Community Safety Advisory Committee

Chair

Councillor Russ Cook

Purpose

The Community Safety Advisory Committee is a community engagement body that will assist in identifying, and offering advice on current and emerging community safety and crime prevention concerns within the community, providing feedback on Council projects and initiatives relevant to the community.

More information on the Community Safety Advisory Committee can be found within the Terms of Reference.

• Community Safety Advisory Committee Terms of Reference (PDF, 1.7 MB)

For more information on Community Safety visit the Council's Safer Townsville webpage - Safer Townsville - Townsville City Council

Membership

The maximum voting membership of the Committee will be 14 persons, including the maximum two (2) Councillors one (1) being the Chairperson.

Membership of the Committee is voluntary, final appointment of Members is endorsed by Council.

In addition to the appointed voting Members, guest advisory members may be invited to join the Committee on a case-by-case basis based on their specialist knowledge/skills and topics being discussed within the Committee.

Due to the specific technical knowledge and community connections required to inform the conversations of the CSAC, voting membership for the CSAC has been undertaken by invitation.

How else can you be involved?

To encourage and support an inclusive approach to this committee, members of the committee and the general public have the opportunity to submit agenda items for consideration.

Submit an agenda item

Agenda item requests are to be submitted at least four weeks before the meeting for assessment and investigation by the CSAC Advisory Committee Meeting Facilitator for addition to the CSAC agenda. Items received after the agenda deadline will be assessed for the next advisory committee meeting.

• Submit an agenda item

Privacy collection statement

Townsville City Council collects and manages personal information in the course of performing its activities, functions and duties. We respect the privacy of the personal information held by us. The way in which Council manages personal information is governed by the Information Privacy Act 2009.

We are collecting your personal information in accordance with the Local Government Act 2009 so that we can assess your agenda submission for the relevant advisory committee and where necessary the Council can endorse your membership at an Ordinary Council meeting.

Generally, we will not disclose your personal information outside of Council unless we are required to do so by law, or unless you give your consent to this disclosure. By applying for membership of the committee you agree for Council to use your information for these purposes. For further information about how we manage your personal information please see our Information Privacy Policy.

2023 Meeting agendas and reports

Information on meeting agendas and reports will be shared through this webpage upon the commencement of CSAC meetings.

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