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Vincent briefing records recommendation to repeal election-period policy
A recommendation recorded in the City of Vincent’s 10 November briefing would replace the existing Council Election Period Policy with Governance Framework provisions, including a new section on caretaker conventions.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
The City of Vincent’s existing Council Election Period Policy could be repealed and replaced with caretaker-period provisions under a recommendation recorded at its 10 November 2026 briefing.
The recommendation would add section 3.16 to the Governance Framework to address caretaker-period conventions. It would also add “Caretaker Implications” to the matters a Council report may address under section 3.2.1.
The briefing notes do not reproduce the proposed conventions, so their detailed requirements cannot be assessed from the record.
The item was listed under reports with no discussion. The notes record the recommendation, but do not record a vote, final resolution or commencement date. This report therefore treats the policy change as proposed, rather than as an adopted or currently operative change.
What deserves a closer look
The source records a recommendation rather than an adopted Council resolution, so the article does not report the policy as repealed or replaced.
The supplied record does not include the text of the proposed section 3.16 or a commencement date.
The supplied record does not specify whether the briefing notes are confirmed.
Questions for follow-up reporting
Was the recommendation later adopted at a Council decision-making meeting?
What requirements are contained in proposed Governance Framework section 3.16?
If adopted, when would the repeal and new provisions take effect?
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The meeting was a City of Vincent Council Briefing held on 10 November 2026.
36 COUNCIL BRIEFING NOTES 10 NOVEMBER 2026 Page 3 NOTES OF CITY OF VINCENT COUNCIL BRIEFING HELD AT THE E-MEETING AND AT THE ADMINISTRATION AND CIVIC CENTRE, 244 VINCENT STREET, LEEDERVILLE ON TUESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2026 AT 6:00 PM PRESENT: Mayor Alison Xamon Presiding Member Cr Alex Castle North Ward Cr Suzanne Worner North Ward Cr Nicole Woolf North Ward Cr Con Poulios North Ward Cr Ashley Wallace South Ward Cr Sophie Greer South Ward Cr Reece Wheadon South Ward IN ATTENDANCE: David MacLennan Chief Executive Officer Rhys Taylor A/Executive Director Infrastructure & Environment Jay Naidoo Executive Director Strategy & Development Lisa Williams
Council Briefing Notes, page 3, meeting heading
Open original minutes ↗Item 8.1 records a recommendation to repeal the Council Election Period Policy and amend the Governance Framework with a new section 3.16 on caretaker-period conventions and Caretaker Implications among the matters a Council report may address under section 3.2.1.
NO QUESTIONS TAKEN ON NOTICE. COUNCIL BRIEFING NOTES 10 NOVEMBER 2026 Page 32 8.1 REVIEW OF COUNCIL ELECTION PERIOD POLICY - PROPOSED REPEAL Attachments: 1. Council Election Period Policy 2. Assessment of Council Election Period Policy 3. Proposed Governance Framework Section 3.16 RECOMMENDATION: That Council: 1. REPEAL the Council Election Period Policy at Attachment 1; 2. APPROVE amendments to the Governance Framework to: 2.1 include a new section 3.16 addressing caretaker period conventions, as set out at Attachment 3; and 2.2 add Caretaker Implications to the matters a Council report may address at section 3.2.1.
Item 8.1, Review of Council Election Period Policy - Proposed Repeal, recommendation
Open original minutes ↗The election-period policy item appears under reports with no discussion in the table of contents.
25 REPORTS WITH NO DISCUSSION ................................................................................................................ 27 5.1 No. 188 (Lot: 1; D/P: 33790) Vincent Street, North Perth - Proposed Alterations and Additions to Place of Worship ................................................................................................. 27 7.1 Financial Statements as at 30 September 2026 ..................................................................... 29 7.2 Authorisation of Expenditure for the Period 01 September 2026 to 30 September 2026 ...... 30 7.3 Investment Report as at 30 September 2026 ......................................................................... 31 8.1 Review of Council Election Period Policy - Proposed Repeal ................................................
Table of contents, Reports with no discussion, item 8.1
Open original minutes ↗The election-period policy recommendation is followed by a note that no questions were taken on notice.
Assessment of Council Election Period Policy 3. Proposed Governance Framework Section 3.16 RECOMMENDATION: That Council: 1. REPEAL the Council Election Period Policy at Attachment 1; 2. APPROVE amendments to the Governance Framework to: 2.1 include a new section 3.16 addressing caretaker period conventions, as set out at Attachment 3; and 2.2 add Caretaker Implications to the matters a Council report may address at section 3.2.1. NO QUESTIONS TAKEN ON NOTICE. COUNCIL BRIEFING NOTES 10 NOVEMBER 2026 Page 33 8.3 OUTCOME OF ADVERTISING AND ADOPTION OF AMENDED TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT OR APPOINTMENT OF CEO POLICY Attachments: 1.
Item 8.1, recommendation and concluding notice before item 8.3
Open original minutes ↗Source record
This report is based only on the supplied City of Vincent Council Briefing Notes for 10 November 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The item was listed in the City of Vincent Council Briefing notes for 10 November 2026.
- The recorded recommendation proposes repealing the Council Election Period Policy.
- The recommendation proposes a new Governance Framework section 3.16 on caretaker-period conventions.
- It also proposes adding Caretaker Implications to the matters a Council report may address under section 3.2.1.
- The supplied briefing notes do not record a final vote, adoption or commencement date.
Why it matters
- The proposal could change the City of Vincent’s governance arrangements during future election caretaker periods, but the briefing record does not establish that the existing policy has been repealed or that the proposed provisions are in force.