There are three types of Council Meetings, they are as follows:
These meetings are chaired by the Mayor.
This is the main meeting of Council, at which all Councillors attend, to transact the main business of Council. The Ordinary Council Meeting can consider any matter related to Council's functions and operations. Under the Act, there are some matters such as policy matters that the Council must consider and cannot delegate to a Committee or the General Manager.
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The Council Development Matters (CDM) Meeting is held immediately after the Development and Environmental Services Committee (DES) Meeting. It considers the items that were submitted for recommendation at the preceding DES Committee Meeting.
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Council holds an Extraordinary Meeting each year in September when Councillors are required to:
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Committee Membership: All twelve Councillors are members of these Committees. Seven Councillors are required for a quorum.
Limitations: The Committee has delegated authority to make decisions on behalf of the full Council. The Committee can determine all matters before it unless:
Committee Chair: Council elects a new chairperson each September during its Extraordinary Meeting.
Marrickville Council has the following Standing Committees:
The Development Assessment Committee deals with Council's development assessment matters such as building and development consents, approvals and the like.
The Development Assessment Committee is chaired by Councillor Victor Macri.
The Land Use, Assets and Corporate Committee deals with matters relating to the following; management and strategic planning, budgets and financial matters, administrative and governance matters, citizen services, information systems, legal services, people and workforce, land use policy, regulation and compliance, property services and asset planning, works and services.
The Land Use, Assets and Corporate Committee is chaired by Councillor Mary O'Sullivan.
Services Committee
The Services Committee deals with matters relating to the following; children and family services, environmental services, communication services, cultural services, community development, library services, history program, community facilities, recreation, parks and reserves, resource recovery services and streetscape services.
The Services Committee is chaired by Councillor Emanuel Tsardoulias.
Please refer to Council's Reference Guide to Committees for more information about Council's Standing, Statutory and Special Committees. This guide sets out the structure and responsibilities of each Committee; how Committees were established; Council and external Committee membership; meeting days and the Terms of Reference for each Committee (where available).
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