Councillor Fees, Expenses and Facilities Policy

Submissions must be made in writing and received by 25 March 2025.  You can choose to:

• Provide written feedback via the online submission form on this website
• Email [email protected] with the subject heading 'Draft Councillor Fees, Expenses and Facilities Policy'
• Write to Lake Macquarie City Council Attn: Council Liaison, Box 1906, Hunter Region Mail Centre, NSW, 2310.

Hard copies of the draft Councillor Fees, Expenses and Facilities Policy are available to view at Lake Mac Libraries branches. 

Your submission can be as concise or as long as you wish

Ideally, you will express your level of support for the proposal and provide detailed and specific feedback. The feedback will be reviewed by staff and later presented to Council to make an informed decision.

Should multiple submissions be received from a single resident regarding this project, the feedback will be reviewed by staff and counted as one submission when reporting back to Council.

Any submission received by Council will be publicly available on Council’s website. Submissions may also be accessed under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. Council may reproduce submissions in Council reports or in Court proceedings.

If you have made a reportable political donation or gift in the last two years your submission must be accompanied by a "Disclosure Statement of Political Donations and Gifts where Council is Approval Authority - Submitters" Form.  For more information on reportable political donations or gifts, or to download a copy of this form go to lakemac.com.au and search for "Political Donations Submitters". Please note failure to complete a statement, if a Political Donation/Gift has been made, is an offence under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

Feedback may result in changes being made to the draft Councillor Fees, Expenses and Facilities Policy prior to a report being prepared for Council.

You will be notified again, prior to Council considering the matter, which will include a link to the Council report containing a summary of submissions and how feedback was considered.