Upload
others
View
1
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
AGENDA
Library Advisory Committee
Wednesday, 10 August 2016, 5.30pm
CITY OF FREMANTLE
NOTICE OF A LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
Elected Members A Library Advisory Committee meeting of the City of Fremantle will be held on
Wednesday, 10 August 2016 in the Committee Room, Town Hall Centre, 8 William
Street, Fremantle (access via stairs, next to the playground in Kings Square)
commencing at 5.30 pm.
Marisa Spaziani DIRECTOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 4 August 2016
LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
AGENDA
DECLARATION OF OPENING / ANNOUNCEMENT OF VISITORS NYOONGAR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT "We acknowledge this land that we meet on today is part of the traditional lands of the Nyoongar people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. We also acknowledge the Nyoongar people as the custodians of the greater Fremantle/Walyalup area and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still important to the living Nyoongar people today." ATTENDANCE / APOLOGIES / LEAVE OF ABSENCE RESPONSE TO PREVIOUS PUBLIC QUESTIONS TAKEN ON NOTICE PUBLIC QUESTION TIME DEPUTATIONS / PRESENTATIONS DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST BY MEMBERS LATE ITEMS NOTED CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES That the minutes of the Library Advisory Committee dated 11 May 2016 be confirmed as a true and accurate record. TABLED DOCUMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM NO SUBJECT PAGE
REPORTS BY OFFICERS 1
LAC1608-1 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICE REPORT - APRIL - JUNE 2016 1
LAC1608-2 TOY LIBRARY QUARTERLY REPORT - APRIL TO JUNE 2016 10
CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS 14
Summary Guide to Citizen Participation and Consultation 15
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 1
REPORTS BY OFFICERS
LAC1608-1 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICE REPORT - APRIL - JUNE 2016
DataWorks Reference: 039/007 Disclosure of Interest: Nil Meeting Date: 10 August 2016 Responsible Officer: Director Community Development Actioning Officer: Manager Library and Information Service Decision Making Authority: Council Previous Item: Nil Agenda Attachments: Nil
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
To provide information to the two Councils on the operation and performance of the Fremantle City Library during the previous quarter. This item reports on Library operations, issues and achievements for the quarter April - June 2016
STATISTICS (a) Membership - April - June 2016 Performance Indicators
Members per capita: 2016 2015
Fremantle .27 .28
East Fremantle .18 .18
% of total Membership:
2016
2015
New Members 5.7% 5.6%
Expired Members 5.0% 5.1%
Statistics
Population 2016 2015
City of Fremantle 31,046 29,471
Town of East Fremantle 7,743 7,595
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 2
Membership 2016 2015
Fremantle (residents, workers, students)
8,556
8,137
East Fremantle (residents, workers, students)
1,438
1,424
Melville residents 1,076 1,064
Cockburn residents 1,776 1,711
Cottesloe residents 308 318
Kwinana residents 41 42
Rockingham residents 107 76
Other WA residents 1,040 898
Temporary members 425 410
Total 14,767 14,080
2016 2015
New members 844 789
Expired members 748 732
(b) Library Access - April - June 2016 Performance Indicators
Per hour open 2016
Per staff FTE 2016
Per library member
2016
Circulation transactions
150 8408 7.2
Visitors 83 3537 3.9
Active borrowers 44 2472 2.1
Reference enquiries
5.4 305 .26
History Centre enquiries
1.5 384 .05
Internet use within library
25.5 1424 1.2
Per hour Open 2015
Per staff FTE 2015
Per library member
2015
Circulation transactions
151 8,275 7.4
Visitors 108 4,520 5.3
Active borrowers 43 2,373 2.1
Reference enquiries
N/A N/A N/A
History Centre enquiries
1.7 334 0.05
Internet use within library
17 934 0.84
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 3
% of loans 2016
% of loans 2015
Requests for items in stock
5%
6.3%
Items borrowed from other libraries
1.1%
2.2%
Overdue notices sent 2.3% 2.1%
Statistics
Library access 2016 2015
Hours open 710 694
Visitors 58,718 75,033
Active borrowers 31,403 30,134
Staff (FTE) 16.6 16.6
In House Internet Use 7,463 5,725
Wifi Use 10,630 6,144
Circulation transactions
2016 2015
Loans and renewals 61,270 59,241
Returns 45,518 46,099
Items on loan 13,478 13,316
Reservations 3,061 3,713
Requests sent to other libraries
779
1,071
Requests received from other libraries
1,429
927
(c) Access to Information and Resources - April to June 2016 Performance Indicators
% of total stock 2016
% of total stock 2015
Total loans and renewals 125% 131%
Items on loan 27% 29%
New stock received 5.5% 5%
Statistics
User assistance 2016 2015
Service desk reference enquiries
3,874
N/A
History Centre 750 652
Online catalogue searches
19,989
19,878
Library web page hits 10,901 14,691
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 4
Use of Online Databases
2016 2015
Community Information database
8,441 31,552
History Centre online photographs
4,580
3,394
Britannica Online 1,332 2,079
ANZ Reference Centre 689 50
Novelist 25 21
Popular Magazines 33 84
Ancestry.com 3,261 398
Carters Antiques 104 19
Freegal 725 603
Other
2016 2015
East Fremantle Parking permits issued
154
10
New Local stock items received
695
878
New SLWA stock items received
2,056
1,370
Total new stock items received
2,751
2,248
COMMENT
History Centre History Centre events during the 2016 Heritage Festival were well received by the community. Events included:
Antique Discovery Day
Stephen Montague Stout photograph display The Local History Awards, received over twenty entries, the winners were: Published category
First prize: Andrew Pittaway for “Fremantle voices of the great war : a history of Fremantle people who served in the Great War of 1914-1919”.
Second prize: shared between Michael Sturma for “Fremantle's Submarines: How Allied Submariners and Western Australians Helped to Win the War in the Pacific” and Deborah Gare and Madison Lloyd-Jones for “When war came to Fremantle, 1899 to 1945”.
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 5
Unpublished category:
First prize: Nandi Chinna for “Clontarf Hill History”
Second prize: Victor Paino for “Salvatore Paino”. Multimedia category:
First prize: Peter Vinci for Fremantle's Family Cook Book
Second prize: Tania Wimmer for “The Ballroom photography book”. Thanks go to the judges, Pamela Statham-Drew, Heather Campbell and Celia Tait. The History Librarian attended the launch of a Curtin University and State Library of WA project: Historical Panaramas: Perth and Fremantle Virtual Tour. A series of linked wide angle panoramas taken from 1885 to 2016 provides an opportunity to see a changing cityscape. The Librarian was able to promote to the authors, the range of photographs held in the Fremantle History Centre that could be used to develop this resource further. Current digitalising and indexing work being undertaken includes
The archives of the Fremantle Rotary Club.
A collection of over 100 photographs of ships relating to Fremantle.
Fremantle Municipality Records 1885-1901. The following Fremantle papers are now available on Trove:
The Fremantle Mercury (1932-1933);
The Empire (1907-1908);
The Fremantle Mail (1903-1904);
The Golden Gate (1911-1912);
The Mail (1904-1905); and the
The Messenger (1895). This was a jointly funded project between Fremantle City Library and the State Library of WA Foundation. One on one training sessions to help individuals with family history research have proven to be very popular so scheduled sessions will be increased to weekly for a trial period. Use of the Ancestry.com library database has doubled since the same quarter in 2015 as a result of the training. Promotions A variety of guest speaker events and programs were held during the quarter including:
A presentation from musician and writer Neil Murray on his experiences as a musician, in particular working within indigenous communities.
A panel discussion facilitated by Mayor Brad Pettitt on the issue of homelessness in Fremantle.
Library and Information Week was celebrated by hosting Australia's Biggest Morning Tea with entertainment by local musician Justin Walshe.
As part of the National Year of Digital Inclusion and the GoDigi Perth pop up festival, people were invited to learn how to set up an online business, in conjunction with Etsy, an online marketplace for handmade products.
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 6
A Minecraft information session for parents covered topics like using Minecraft in the classroom, as a tool to teach scientific concepts, as well as fostering teamwork to create group projects within the game were covered.
A talk from Perth Zoo about their native species breeding project.
Regular monthly book club meetings continued during the quarter and weekly Tech Help sessions.
A partnership between the History Centre and the City’s Festivals team led to a display of wedding dresses, dating back to 1906 and lent by community members, was held in Many6060 as part of the Heritage Festival.
Promotional activities for the period included:
Participation in the City stand at the annual Senior’s Expo.
Advertising of the library on RTR radio, with several people stating to staff that they had never visited before but came in because of hearing the radio advertisement for a service area that interested them.
The library’s monthly email newsletter has been an effective promotional tool resulting in a positive effect on event bookings and an increased interest from library users in the titles recommended in the newsletter. Resources Cuts to state funding for the metropolitan library delivery service proposed from 1st July caused all metropolitan public libraries in June to cease accepting requests for items which needed to be borrowed from other libraries. Community outcry saw the re-instatement of a reduced service until a contract could be finalised for continuation of the delivery service into 2016/17. The new contract will be fully funded by local government, and service will remain at a reduced level due to the cessation of state funding for a previously jointly provided service. Of concern is that state government funding will be less in 2016/17 due to the proposed 10% cuts to public library stock funding over two years by the State Government Agency Expenditure Review. A discussion paper was released proposing far reaching changes to the interlibrary loan system due to the high cost of delivery. Discussion and feedback on this will continue into the next quarter. Fremantle commenced a process to assess customer requests to determine suitability of requested items for inclusion in the collection as opposed to seeking copies from other libraries. Approximately 50% during the trial period were deemed suitable for purchase. Development of this system will be continued. Feedback was provided to a statewide survey on non English language material in public libraries. Staff Two staff participated in an exchange with a Meeting Place staff member, offering all an opportunity to learn more about the operations of another City workplace. Three new staff members commenced during the quarter following vacancies created earlier in the year. Two further resignations were received.
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 7
The Library hosted a Curtin University practicum student for a three week placement, performing a range of library duties as well as a project, working on the property index in the History Centre. The manager was invited to participate in a TAFE industry panel, reviewing course content against industry needs for their graduates. eLibrary Staff attended a GoDigi National Year of Digital Inclusion seminar event on digital literacy and considered topics such as why organisations like Go Digi and libraries work to bridge the digital divide; that digital inclusion is another form of social exclusion on top of distance, and public libraries as the third place in our communities after home and work. A national representative of the esmart Libraries program visited to discuss Fremantle’s progress towards accreditation for the initiative which is aimed at connecting libraries and their users with tools and resources to improve cybersafety. A new privacy facility on public access computers, now restarts machines after users log out, ensuring people’s usage history is inaccessible to subsequent users. Young People Services
Program Number of sessions
Children attending
Total attendance 2016
Total attendance 2015
Baby Rhyme Time 20 293 595 845
New Parent’s Groups 3 43 87 69
Toddler Tales 18 18 36 212
Storytime 12 179 342 260
CoderDojo 6 108 216 N/A
School Holiday Activity Sessions
6
97
175
80
Class visits to the library
8
397
438
482
Outreach sessions to schools, playgroups, day care centres etc
12
272
315
972
Total 79 1299 1988 2920
Events and activities delivered during the period included: April school holidays activities.
Better Beginnings presentations to pre-primary classes at seven schools.
A presentation by Ngala to celebrate National Families week.
Storyteller and local author/illustrator conducted three sessions for school groups to celebrate Library and Information week.
A new weekly CoderDojo program has started to teach children digital literacy skills.
Story sessions at local playgroups and childcare centres.
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 8
The annual Gwenyth Ewens children’s art award was held with prizes awarded during the Heritage Festival. Six local schools participated, with 209 entries received from year 5/6 students. The winners were: 1st prize painting Scarlett Rottenbury from Christ the King 1st prize sketch Rosie Jackson from White Gum Valley 2nd prize Georgia Costa from White Gum Valley 3rd prize Kade Jardin from Christ the King 4th prize Priya Mackenzie-Smith from Fremantle Judges special commendation - Milly McArthur Encouragement prizes were awarded to:
Jasmine Kristiansen - Fremantle
Matthew Sapienza – Christ the King
Tatiano Sutalo – St Patricks
Charlie McIntosh - White Gum Valley
Cheyanne Ellis-Martin – Samson
Eva Medenis – Fremantle
Dale Watt – White Gum Valley
Amielle Leonard Moran - Fremantle
Library Staff Prize – Matilda Heagney Community Information The City has contributed to the creation of a human services database through the West Metropolitan Partnership Forum project. The database covers Fremantle, Melville and Cockburn. A review of the Fre-info Community Information service was conducted, and the results of this, together with identification that people’s information and resource seeking needs were not always being met, have changed service provision arrangements for library customers. The Community Information database continues to be maintained and is available through the City’s website, and a dedicated Help Desk has been created to assist customers with the full range of library enquiries. Staff rostered to the Help Desk now provide support and advice in finding information or materials in the library or elsewhere; downloading library resources; searching databases; using technology to access library resources; digital literacy enquiries. This dedicated interaction with customers enables improved service levels as well as development of tools and other resources to provide quick responses to common queries, and will assist collection development to ensure stock purchases are aligned to community demand. Future directions The library is participating in a project with the South West Metropolitan Region (Fremantle, East Fremantle, Melville, Cockburn, Kwinana and Rockingham) to investigate possibilities for shared service provision. A number of potential areas have
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 9
been identified and investigation of the feasibility of those will be ongoing during the coming year. The final draft of the revised Public Library Standards and Guidelines, workshopped across the country earlier in the year, was released for final comment. The changes are positive and make the guidelines more relevant in the modern age.
RISK AND OTHER IMPLICATIONS
Financial
Nil Legal
Nil Operational
Nil Organisational
Nil
CONCLUSION
April to June was another successful quarter for the library, reflected in a review left by a customer on the library’s Google entry: “I have only been to this library twice and I already love it. It has a wonderful feeling about it and the staff are lovely and welcoming...Can't fault it.
STRATEGIC AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Nil
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Nil
VOTING AND OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Information only no decision required.
OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION
That the information be received.
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 10
LAC1608-2 TOY LIBRARY QUARTERLY REPORT - APRIL TO JUNE 2016
DataWorks Reference: 023/013 Disclosure of Interest: Nil Meeting Date: 10 August 2016 Previous Item: Nil Responsible Officer: Director Community Development Actioning Officer: Manager Library and Information Service Decision Making Authority: Council Agenda Attachments: Nil
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A summary of the operation and performance of the Fremantle Toy Library for the quarter is provided.
BACKGROUND
This report provides information to the two councils on the operations of the Fremantle Toy Library.
COMMENT
Membership
2016
Fremantle Residents
East Fremantle Residents
Total
Individuals 267 42 309
Families 181 26 207
2015
Individuals 263 32 295
Families 169 22 191
New Members
Fremantle Residents 2016
East Fremantle Residents
Total
41 10 51
2015
45 4 49
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 11
Deleted Members
Fremantle Residents 2016
East Fremantle Residents
Total
39 6 45
2015
47 7 54
Visitors
2016 2015
April 519 441
May 551 590
June 572 585
*Family means at least one parent and usually one or more accompanying children
Loans
2016
Fremantle residents
East Fremantle Residents
Total
Toys 1678 289 1967
Books 1742 54 1796
Audio-Visual items 152 4 156
Total 3572 347 3919
2015
Fremantle residents
East Fremantle Residents
Total
Toys 7242 719 7961
Books 7224 317 7541
Audio-Visual items 745 22 767
Total 15211 1058 16269
Income
2016
6 month Concession
12 month Concession
6 month Full fees
12 month Full fees
Party hire
Total
April $0.00 $175.00 $731.50 $1003.50 $49.00 $1959.00
May $101.00 $350.00 $465.50 $446.00 $0.00 $1362.50
June $0.00 $0.00 $465.50 $1115.00 $10.70 $1591.20
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 12
2015
6 month concession
12 month concession
6 month full fees
12 month full fees
Party hire
Total
April $0.00 $170.00 $387.00 $1,296.00 $ 71.40 $1,924.40
May $49.00 $170.00 $580.50 $ 432.00 $125.50 $1,357.00
June $49.00 $ 85.00 $580.50 $1,296.00 $ 10.40 $2,020.90
A survey of Toy Library members was conducted to inform forward service planning and ensure customer needs are being met. According to the survey 95% of respondents find the customer service to be excellent, 100% recommend the service to others and 54% consider the toys to be of an excellent quality. Some follow up work will be done to determine how to improve the last rating. Survey data will also be used to assist identification of future, external funding opportunities as the current Federal grant is phased out. A consultant was engaged to source future grant providers, with additional grant funds provided to assist agencies with the transition as funding ceases. Good news during the quarter was that the grant, flagged to cease after June 2017, has been extended to June 2018. Thanks go to the volunteers who assisted the checking and preparation of new toy deliveries during the quarter after late delivery of several back orders. Resurfacing of the Hilton Community Centre floors caused the Toy Library to be closed on one of its normal trading days due to potential safety issues for staff and customers from dust or fumes. The Toy Library Officer worked at the Fremantle Library for the day, offering improved understanding of wider library procedures. A meeting with the new Manager of the PCYC at Hilton Community Centre was very productive in paving the way for development of opportunities for collaborative initiatives between the Library, the Meeting Place and the PCYC.
RISK AND OTHER IMPLICATIONS
Financial
Nil Legal
Nil Operational
Nil Organisational
Nil
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 13
CONCLUSION
The Toy Library continues to be a well appreciated service, not only for its key purpose, but as a means of access to wider library materials outside the City centre.
STRATEGIC AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Nil
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Nil
VOTING AND OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Information only no decision required.
OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION
That the information in this report be received.
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 14
CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS
Nil.
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 15
SUMMARY GUIDE TO CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION
The Council adopted a Community Engagement Policy in December 2010 to give effect to its commitment to involving citizens in its decision-making processes. The City values community engagement and recognises the benefits that can flow to the quality of decision-making and the level of community satisfaction. Effective community engagement requires total clarity so that Elected Members, Council officers and citizens fully understand their respective rights and responsibilities as well as the limits of their involvement in relation to any decision to be made by the City.
How consultative processes work at the City of Fremantle
The City’s decision makers 1.
The Council, comprised of Elected Members, makes policy, budgetary and key strategic decisions while the CEO, sometimes via on-delegation to other City officers, makes operational decisions.
Various participation opportunities 2.
The City provides opportunities for participation in the decision-making process by citizens via itscouncil appointed working groups, its community precinct system, and targeted community engagement processes in relation to specific issues or decisions.
Objective processes also used 3.
The City also seeks to understand the needs and views of the community via scientific and objective processes such as its bi-ennial community survey.
All decisions are made by Council or the CEO 4.
These opportunities afforded to citizens to participate in the decision-making process do not include the capacity to make the decision. Decisions are ultimately always made by Council or the CEO (or his/her delegated nominee).
Precinct focus is primarily local, but also city-wide
5.
The community precinct system establishes units of geographic community of interest, but provides for input in relation to individual geographic areas as well as on city-wide issues.
All input is of equal value 6.
No source of advice or input is more valuable or given more weight by the decision-makers than any other. The relevance and rationality of the advice counts in influencing the views of decision-makers.
Decisions will not necessarily reflect the majority view received
7.
Local Government in WA is a representative democracy. Elected Members and the CEO are charged under the Local Government Act with the responsibility to make decisions based on fact and the merits of the issue without fear or favour and are accountable for their actions and decisions under law. Elected Members are accountable to the people via periodic elections. As it is a representative democracy, decisions may not be made in favour of the majority view expressed via consultative processes. Decisions must also be made in accordance with any statute that applies or within the parameters
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 16
How consultative processes work at the City of Fremantle
of budgetary considerations. All consultations will clearly outline from the outset any constraints or limitations associated with the issue.
Decisions made for the overall good of Fremantle
8.
The Local Government Act requires decision-makers to make decisions in the interests of “the good government of the district”. This means that decision-makers must exercise their judgment about the best interests of Fremantle as a whole as well as about the interests of the immediately affected neighbourhood. This responsibility from time to time puts decision-makers at odds with the expressed views of citizens from the local neighbourhood who may understandably take a narrower view of considerations at hand.
Diversity of view on most issues 9.
The City is wary of claiming to speak for the ‘community’ and wary of those who claim to do so. The City recognises how difficult it is to understand what such a diverse community with such a variety of stakeholders thinks about an issue. The City recognises that, on most significant issues, diverse views exist that need to be respected and taken into account by the decision-makers.
City officers must be impartial 10.
City officers are charged with the responsibility of being objective, non-political and unbiased. It is the responsibility of the management of the City to ensure that this is the case. It is also recognised that City officers can find themselves unfairly accused of bias or incompetence by protagonists on certain issues and in these cases it is the responsibility of the City’s management to defend those City officers.
City officers must follow policy and procedures
11.
The City’s community engagement policy identifies nine principles that apply to all community engagement processes, including a commitment to be clear, transparent, responsive , inclusive, accountable andtimely. City officers are responsible for ensuring that the policy and any other relevant procedure is fully complied with so that citizens are not deprived of their rights to be heard.
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 17
How consultative processes work at the City of Fremantle
Community engagement processes have cut-off dates that will be adhered to.
12.
As City officers have the responsibility to provide objective, professional advice to decision-makers, they are entitled to an appropriate period of time and resource base to undertake the analysis required and to prepare reports. As a consequence, community engagement processes need to have defined and rigorously observed cut-off dates, after which date officers will not include ‘late’ input in their analysis. In such circumstances, the existence of ‘late’ input will be made known to decision-makers. In most cases where community input is involved, the Council is the decision-maker and this affords community members the opportunity to make input after the cut-off date via personal representations to individual Elected Members and via presentations to Committee and Council Meetings.
Citizens need to check for any changes to decision making arrangements made
13.
The City will take initial responsibility for making citizens aware of expected time-frames and decision making processes, including dates of Standing Committee and Council Meetings if relevant. However, as these details can change, it is the citizens responsibility to check for any changes by visiting the City’s website, checking the Fremantle News in the Fremantle Gazette or inquiring at the Customer Service Centre by phone, email or in-person.
Citizens are entitled to know how their input has been assessed
14.
In reporting to decision-makers, City officers will in all cases produce a community engagement outcomes report that summarises comment and recommends whether it should be taken on board, with reasons.
Reasons for decisions must be transparent 15.
Decision-makers must provide the reasons for their decisions.
Decisions posted on the City’s website 16.
Decisions of the City need to be transparent and easily accessed. For reasons of cost, citizens making input on an issue will not be individually notified of the outcome, but can access the decision at the City’s website under ‘community engagement’ or at the City Library or Service and Information Centre.
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 18
Issues that Council May Treat as Confidential Section 5.23 of the new Local Government Act 1995, Meetings generally open to the public, states: 1. Subject to subsection (2), the following are to be open to members of the public -
a) all council meetings; and b) all meetings of any committee to which a local government power or duty has
been delegated.
2. If a meeting is being held by a council or by a committee referred to in subsection (1) (b), the council or committee may close to members of the public the meeting, or part of the meeting, if the meeting or the part of the meeting deals with any of the following:
a) a matter affecting an employee or employees; b) the personal affairs of any person; c) a contract entered into, or which may be entered into, by the local government
and which relates to a matter to be discussed at the meeting; d) legal advice obtained, or which may be obtained, by the local government and
which relates to a matter to be discussed at the meeting; e) a matter that if disclosed, would reveal –
i) a trade secret; ii) information that has a commercial value to a person; or iii) information about the business, professional, commercial or financial
affairs of a person. Where the trade secret or information is held by, or is about, a person other than the local government.
f) a matter that if disclosed, could be reasonably expected to - i) impair the effectiveness of any lawful method or procedure for preventing,
detecting, investigating or dealing with any contravention or possible contravention of the law;
ii) endanger the security of the local government’s property; or iii) prejudice the maintenance or enforcement of a lawful measure for
protecting public safety.
g) information which is the subject of a direction given under section 23 (Ia) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971; and
h) such other matters as may be prescribed.
3. A decision to close a meeting or part of a meeting and the reason for the decision are to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 19
Library Advisory Committee 10 August 2016
Page 1