Team.


RECOMMENDATION
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.



REPORT
BACKGROUND
By virtue of legislation, local governments are empowered, and are required to make numerous
decisions in order to properly discharge their powers and responsibilities for the communities they
serve.

To streamline operations, in accordance with section 257 of the Local Government Act 2009 (LGA),
a Local Government may, by resolution, delegate a power of the Local Government under the LGA
or another Act to:
 The Mayor; or
 The Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Pursuant to section 259 of the LGA, a CEO may delegate the CEO’s direct powers to an
appropriately qualified employee or contractor of the Local Government. The CEO is also able to
on-delegate powers that have been delegated to CEO from Council.

The diagram below obtained from the Local Government Association of Queensland’s (LGAQ)
publication titled ‘Local Government Delegations’ provides an illustrative overview of the
Queensland delegations model.




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