On 21 September 2022, Council resolved to exhibit a draft Former Employees Dealing with Council Policy. The draft policy has been developed to support appropriate governance when Council dealings with former employees in their capacity as consultants, particularly in the development application area, to ensure those dealings are conducted in a defensible, open and transparent manner.

A former employee is defined in the draft policy as a 'person who was a staff member of the Council within the previous three years of the adoption date of the draft policy'.

The draft policy reflects Council's commitment to ensuring that any matter with a former employee who is working with Council in the capacity as a consultant is only dealt with by a Council staff member who did not work with that person directly previously.

The draft policy requires that a register of consultants who were former employees be kept and maintained by Council and made available to the public on Council's website.

The proposal to maintain a public register of third-party contact by former employees should not be taken in any way to question the integrity or professionalism of employees or former employees, it is simply to ensure openness and transparency.

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On 21 September 2022, Council resolved

THAT the draft Former Employees Dealing with Council Policy be placed on public exhibition for 28 days.

Have your say by 4.30 pm Friday 11 November 2022

• The draft Former Employees Dealing with Council Policy can be viewed online in the Document Library or in printed format at Council libraries.
• To make a submission, complete an online form, email mail@wsc.nsw.gov.au or write to Wingecarribee Shire Council, PO Box 141, Moss Vale 2577
• All submissions must be received by 4.30 pm Friday 11 November 2022.
• Ask a question or contact the Governance Team by email mail@wsc.nsw.gov.au or on 02 4868 0888.