Decision details

It is resolved that:

(A)        pursuant to s296(2) and (3) of the Local Government Act 1993, that an election arrangement be entered into by contract for the NSW Electoral Commissioner to administer all elections of Council;

(B)        pursuant to s296(2) and (3) of the Act, as applied and modified by s18, that a council poll arrangement be entered into by contract for the NSW Electoral Commissioner to administer all council polls of Council;

(C)        pursuant to s296(2) and (3) of the Act, as applied and modified by s18, that a constitutional referendum arrangement be entered into by contract for the NSW Electoral Commissioner to administer all constitutional referenda of Council;

(D)        authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute the contract with the NSW Electoral Commissioner; and

(E)        the means of voting at the 2021 election will be retained for the 2024 election (that is, a combination of attendance and postal voting).

Carried unanimously.

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