2015-08-18 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   18 AUGUST 2015


Governance
13                         ANNUAL REVIEW OF COUNCIL DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                                Governance Advisor, Paul Bright
                                      Executive Office

Index                                 ECM/ Governance & Executive/ Delegation of Authority

Attachments                           1.   Updated Delegations of Authority: Council to Chief Executive
                                           Officer 2015/16
                                           (53 page attachment – supplied separately to this agenda
                                            2 hard copies available for viewing in the Councillors’ Room)

                                      2.   New Delegations of Authority: Council to Chief Executive Officer
                                           2015/16


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

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Governance Advisor to the Planning & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 18 August 2015 and:
A.                         Pursuant to section 257 of the Local Government Act 2009, update the current
                           Delegations of Authority by the Council to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as
                           detailed in Table 1 of this report and provided at Attachment 1; and
B.                         Pursuant to section 257 of the Local Government Act 2009, agree to delegate the new
                           powers detailed in Table 2 of this report and provided at Attachment 2.


BACKGROUND
Local Governments are required to make numerous decisions every day 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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