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Draft Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy 2025

The City of Parramatta Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy is now due for review. The updated Draft Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy applies to all City of Parramatta Council (Council) Councillors and staff involved in the administration of Councillor facilities and expenses provision.

Key changes in this Draft

A table summarising all proposed updates to the Policy is provided in the Resources section.

Public exhibition - Have your say!

The Draft Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy 2025 enables the reasonable and appropriate reimbursement of expenses and provision of facilities to Councillors, to help them undertake their civic duties.

The Draft Policy ensures accountability and transparency and seeks to align Councillor expenses and facilities with community expectations. Councillors must not obtain private or political benefit from any expense or facility provided under this Policy.

Council's Draft Policy has been prepared in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) and the Local Government (General) Regulation 2021 (NSW) and complies with the Office of Local Government’s Guidelines for the payment of expenses and provision of facilities to Mayors and Councillors in NSW (October 2009).

Public exhibition - Have your say!

Submissions are now welcome on the updated Draft Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy 2025.

You can have your say using the online submission form, or via email, post or verbally (scroll down for further details).

Submissions are welcome until 5pm on Monday 18 August 2025.

Next steps

Following public exhibition and a review of all submissions, the Draft Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy 2025 will go to Council for adoption.

To stay updated, please follow this page.

  • Public exhibition of Draft Councillor and Facilities Policy 2025

    Privacy protection notice: Further information regarding the collection, protection, and use of your personal information can be found in the City of Parramatta Council’s Privacy Statement. Click here to read before progressing.

    Submissions close at 5pm on Monday 18 August 2025.

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Other ways to make a submission

Privacy protection notice: Further information regarding the collection, protection, and use of your personal information can be found in the City of Parramatta Council’s Privacy Statement. Click here to read before progressing.

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Verbal
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Please note that the verbal submission option is being offered for those that cannot provide or may find it difficult to provide a written submission.

Email
council@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au
Subject: Public Exhibition of Draft Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy 2025

Post
Attn: Office of the Lord Mayor and CEO - City of Parramatta Council
Subject: Public Exhibition of Draft Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy 2025
PO Box 32, Parramatta NSW 2124

Please ensure that you clearly state your full name, contact details and address.

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如果您希望以其它语言进行电话交谈，请致电 131 450 联系 TIS 全国服务中心获取免费传译服务。告诉他们您想与 Parramatta 市议会通话和您选用的语言，他们就会为您接通。

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Your language

Need an interpreter? Please phone TIS on 131 450.

If you are deaf and/or find it hard hearing or speaking with people who use a phone, please contact the National Relay Service at relayservice.gov.au and provide them the City of Parramatta contact number, 1300 617 058.

Timeline

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    July 2025

    At the 14 July 2025 Council Meeting, the Draft Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy was approved to go on public exhibition
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    July 2025

    Public exhibition commenced on Monday 21 July
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    August 2025

    Public exhibition will conclude at 5pm on Monday 18 August
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    Late 2025

    Following review of community feedback, the Draft Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy 2025 will be presented for approval at a Council Meeting

Resources

Contact us

  • Office of the Lord Mayor and CEO

    City of Parramatta Council

    If you have any questions or require further information in relation to this project, please contact us using the details below.

     

    Email: council@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au

    Phone: 02 9806 5050

Need an interpreter? Please phone TIS on 131 450.

If you are deaf and/or find it hard hearing or speaking with people who use a phone, please contact the National Relay Service at relayservice.gov.au and provide them the City of Parramatta contact number, 1300 617 058.