Policies adhered to by Richmond Valley Council are grouped into the following types:

Business in the Richmond Valley Council Business Community Interests Councillors Council Facilities Council Finance

Council Meetings Council Services Events Planning & Development Waste & The Environment Water & Sewer

Business in the Richmond Valley

• Categorisation as a Food Producer
• Footway Activities 
• Kerbside Dining

Council Business

• Access to Council Records by the Public   Attachment: Privacy Management Plan
• Business Ethics
• Cash Handling
• Complaints Management
• Debt Recovery and Provision of Credit
• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
• Fraud Prevention
• Gathering Information  
• Gifts and Benefits
• Internal Reporting
• Media
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Property Information - Rates and Water/Sewerage Change of Name
• Records Management
• Refund of Application Fees
• Risk Management
• Social Media 
• Tenders and Quotations - Advertising

Community Interests

• Community Engagement
• Guidelines for Section 356 (Local Government Act 1993) Financial Assistance
• Local Housing Affordability
• Management of Community Volunteers (Other than Council Volunteers)
• Positive Ageing
• Recognition of Milestones
• Reward for Reporting Vandalism
• Smoke Free Outdoor Areas
• Use of Council Plant and Equipment to Assist Community Groups
• Welcome to Country

Councillors

• Code of Conduct - Councillors/Personnel (including Model Code of Conduct)
• Conference Attendance
• Councillor Access to Information
• Councillor Photographs
• Mayoral Delegation
• Payment of Expenses and Provision of Facilities to Councillors

Council Facilities

• Asset Management
• Council Inspection, Assessment and Maintenance of Footpaths and Cycleways
• Council Web Site
• Fencing - Adjoining Parks, Reserves and Public Roads
• Managing Council's Community Facilities
• Naming of Public Parks, Reserves, Sporting Fields and Council Facilities
• Public Gates and Bypasses (Cattle Grids)
• Road (including Bridges) and Street Naming
• Road Management
• Rural Roads Tree Management
• Safety Management System - Procedures for Playgrounds
• Signs as Remote Supervision
• Structures Encroaching over Land owned or controlled by Council
• Use of Council Aerodromes

Council Finance

• Finance - Banking Services
• Finance - Debtors
• Finance - Investments
• Financial Hardship
• Pensioner Rebate Application - Previous Years
• Purchasing
• Write-Off of Rates and Charges 

Council Meetings

• Audio Recording of Council Meetings 
• Code of Meeting Practice (Council Meeting) 

Council Services

• Banner Pole Hire and Banner Design
• Cemetery Fees
• Charges for Works Under Section 67, Local Government Act 1993 - Private Works
• Enforcement - Unlawful Activity
• Works Committee Inspections

Events

• Event Support
• Market Operations - Evans Head
• Signature Event

Planning & Development

• Applications Referred to Council for Determination
• Bitumen Sealing Adjacent to Residences on Unsealed Roads
• Conflict Management - Development Land Use Conflicts
• Consideration of Rezoning Requests
• Construction of Rural Bus Bays
• Contributions for Kerb and Guttering and Footpath Paving
• Development Assessment Panel (DAP) - Role, Constitution and Operation
• Donation of Development Application Fees to Charitable Organisations
• Heritage Incentives
• Installation of Rural Bus Shelters
• Installation of Street Lights
• Mediation (Development/Strategic Planning)
• Referral of DA's to Richmond Valley Council Access Committee
• Rural Road Numbering
• Temporary Occupation Permits (Residence) on Rural Residential Allotments
• Under Awning Lighting
• Urban Carriageway Widths
• Vehicular Accessway

Waste & The Environment

• Construction Site Waste Minimisation and Management (incorporating Supporting Policy Document)
• Landfill Fee Waiver - Hardship Relating to Disposal of Medical Waste
• Management of Contaminated Land
• Management of Contaminated Land - Regional Policy
• Revolving Energy and Sustainability Fund
• Urban Tree Plantings
• Urban Tree Removal
• Waste Management Charge Adjustment

Water & Sewer

• Connection of Roof Water to Pools/Pools to Sewer
• Dialysis Rebates on Water Charges
• Discharge of Liquid Trade Waste to the Sewerage System
• Effluent Reuse (Evans Head)
• Financial Assistance - On-Site Sewage and Wastewater Management
• Granting of Allowance for Customers with Concealed Water Leaks
• Pressure Sewerage
• Stormwater Management Charge Discount and Exemption
• Water and Sewerage Charges - Application of S552 of the Local Government Act  

 For further information about Council's processes, guidelines, strategies and initiatives, visit the Public Information pages.