NRS-15833 | Minute books [Murrumburrah Municipal Council]

This series contains minutes of the general and special meetings of the Murrumburrah Municipal Council. The Minutes were created at least monthly and recorded chronologically. The general meetings record inward and outward correspondence received by the Council, motions put to the Council, report of committees and other relevant items of business. The minutes document the variety of activities for which the Council was responsible including financial management, enforcement of regulations, assessment and collection of rates, valuation of properties, building and maintenance of council property, community services and town planning. The earliest minutes were recorded in a notebook rather than a volume. The last page of the notebook appears to be an accounting record dating from c. 1890.Special Meetings were called to record a specific issue. Reports were generally also tabled at these Meetings relating to the subject.These minute books were initially created under s.102 and s.107 of the Municipalities Act 1867 (31 Vic. Act No.12), and subsequent legislation. These sections specified that the council meet once a month for a general meeting, and required that the minutes of the proceedings be taken and maintained by the council clerk.This series was in the custody of Mitchell Library from 1965 until December 2001 when it was transferred to State Records NSW under section 29 of the State Records Act, 1998.

本系列馆藏默伦布拉市政委员会（Murrumburrah Municipal Council）常规会议与特别会议的会议记录。该类记录至少按月编制，并按时间序列归档留存。
常规会议记录涵盖委员会收发的内外函件、提交至委员会的议事动议、各专门委员会工作报告及其他相关议事事项。此类记录完整记载了委员会履职范畴内的各类政务活动，包括财务管理、法规执行、市政税费的核定与征收、不动产估值、市政资产的营建与维护、社区服务以及城镇规划等。
现存最早的会议记录以单本笔记形式留存，而非合订本；该笔记的最后一页为约1890年的会计账目记录。
特别会议为针对特定议题临时召集，此类会议通常亦会提交与该议题相关的专项报告供审议。
首批会议记录簿最初系依据《1867年市政法案》（第31维多利亚年法令第12号，31 Vic. Act No.12）第102条与第107条，以及后续相关立法要求编制。
上述条款规定委员会需每月召开一次常规会议，并明确要求由委员会书记员负责会议全程记录及档案留存工作。
本馆藏系列自1965年起由米切尔图书馆（Mitchell Library）保管，直至2001年12月，依据《1998年州档案法案》第29条，移交至新南威尔士州档案厅（State Records NSW）接管。