Council Meetings
Notice of Meetings
The following meetings are scheduled to be held at the Ballina Shire Council Chambers, 40 Cherry Street, Ballina (unless indicated otherwise):
- Wednesday 11 February - 4.00pm - Public Forum
- Wednesday 11 February - 4.15pm - Finance and Facilities Committee meeting
- Thursday 26 February - 9.00am - Public Forum
- Thursday 26 February - 9.30am - Ordinary meeting
Ordinary Meetings
Ordinary Meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of each month at 9.30am at the Council Chambers, 40 Cherry Street, Ballina (except for December - second Thursday). There are no Ordinary meetings held in January each year.
The next 2026 Ordinary meeting dates are as follows:
- Thursday 26 February 2026
- Thursday 26 March 2026
- Thursday 23 April 2026
- Thursday 28 May 2026
- Thursday 25 June 2026
- Thursday 23 July 2026
- Thursday 27 August 2026
- Thursday 24 September 2026
- Thursday 22 October 2026
- Thursday 26 November 2026
- Thursday 10 December 2026
Public Forums
Members of the public may speak at Public Forums on matters included in the agenda for the next Council Ordinary / Committee meeting. Council has a set of rules that apply to all Public Forums - Public Forum Rules(PDF, 68KB). Anyone wishing to speak at a Public Forum should read the Public Forum Rules.
Speakers are limited to one in the affirmative, and one speaker in opposition and each speaker is given five minutes to address Council. Requests to speak must be lodged in writing or by phone with the General Manager's Office by noon on the day preceding the meeting.
Members of the public are advised that any documents tabled or given to Councillors during the Public Forum become Council documents and access may be given to members of the public in accordance with the requirements of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.
Speakers may use powerpoint presentations, provided that the speaker has made prior arrangements with the General Manager’s Office at the time of booking to speak at the Public Forum. The setup time for equipment is to be included in the total time of five minutes allocated.
To avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived, requests to speak at a Public Forum will not be accepted from: Tenderers during a public tender or request for quotation; Persons or representatives from organisations seeking financial support from Council that involves an expression of interest; Consultants who are engaged by Council on the matter.
Public Question Time
The public may ask questions of the Council on any topic during the Public Question Time session of Ordinary meetings. Public question time is held at 12.45pm but may be held earlier if the meeting does not extend to 12.45pm, and will be held for a maximum of 15 minutes.
- Questions are to be addressed to the Chairperson. The period is set aside for questions not statements.
- Questions may be on any topic, not restricted to matters on the agenda for the subject meeting.
- The Chairperson will manage the questions from the gallery to give each person with a question, a “turn”. People with multiple questions will be able to ask just one before other persons with a question will be invited to ask and so on until single questions are all asked and, time permitting, the multiple questions can then be invited and considered.
- Recording of the questions will not be verbatim.
- The standard rules of behaviour in the Chamber will apply.
- Questions may be asked from the position in the public gallery.
Recording of Council Meetings by Other People
In accordance with our Code of Meeting Practice, the recording or taking photos by other people during meetings is not permitted unless permission has been granted from the meeting.
Agendas
Agendas for Ordinary Meetings are available for viewing online on the Friday preceding the Council meeting and in hard copy at the Council Chambers on the Monday preceding the Council meeting. A limited number of hard copies are available for collection from the Council Chambers. Copies of reports may also be requested from the General Manager's office.