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Public Register

Under the Local Government Act a number of Council documents must be made available for public inspection.

The documents are available for inspection during normal business hours at the Town Hall building, 25 Lyttleton Street Castlemaine.

List of documents available for public inspection

  • Details of current allowances fixed for the Mayor and Councillors;
  • Details of senior officers' total salary packages for the current financial year and the previous year;
  • Details of overseas or interstate travel (with the exception of interstate travel by land for less than 3 days) undertaken in an official capacity by Councillors or any member of Council staff in the previous 12 months;
  • Names of Council officers who were required to submit a return of interest during the financial year and the dates the returns were submitted;
  • Names of Councillors who submitted returns of interest during the financial year and the dates the returns were submitted;
  • Agendas for and minutes of ordinary and special meetings held in the previous 12 months except if the minutes relate to parts of meetings which have been closed to members of the public;
  • A list of all special committees established by Council and the purpose for which each committee was established;
  • A list of all special committees established by the Council which were abolished or ceased to function during the financial year;
  • Minutes of meetings of special committees established under section 86 of the Act and held in the previous 12 months except if the minutes relate to parts of meetings which have been closed to members of the public;
  • A register of delegations kept under sections 87, 88 and 98 of the Act;
  • Submissions received in accordance with section 223 of the Act during the previous 12 months;
  • Agreements to establish regional libraries under section 196 of the Act;
  • Details of all property, finance and operating leases involving land, buildings, plant, computer equipment or vehicles entered into by the Council as lessor or lessee;
  • A register of authorised officers appointed under section 224 of the Act;
  • A list of donations and grants made by the Council during the financial year;
  • A list of the names of the organisations of which the Council was a member during the financial year;
  • A list of contracts valued at $100 000 (or such higher amount as is fixed from time to time under section 186(1) of the Act) or more which the Council entered into during the financial year without first engaging in a competitive process; and which are not contracts referred to in section 186(5) of the Act.

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