Policy Documents
Policies adhered to by Richmond Valley Council are grouped into the following types:
Business in the Richmond Valley
Council Business
- Access to Council Records by the Public Attachment: Privacy Management Plan
- Business Ethics
- Cash Handling
- Code of Meeting Practice
- Complaints Management
- Debt Recovery and Provision of Credit
- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
- Fraud Prevention
- Gathering Information
- Gifts and Benefits
- Internal Reporting
- Media
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Property Information - Rates and Water/Sewerage Change of Name
- Records Management
- Refund of Application Fees
- Risk Management
- Social Media
- Tenders and Quotations - Advertising
Community Interests
- Community Engagement
- Guidelines for Section 356 (Local Government Act 1993) Financial Assistance
- Local Housing Affordability
- Positive Ageing
- Recognition of Milestones
- Reward for Reporting Vandalism
- Smoke Free Outdoor Areas
- Use of Council Plant and Equipment to Assist Community Groups
- Volunteer
- Welcome to Country
Councillors
- Code of Conduct - Councillors/Personnel (including Model Code of Conduct)
- Conference Attendance
- Councillor Access to Information
- Councillor Photographs
- Mayoral Delegation
- Payment of Expenses and Provision of Facilities to Councillors
Council Facilities
- Asset Management
- Council Inspection, Assessment and Maintenance of Footpaths and Cycleways
- Council Web Site
- Fencing - Adjoining Parks, Reserves and Public Roads
- Managing Council's Community Facilities
- Naming of Public Parks, Reserves, Sporting Fields and Council Facilities
- Public Gates and Bypasses (Cattle Grids)
- Road (including Bridges) and Street Naming
- Road Management
- Rural Roads Tree Management
- Safety Management System - Procedures for Playgrounds
- Signs as Remote Supervision
- Structures Encroaching over Land owned or controlled by Council
- Use of Council Aerodromes
Council Finance
- Finance - Banking Services
- Finance - Debtors
- Finance - Investments
- Financial Hardship
- Pensioner Rebate Application - Previous Years
- Purchasing
- Write-Off of Rates and Charges
Council Meetings
Council Services
- Banner Pole Hire and Banner Design
- Cemetery Fees
- Charges for Works Under Section 67, Local Government Act 1993 - Private Works
- Enforcement - Unlawful Activity
- Works Committee Inspections
Events
Planning & Development
- Applications Referred to Council for Determination
- Bitumen Sealing Adjacent to Residences on Unsealed Roads
- Conflict Management - Development Land Use Conflicts
- Consideration of Rezoning Requests
- Construction of Rural Bus Bays
- Contributions for Kerb and Guttering and Footpath Paving
- Development Assessment Panel (DAP) - Role, Constitution and Operation
- Donation of Development Application Fees to Charitable Organisations
- Heritage Incentives
- Installation of Rural Bus Shelters
- Installation of Street Lights
- Mediation (Development/Strategic Planning)
- Referral of DA's to Richmond Valley Council Access Committee
- Rural Road Numbering
- Temporary Occupation Permits (Residence) on Rural Residential Allotments
- Under Awning Lighting
- Urban Carriageway Widths
- Vehicular Accessway
Waste & The Environment
- Construction Site Waste Minimisation and Management (incorporating Supporting Policy Document)
- Landfill Fee Waiver - Hardship Relating to Disposal of Medical Waste
- Management of Contaminated Land
- Management of Contaminated Land - Regional Policy
- Revolving Energy and Sustainability Fund
- Urban Tree Plantings
- Urban Tree Removal
- Waste Management Charge Adjustment
Water & Sewer
- Connection of Roof Water to Pools/Pools to Sewer
- Dialysis Rebates on Water Charges
- Discharge of Liquid Trade Waste to the Sewerage System
- Effluent Reuse (Evans Head)
- Financial Assistance - On-Site Sewage and Wastewater Management
- Granting of Allowance for Customers with Concealed Water Leaks
- Pressure Sewerage
- Stormwater Management Charge Discount and Exemption
- Water and Sewerage Charges - Application of S552 of the Local Government Act