Council Meetings

COVID-19 and Council’s General Meetings

Council’s General Meetings during the current COVID-19 Stay at Home Orders will proceed on the second Wednesday of each month commencing at 6.30pm.

Consistent with the messaging from the NSW Government, and in the interests of public health, the Meetings will be conducted on line.

Most Councillors and Senior Staff will be “attending” and participating in the Meetings via audio-visual links and members of the public will not be permitted to attend the Council Chambers.

Updated arrangements

Members of the public who wish to address Council about agenda or non-agenda items will be able to participate verbally in the Meeting via a ZOOM meeting link. Details about the process will be provided when you register to speak. Registrations to speak and copies of your address to Council are to be received by Council no later than 12 noon on the day of the Meeting.

Generally, a maximum of four addresses from the public are permitted on any agenda or non-agenda item – usually two addresses for and two against the recommendation, in respect of agenda items. Where more than four registrations to speak are received on an item, preference will be given to those registrations received by Council first. The General Manager will advise the meeting of any further addresses received.

A time limit of three minutes per address still applies so members of the public should ensure their addresses meet this criteria.

All written addresses will be distributed to Councillors and relevant Senior Staff prior to the Meeting to ensure that Councillors have all available information on hand to make appropriate and well-informed decisions.

The online meetings will continue to be live-streamed and viewable via the usual link: https://hornsby.webcastcloud.com/.

If there are any questions in respect of the above, contact should be made with Council’s Council Meeting and Governance Officer on 9847 6836 or by emailing tcampbell@hornsby.nsw.gov.au.