Reform Wollongong City Council

Wollongong City Council letterhead. (letter text retyped by BR)

9 March 2010

Mr B Reyburn,

Dear Bruce

Community Consultation Policy review

Thank you for your interest in the review of Council’s Community Consultation Policy. The Administrators have requested that I respond to you on their behalf.

Thank you for reminding us of the details of the resolution made at the Council meeting on 28 October 2008. We are now in the process of inviting an external consultant to review how we have executed our Community Consultation Policy,

Our Engagement Coordinator will be developing a report with appendices of data which will demonstrate how Council works with the community. A comparison will be made between activities which notify, seek feedback, and inform decision making.

The external assessment of our current policy and practices will include comparisons to good practice and recommendations for improvements, This consultant’s report will be submitted to Council along with the internally produced data report.

Yours faithfully

(signed)
David Farmer
General Manager
Wollongong City Council