Councillors and staff will frequently be in receipt of confidential information acquired during the normal conduct of their duties with Council. It is Council’s responsibility to ensure that such information is treated confidentially, so as not to harm, prejudice or compromise the interests of Council or any individual or organisation, or enable any individual or organisation to gain a financial advantage.
This policy aims to support Councillors in balancing the right and duty to full and open public debate, transparency in decision making, to inform the public, and to consult with constituents about council business with the interest Council has in preventing disclosure of confidential information.
This policy seeks to provide overarching principles on the management of confidentiality and seeks to minimise the use of confidential decision making in Council.