A recommendation was put forward at the December ordinary council meeting to set the date, time and place of council meetings and briefings for 2024.
Cobram will still host a majority of the ordinary council meetings with nine to be held at the Cobram Civic Centre. Nathalia will host the March 27 meeting in the Dan Cocks Room, Numurkah will host the June 26 meeting at the Presidents Room Numurkah and Yarrawonga will host the September 25 meeting with the venue yet to be confirmed.
Briefing sessions will also be held throughout the four main towns of the shire on a rotating basis to provide a greater opportunity for community groups, residents and businesses to brief administrators on local issues.
The session held on the second Wednesday of the month will generally comprise of internal reports, presentations and a review of the draft Council Meeting Agenda while the session held on the third Wednesday of the month will include site visits, deputations, workshops, training, strategic partnership meetings, general business and Administrator Only sessions.
Council schedules will remain consistent with previous years with meetings to continue to take place on the fourth week of the month except in December and will commence at 4.30pm.
Having the meeting during the fourth week of the month will allow additional time for agenda review and will be available a week before the meeting.
Lastly, a new initiative council will implement in 2024 is to have an informal meeting on Wednesday, November 13 2024 to review ‘The Year That Was’.
This will give the community an opportunity to provide feedback to council and help council understand what worked well during the year and where improvements could be made.
Federation schedule also determined
In an election year for Local Government in 2024, eight of Federation Council’s monthly meetings will be in Corowa and three in Urana.
No September meeting is planned due to Local Government elections on September 14. Results are not expected to be declared until after October 1. Postal voting closes on Friday, September 24.
The date for the December meeting has been brought forward a week to December 17, from the ordinary practice of the fourth Tuesday in the month, which for December 2024, falls on Christmas Eve.
Urana will host the March, July and November meetings. Council’s next monthly meeting is on Tuesday, January 30.
Council’s meeting schedule was unanimously agreed to at its monthly Dember meeting on Tuesday.
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