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.

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.

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 28KB).

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 for 2009 are listed below:

Month (2009)	Ordinary Council	Technical Services Committee	Community Services Committee	Development Services Committee	City Strategy Committee
Jan	27/01/09	19/01/09	20/01/09	19/01/09	20/01/09
Feb	09/02/09 23/02/09	02/02/09	03/02/09	16/02/09	17/02/09
Mar	09/03/09 23/03/09	04/03/09	03/03/09	16/03/09	17/03/09
Apr	14/04/09 28/04/09	06/04/09	07/04/09	20/04/09	21/04/09
May	11/05/09 25/05/09	04/05/09	05/05/09	18/05/09	19/05/09
Jun	08/06/09 22/06/09	03/06/09	02/06/09	15/06/09	16/06/09
Jul	13/07/09 27/07/09	06/07/09	07/07/09	20/07/09	21/07/09
Aug	10/08/09 24/08/09	03/08/09	04/08/09	17/08/09	18/08/09
Sep	14/09/09 29/09/09	07/09/09	08/09/09	21/09/09	22/09/09
Oct	12/10/09 19/10/09	05/10/09	06/10/09	05/10/09	06/10/09
Nov	09/11/09 23/11/09	02/11/09	03/11/09	16/11/09	17/11/09
Dec	14/12/09	07/12/09	08/12/09	07/12/09	08/12/09

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.

Download a copy of the Council and Committee Meeting Schedule (PDF 21KB).

Any variation to this 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 31KB)

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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