Sometimes a member of the community might offer a staff member a gift or other benefit. This might be as a genuine thank you for a job well done, or, with ulterior motives in an attempt to influence their decision making.
While Council policy has always supported the following position, now the law also requires that any benefit must be refused if:
- It is given in an attempt to influence, or
- If receiving it would, in the mind of a reasonable person, be perceived that it would prevent the receiver's ability to act impartially.
Council's Code of Conduct for Council Employees assists our Employees to understand what, if any, gift and benefit is appropriate to receive and when it is appropriate to do so, while they act on behalf of the District Council of Elliston.
When it is appropriate for a gift or benefit to be received, that item will be entered into the Council Employees' Gifts and Benefits Register. In pursuit of the principle of open and transparent government, the Register will be publicly available.
Employees' Gifts and Benefits Register: 1 July 2023 - 30 June 2024
Updated 19 December 2023
Name of Employee | Date Given or Received | Name of Donor | Description of Gift or Benefit | Value $ | Reason for Offer and Acceptance |
| Council Staff | 18 December 2023 | Patterson Conveyancing | Gift Basket | $64.90 | Christmas gift to be shared with staff |
Employees' Gifts and Benefits Register: 1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023
Updated 19 December 2022
Name of Employee | Date Given or Received | Name of Donor | Description of Gift or Benefit | Value $ | Reason for Offer and Acceptance |
| Council Staff | 19 December 2022 | Patterson Conveyancing | Gift Basket | $50.00 | Christmas gift to be shared at Christmas Breakup |
Employees' Gifts and Benefits Register: 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022
Updated 10 March 2022
Name of Employee | Date Given or Received | Name of Donor | Description of Gift or Benefit | Value $ | Reason for Offer and Acceptance |
| Geoff Sheridan | 16/12/21 and Received on 8/3/22 (Sitting in Transport Depot) | T-Ports | Bottle of Jim Marry Shiraz | $54.00 | Christmas gift to be shared with staff at Christmas Breakup |
Employees' Gifts and Benefits Register: 1 July 2020 - 30 June 2021
Updated 3 June 2021
Name of Employee | Date Given or Received | Name of Donor | Description of Gift or Benefit | Value $ | Reason for Offer and Acceptance |
Employees' Gifts and Benefits Register: 1 July 2019 - 30 June 2020
Name of Employee | Date Given or Received | Name of Donor | Description of Gift or Benefit | Value $ | Reason for Offer and Acceptance |
| Tim Mills | 2 January 2020 | Martin's | 2 x boxes of honey | 100 | Goodwill - passed on to Council property |
Elliston Outdoor Staff | 12 December 2019 | SA Tractors | 5 x Jackets | $500 | Case promotion |
Sean Monaghan | 10 December 2019 | Greg Sezun | Cash reward | $50 | Donated to Elliston Kindy |
Employees' Gifts and Benefits Register: 1 July 2018 - 30 June 2019
Name of Employee | Date Given or Received | Name of Donor | Description of Gift or Benefit | Value $ | Reason for Offer and Acceptance |
Elliston Outdoor Staff | 19 July 2018 | Unknown | Carton of Beer | N/A | Helping out visitor to the area |
Council staff | 20 December 2018 | Murray Pest and Weed Control | Gift basket | $100 | Collaborators in projects - Christmas Present |
Phil Cameron | 1 March 2019 | CUB | Hospitality Tent, Port Lincoln Races | N/A | Networking |
Employees' Gifts and Benefits Register: 1 July 2017 - 30 June 2018
Name of Employee | Date Given or Received | Name of Donor | Description of Gift or Benefit | Value $ | Reason for Offer and Acceptance |
George Karzis | 17-20 June 2018 | Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development | Flights and accommodation | N/A | Travel to canberra to accept national award |
Philip Cameron | 17-20 June 2018 | Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development | Flights and accommodation | N/A | Travel to Canberra to accept national award |
Philip Cameron | 17/3/18 | RDAWEP | Storage of caravan in RDAWEP shed at the Cleve Field Day site | N/A | Available |
George Karzis | 30/4/18 | Brendan Murray, Norman Waterhouse Lawyers | Bottle of 2014 Villa Calcinaia Chianti | $25.00 | Rude not to |
Arthur Johnstone | 12/5/18 | Austral Bricks | Viewing area at MCG. Non serviced viewing box | Unknown | Meet up with friends at football game |