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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 60A Public meetings and submissions

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 60A

Public meetings and submissions

(1)  Before holding a public meeting under section 59 or section 60(3) , a council, in a notice publicly displayed, must –
(a) state the date on which, and the time and place at which, the public meeting is to be held; and
(b) state the details of the subject matter; and
(c) invite written submissions in relation to the subject matter to be lodged with the general manager.
(2)  A copy of the notice under subsection (1) is to be –
(a) published on at least 2 occasions in a daily newspaper circulating in the municipal area; and
(b) sent to the person who lodged the petition.
(3)  A submission must be lodged within 21 days after the first publication of the notice.
(4)  Any submission received is to be summarised by the general manager in a document, copies of which are to be made available to those attending the public meeting.
(5)  The minutes of the next ordinary meeting of the council following the public meeting are to record –
(a) a summary of any submission received under this section; and
(b) any decision made at a public meeting held under this section.