LOCAL GOVERNANCE STATEMENT 2011

A Local Governance Statement is a collection of information about the processes through which Council engages with its community, how council makes decisions, and how citizens can influence those processes.

A Local Governance Statement helps support the purpose of local government by promoting local democracy. The statement does this by providing the public with information on the ways to influence local democratic process and decision making.

For this reason, a Local Governance Statement must include the following broad categories of information:

• Functions, responsibilities, and activities of the local authority;
• Electoral arrangements;
• Governance structures and processes;

• The way elected members make decisions and relate to each other and to the
  management of the local authority;

• Key policies of the Council.

The Local Governance Statement can be downloaded as a complete document but please note it is a medium-large file and may take a considerable time to download depending upon the speed of your internet connection.  For your convenience the document has been broken down into smaller parts linked from the table of contents below.
Local Governance Statement 2011(732KB)