Decision details

Moved by the Chair (the Lord Mayor), seconded by Councillor Ellsmore –

It is resolved that:

(A)        Council adopt the City of Sydney Code of Conduct shown at Attachment A to the subject report;

(B)        Council adopt the City of Sydney Procedures for the Administration of the Code of Conduct as shown at Attachment B to the subject report;

(C)        Council adopt the Councillor Meetings with Registered Lobbyists and Property Developers Policy as shown at Attachment C to the subject report;

(D)        authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to make amendments to the City of Sydney Code of Conduct, Procedures for the Administration of the Code of Conduct and the Councillor Meetings with Registered Lobbyists and Property Developers Policy, in order to correct any minor drafting errors, update the form attached to the Councillor Meetings with Registered Lobbyists and Property Developers Policy from time to time as required, and to finalise design and accessible formats for publication;

(E)        Council note that the Office of Local Government may develop and publish an updated model code of conduct and procedures and a further report will be brought to Council if required;

(F)        Council note that the Office of Local Government may develop and publish lobbying guidelines and a model policy and a further report will be brought to Council if required;

(G)       Council defer consideration of the Delegations to the Lord Mayor and Delegations to the Chief Executive Officer to a future meeting of Council; and

(H)        Council note that the Delegations to the Lord Mayor dated 22 August 2022 and Delegations to the Chief Executive Officer dated 22 August 2022 will remain in place until the revised delegations are considered.

Carried unanimously.

S121629.017, X109863 and X101731