New LGA Constitution No Images? Click here Special Edition from the LGA President LGA Constitution Update - Friday 6 April 2018 Dear Mayors and CouncillorsBelow is an update on the LGA’s new Constitution, which will be presented to members for endorsement at our 2018 Ordinary General Meeting next week. LGA President Mayor Lorraine Rosenberg New LGA ConstitutionThe LGA is a strong Association. It is one of four pillars that underpin a robust local government sector in SA, along with the Local Government Mutual Schemes, the Local Government Finance Authority and Statewide Super. However, we are committed to continuous improvement, and in January 2016 the LGA Board initiated a review of the Association’s governance. The goal was to define the role and function of the LGA, develop streamlined and modern governance structures, and improve engagement with and reporting to members. We’ve consulted widely on new governance arrangements since then, and also looked closely at best practice governance arrangements from interstate LGAs. Our members asked us to deliver a governance structure with:
The new LGA Constitution delivers on your extensive feedback, while maintaining the core elements of our governance that have made us a strong and united sector for the past 30 years. It was distributed as part of the Agenda for the 13 April 2018 LGA Ordinary General Meeting, together with a suite of ancillary documents. However, since its release on 14 March, we’ve received additional and beneficial feedback from members, and subsequently made some changes that have been endorsed by the LGA Executive Committee. These changes have now been incorporated into the new LGA Constitution to be presented for endorsement at the LGA Ordinary General Meeting. They include:
Please note that the ancillary documents will be further consulted upon between now and the October Annual General Meeting With the above changes, the LGA is now re-issuing the LGA Ordinary General Meeting report item 6.1. The new report can be found here. More background information on the key deliveries of the proposed new LGA governance arrangements can be found here. If you would like to review a ‘tracked changes’ version of the new LGA Constitution and ancillary documents compared to the previously released version please contact Kathy Jarrett at kathy.jarrett@lga.sa.gov.au. 2018 Council Next Practice Showcase and LGA OGM If you haven’t already registered to attend next week’s Council Next Practice Showcase and 2018 LGA OGM there is still time to do so. We have just confirmed that new Minister for Local Government the Hon Stephan Knoll MP will address our AGM on Friday, and you won’t want to miss this. To encourage increased attendance we’re once again offering a free registration to councils who register additional delegates for the full 2018 Showcase and OGM (including dinner) compared to 2017. In addition, for every four delegates that councils register for the full event (both days and dinner), the fifth registration is free. You can download the program and register to attend on our website and I hope to see many of you there. Annual Members SurveyResponses to our Annual Members Survey must be received by this coming Monday so please take a few minutes to provide your feedback here. For further information or to submit |