Hunters Hill Council is asking for feedback on their Draft Community Engagement Strategy and we urge you to Have Your Say!
Comments need to be submitted by 5pm on 3 February 2025 and the stated aim for this strategy is “to enhance the capacity of Council to make well-informed decisions that clearly demonstrate community buy-in and support”. As many past decisions have not demonstrated such buy-in, we are urging Council to display a much higher level of willingness to listen to residents and ensure there is a clear rationale and full exposure as to why decisions have been taken, and the process that has been applied by Council in reaching their conclusions. The Trust’s feedback is here Draft Community Engagement Strategy & Community Participation Plan 240125.doc
Residents are entitled to greater transparency, which is also the aim of the Office of Local Government’s proposed reforms to the Model Code of Meeting Practice for Local Councils in order “to ensure councillors are making decisions in full view of the communities they are elected to represent”. Details of their proposals are here Office of Local Government Reforms to Council Meeting Practices and we are invited to comment before 28 February 2025.
In case you missed it, here is The Weekly Times article of 18 December 2024 summarising these proposed reforms.
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