2019-08-06 S&O Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 2 - Draft New Standing Orders for Noosa Council

4.    Notice of Meeting
4.1   The Chief Executive Officer shall prepare or have prepared an agenda for each meeting.
      Agendas shall be made available to Councillors as early as practical to allow Councillors
      sufficient time to consider items on the agenda and are to be made publicly available on
      Council’s website at the time the agenda is provided to Councillors.


5.    Commencement of Business
5.1   The Council shall commence business at the time appointed for holding the meeting, or as
      soon thereafter (but before the expiration of 30 minutes) as a sufficient number of Councillors
      are present to constitute a quorum.
5.2   Business shall not be conducted at a meeting unless a quorum is present.


6.    Adjournment of Meetings
6.1   The Councillors present at a meeting may at any time adjourn the meeting by procedural
      resolution.
6.2   The Chairperson may adjourn the meeting without resolution in accordance with Section 42,
      or for other reasons as deemed appropriate by the Chairperson.
6.3   If at a meeting, a quorum is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for that
      meeting, the meeting may be adjourned to a later time of the same day or to any time not later
      than 14 days from the date of the adjournment by:
      a)    the Councillors present; or
      b)    the majority of the Councillors present; or
      c)    only one Councillor if that Councillor is the only Councillor present; or
      d)    the Chief Executive Officer if no Councillor is present.
6.4   If there is not a quorum of Councillors present at the meeting, then such circumstances,
      together with the names of the Councillors then present, shall be recorded in the minutes of
      the meeting.
6.5   If at any time following commencement of business a quorum is not present, the Chairperson
      shall:
      a)    suspend the proceedings of the meeting for a period of 5 minutes;
      b)    record in the minutes of the meeting the names of those who are present if a quorum is
            not present at the end of the period of 5 minutes; and
      c)    adjourn the meeting to a later time of the same day or to any time not later than 14 days
            from the date of such adjournment.




Standing Orders for Council Meetings                                                          Page 4