About Council Meetings

Council Meetings

Council changed its meeting structure in February 2006. The full Council now meets on the first Tuesday night each month, and the Traffic Committee meets every two months.

The Council meeting is dedicated to a broad range of matters such as policy, finance, business, marketing, recreation, environment, community and cultural development.

Council and Traffic Committee meetings are held in the Council Chambers. Council Meeting begins at 7pm and open question time commences at 6.45pm. The Traffic Committee meets at 10am.

For Council, Traffic Committee and Advisory Group meeting dates, please refer to 2011 Calendar of Meetings for Mosman Council (PDF 16KB)

If residents wish to address the Council on items, they need to register by either contacting the Team Leader Administration or registering with a Council officer prior to the commencement of the Council meeting.

Open Question Time for Mosman residents and ratepayers

Council meetings are scheduled to commence at 7.00pm. However, Open Question Time is held for a maximum of 10 minutes if required, from 6.45pm prior to the commencement of the meeting. Questions from Mosman residents and ratepayers only may be directed to the Mayor on any relevant matter unless it is on the Agenda for the meeting. Questions must be in writing and must not contain any preamble or comment. Residents or ratepayers wishing to ask a question will be invited to the lectern by the Mayor to read out the question. The resident or ratepayer will then read out the question to the Mayor then lodge the written question with the General Manager.

Open Question Time is an opportunity for questions only, not speeches or discussion, and every endeavour to answer will be given immediately by the Mayor or referred to the General Manager. Any derogatory comments and/or personal attacks on Councillors or staff will result in the offender being instructed to leave the Chamber immediately and any such questions will be disregarded. Further, Open Question Time is not an opportunity for debate amongst the elected members. Questions asked and responses given will not be recorded in the Minutes as Open Question Time is not part of the meeting agenda.

Governance

Agendas

Agendas for the Council meeting of the month are available on the Wednesday prior to the meeting.

Council Meeting Agendas on the website do not include attachments.

Attachments are available with the hard copy versions of the Agendas, which are available at Mosman Library’s Reference Desk and at the Customer Support Counter.

Minutes

Full Minutes – which include reports, recommendations and voting details – are available in hard copy at Mosman Library’s Reference Desk and at the Customer Support Counter.

Draft Minutes of Full Council meetings are usually available three working days after the Meeting. Draft Minutes are not confirmed until the following Council meeting.

Enquiries

Enquiries regarding reports should be directed to the Team Leader Administration or to the author of the report.

Enquiries regarding technical problems with accessing documents should be directed to the Information Technology section of Council or the Internet Coordinator.