Council Meetings

Armadale City Council has four standing (permanent) committees reporting directly to it. Each of the committees is given responsibility over certain aspects of the City's operations, as outlined below.

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City Strategy Committee

The City Strategy Committee considers corporate matters, reviews the City's strategic and financial position and matters that cross the boundaries of other committees.

Development Services Committee

The Development Services Committee considers development proposals, subdivisions, land-use matters, swimming pools, building applications, building safety, immunisation, food handling and disease control.

Technical Services Committee

The Technical Services Committee is responsible for roads, footpaths, parks, reserves, the construction and maintenance of Council buildings and the collection and disposal of waste, including recycling.

Community Services Committee

The Community Services Committee deals with all recreation, aquatic, library and cultural matters. The Committee also deals with community development issues, finance, rates and ranger services.

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Each committee comprises seven Councillors. One Councillor is elected as the chairperson for a two-year term. Click here to see the Standing Committees of Council (PDF 103 KB).

To ensure that all issues are thoroughly examined, each issue is discussed by one of the four committees before being considered by a full meeting of Council.

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Attending a Council or Committee Meeting

Council and Committee Meetings are held on a monthly basis. Meeting dates and times are listed below:

2011

Month (2011)	Ordinary Council Meeting	Technical Services Committee	Community Services Committee	Development Services Committee	City Strategy Committee
Nov	14/11/2011 28/11/2011	07/11/2011	08/11/2011	08/11/2011	22/11/2011
Dec	19/12/2011	05/12/2011	06/12/2011	12/12/2011	13/12/2011

2012

Month (2012)	Ordinary Council Meeting	Technical Services Committee	Community Services Committee	Development Services Committee	City Strategy Committee
Jan	23/01/2012	16/01/2012	17/01/2012	16/01/2012	17/01/2012
Feb	13/02/2012 27/02/2012	06/02/2012	07/02/2012	20/02/2012	21/02/2012
Mar	12/03/2012 26/03/2012	07/03/2012	06/03/2012	19/03/2012	20/03/2012
Apr	10/04/2012 23/04/2012	02/04/2012	03/04/2012	16/04/2012	17/04/2012
May	14/05/2012 28/05/2012	07/05/2012	08/05/2012	21/05/2012	22/05/2012
Jun	11/06/2012 25/06/2012	06/06/2012	05/06/2012	18/06/2012	19/06/2012
Jul	09/07/2012 23/07/2012	02/07/2012	03/07/2012	16/07/2012	17/07/2012
Aug	13/08/2012 27/08/2012	06/08/2012	07/08/2012	20/08/2012	21/08/2012
Sep	10/09/2012 24/09/2012	03/09/2012	04/09/2012	17/09/2012	18/09/2012
Oct	08/10/2012 22/10/2012	03/10/2012	02/10/2012	15/10/2012	16/10/2012
Nov	12/11/2012 26/11/2012	05/11/2012	06/11/2012	19/11/2012	20/11/2012
Dec	17/12/2012	03/12/2012	04/12/2012	10/12/2012	11/12/2012

Meetings are held on the first floor of the City's Administration Centre, 7 Orchard Avenue, Armadale. The City's car park can be accessed via Jull Street.

All Ordinary Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers at 7.00pm.

All Committee meetings are held in the Committee Room at 7.00pm.

All meetings, unless otherwise specifically resolved, are open to the public.

Any variation to the schedule will be advised by local public notice.

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Asking a question

The public may ask questions at the beginning of each meeting. Fifteen minutes is usually allowed for questions. All questions:

• should be addressed to the chairperson
• should be relevant to the businesses of local government
• must be put clearly

Question time is not to be used as a forum for public statements or to make submissions to Council.

• Public question time procedures (PDF 30.9 KB)

If a resident has a detailed question they may submit it a day or so before the meeting so that if possible, an answer may be prepared.

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Declarations of interest

Councillors are required by the Local Government Act to declare the nature of any financial or non-financial interest they have in relation to any item being discussed by Council or a committee. After declaring a financial interest, the Councillor in question is required to leave the meeting during the discussion of that item.

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Confidential items

Any decisions made in a closed meeting are always made public.

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