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Public Forum explained
The Public Forum is available at the 2nd Council meeting of the month only
Statement of Respect
Pittwater Council promotes and strives to achieve a climate of respect for others and civic pride, valuing and protecting our unique environment, both natural and built, for current and future generations.
Objective
The purpose of the Public Forum is to gain information or suggestions from the community on new and positive initiatives that Council can consider in order to better serve the Pittwater community.
- The Public Forum is not a decision making forum for the Council;
- Residents should not use the Public Forum to raise routine matters or complaints. Such matters should be forwarded in writing to Council's Customer Service Centres at Mona Vale or Avalon where they will be responded to by appropriate Council officers;
- There will be no debate or questions with, or by, councillors during / following a resident submission;
- Council's general Meeting procedures apply to Public Forums, in particular, no insults or inferences of improper behaviour in relation to any other person/s is permitted;
- No defamatory or slanderous comments will be permitted. Should a resident make such a comment, their submission will be immediately terminated by the Chair of the Meeting;
- Up to 20 minutes is allocated to the Public Forum;
- A maximum of 1 submission per person per Meeting is permitted, with a maximum of 4 submissions in total per Meeting;
- A maximum of 5 minutes is allocated to each submission;
- Public Submissions will not be permitted in relation to the following matters;
- Matters involving current dealings with Council (eg development applications, contractural matters, tenders, legal matters, Council matters under investigation, etc)
- Items on the current Council Meeting agenda; - The subject matter of a submission is not to be repeated by a subsequent submission on the same topic by the same person within a 3 month period;
- Participants are not permitted to use Council's audio visual or computer equipment as part of their submission. However, photographs, documents, etc may be circulated to Councillors as part of the submission;
- Any requests to participate in the Public Forum shall be lodged with Council staff by 12 noon on the day of the Council Meeting. To register a request for a submission, please contact Council's Principal Administration Officer on 02 9970 1112.