Council and Committee meetings are streamed live and we encourage you to follow the live stream on the Council and committee meetings webpage if you can't attend in person. A video recording will also be published on the website following each meeting.
The following options allow community members to participate in Future Melbourne Committee meetings:
In relation to public questions:
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Public questions can not relate to items on the agenda. Questions relating to items on the agenda should be lodged as submissions.
- Members of the public can submit their written public question via the online link on the relevant
meeting page by
no later than 10am on the day of the meeting. Public questions received in writing will be read out by the Chair of the meeting and either a response will be provided at the meeting, or the question will be taken on notice and a written response provided in due course OR
- Members of the public can register via the online link on the relevant meeting page by
no later than 10am on the day of the meeting, to join the meeting (in person or via Zoom) to ask their question live.
- Public questions should be no longer than 90 seconds in duration.
In relation to submissions:
- Members of the public can make written submissions to items on the agenda via the online link on the relevant meeting page no later than 10am on the day of the meeting. Written submissions will be considered by Committee members prior to the meeting.
- Members of the public can register to join the meeting (in person or via Zoom) to make a verbal submission to an item on the agenda via the link on the relevant
meeting page no later than 10am on the day of the meeting.
- Submissions should be no longer than three minutes in duration.
Members of the public who register to make a verbal submission and/or ask a question via Zoom will be contacted by a member of Council staff and provided with instructions to access the meeting.
For Council meetings, members of the public can make written submissions to items on the agenda via the online link on the relevant meeting page no later than 10am on the day of the meeting. Written submissions will be considered by Councillors prior to the meeting. There is no provision to make verbal submissions or ask public questions at Council meetings.
Being informed about meetings
Agendas, reports and minutes of the current Council and its committees are on our website and available at the Customer Service Centre in the Melbourne Town Hall - Administration Building, 120 Swanston Street, Melbourne.
Meeting documentation is published five days before a scheduled ordinary meeting, and we try to publish the unconfirmed minutes of the meeting as soon as possible after the meeting. For all open sessions of Council and Future Melbourne Committee meetings we also publish video recordings. The published minutes of the meetings will remain the official record of proceedings and decisions.
If you would like to be notified when documents are available or when there are any changes to the scheduled meetings, please email
com.meetings@melbourne.vic.gov.au. Otherwise, you can complete the
Notification of meetings and documentation form (PDF 25 KB) and post it to Council Business, City of Melbourne, GPO Box 1603, Melbourne VIC 3001.
Disclaimer
The open portion of Council and Future Melbourne Committee (FMC) meetings are streamed live, audio and video recorded and made available to the public after the meeting.
Livestreaming allows you to watch and listen to a Council or FMC meeting in real time, giving greater access to the decision-making and debate, and encouraging openness and transparency. Every care is taken to maintain privacy, and attendees are advised they may be audio recorded. There may be situations where, due to technical difficulties a livestream may not be available. While every effort will be made to ensure the livestreaming and website are ‘up and running smoothly’, Council takes no responsibility for, and cannot be held liable for the live-streaming if the website is temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond its control. Technical issues may include, but are not limited to the availability of the internet connection, device failure or malfunction, unavailability of social media platforms or power outages.
The minutes produced after each Council and FMC meeting form the official record of the decisions made by the City of Melbourne.
Council does not accept any responsibility or liability for any loss, damage, cost or expense that might be incurred howsoever arising, as a result of or in connection with the use or reliance on information or statements made in the live-streaming or published recordings of Council and FMC meetings.