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Governance

Governance, in a council sense, is providing leadership for the good of the community.  It is about balancing views, resources and needs and making decisions that are best for the community.  It is not about implementing decisions – that is the responsibility of council management and staff.  The governing body in each local authority is the council, also known as the ‘committee of the whole’.

Councils have two major governance roles:

• a law-making and regulatory role
• being the governing body for the council organisation.

The key governance responsibilities of councils are to:

• connect with the community
• set policies
• monitor and review the performance of the organisation
  

Last updated: September 2010

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