Council meetings
Governance Rules – Meeting Procedure for Council Meetings
Melton City Council adopted its Governance Rules on 25 March 2024. Chapter 2 of the Governance Rules is the Meeting Procedure for Council Meetings.
The purpose of Chapter 2 is to:
- provide for the election of the Mayor and any Deputy Mayor;
- provide for the appointment of any Acting Mayor; and
- provide for the procedures governing the conduct of Council meetings.
The Meeting Procedure Chapter replaces the Meeting Procedure Local Law 2013.
Download the Governance Rules(PDF, 1MB)
2025 Meetings of Council
Scheduled Meetings of Council are to be held in 2025 as set out below with all meetings commencing at 7pm.
All Council meetings to be conducted in person, subject to Government restrictions. In the event of such restrictions applying, any affected meeting will be conducted electronically.
| Date |
Location |
| Monday 24 February 2025 |
Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre |
| Monday 24 March 2025 |
Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre |
| Monday 28 April 2025 |
Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre |
| Monday 26 May 2025 |
Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre |
| Monday 23 June 2025 |
Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre |
| Monday 28 July 2025 |
Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre |
| Monday 25 August 2025 |
Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre |
| Monday 22 September 2025 |
Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre |
| Monday 27 October 2025 |
Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre |
|
Thursday 6 November 2025
(Meeting for the election of
the Mayor and Deputy Mayor
and setting of the 2026
meeting schedule)
|
Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre
|
| Monday 24 November 2025 |
Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre
|
| Monday 15 December 2025 |
Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre |
Live streaming
From May 2020, all Ordinary and Special Council meetings will be live streamed and electronically recorded, except when Council resolves to go into the Confidential Business section of the meeting
All recordings are retained as part of City of Melton's records in accordance with the Retention and Disposal Authorities for Local Government Records produced by the Public Records Office Victoria.
Live streaming
A recording of the meeting will also be available approximately 2 business days after the meeting.
View recorded meetings
Council Meeting recordings
Up until 2 April 2020, Ordinary and Special Council Meetings were audio recorded. The audio files are in .mp3 format and can be listened to online or downloaded to your computer.
Visit our Minutes and Agendas webpage for recordings.
From May 2020, all Scheduled and Special Council meetings will be live streamed and electronically recorded.
Attendance
Any Meeting where the location is designated 'Council Chamber, Melton Civic Centre' is open to members of the public.
Any Meeting where the Location is designated 'Via videoconference' is closed to members of the public. These Council Meetings will be live streamed and a book-marked recording will be available approximately two days after each meeting.
Public question time
Public question time is available at every scheduled Meeting of Council to enable members of the public to address questions to Council.
All questions (maximum of two per person) must be submitted via the online form or by completing the Public Question Time form provided at the Customer Service Desk, Melton Civic Centre, then lodging the form in the receptacle designated for public questions.
All questions must be received by no later than 10am on the day of the scheduled Meeting of Council.
Submit your public question/s to Council