At the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on Tuesday, 20 February 2024, the Council adopted an updated "City of Melville Governance Improvement Plan".
Read the Updated City of Melville Governance Improvement Plan
City of Melville Response to Governance Concerns - Additional Matters
In November 2023, the City received correspondence from the Department of Local Government Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) in response to the City of Melville Governance Improvement Plan 2023-2024.
Following a review of the Plan’s contents, the DLGSC requested further consideration and/or action on a number of points.
read the November 2023 letter from the department
At the Ordinary Meeting of Council (OMC) held on Tuesday, 15 August 2023, the Council adopted the "City of Melville Governance Improvement Plan 2023/2024".
Acess the minutes for the august 2023 omc
In March 2023, the City received a letter from the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries (the Department), regarding governance concerns at the City of Melville.
The City acknowledged the letter from the Department and confirmed it would respond to their request; that the City and its Council consider and determine an action plan.
In summary the matters of concern included:
- Lack of formalised process for dealing with council member behavioural complaints
- Inappropriate questioning of staff by council members during council meetings and at other times
- Inappropriate council member conduct and behaviour toward other council members, and administration staff
- Council members involvement in operational matters
- Number of items for council meetings deferred by council
- Inappropriate interactions from members of the community with council members and administration staff
- Appropriateness of council member motions
- Increasing costs for legal advice and legal services
- Duration of council meetings