3.1 DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE WITHOUT SUBMISSION OF A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

The following documents are available for public inspection at the Melville Civic Centre free of charge. Members of the public may purchase copies of these documents. The charges for these documents are set annually by the Council and the Fees and Charges manual may be inspected at the City of Melville Offices, ground floor reception, 10 Almondbury Road Booragoon and at the City of Melville Libraries during their normal opening hours. Some of the following documents or related information is available here online. Please click on the active links below to view.

• Community Planning Scheme No. 5 (maps and CDROM's are also available from Council Offices)
• Council & Committee Minutes Minutes (unless classified as confidential) and are also available from the Civic Centre and/or the five public libraries.
• Customer Service Officer’s Manual
  
• Delegated Authority Manual
  
• Details of Representation on Committees 
• Electoral Rolls : Individual Wards
• Rates and Charges
• Local Laws Manual 
• Management Procedures Manual
  
• “My Council’ publication : Residents / Packs, Other – Schools, Councils, Organisations 
• Policy Manual 
• Register of Properties Exempt from Rates
  
• Taskforce Details Manual
  
• Various leaflets and brochures outlining the programs and services of the City of Melville
• Documents not highlighted are available from Council Offices.

3.2 OTHER DOCUMENTS HELD BY THE CITY

The City of Melville holds a number of different types of documents for which a Freedom of Information request for information should be submitted. These include letters and general correspondence, internal reports, external reports to other agencies, plans, memorandums, drawings and videos.

Information is held on the City’s central records system which is an electronic document management system grouped into functional areas. Personal information is held either on personnel files or in client files held by Employee Services.