Council Governance

Documents available for Public Inspection

The following documents are available for public inspection at the St Kilda Town Hall, located at 99A Carlisle Street St Kilda.

To inspect documents contact the Governance unit. This unit can be reached through the City of Port Phillip’s ASSIST Centre (telephone 9209 6777). In some instances, requests may need to be made in writing or on a specific form.

List of documents avaiable for public inspection include:

Details of current allowances fixed for the Mayor and Councillors.
Details of senior officers’ total annual renumeration for the current financial year and the previous year outlining ranges of remuneration of senior officers in $10,000 increments and the number of senior officers whose total annual remuneration falls within each increment.
Details of overseas or interstate travel (with the exception of interstate travel by land for less than 3 days) undertaken in an official capacity by Councillors or any member of Council staff in the previous 12 months, including the names of the Councillors or members of Council staff and the date, destination, purpose and total cost of the overseas or interstate travel.
Names of Council officers who were required to submit a return of interest during the financial year and the dates the returns were submitted.
Names of Councillors who submitted returns of interest during the financial year and the dates the returns were submitted.
Agendas for and minutes of ordinary and special meetings held in the previous 12 months except if the minutes relate to parts of meetings that have been closed to members of the public under section 89 of the Local Government Act (the Act).
A list of all special committees established by Council and the purpose for which each committee was established.
A list of all special committees established by the Council that were abolished or ceased to function during the financial year.
Minutes of meetings of special committees established under section 86 of the Act and held in the previous 12 months except if the minutes relate to parts of meetings which have been closed to members of the public under section 89 of the Act.
A register of delegations kept under sections 87, 88 and 98 of the Act, including the date on which the last review under section 98(6) of the Act took place.
Submissions received in accordance with section 223 of the Act during the previous 12 months.
Details of all property, finance and operating leases involving land, buildings, plant, computer equipment or vehicles entered into by the Council as lessor or lessee, including the name of the other party to the lease and the terms and the value of the lease.
A register of authorised officers appointed under section 224 of the Act.
A list of donations and grants made by the Council during the financial year, including the names of persons or bodies which have received a donation or grant and the amount of each donation and grant.
A list of the names of the organisations of which the Council was a member during the financial year and details of all membership fees and other amounts and services provided during that year to each organisation by the Council.

A list of contracts valued at $150,000 for Goods and Services and $200,000 for Carrying out of Works which the Council entered into during the financial year without first engaging in a competitive process and which are not contracts referred to in section 186(5) of the Act.

Election campaign donations
Councillor code of conduct
Councillor expense reimbursement policy
Local Laws
Council Plan and Strategic Resource Plan
Budget
Annual Report