Community feedback for Bayside Council’s updated Code of Meeting Practice (the Code) is now open until Thursday 21 August. 

Council’s Code is based on the legislated Model Code of Meeting Practice (Model Code) and must be reviewed within 12 months of an Ordinary Council election.

During the review, Council found areas for improvement and clarification and are proposing these changes to the Code:

• Limiting the number of Notices of Motion that Councillors may submit for consideration at any Council Meeting (i.e. clause 3.10)
• Limiting the number of Questions with Notice that Councillors may submit (i.e. clauses 3.14 to 3.16)
• Removing reference to Councillor Information Sessions (i.e. Clauses 3.33 to 3.38)
• Minor edits to the Public Forum (i.e. Clause 4.4)
• Inclusion of reference to Written Submissions (i.e. Clause 4.25)
• Minor edits to the ‘Exclusions’ (i.e. Clauses 4.26 to 4.28)
• Minor edits to the ‘Order of Business’ (i.e. Clause 8.2)
• Minor edits to the ‘Notice of Committee Meetings’ (i.e. Clause 20.7)
• Inclusion of reference to Petitions (i.e. Clause 23.1 & 23.2).

Click here to view the Code with the proposed changes in red.

More information

Code of Meeting Practice - Public Exhibition | Have Your Say Bayside