Decision Making

How we make decisions

Council Functions and Powers

Council functions and powers are dependent on State Government legislation. The Local Government Act 1993 and other legislative provisions clearly define the powers and responsibilities of council.

Council has no authority in regard to matters falling outside the mandatory or discretionary powers conferred by the legislation. Council is vested with a variety of specific powers to control, regulate, license or prevent and prohibit the matters deemed relevant to a local authority. These powers are administered through local laws adopted by council.

The complexity of merging the local laws of the two former councils led the State Government to pass legislation to allow the current local laws in both areas to remain until 31 December 2010.

Local Laws

• Tablelands Regional Council Local Laws

Meetings of Council

• Council Meetings and Minutes

Delegations

The Chief Executive Officer has the delegated authority of council to make decisions on a number of specified matters, in particular of an administrative nature. In turn, the Chief Executive Officer has delegated a number of these powers to specified staff. Delegations are recorded in a Register of Delegations which is available for inspection by contacting Council.