Council Meetings

• 25 February 2025
• 11 March 2025 (Special Council Meeting for Hearing of Submissions)
• 25 March 2025 (Stribling Reserve - 45 Otway Street, Lorne)
• 1 April 2025 (Special Council Meeting for Hearing of Submissions)
• 29 April 2025
• 27 May 2025
• 24 June 2025
• 22 July 2025
  
• 26 August 2025 (Eastern Reserve Community Centre - 70 Hopkins Street, Winchelsea)
• 23 September 2025
• 28 October 2025
• 25 November 2025
• 9 December 2025

Council meeting agendas are normally available by the close of business on the Thursday before the meeting.

If there is a delay with distribution of the agenda, this will be communicated on the Agendas and Minutes page linked below.

Public questions with notice

If you want to ask a question to Council at a meeting, it must be received by 3pm on the day before the meeting.

All questions will be managed in accordance with Council's Governance Rules(PDF, 597KB).  

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Please note:

• Questions relating to agenda items will be addressed first.
• Multiple questions relating to the same agenda item will be grouped and responded to together and repetitive questions will refer to previous answers.
• Questions that are unrelated to items on the meeting agenda will be answered at the discretion of the Chair and are subject to availability of time.
• If not answered at the meeting, a written answer will be provided within 5 days.

Public submissions

As an alternative to submitting a question with notice to Council, a submission not exceeding 200 words may be lodged on a matter listed on the agenda, by 10am on the day of the meeting

Please note:

• Prior opportunity to make a submission concerning the matter must not have been afforded to the person at a Council meeting, Delegated Committee meeting or other meeting held under the auspices of Council.
• Any submission received in accordance with Governance Rule 22.5 shall be made available to Councillors prior to the meeting in electronic format. These submissions will not be incorporated into the meeting minutes.

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As outlined in the information below, which can be found in the Know Your Council's Guidance for Councils website, councillor briefings and workshops are an important part of Council's decision making process.

Council Briefings and Workshops

It’s important that councillors find out about the detail of relevant issues before making decisions at council meetings.

Some councils hold briefings or workshops to help brief councillors on day to day issues affecting the council. These are generally internal sessions with council staff, but, sometimes outside advisors are present.

Briefing sessions enable councillors to discuss issues among themselves and with senior staff. These briefing sessions can help councillors understand a complex issue. They provide a way for councillors to request additional information to assist them in making decisions.

Councillors cannot make legally binding decisions in briefings or workshops. At any meeting involving at least half the councillors and at least one member of staff (referred to as ‘assemblies of councillors’), where matters are likely to lead to a formal council decision, a record must be kept of those items considered and councillors are subject to the conflict of interest rules.

Councillor briefing sessions should not be confused with public briefings. Public briefings are held by councils when they want to brief members of the community about council activities, or other significant matters that might be coming before the council in the near future.

To learn more, visit the Know Your Council website.