Council Meeting Speaker Request Form

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Council Meeting Speaker Request Form

Request to Address a Council Meeting Form to be submitted to Council by 12 pm, two (2) full business days prior to the Council meeting.

Members of the public are invited to attend Council meetings and may seek permission to speak on matters that are only included in the agenda of the meeting.

Each speaker must provide their name and can speak for 3 minutes. Council will allow a maximum of five (5) Public Forums at each Council Meeting.

Council will accept only one ‘for’ and one ‘against’ on any item of business. If several speakers are registered to speak on the same topic, speakers may be approached by Council to consider a combined submission.

Public Forum submissions that have been raised previously within the last 12 months will not be accepted unless there is new information to present.

In accordance with Part 4 of Council’s Code of Meeting Practice, the public forum portion of the Council meeting will be broadcast via livestream on Council’s webpage and included in the subsequent audio-visual recording of this matter. In addressing a Council meeting, speakers provide their consent for their representation at the meeting to be broadcast. Speaker names will also be recorded in the Council Meeting minutes.

Speakers are required to comply with Council’s Code of Meeting Practice made under Local Government Act 1993 and in accordance with the Local Government (General) Regulation 2021.

Council Meeting Date

Item Number on Agenda *

Item Name (as per agenda) *

Are you speaking for or against the recommendation? *

For
Against

Have you addressed Council previously in relation to this matter? *

Speaker’s Name *

Organisation/Entity Name *

Address: (including street number, street name, suburb and postcode) *

Phone (M): *

Email *

Do you have a presentation or document that would like to be shared during your address? *

Upload documents (must be provided at the time of your submission)

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If I am permitted to speak at a Council meeting, I acknowledge that Public Forums are broadcast by live stream on council’s webpage and included in the subsequent audio-visual recording of this meeting. Speaker name/s will be recorded in the minutes of that meeting. I agree I must comply with Council’s Code of Meeting Practice.

I confirm that I have read and understood this and agree to its terms.