Council meetings

Governance Rules – Meeting Procedure for Council Meetings

Melton City Council adopted its Governance Rules on 25 March 2024.  Chapter 2 of the Governance Rules is the Meeting Procedure for Council Meetings. 

The purpose of Chapter 2 is to:

  • provide for the election of the Mayor and any Deputy Mayor;
  • provide for the appointment of any Acting Mayor; and
  • provide for the procedures governing the conduct of Council meetings.

The Meeting Procedure Chapter replaces the Meeting Procedure Local Law 2013.  

Download the Governance Rules(PDF, 1MB)

2024 Meetings of Council

Scheduled Meetings of Council are to be held in 2024 as set out below with all meetings commencing at 7pm. 

All Council meetings to be conducted in person, subject to Government restrictions.  In the event of such restrictions applying, any affected meeting will be conducted electronically. 

Date Location
Monday 26 February 2024 Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre
Monday 25 March 2024 Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre
Monday 22 April 2024 Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre
Monday 27 May 2024 Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre
Monday 24 June 2024 Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre
Monday 22 July 2024 Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre
Monday 26 August 2024 Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre
Monday 16 September 2024 Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre
Monday 21 October 2024 Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre

Thursday 21 November 2024
(Meeting for the election of          
the Mayor and Deputy Mayor
and 
setting of the 2025
meeting 
schedule)

Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre
  

   

Monday 25 November 2024 Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre
Monday 16 December 2024 Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre

Live streaming

From May 2020, all Ordinary and Special Council meetings will be live streamed and electronically recorded, except when Council resolves to go into the Confidential Business section of the meeting

All recordings are retained as part of City of Melton's records in accordance with the Retention and Disposal Authorities for Local Government Records produced by the Public Records Office Victoria.

Live streaming

A recording of the meeting will also be available approximately 2 business days after the meeting.

View recorded meetings

Council Meeting recordings

Up until 2 April 2020, Ordinary and Special Council Meetings were audio recorded.  The audio files are in .mp3 format and can be listened to online or downloaded to your computer.

Visit our Minutes and Agendas webpage for recordings.

From May 2020, all Scheduled and Special Council meetings will be live streamed and electronically recorded. 

Attendance

Any Meeting where the location is designated 'Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre' is open to members of the public.

Any Meeting where the Location is designated 'Via videoconference' is closed to members of the public.  These Council Meetings will be live streamed and a book-marked recording will be available approximately two days after each meeting.

Public question time

Public question time is available at every scheduled Meeting of Council to enable members of the public to address questions to Council. 

All questions (maximum of two per person) must be submitted via the online form or by completing the Public Question Time form provided at the Customer Service Desk, Melton Civic Centre, then lodging the form in the receptacle designated for public questions. 

All questions must be received by no later than 10am on the day of the scheduled Meeting of Council.

Submit your public question/s to Council