Mandatory livestreaming, unsealed information and expanded mayoral power are on the table as Coonamble Shire Council gets set for a shake up to their meeting rules.
The NSW government handed down a mandatory code of meeting practice in August for local councils, along with suggestions councillors may opt to adopt.
The new code bans closed pre-meeting briefings for councillors unless they involve confidential information, and mandates that information from closed meetings be released once it is no longer confidential.
Councillors voted at their September monthly meeting to flag concern over a "significant . . .
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