COUNCIL heads at the Local Government Association of Tasmania annual conference this month will vote on whether the organisation should push for compulsory voting in council elections.
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The motion from Hobart City Council comes after the matter was considered at the conference last year with the motion lost.
A recent Legislative Council inquiry on the issue recommended that that the voting system remain unchanged.
Despite this, the council has suggested that compulsory voting would engage communities and build local government’s relevance.
Hobart will also argue for statewide reporting consistency on the disclosure of itemised aldermanic expenses on a monthly basis.
This follows an independent audit in 2015 found that Hobart aldermen claimed about $350,000 in expenses from ratepayers between January 2012 and December 2014.
In other matters to be debated at the meeting in Hobart on July 20, the Kentish and Latrobe councils will call for a co-ordinated approach from all levels of government to reduce Tasmanian devil and native wildlife road deaths.
The councils suggest installation of emergent virtual fencing technology and driver behavioural change programs.
Two devils, part of a captive breeding program, were killed on Northern roads a few days after their release.
Seventeen of the 49 devils released through the program have been killed by motor vehicles in the past six months.
The Break O’Day Council will ask that LGAT call on the state government to allocate an ongoing budget to provide legal and staff-time funds to councils to deal with the implementation of the new statewide planning scheme.
The council also wants the state government to provide funding for new infrastructure where tourism activity has significantly increased over recent years and money for upgrades and maintenance.
East Coast tourist numbers increased 16 per cent for the year ending in March.
George Town Council want the state government to legislate for a decreased
speed limit for motorists passing emergency incidents.
The council want Tasmania to adopt similar legislation from South Australia which requires motorists obey to a 25km/h speed limit.
Brighton Council will ask other councils to vote in favour of requesting that the state government’s review into gaming in Tasmania investigate whether electronic gaming machines should be allowed to operate outside casinos and that Tasmanian residents be polled on this question.