GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT CHECKLIST

The following are the results in the prescribed form of Council’s assessment against the prescribed governance and management checklist.

Governance and Management Items

Community Engagement Policy (policy outlining council’s commitment to engaging with the community on matters of public interest)

Community engagement guidelines

(guidelines to assist staff to determine when and how to engage with the community)

Financial Plan (plan under section 91 of the Act outlining the financial and non-financial resources required for at least the next 10 financial years) Asset management plans (plans that set out the asset maintenance and renewal needs for key infrastructure asset classes for at least the next 10 years)

Revenue and Rating Plan (plan setting out the rating structure of Council to levy rates and charges)

Annual budget (plan setting out the services to be provided and initiatives to be undertaken over the next 12 months and the funding and other resources required) Risk policy (policy outlining Council’s commitment and approach to minimising the risks to Council’s operations) Fraud policy (policy outlining council’s commitment and approach to minimising the risk of fraud)

Assessment

Adopted in accordance with section 55 of the Act. It combines policy document and guidelines. Date of adoption: 3 February 2021. Adopted in accordance the Act. It combines policy document and guidelines. Date of adoption: 3 February 2021.

Adopted in accordance with the section 91 of the Act. Date of adoption: 20 October 2021.

Adopted in accordance with section 92 of the Act. Date of adoption: 1 June 2022. Adopted in accordance with section 93 of the Act. Date of adoption: 29 June 2022.

Adopted in accordance with section 130 of the Act. Date of adoption: 29 June 2022.

Date of operation of current policy: 5 May 2021

Date of operation of current policy:

21 October 2019

Governance and Management Items Assessment

Municipal emergency management plan (plan under section 20 of the Emergency Management Act 1986 for emergency prevention, response and recovery) Prepared and maintained in accordance with section 20 of the Emergency Management Act 1986 Date of preparation: 17 August 2020

Procurement policy (policy outlining the matters, practices and procedures that will apply to all purchases of goods, services and works)

Business continuity plan (plan setting out the actions that will be undertaken to ensure that key services continue to operate in the event of a disaster) Prepared and approved in accordance with section 108 of the Local Government Act 2020. Date of approval: 4 August 2021. Council has in place a business continuity plan. Updated: 1 September 2020.

Disaster recovery plan (plan setting out the actions that will be undertaken to recover and restore business capability in the event of a disaster) Council has in place a disaster recovery plan included within Business Continuity Plan. Updated: 1 September 2020.

Risk management framework (framework outlining council’s approach to managing risks to the Council’s operations)

Audit and Risk Committee (advisory committee of council under section 53 and 54 of the Act)

Internal audit (independent accounting professionals engaged by the council to provide analyses and recommendations aimed at improving council’s governance, risk and management controls) Performance reporting framework (a set of indicators measuring financial and non-financial performance, including the performance indicators referred to in section 98 of the Local Government Act 1989)

Council Plan reporting (report reviewing the performance of the council against the Council Plan, including the results in relation to the strategic indicators, for the first six months of the financial year) Quarterly reports on the performance against the Council Plan are presented to Council. Date reports presented: 04 August 2021; 22 September 2021; 20 October 2021; 02 February 2022; 04 May 2022.

Date of operation of current Risk

Management Strategy: 3 February 2021.

Established in accordance with section 54 of the Act Date of establishment: 15 July 2020

Date of engagement of current

provider: 9 June 2021

Date of operation of current

framework: 1 July 2014

Governance and Management Items Assessment

Quarterly budget reports (quarterly reports to Council under section 97 of the Act comparing budgeted revenue and expenditure with actual revenue and expenditure)

Risk reporting (six-monthly reports of strategic risks to council’s operations, their likelihood and consequences of occurring and risk minimisation strategies) Performance reporting (six-monthly reports of indicators measuring the results against financial and non-financial performance, including performance indicators referred to in section 131 of the Act) Annual report (annual report under sections 98 and 99 of the Act to the community containing a report of operations and audited financial and performance statements) Councillor Code of Conduct (Code setting out the conduct principles and the dispute resolution processes to be followed by Councillors)

Delegations (a document setting out the powers, duties and functions of council and the Chief Executive Officer that have been delegated to members of staff)

Meeting procedures (Governance Rules governing the conduct of meetings of council and delegated committees) Statements presented to Council in accordance with section 97 of the Act Date statements presented: 04 August 2021; 20 October 2021; 02 February 2022; 4 May 2022. Reports were presented to the Audit and Risk Committee meeting on 21 September 2021; 09 March 2022 and 15 June 2022.

Date of reports: 04 August 2021 and 02 February 2022.

Considered at a meeting of Council in accordance with section 100 of the Act. Annual report considered: 20 October 2021

Reviewed and adopted in accordance with section 139 of the Act Date reviewed: 3 February 2021 Reviewed in accordance with section 11(7) of the act and a register kept in accordance with sections 11(8) and 47(7) of the Act Date of review: 04 August 2021. Governance Rules adopted in accordance with section 60 of the Act. Date adopted: 19 August 2020 I certify that this information presents fairly the status of Council’s governance and management arrangements.

Cr Melanie Albrecht

Mayor

28 September 2022 Greg Wood

Chief Executive Officer

28 September 2022