this meeting The first page of tonight’s agenda shows the different parts to the meeting, some of these are administrative and are required by Stonnington’s Local Law. In the agenda you will also find a list of all the items to be discussed under ‘General Business’. Each report is written by a council officer and outlines the purpose of the report, relevant information and a recommended decision for councillors. Council will consider the report and either accept, reject or make amendments to the recommendation. Council decisions are adopted if they receive a majority vote from the Councillors present at this meeting. Arrangements to ensure meetings are accessible to the public Council meetings are held at the Malvern Town Hall, corner High Street and Glenferrie Road (entry via Glenferrie Road by the door closest to the Malvern Police Station). The Malvern Town Hall has an entrance ramp and elevators to ensure that the Council Chamber is accessible to the public. Fully accessible toilet and bathroom facilities are also available. If you require translation, interpreting services or a hearing loop set up, please contact Council’s civic support on 03 8290 1331 to make appropriate arrangements before the meeting. To ensure that people in the chamber can follow the meetings’ proceedings, proposed alternate resolutions, also known as ‘yellows’, are displayed on a screen and microphones are used during debate. Live webcasting Council meetings are webcast live via Council’s website, allowing those interested to view proceedings without attending Council meetings. This gives people who may otherwise be unable to attend access to Council decisions and debate. A recording of the meeting is available on our website after the meeting (usually within 48 hours). Only councillors and Council officers seated around the Council table are visible on film. People in the public gallery will not be filmed, but if you speak, you will be recorded. Visit stonnington.vic.gov.au for more information. Members of the gallery
Executive Officer by 12 noon on the day of the next scheduled ordinary meeting. A limit of five (5) questions per questioner applies. Questions must include the name and address of the questioner and the date of the question. Questions by facsimile or email are acceptable. Within four (4) working days of receipt of a complying question to Council from a member of the public, the Chief Executive Officer will dispatch a notice to the member of the public who submitted the question, advising that the question has been received. At a meeting at which a question is to be considered: The Chairperson will acknowledge that a question or questions have been received from a (named) person and ask if that questioner is in the gallery. If the questioner is present in the gallery, a summary of the subject matter of the question(s) will be read out by the Chairperson and the questioner advised that a written to the question(s) will be issued within fourteen days of that meeting date. If the questioner is not in the gallery, Council will respond to the question(s) in accordance with any standard correspondence to Council. The Chairperson has the discretion to allow a question to be asked and/or answered at the meeting which is in variance with the procedure in this Local Law. The Chairperson may refuse to acknowledge a question if, in the opinion of the Chairperson, the question is, or is potentially, defamatory, indecent, offensive, abusive, objectionable in language or substance, irrelevant, trivial, aimed at embarrassing a Councillor or a member of Council staff, outside Council’s powers or functions, which has been asked at a previous Council meeting and a reply issued, or relates to matters that come under Section 89(2) of the Act. Any question relating to electoral matter during an Election Period will not be considered at any Council Meeting. 421. Open meetings Subject to Clause 421(2), Council meetings must be open to members of the public pursuant to Section 89(1) of the Act. Council may resolve, under Section 89(2) of the Act, that a meeting be closed to members of the public if confidential business is to be discussed. Your cooperation is appreciated, we hope you enjoy the meeting. Mayor and Councillors, Stonnington City Council