Annual Report 2023-24

Our Council
     Our Elected
     Members
     Elected members (councillors) are members of a team,        As well as being a Councillor, the Mayor has additional
     elected by their constituents to work collectively in the   responsibilities for:




                                                                                                                             The role of Councillors
     best interests of the whole community.
                                                                 — leading and managing meetings of the local
     Our Council is represented by the Mayor and six                government at which the Mayor is the Chairperson,
     Councillors who were elected at the Local Government           including managing the conduct of the participants



                                                                                                                             is to represent the
     elections held on 16 March 2024 and made                       at the meetings
     Declarations of Office on 3 April 2024.                     — leading, managing and providing strategic direction
                                                                    to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in order to



                                                                                                                             community and make
     Residents have the opportunity to elect the Mayor and          achieve the high quality administration of the local
     the Councillors every four years with the next election        government
     scheduled to be held in 2028.                               — directing the CEO in accordance with local




                                                                                                                             decisions that benefit
                                                                    government policies
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     Our Councillors represent all areas of the Shire as         — conducting a performance appraisal of the CEO at                                   45
     Noosa is an undivided local government area.                   least annually in the way that is decided by the local
                                                                    government



                                                                                                                             the whole Noosa Shire
     Elected members have specific roles and                     — ensuring the local government promptly provides
     responsibilities to ensure that they have effective            the Minister with the information about the local
     control over the management and operation of our               government area, or the local government as



                                                                                                                             region, now and into
     local government area. Councillors are responsible for:        requested
                                                                 — being a member of each standing committee of the
     — providing leadership to the local government and            local government, and




                                                                                                                             the future.
        the community                                            — representing the local government at ceremonial or
     — planning for the delivery of services and strategic         civic functions.
        planning for the future
     — ensuring Council discharges its responsibilities         The Councillor that is nominated by resolution to be the
        under legislation, achieves its Corporate Plan,          Deputy Mayor can act for the Mayor during an absence
        and complies with all laws that apply to local           or temporary incapacity of the Mayor.
        governments




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     — being accountable to the community for the local
        government’s performance
     — participating in Council meetings and decision-
        making for the benefit of our local government area
     — developing policy and making local laws, and
     — complying with legislation.

Our Elected Members Elected members (councillors) are members of a team, As well as being a Councillor, the Mayor has additional elected by their constituents to work collectively in the responsibilities for: best interests of the whole community. — leading and managing meetings of the local Our Council is represented by the Mayor and six government at which the Mayor is the Chairperson, The role of Councillors Councillors who were elected at the Local Government including managing the conduct of the participants elections held on 16 March 2024 and made at the meetings Declarations of Office on 3 April 2024. — leading, managing and providing strategic direction to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in order to is to represent the Residents have the opportunity to elect the Mayor and achieve the high quality administration of the local the Councillors every four years with the next election government scheduled to be held in 2028. — directing the CEO in accordance with local community and make government policies 44 Our Councillors represent all areas of the Shire as — conducting a performance appraisal of the CEO at 45 Noosa is an undivided local government area. least annually in the way that is decided by the local decisions that benefit government Elected members have specific roles and — ensuring the local government promptly provides responsibilities to ensure that they have effective the Minister with the information about the local the whole Noosa Shire control over the management and operation of our government area, or the local government as local government area. Councillors are responsible for: requested — being amember of each standing committee of the — providing leadership to the local government and local government, and region, now and into the community — representing the local government at ceremonial or civic functions. — planning for the delivery of services and strategic planning for the future the future. — ensuring Council discharges its responsibilities The Councillor that is nominated by resolution to be the under legislation, achieves its Corporate Plan, Deputy Mayor can act for the Mayor during an absence and complies with all laws that apply to local or temporary incapacity of the Mayor. governments — being accountable to the community for the local government's performance — participating in Council meetings and decision- making for the benefit of our local government area — developing policy and making local laws, and — complying with legislation. xX a