Proposed Changes to Council Meeting Schedule and Practice

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Submissions closed 14 March 2022.

On 24 January 2022, Council resolved to place the following proposed changes to the Council Meeting Schedule and Practice on public exhibition for 42 days. The proposal includes:

  • an increase in frequency of Council meetings - from one to two meetings per month
  • no Committees of Council - the existing Legal & Planning Committee and Governance & Finance Committee will be abolished with these matters being integrated into Council meetings
  • business papers to be reported to Council will be available on Council's website two weekends prior to a Council meeting
  • where appropriate, Councillor Briefings will be conducted in the week prior to the Council and webcast open to the public

The exhibition period ran from 1 February to 14 March 2022.

Further background is available in the Council report, available in the Document Library. The resolution was:

That Council resolve to place on public exhibition for 42 days the following proposed Council Meeting schedule and practice for 2022:
1.That Council meetings be held twice a month except in January where one meeting will be held.
2. That the Business Papers are made available to the governing body and placed on the Council’s website in such a way as to ensure the Business Paper is available two weekends prior to the Council Meeting.
3. That the Legal and Planning Committee and the Governance and Finance Committee be abolished and the matters previously reported to those Committee Meetings be integrated into Council Meetings.
4. That in the week prior to a Council meeting where appropriate Councillor Briefings in relation to the items on the Business Paper can be held.
5. That Councillor briefings be webcast and open to the public subject to s10A guidelines and the requirements of the other Acts.

The results of this process are to be presented to Councillors at a briefing in the first instance with the outcomes to be considered concurrently with consideration of the outcomes of the public exhibition period for the Draft Code of Meeting Practice.

For further information contact Council’s Executive Governance Manager, Shane Sullivan on 9936 8100.

Submissions closed 14 March 2022.

On 24 January 2022, Council resolved to place the following proposed changes to the Council Meeting Schedule and Practice on public exhibition for 42 days. The proposal includes:

  • an increase in frequency of Council meetings - from one to two meetings per month
  • no Committees of Council - the existing Legal & Planning Committee and Governance & Finance Committee will be abolished with these matters being integrated into Council meetings
  • business papers to be reported to Council will be available on Council's website two weekends prior to a Council meeting
  • where appropriate, Councillor Briefings will be conducted in the week prior to the Council and webcast open to the public

The exhibition period ran from 1 February to 14 March 2022.

Further background is available in the Council report, available in the Document Library. The resolution was:

That Council resolve to place on public exhibition for 42 days the following proposed Council Meeting schedule and practice for 2022:
1.That Council meetings be held twice a month except in January where one meeting will be held.
2. That the Business Papers are made available to the governing body and placed on the Council’s website in such a way as to ensure the Business Paper is available two weekends prior to the Council Meeting.
3. That the Legal and Planning Committee and the Governance and Finance Committee be abolished and the matters previously reported to those Committee Meetings be integrated into Council Meetings.
4. That in the week prior to a Council meeting where appropriate Councillor Briefings in relation to the items on the Business Paper can be held.
5. That Councillor briefings be webcast and open to the public subject to s10A guidelines and the requirements of the other Acts.

The results of this process are to be presented to Councillors at a briefing in the first instance with the outcomes to be considered concurrently with consideration of the outcomes of the public exhibition period for the Draft Code of Meeting Practice.

For further information contact Council’s Executive Governance Manager, Shane Sullivan on 9936 8100.

  • Submission Form - Change to Council meeting schedule and practice

    Note: In the interests of transparency, any submission you make is open to public scrutiny under North Sydney Council's Access to Information Policy. Council generally makes the submission, and the name and address of the person/organisation making the submission, publicly available on our website (or associated sites) unless the submitter requests otherwise. 





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