Templates and Resources
You may need access to the Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning’s LG Central to link to some of the listed templates below. Please contact the Governance Advisor if you require assistance.
Policies and Procedures
The following are a mixture of templates prepared by the Department of Local Government, Government Agencies (i.e. CCC) and the Governance Advisory Service:
Conflict of Interest
Elected Member Resources
- Councillor Ready Reckoner - A helpful matrix to guide Councillors in requesting information, advice, making a complaint on behalf of a customer providing feedback
- Declarable Conflicts of Interest
- Prescribed Conflicts of Interest
- Council Meetings - Notified Motions
- Guide to Managing Confidential and Private Information - For Councillors
Executive Management Resources
Department of Local Government Model Templates
- Advertising spending policy
- Community Grants Policy Template | LG Community Grants Process Toolkit
- Councillor Advisor - Sample Role Description | Code of Conduct for councillor advisors
- Debt policy
- Entertainment and Hospitality Policy
- Guidelines for administrative support staff | Supporting Information for Administrative Support Staff
- Investigation Policy
- Investment Policy
- Revenue policy
- Standing Orders & Meeting procedures | Model - Meeting Procedures