18-01 – Establishment of a Council Engagement Team
OLG is changing the way it engages with councils. A key step is the establishment of a Council Engagement Team. The Council Engagement Team will work closely with councils and Joint Organisations, identify, emerging issues and opportunities for OLG to address, implement programs to support improved council performance and build working relationships with State agencies.
17-43 – Boat Trailer Impounding Guidelines for councils
The Boat Trailer Impounding Guidelines (the Guidelines) provide information for authorised impounding officers about the exercise of functions under the Impounding Act 1993 regarding the enforcement of provisions relating to impounding unattended boat trailers.
17-41 – 2017-18 draft Code of Accounting Practice and Financial Reporting (Update No. 26)
The draft 2017-18 Code of Accounting Practice and Financial Reporting has been released for comment.
17-42 – Changes to Crown reserve management under the Crown Land Management Act 2016
The Office of Local Government (OLG) is partnering with the Department of Industry (DOI) – Crown Land to ensure councils are prepared for commencement of the Crown Land Management Act 2016 (CLM Act), in 2018. The CLM Act will introduce changes to the way Crown reserves are managed by councils. It is crucial that councils understand these changes and are ready for the transition.
17-39 – Consultation on the Proposed Councillor Induction and Professional Development Guidelines
Amendments made to the Local Government Act 1993 (the Act) by the Local Government Amendment (Governance and Planning) Act 2016 in August 2016 saw the inclusion in the prescribed role of councillors under section 232 a responsibility “to make all reasonable efforts to acquire and maintain the skills necessary to perform the role of a councillor”.
17-40 – Consultation on the draft Model Code of Meeting Practice for Local Councils in NSW
Amendments made to the Local Government Act 1993 (the Act) in August last year by the Local Government Amendment (Governance and Planning) Act 2016 provide for a model code of meeting practice (Model Meeting Code) to be prescribed by regulation.
17-38 – Update on implementation of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016
New applications for development consent or modifications to an approved development under Part 4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) (not including State Significant Development) will continue to be assessed under former planning provisions until 25 February 2018 in most local government areas.
17-37 – Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program
The Office of Sport has allocated $4 million over four years for the provision of Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) through the NSW Government Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program.
17-35 – Special Variation and Minimum Rate Variation Guidelines and Process for 2018/19
The timetables for 2018/19 Special Variation and Minimum Rate Variation applications have been released. The Guidelines that apply to 2018/19 Special Variation and Minimum Rate Variation applications have been published.
17-36 – Annual Code of Conduct Complaints Reporting
Under the Model Code of Conduct Procedures, each council’s complaints coordinator must report annually on a range of complaint statistics to their council and to the Office of Local Government within three months of the end of September.