2018-12-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   11 DECEMBER 2018




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    11 DECEMBER 2018

                                               Standing Orders for meetings of Noosa Shire Council

       (2) A written request for a special meeting of the local government must -
            (a) be signed by the Mayor or three or more Councillors; and
            (b) specify the purpose of the special meeting; and
            (C) propose a day and time for the holding of the special meeting.
       (3) The Chief Executive Officer calls a special meeting by giving written notice of the date
           and the time of the meeting, and the business to be conducted at the meeting, to each
           Councillor. 2
       (4) The Chief Executive Officer may call for a special meeting to discuss any matter the
           Chief Executive Officer considers should be brought before Council.

   Agenda for meetings

   6   Agenda for Ordinary Meetings
       (1) The Chief Executive Officer must ensure that each statutory notice of meeting
            includes an agenda listing the items to be discussed at the meeting.
       (2) The agenda must include -
            (a) items required under the Standing Orders to be included on the agenda;
            (b) items that are by resolution of the local government to be included on the agenda;
               and
            (c) items whose inclusion on the agenda is requested by a Councillor in accordance
               with Section 16 Notified Motion.
       (3) A Councillor who wants an item of business included on the agenda for a particular
            meeting must give written notice of the nature of the business to the Chief Executive
            Officer at least seven days before the date of the meeting.
       (4) The Chief Executive Officer may include in the agenda any matter the Chief Executive
            Officer considers should be brought before the meeting.
       (5) The order of business may be altered for a particular meeting where the members, at
            that meeting, pass a motion to that effect in accordance with Section 24 (g) of these
            Standing Orders.
       (6) Unless otherwise altered, the general order of business shall be as follows:
           (a) Declaration of Opening
           (b) Attendance and Apologies
           (c) Confirmation of minutes of previous meeting;
           (d) Mayoral minutes;
           (e) Petitions;
           (f)  Notified motions;
           (g) Reports from committees;
           (h) Officers’ Reports;

   2 Written notice of each meeting or adjourned meeting of a local government must be given to each
   councillor at least 2 days before the day of the meeting unless it is impracticable to give the notice (See
   section 258 (1) of the Local Government Regulation 2012). A special meeting is a meeting at which the
   only business that may be conducted is the business stated in the notice of meeting (See section 258
   (3) of the Local Government Regulation 2012).
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