GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT - 16 SEPTEMBER 2024 · Committee to Council report

ORDINARY MEETING                                                              19 SEPTEMBER 2024



6.2. REVISED STANDING ORDERS & OTHER RELATED POLICIES & PROCEDURES

That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the General Committee Meeting dated
16 September 2024 regarding the amendment of Noosa Council's Standing Orders and other
relevant policies and procedures and
A. Adopt the updated Standing Orders for Council Meetings Policy (provided at Attachment 1) and
repeal current Standing Orders Policy (adopted 19 November 2020) with the updated Standing
Orders, Section 18 – Notified
Motions amended to read:
"18.8 Councillors are encouraged to lodge Notices of Motion which:
a) relate to the objectives, roles and function of Council as outlined in the
annual Operational and Corporate Plan;
b) are clear in intention;
c) are not identical or substantially similar to a Notified Motion that has
been considered by the Council and lost in the preceding six months;
d) are not outside the powers of Council;
e) do not relate to an operational service request or a matter that can be
handled under delegation;
f) are not matters subject to a Council decision-making process which has
commenced but is not yet complete.";

B. Adopt the new Petition Procedure (provided at Attachment 2);

C. Adopt the new Deputation Procedure (provided at Attachment 3) subject to the amendment of
items 1, 3, and 6, and the deletion of item 5 as follows:
1. 15 minutes in total will be allocated at each Meeting for members of the community to present
deputations. A maximum of 5 minutes will be allocated per deputation with an extension of time
allowed upon request to
the meeting chair and by consent of the councillors with a maximum of 3 deputations per meeting
allowed.
3. The applicant must provide Council with the deputation topic and draft script sufficient background
material, whereby the CEO, on receiving an application for the deputation, shall notify the
Chairperson who, in
conjunction with the CEO, shall determine whether the deputation may be heard. The CEO shall
inform the applicant of the determination in writing.
5. Four deputations per calendar year by the same applicant /group will be allowed.
6. 5. Deputations on specific development applications or other statutory applications before Council
are not permitted.

D. Adopt the new Public Question Time Procedure (provided at Attachment 4) and thereby repeal
current Public Question Time Guideline (adopted on 17 October 2019); and

E. Adopt the Councillor Investigation Policy (Attachment 7) and repeal current Councillor
Investigation Policy (adopted on 19 November 2020).