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Home>Council Services>Have Your Say>Notice of Intention to Make a Local Law
The Council is inviting local residents to have their say on a proposed Governance Local Law and its associated Codes.
Have your say in the documents that regulate how Hume City’s Councillors are to conduct themselves and how Council and Committee meetings are to be conducted, including the public’s participation at Council meetings.
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| Purpose and general purport of the proposed Local Law is to: | | Regulate and prohibit unauthorised use of the use of the Common Seal.
Provide that Council will adopt a Councillors Code of Conduct to govern the conduct of Councillors, a Code of Good Governance to provide standards and guiding principles for Councillors and a Code of Meeting Procedures to regulate the conduct of Council and Committee Meetings including public participation at meetings.
Provide for penalties for not complying with a direction of the Mayor in accordance with the Code of Meeting Procedures.
Council intends to make the above codes to replace the existing codes of the same name and seeks public comment on the proposed codes.
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| Submissions to the Governance Local Law and Associated Codes | | A copy of the proposed Local Law and Codes can be downloaded below or obtained from the Council Customer Service Centres at 1079 Pascoe Vale Road, Broadmeadows, 36 Craigieburn Road West, Craigieburn and 59 Macedon Street, Sunbury.
Any person may make a submission on the proposed Local Law and Codes. All submissions received by the Council on or before Friday 27 November 2009 will be considered in accordance with Section 223(1) of the Local Government Act 1989, by a Committee of the Whole of Council.
A person may request to be heard in support of their submission. A request to be heard in support of a submission must be included within the submission, this will entitle them to appear in person, or by a person acting of their behalf, before a meeting of the Committee of the Whole of Council scheduled to be held on Monday 30 November 2009 commencing at 7.00pm, in the Council Chamber, Hume Global Centre Broadmeadows, 1067 Pascoe Vale Road, Broadmeadows.
Written submissions should be marked “Governance Local Law and associated Codes” and addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Hume City Council. The submissions can be posted to:
PO Box 119
Dallas Vic 3047
or delivered to any of Council’s Customer Service Centres located at Sunbury, Craigieburn and Broadmeadows.
For further information please contact Council’s Customer Service on 9205 2200.
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