2015-03-31 P&O Committee - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Council Standing Orders

                                           Standing Orders for meetings of Noosa Shire Council 2014



    (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;


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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