Improved Accountability to the Community in Management of Petitions
Principal Petitioner: Steve MacDonald
Closing Date: 4:30pm, Tuesday 12 November 2024
At 10 signatures, this petition will be considered properly made.
Petition Request:
Improve accountability to the community by implementing an online register which includes details of all paper and online petitions lodged with the Council.
The register should include details of the petition request, date when the petition was accepted, and the number of people who signed the petition.
The register should also include the Council’s response to the petition and the date when this was advised to petitioners. The register should commence 1 January 2024.
Where petitions are referred to the CEO to be dealt with as an operational matter, Council’s standing orders should require the CEO to respond within 30 days of the petition being accepted. Where petitions are to be the subject of a report back to Council, then the response should be published within 15 days of the matter being dealt with at a Council Meeting.