City of Brisbane Regulation 2012
sec.161Scrutiny of budget
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sec.161 Scrutiny of budget
The council must establish and follow a process for scrutiny of the budget. The process must include conducting an information session about each program under the budget at which— a suitably qualified councillor provides information about the program; and councillors can ask questions about the program; and suitably qualified councillors must make reasonable efforts to answer the questions asked; and members of the public can attend. However, if a question can not be answered at an information session, the process must provide for the question to be answered at the council meeting at which the budget is to be adopted. (sec.161-ssec.1) The council must establish and follow a process for scrutiny of the budget. (sec.161-ssec.2) The process must include conducting an information session about each program under the budget at which— a suitably qualified councillor provides information about the program; and councillors can ask questions about the program; and suitably qualified councillors must make reasonable efforts to answer the questions asked; and members of the public can attend. (sec.161-ssec.3) However, if a question can not be answered at an information session, the process must provide for the question to be answered at the council meeting at which the budget is to be adopted.
- (a) a suitably qualified councillor provides information about the program; and
- (b) councillors can ask questions about the program; and
- (c) suitably qualified councillors must make reasonable efforts to answer the questions asked; and
- (d) members of the public can attend.