Council and committee meetings Council meetings Ordinary Council meetings are scheduled for the fourth Monday of each month (February – December) at Georges River Civic Centre, commencing at 7.00pm. Extraordinary Council meetings are called when required. Meeting dates are available on our website. Council meetings deal with reports prepared by staff on policy, finance, land use planning, the results of public exhibitions and consultation, legal matters, legislative requirements and other matters of interest to the community. The Mayor and councillors can also raise matters to be debated at Council meetings through mayoral minutes,
notices of motion and rescission motions. A decision is made when a majority of councillors vote in favour of a motion. All Council meeting proceedings are recorded and live streamed via our website. Council meetings business papers are made available to the public on our website on the Wednesday prior to a Council meeting. Meeting minutes are available on the website.
Committee meetings Committees may make recommendations to Council on all relevant business presented before them. Committee meetings are scheduled for the second Monday of each month, commencing at either 6.00pm or 7.00pm. The following Committees meet on the second Monday of the month (February – December) and each consist of up to seven Councillor voting members: • Environment and Planning Committee • Finance and Governance Committee • Community and Culture Committee • Assets and Infrastructure Committee
Committee
Councillor Members
Purpose
Assets and Infrastructure Committee
Crs Stephen Agius (Chair), Sam Elmir, Sandy Grekas Rita Kastanias, Lou Konjarski, Nancy Liu, Colleen Symington, Warren Tegg and Christina Wu
Capital works programs, infrastructure plus program, stormwater/ drainage, re-sheet program, capital infrastructure, Local Traffic Advisory Committee, Asset Management Plan, Depot master plan, procurement and tenders.
Community and Culture Committee
Crs Sandy Grekas (Chair), Rita Kastanias, Lou Konjarski, Kathryn Landsberry, Leesha Payor, Warren Tegg and Christine Wu
Community services and facilities, community grant programs, community-based policies, Councilmanaged early learning centres, library services, major events, customer service, procurement and tenders.
Environment and Planning Committee
Crs Vince Badalati, Con Hindi (Chair), Nick Katris, Kathryn Landsberry, Leesha Payor
Studies and strategies relating to a range of planning, environment, building and regulatory matters, development, planning and regulatory documents including policies, master plans, plans of management, local approval plans, development control plans (DCPs), planning proposals for an amendment to an environmental planning instrument, voluntary planning agreements, procurement and tenders, actions and outcomes of the Land and Environment Court.
Finance and Governance Committee
Crs Stephen Agius, Vince Badalati (Chair), Sam Elmir, Con Hindi, Nick Katris, Nancy Liu and Colleen Symington
Financial matters, corporate policies, procurement and tenders, risk management, integrated planning and reporting, rating matters, investments, internal and external audit, court action and legal matters, property matters, governance and operational matters. 79
