Policies
Our policies assist in the management and operation of our organisation and the services we deliver to the community.
These policies are approved by the Council and reflect our values and strategic objectives. They provide transparency and assist in ensuring the good governance of our capital city.
The policies are reviewed each year to make sure they stay relevant and consistent.
You can view our policy documents as a single list on the list of policies page.
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Category: Environment, Planning and Development
This policy provides guidelines to City Officers in relation to appropriate costs associated with vehicle crossing adjustments and reinstatement of footpaths.
Category: Corporate Governance
This policy statement sets out the City's approach in response to anonymous information requests.
Category: Corporate Governance
The objective of this policy is to broadly outline why asset management is relevant to Council to ensure:
- consistency with Council's Strategic Plan
- management of infrastructure and other Council assets across the City's asset portfolios is undertaken in a structured and coordinated way in support of sustainable service delivery
- corporate responsibilities are identified, and appropriate and adequate resources allocated
- risk management is integrated into transparent decision making
- continuous improvement is maintained
- legislative and regulatory requirements are achieved
- good decision making around planning to spend the right money, at the right time, on the right assets to ensure the City of Hobart can sustainably provide the required services for current and future generations.
Category: Parking Control
This policy facilitates the determination of an appropriate fee for occupation licences.
Category: Corporate Governance
The objective of this policy is to clarify that the position titled Chief Executive Officer is the General Manager appointed by Council pursuant to section 61 of the Local Government Act 1993.
Category: Community Services and Events
The policy defines the arrangements for on and off-street parking on the day the Christmas Pageant is staged each year.
Category: Community Services and Events
This policy addresses conditions regarding the hire of equipment managed by the Connected City Division as listed in the annual City of Hobart Fees and Charges Booklet and the Event Equipment Hire Guidelines and Catalogue.
The policy applies to City of Hobart employees, as well as the general public.
Category: Community Services and Events
This policy establishes the City of Hobart's approach to offering venues for hire and assessing applications to use venues owned or managed by the City.
Category: Parking Control
This policy provides guidelines in respect to the management of requests for parking spaces to be closed and/or reserved.
Category: Corporate Governance
The objectives of the policy are to:
- ensure that sundry debts are collected in a fair and consistent manner
- minimise the level of outstanding sundry debts
- ensure that uncollectable sundry debts are written off in a timely manner
- ensure timely reporting on outstanding sundry debts.