Our Council Chamber at Richmond is a central point of decision-making for our Elected Members – a place where information, reports, and discussions come together to shape decisions on how our District is run.
Our Full Council meetings are held every four weeks – usually on Thursdays from 9.30 am and are chaired by the Mayor (or Deputy Mayor in their absence).
Alongside this Council meeting, there are two high-level Standing Committees.
Our Strategy Finance & Performance and Environment Regulatory & Operations meetings are limited to their respective subject areas around the scope of decisions that can be made.
Full Council meetings cover the full range of Council responsibilities. This means addressing cross-departmental issues, governance matters, budgets, rates, and adoption of significant documents such as the Annual Plan and 10-Year Plan.
There are a number of similarities with our Full Council and Standing Committee meetings. For example, they both start with a public forum and can be viewed via our YouTube meetings channel – youtube.com/@tasmandistrictcouncilmeetings(external link).
The Mayor and all Councillors are appointed to the Standing Committees, and all have speaking and voting rights on all matters.
All Council and Committee meetings have a formal agenda of items for discussion and adhere to established standing orders when proceeding. All Council meetings are open to the public, unless notified otherwise.
In upcoming stories, we’ll explain more about the functions of the Standing Committee meetings, as well as expand on our decision to make workshops open to the public by default. Stay tuned.