Governance & Transparency
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In accordance with Admin Reg 29C which states:
section 5.96A(1)(i)
(2) (a) any adverse recommendation made by an authorised person under section 8.13(2) and provided to the local government in respect of the local government, its council, a council member or the CEO;
(b) any adverse finding, recommendation or proposition made by an oversight entity and made available to the public in respect of the local government, its council, a council member or the CEO;
(3) An adverse recommendation referred to in subregulation (2)(a) must be published on the local government’s official website within 14 days after the adverse recommendation is provided to the local government.
(4) An adverse finding, recommendation or proposition referred to in subregulation (2)(b) must be published on the local government’s official website within 14 days after the finding, recommendation or proposition is made available to the public.
Adverse Findings Made
8th April 2024, Councillor Karen Williams breach of r19 Interfering in Administration. Penalty - Public Apology
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In accordance with Admin Reg 29C which states:
section 5.96A(1)(i)
(d) the name of each council member who lodged a primary return or annual return for a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2020
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In accordance with Admin Reg 29C which states:
section 5.96A(1)(i)
(e) the position of each employee who lodged a primary return or annual return for a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2020
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Local Government Regulations 2021, Schedule 1, Division 4
Cl 22. Disclosure of interests
(1) In this clause —
interest —
(a) means an interest that could, or could reasonably be perceived to, adversely affect the impartiality of the person having the interest; and
(b) includes an interest arising from kinship, friendship or membership of an association.
(2) A council member who has an interest in any matter to be discussed at a council or committee meeting attended by the council member must disclose the nature of the interest —
(a) in a written notice given to the CEO before the meeting; or
(b) at the meeting immediately before the matter is discussed.
(3) Subclause (2) does not apply to an interest referred to in section 5.60 of the Act.
(4) Subclause (2) does not apply if a council member fails to disclose an interest because the council member did not know —
(a) that they had an interest in the matter; or
(b) that the matter in which they had an interest would be discussed at the meeting and the council member disclosed the interest as soon as possible after the discussion began.
(5) If, under subclause (2)(a), a council member discloses an interest in a written notice given to the CEO before a meeting, then —
(a) before the meeting the CEO must cause the notice to be given to the person who is to preside at the meeting; and
(b) at the meeting the person presiding must bring the notice and its contents to the attention of the persons present immediately before any matter to which the disclosure relates is discussed.
(6) Subclause (7) applies in relation to an interest if —
(a) under subclause (2)(b) or (4)(b) the interest is disclosed at a meeting; or
(b) under subclause (5)(b) notice of the interest is brought to the attention of the persons present at a meeting.
(7) The nature of the interest must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
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In accordance with s5.89A which states:
5.89A. Register of gifts
(1) A CEO is to keep a register of gifts.
(2) The register is to contain a record of the disclosures made under sections 5.87A and 5.87B.
(2A) The CEO must record a disclosure made under section 5.87A or 5.87B in the register within 10 days after the disclosure is made.
(2B) If a gift disclosed under section 5.87A or 5.87B is an excluded gift under section 5.62(1B)(a), the CEO must record in the register —
(a) the date of the approval referred to in section 5.62(1B)(a)(ii); and
(b) the reasons for that approval; and
(c) any prescribed information.
(3) The register is to be in the form that is prescribed (if any).
[(4) deleted]
(5) The CEO is to publish an up to date version of the register on the local government’s official website.
(5A) The version of the register published under subsection (5) must not, in the case of a disclosure about a gift made by an individual, include the address disclosed under section 5.87C(3)(b) and must instead include the town or suburb mentioned in the address.
(6) As soon as practicable after a person ceases to be a person who is required under section 5.87A or 5.87B to make a disclosure, the CEO is to remove from the register all records relating to that person.
(7) If records relating to a person are removed from the register under subsection (6), a copy of the records is, for a period of at least 5 years after the person ceases to be a person required under section 5.87A or 5.87B to make a disclosure —
(a) to be kept by the CEO; and
(b) to be made available for public inspection.
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In accordance with Admin Reg 29C which states:
section 5.96A(1)(i)
(f) the type, and the amount or value, of any fees, expenses or allowances paid to each council member during a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2020
2022-2023 Elected Members Fees, Expenses or Allowances Paid
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The Mount Magnet Township is located 567 kilometres north of Perth, encompasses 13,877 square kilometres in area and has a population of approximately 450 people. The township of Mount Magnet lies at the foot of a prominent mount called Warramboo Hill. The town of Mount Magnet is the major residential area in the Shire, although the ‘vacant’ towns of Lennonville and Boogardie are also located in the Shire.