Have your say on the proposed changes

We're seeking community feedback on the proposed updates to the Governance Rules, including the Election Period Policy.

You can provide feedback by completing our survey by 5.00pm on 1 July 2024.

What are the changes?

• Read the Draft Governance Rules and Election Period Policy with the changes marked up.
• Read the Draft Governance Rules and Election Period Policy without the changes marked up.

A summary of the key changes:

• Replace the ‘Opening prayer, Acknowledgement of Country and Statement of Diverse Backgrounds and Cultures’ with ‘Welcome’ under ‘Order of Business’.
• Change the number of Councillors required to move a Notice of Motion from one (1) Councillor to two (2) Councillors.
  
• Empower the Chair to disallow a question during Public Question Time, if the question differs to the written question submitted before the Council meeting.
  
• Increase the number of signatories of a petition from one signatory to five written, or 10 online signatories.
• Include a formal commitment to providing a written response to the lead petitioner for any petition tabled at a Council meeting. Include a recommendation that this written response be presented at the next Council meeting.