Township Liaison Officers

Latrobe City has appointed staff as Township/District Liaison officers to each of the small township/district associations.

The purpose of the appointments is to:

Improve the relationship between Latrobe City and its communities and to build constructive partnerships
Provide timely and relevant information to assist communities in their endeavours
Provide resource efficient support
Work with communities to identify and address issues

To attend township/community association meetings for which you are the nominated Liaison Officer, and to appoint (and brief) a substitute if you are unable to attend
To provide information on relevant Latrobe City programs, projects, planning and services
To provide timely and accurate feedback on Council/community matters
To record and communicate issues raised by the township/district association across the organisation to the relevant officers and to seek responses, written and verbal, to be placed on file
To coordinate responses to issues to ensure effective resource use ie for the organisation (responsible officer) to provide one letter of response covering a number of issues
To provide the township/community association and relevant Council officer with contact details
To identify staff who may be able to assist in responding to issues and suggest they be invited to the meeting
To maintain up-to-date contact details for the township/community association
To facilitate practical outcomes as sought by community and agreed by Council

For detail of the Liaison Officer for each group please contact any member of the Community Development Team.