This is a special Council Meeting scheduled to hear submissions from people who wish to provide feedback in relation to the draft Annual Budget 2022/2023.

Council meetings are decision-making forums and only Councillors have a formal role. However, Council is committed to ensuring that any person whose rights will be directly affected by a decision of Council is entitled to communicate their views and have their interests considered before the decision is made. You can participate in the meeting either during Public Question Time or by making a submission in relation to an item to be considered at the meeting.

Watching the meeting

You are welcome to attend the meeting, or you can watch the webcast online using the link below.

Click here to watch the meeting webcast

Making a submission

If you wish to make a verbal submission you should first review the draft budget at draft Annual Budget 2022/2023.

Pre-registration has now closed, but you can still come along and make your submission. we will ask you to wait until all the people who have registered have had an opportunity to speak. At the meeting, when you are invited by the Mayor to make your submission, please come forward to the microphone, state your name clearly for the record and:

• Speak for a maximum of five minutes;
• direct your submission to the Mayor;
• confine your submission to the draft Budget;
• avoid repetition and restating previous submitters;
• refrain from asking questions or seeking comments from the Councillors or other submitters;
• if speaking on behalf of a group, explain the nature of the group and how you are able to speak on their behalf.

Following your submission, Councillors will have an opportunity to ask you questions. You can decide whether or not you wish to take these questions.

Meeting agenda

The agenda for this meeting is available below.

• Agenda for the Council Meeting on Monday 30 May 2022 (400.25KB / PDF )