HOW COUNCIL WORKS The chief executive officer and executive leadership team. drive the business of council and offer councillors advice.
The community elects the councillors and mayor and provides input through the community plan, consultations and community reference groups to determine the region’s priorities.
The Australian and Queensland Governments provide Governance Principles
authority to council under the Local Government
Act 2009 and endow funding for various programs.
Our standing
Council establishes
committees consider
operational and
the strategic direction
strategic priorities that
for the region and make
align with the community
recommendations to
plan, corporate plan and
council in relation to specific
operational plan.
operational areas.
The Central Highlands Development The audit committee provides an independent
Corporation manages the economic and
external review of our governance and internal
tourism facets of the local government area. Board
control framework.
members comprise of councillors and the chief executive officer.
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