Council meetings

LIVE STREAM

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DRC Council meetings will be held online. You can watch the meetings LIVE here.

Ordinary Council Meetings

Council generally meets on the fourth Monday of each month, commencing 5.30pm (except January and public holidays). Extraordinary meetings are called when needed. Meetings are live streamed and can be viewed here.

Committee Meetings

Committees meet on the second Monday of each month (except January, December and public holidays). Meetings are live streamed and can be viewed here.

The Committee meetings start at 5.30pm in the following order:

1. Development and Environment Committee (where required)
2. Infrastructure and Liveability Committee
3. Culture Economy and Corporate Committee

SPEAKING AT MEETINGS

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and social distancing requirements, there will be no live/active participation in the meetings by members of the public. Members of the public are still able to address the Mayor and Councillors at Committee meetings or during Public Forum at Ordinary Council meetings, however, it will be via written submission provided prior to the meeting. The submission will then be read out at the meeting.

The following requirements should be noted:

• Submissions from anonymous sources will not be accepted.
• Each submission is limited to a maximum of five minutes.
• Public Forum (during an Ordinary Council meeting) is limited to a maximum of 30 minutes and shall be held following “Confirmation of Minutes” on the Council Agenda. The Mayor will generally give first preference to those submissions which relate to an item on the Agenda. Should the number of submissions exceed the 30 minute timeframe, a decision of Council may extend the timeframe for Public Forum by a maximum of 10 minutes. Submissions should be emailed to council@dubbo.nsw.gov.au no later than 12noon on the day of the subject meeting.
• Where a submission relates to an item on the Agenda for the subject meeting, the issues raised in the submission shall be dealt with when Council considers that item. If questions (a maximum of two) are raised in the submission, the Mayor may either provide a response or request the Chief Executive Officer to respond to the questions at the conclusion of the submission being read out. If questions require investigation, they can be taken on notice, with the Executive Manager Governance and Internal Control to obtain the necessary information for a response to the submitter and the Mayor and Councillors.
• Where a submission relates to an issue of general interest (that is, a matter not listed on the Agenda), it cannot be debated by Council except where, in accordance with the Local Government (General) Regulation 2005 and Council’s Code of Meeting Practice,:

  If a matter of general interest is raised, is not a “Matter of Urgency” as above, and the Mayor or a Councillor wishes the matter to be considered by Council, the Mayor or Councillor may, as per Council’s Code of Meeting Practice, lodge a Notice of Motion for consideration at a future meeting of Council.

• A motion is passed to have the business transacted at the meeting; and
• The business proposed to be brought forward is ruled by the Chairperson to be of great urgency.
• As part of Public Forum, the Mayor shall ensure the conduct of Public Forum is such that submissions:

          - Are confined to a statement of facts.

          - Not include insults, make personal reflections or impute improper motives to the Mayor, Councillors or members of staff.

          - Not include anything that is inconsistent with maintaining order at the meeting or is likely to bring Council into contempt.

Calendar and Business Papers

Agendas and Business papers are available on the Friday prior to the meeting via the links provided below.

Meeting Calendar 2019/2020 (PDF 488.2KB)

Archived business papers

Council business papers and minutes from May 2016 to October 2018 can be found in the meeting archive.

Browse the meeting archive.

More information

For further information or if you would like to request access to a business paper not provided for above, please contact Council's Executive Manager Governance and Internal Control on 02 6801 4000.               

Last Edited: 01 Jul 2020

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