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Addressing Council in the Council Meeting Public Forum

Residents are able to address Council in the Public Forum of the Ordinary Council Meeting on any Council-related matter not listed on the agenda.

A maximum of eight speakers can address any one Council Meeting Public Forum and each speaker will be given a maximum of five minutes to address Council. Council may wish to ask questions following an address, but a speaker cannot ask questions of Council.

Once an address in the Public Forum has been completed, the speaker is free to leave the chambers quietly.

If you wish to address Council in the Public Forum, you must apply to address that meeting no later than 4.30pm on the day prior to the meeting by either:

  • Completing the Online Request to Speak in Public Forum at Ordinary Council Meeting Form provided below.
  • Downloading the Request to Speak in Public Forum at Ordinary Council Meeting Form, PDF link provided below, then forwarding the completed form to Council via:
    • Email to council@pmhc.ns.wgov.au
    • Fax to (02) 6581 8123
    • In person to Council's Customer Service Centres at either Port Macquarie, Wauchope or Laurieton

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Download Request_to_speak_PUBLIC_FORUM2.pdf Request to speak in a Public Forum (25KB)

Complete the Online Form below

Governance: Request to Address Council in the Council Meeting Public Forum 2013
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YOU MUST PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DETAILS TO ADDRESS COUNCIL

Please complete this online form by 4.30pm the day prior to the meeting. You may also send your request by fax to 6581 8123 or phone 6581 8111 (A PDF version of this form is provided directly above)









PLEASE NOTE
* All speakers must sign the Application to Address form prior to addressing Council.
* Addresses in the Public Forum will commence at 5.30 pm
* Please provide two copies of any documents that you would like to be distributed to Council to the Minute Clerk prior to the Meeting.
* Audiovisual presentations must be received prior to 12 noon on meeting day and formatted in font Arial 40pt bold.
* Each speaker will be allowed a maximum of five minutes.
* When your name is called, please proceed to the Council Table and address Council.
* At the conclusion of your address and after any questions are received/answered, you will be asked to return to your seat.
* Members of the public may quietly enter and leave the Meeting at any time.
* Speakers must respect Council’s Code of Meeting Practice and behave accordingly.
* Speakers will be allowed to address this Public Forum on the same issue on no more than three (3) occasions in each calendar year. (Representatives of incorporated community groups may be exempted from this provision).
IMPORTANT:
* If you wish to keep a record of this online submission, please print this page prior to pressing 'submit'.
* Once you click the submit button, please wait until a Thank you page appears. This is confirmation that your request has been submitted.
* You are required to complete all complusory fields, these have been marked with a '*'.
If you do not complete all compulsory fields the form will not submit electronically and your Request to Address Council will not be successful.
* You will receive a 'thank you' screen once your form has been electronically submitted correctly.
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