For codes and policies which are on exhibition, please visit our Public Notices and Public Exhibitions page.

To view current Georges River Council Strategies and Plans, please visit our Council Strategies page.

Codes

• Code of Conduct
• Code of Meeting Practice
• Procedures for the Administration of the Code of Conduct

Policies

• Access to Information Policy
• Asset Management Policy
• Christmas Lights Competition Policy
• Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Policy
• Collection Management and Conservation Policy
• Communications and Media Management Policy
• Community Engagement Policy
• Community Lease Policy
• Councillor and Staff Interaction Policy
• Councillor Ward Discretionary Fund
• Customer Feedback and Complaints Management Policy
• Determination of Development Applications Policy
• Drug and Alcohol Policy
• Enforcement Policy
• Fraud and Corruption Control Policy
• Graffiti and Posters Policy
• Grants, Donations and Sponsorship Policy
• Historical Markers Policy
• Internal Audit Charter
• Tree Management Policy
• Investment Policy
• Library Collection Development Policy
• Library Use and Membership Policy
• Loan Borrowing Policy
• Local Approvals Policy - Use of Public Land
• Local Orders Policy - Keeping of Animals (Former Hurstville City Council)
• Local Orders Policy No 18 - The Keeping of Birds and Animals Policy (Former Kogarah City Council)
• Mayor and Councillors Expenses and Facilities Policy
• Place Naming Policy
• Planning Agreements Policy
• Privacy Management Plan
• Property Acquisition and Disposal Policy
• Public Interest Disclosure Reporting Policy
• Related Party Disclosures Policy
• Sister City Policy
• Statement of Business Ethics
• Workplace Surveillance Policy

As a new Council, many codes and policies are currently being developed. If a policy is not listed above, Council is operating under the policy of the former Kogarah City or Hurstville City Council.

 

Registers

Council is required to keep a number of public registers which are listed below.

• Disclosure Log of Access Applications

Section 25 of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) (GIPA Act) requires agencies to keep a disclosure log as part of their mandatory open access information. The disclosure log publishes details of information released in response to access applications that Council considers may be of interest to other members of the public.

In circumstances where a Formal Access to Information Application is determined to be in the wider public interest, details of the information will be included in Council’s Disclosure Log.
 
Access to this information on the Disclosure Log will be subject to the expiration of the applicant’s external review rights, which can be up to 40 days from the Notice of Determination. For further information regarding review rights please refer to the attached Fact Sheet.
 
Access to view documentation can be organised by contacting Council’s Access to Information Team. Please note access will be provided in accordance with Section 72 of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.  


To obtain a copy of the documents issued, please contact Council’s Customer Service Team on (02) 9330 6400 or alternatively email mail@georgesriver.nsw.gov.au

• Disclosure of Interest Returns Register for Councillors - 2018
• Disclosure of Interest Returns Register for Designated Persons for 2016-2017 - are available for inspection at Council’s Civic Centre during ordinary business hours
• Land Register
• Register of Investments
• Register of Current Declarations of Disclosures of Political Donations
• Register of Government Contracts
• Register of Donations, Grants and Sponsorship

Gifts and Benefits Register

As stated in Georges River Council’s Code of Conduct, Part 5, Council has an overriding principle that “thanks is enough thanks” for a job well done in the course of a Council official’s service to our community.  This principle is important in establishing a culture of polite non acceptance of all forms of gifts, by all Council officials. Council acknowledges that there may be occasions where a gift cannot be declined, due to strong cultural influences, without causing offence.

All offers of gifts must be declared in writing and details of the offer will be recorded in Council’s Gifts and Benefits Registers as detailed below:

• Gifts and Benefit Register

Councillor Expenses

The Mayor and Councillors’ Expenses and Facilities Policy advises that all claims and payments to each Councillor, made under this Policy, will be published on Council’s website on a quarterly basis, following review by Council’s Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee.

Click here for a summary of claims and payments for each Councillor for the quarter April –June 2018.