Policy Manual

It is the policy of the Exmouth Shire Council to maintain a manual recording the various policies of the Council.

Policies are to relate to issues of an on-going nature, policy decisions on single issues are not to be recorded in the manual.

The objectives of the Council’s Policy Manual are:

• To provide Council with a formal written record of all policy decisions;
• To provide the staff with precise guidelines in which to act in accordance with Council's wishes;
• To enable the staff to act promptly in accordance with Council's requirements, but without continual reference to Council;
• To enable Councillors to adequately handle enquiries from electors without undue reference to the staff or the Council;
• To enable Council to maintain a continual review of Council Policy decisions and to ensure they are in keeping with community expectations, current trends and circumstances;
• To enable ratepayers to obtain immediate advice on matters of Council Policy.

The Policy Manual will be maintained in a loose-leaf binder and updated as and when a policy is varied by the Council.

Changes to Council Policy shall be made only on:

1. Notice of motion, or
2. An agenda item clearly setting out details of the amended policy.

Adopted Plans

In an endeavour to guide the future planning of the townsite of Exmouth the Shire formed a community based Townscape Advisory Committee and along with consultants Chris Antill and Sally Malone designed and formulated the Townscape Enhancement Plans & Design/Development Guidelines for adoption by Council.

The Shire of Exmouth adopted this document in April 2001 as a guide to future townscape enhancement for the Exmouth townsite.

The complete text of both the Townscape Plan and the Policy Manual are available in PDF format.