Council & Committee Meetings

Council and Committee Meetings

Council Meetings are held at 5.30pm on the third Tuesday of each month at the Council Chambers, 1 Tivoli Road, Old Beach, unless determined otherwise by Council.

Planning Authority and Committee Meetings (if required) are held at 5.30pm on the first Tuesday of each month at the Council Chambers, 1 Tivoli Road, Old Beach.

Members of the public may address a Council meeting on any subject of concern or interest to the municipality, except if a matter is listed on the Agenda which relates to a Planning matter.

The Public Question Time Policy is available here. Copies of Council Meeting Agendas are available four days prior to the meetings on Council’s website, and may be accessed below. Minutes of previous Council and Committee meetings can also be accessed from the same location.

Council Meeting Schedule 2023
Council Committees & Representatives
Ordinary Council Meetings (OCM) - Agendas, Minutes & Audio Recordings
Planning Authority - Agendas, Minutes & Audio Recordings
Finance Committee - Agendas & Minutes
Annual General Meetings (AGM) - Agendas & Minutes
Environment & Climate Committee - Agendas & Minutes
Waste Management Committee - Agendas & Minutes
Community Development Committee - Agenda's & Minutes

Schedule of Council and Committee Meetings

You can view the Schedule of Council and Committee Meetings for July to December 2023 here

Note: Dates and times of Committee Meetings & Planning Authority Meetings indicated in the Schedule are subject to change.

Environment & Climate; Parks and Recreation; Waste Management; Community Development and Emergency Management Advisory Committee Meetings are held as and when required.

Council’s current representatives on committees can be found here Council Representatives on Committees

Council Committees:

Planning Authority
Finance Committee
Parks and Recreation Committee
Environment & Climate Committee
Waste Management Committee
Emergency Management Advisory Committee
Community Development Committee
General Managers Performance Review Committee
Audit Panel

External Committees:

TasWater
Southern Tasmanian Council’s Association (STCA)
Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT)
Cycling South
Hobart Fire Management Area Committee
Southern Tasmanian Regional Waste Authority (STRWA)
South Central Sub-Region (SCS)
Derwent Catchment Program
Greater Hobart Homelessness Alliance (GHHA)

Under the Local Government Act 1993, Section 23 provides the following information relating to Council committees:

(1) A council may establish, on such terms as it thinks fit, council committees to assist it in carrying out its functions under this or any other Act.
(2) A council committee consists of councillors appointed by the council and any councillor who fills a vacancy for a meeting at the request of the council committee.
(3) A meeting of a council committee is to be conducted in accordance with prescribed procedures.

Current Agenda:

Ordinary Council Meeting Agenda – 21 November 2023
Ordinary Council Meeting Attachments – 21 November 2023