Council meetings
Meeting process
Council meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6pm in the Council Chamber at our Administration Building. Members of the public are welcome to attend. (Always confirm before attending as times can change without notice.)
At the Council Meeting, council members make decisions on the reports and recommendations from the committee meetings.
Public Question Time
To assist the City in responding to questions during Public Question Time, please complete and submit the Pubic Question Time Form before the start of the Council or committee meeting. Guidelines for Public Question Time are included with the form.
If you would like to submit the form earlier than at the Council or committee meeting, please hand deliver or send your form by mail to the City of Rockingham. Alternatively you can email the form to customer@rockingham.wa.gov.au. If you provide your form earlier, please note you or someone on your behalf needs to ask the question(s) at the committee or Council Meeting. If someone is not present to ask the question(s), they will be taken as normal correspondence.
Petitions
Information regarding Petitions can be found under Clause 3.4 in the Standing Orders Local Law 2001.
A petition, in order to be effective, is to -
(a) be addressed to the Mayor;
(b) be made by electors of the district;
(c) state the request on each page of the petition;
(d) contain the names, addresses and signatures of the electors making the request, and the date each elector signed;
(e) contain a summary of the reasons for the request;
(f) state the name of the person upon whom, and an address at which, notice to the petitioners can be given;
(g) be in the form prescribed by the Act and Local Government (Constitution) Regulations 1996 if it is—
(i) a proposal to change the method of filling the office of Mayor;
(ii) a proposal to create a new district or the boundaries of the local government;
(iii) a request for a poll on a recommended amalgamation;
(iv) a submission about changes to wards, the name of a district or ward or the number of councillors for a district or ward.