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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 12
Responsibilities of councillors
12 Responsibilities of councillors
(1) A councillor must represent the current and future interests of the
residents of the local government area.
(2) All councillors of a
local government have the same responsibilities, but the mayor has some extra
responsibilities.
(3) All councillors have the following responsibilities—
(a) ensuring the local government— (i) discharges its responsibilities under
this Act; and
(ii) achieves its corporate plan; and
(iii) complies with all
laws that apply to local governments;
(b) providing high quality leadership
to the local government and the community;
(c) participating in council
meetings, policy development, and decision-making, for the benefit of the
local government area;
(d) being accountable to the community for the
local government’s performance.
(4) The mayor has the following extra
responsibilities— (a) leading and managing meetings of the local government
at which the mayor is the chairperson, including managing the conduct of the
participants at the meetings;
(b) leading, managing, and providing strategic
direction to, the chief executive officer in order to achieve the high quality
administration of the local government;
(c) directing the chief executive
officer of the local government under section 170 ;
(d) conducting a
performance appraisal of the chief executive officer, at least annually, in
the way that is decided by the local government (including as a member of a
committee, for example);
(e) ensuring that the local government promptly
provides the Minister with the information about the local government area, or
the local government, that is requested by the Minister;
(f) being a member
of each standing committee of the local government;
(g) representing the
local government at ceremonial or civic functions.
(5) A councillor who is
not the mayor may perform the mayor’s extra responsibilities only if the
mayor delegates the responsibility to the councillor.
(6) When performing a
responsibility, a councillor must serve the overall public interest of the
whole local government area.
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