Bayside Council has reviewed its Code of Meeting Practice (the Code) to identify areas for improvement and clarification, and we want to know what you think.

Background

Councils must have the Code based on the legislated Model Code of Meeting Practice (Model Code) and review the code within 12 months of the Ordinary Council election.

The Code incorporates all of the mandatory provisions, most of the non-mandatory (with or without modification) of the Model Code, and some additional provisions/changes consistent with the Model Code.

Proposed Changes

We are proposing to make changes to the following sections of 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.