Code of Meeting Practice
This Code of Meeting Practice has the following objectives:
- to provide guidelines for the procedure for the conduct of Council and Committee Meetings
- to ensure that all meetings of Council and its Committees are conducted in an orderly, consistent and efficient manner
- to ensure that all meetings of Council and its Committees are conducted according to the principles of procedural fairness and due process
- to ensure that all Councillors have an equal opportunity to participate in the meeting to the fullest extent possible, with respect being accorded to the expression of differing views
- to ensure that all Councillors fully understand their rights and obligations as participants in meetings of Council; and
- to ensure that proceedings are transparent and understandable to all persons participating in and observing meetings of Council and its Committees.
The Hills Shire Council Code of Meeting Practice(PDF, 382KB)