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Public forum opens council door

By Corowa Free Press

May 21, 2024

Public forums held before Federation Council’s monthly meeting are proving popular for some ratepayers.

Federation ratepayers have seized the opportunity to address the council prior to ordinary and extraordinary council meetings on the Monday before council meetings.

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First introduced in December last year the forum has allowed for verbal submissions/presentations from community members on items of business to be considered at the meeting.

The public forum is held on the Monday before the council meeting at 5.30pm. To apply to make a presentation, members of the public are asked to submit their request to the general manager for review and determination on council’s application to present to council (Public Forum). The online form must be filled in by 4pm the business day before the public forum (this will generally be the Friday before the Monday afternoon public forum).

If approved applicants will be notified of their speaking time by email.

If a public forum is to be held the list of speakers will be added to council's website.

The public forum will be recorded and uploaded to council's website.

Recordings of public forums held after the November 2023 Council meeting will be available to view from council's website.

Go to www.federationcouncil.nsw.gov.au/Council/Council-Meetings/Public-Forum