Council Meetings

Council meetings are open to members of the public and are held on the third Tuesday of each month commencing at 3.00pm in the Council Chambers. Correspondence on matters to be dealt with by Council should be addressed to the General Manager, PO Box 147, Currie, King Island 7256 and be received by 4.00pm on Monday of the week preceding the meeting.

The following is a list of dates for upcoming meetings:

• Tuesday 20 January 2009
• Tuesday 17 February 2009
• Tuesday 17 March 2009
• Tuesday 21 April 2009
• Tuesday 19 May 2009
• Tuesday 16 June 2009
• Tuesday 21 July 2009
• Tuesday 18 August 2009
• Tuesday 15 September 2009
• Tuesday 26 October 2009
• Tuesday 17 November 2009
• Tuesday 15 December 2009

Public Question Time

The general public has access to Council meetings, by way of attendance to deliver oral submissions on matters of concern. The following rules and procedural timetable apply to matters to be raised in the Public Question Time segment:-

• Members of the public may ask questions of the Council at every ordinary meeting of Council.
• Questions from the public that do not relate to an item of business on the Council agenda for the current meeting are not to be permitted.
• Question time will be for a maximum of 20 minutes.
• A member of the public gallery will not be permitted to ask more than 2 questions of councillors and officers.
• Members of the public wishing to ask a question are to stand, state their name, state the agenda item to which their question relates, direct their question to the chairman and if called upon by the chairman submit a written copy of their questions to the chairman.
• If the question is not able to be dealt with at the meeting at which it is asked a written reply will be sent within 14 days to the person who asked the question.
• There is to be no debate on the question or the answer to it.
• A member of the public wishing to ask a question is entitled to request the assistance of a council officer in drafting the question.