The four new Council Committees recently approved by will meet regularly in the Botany Town Hall from Wednesday 9 March.
“These new committees will provide more transparency. They also give Councillors and the community more opportunity to provide feedback on Council programs, policies and issues,” Mayor Dr Christine Curry said.
This new committees are:
- City Services
- City Planning & Environment
- City Works & Assets
- Corporate Performance
“The new structure allows for greater transparency, public awareness and more options for everyone to provide feed-back,” Bayside Mayor Dr Christina Curry said.
“We want to improve the decision-making process by providing considered advice across all the functional areas of Council.”
“The new committee structure means any item or project that Councillors would normally be briefed on by staff will now be done in a public forum.
Regular Council meetings will move to the fourth Wednesday of the month and be held in Rockdale.
The four new committees will meet in the Botany Town Hall on the first and second Wednesday of the month starting from Wednesday 9 March 2022.
- City Services, and City Performance – first Wednesday of the month and
- City Works & Assets and City Planning & Environment – second Wednesday of the month
All these meetings will be open to the media and the public, and just like a normal council meeting, agendas and minutes will be published on Council’s website.
Meetings will also be streamed live on our YouTube channel so you can see what is happening.
You can also register to speak on any item on the agenda.
Details of the new structure will be published on Council’s website.
