Annual General Meeting of Electors
Past Event
The City of Vincent Annual General Meeting of Electors (AGM) will be held in the City of Vincent Council Chambers, Administration and Civic Centre, at 244 Vincent Street (corner Loftus Street), Leederville, on Tuesday 28 January 2020 at 6.00pm.
The purpose of the Annual General Meeting of Electors (AGME) is to receive the City’s Annual Report and any other general business pertaining to Council. In accordance with the Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996, the Mayor is to preside at a general or special meeting of Electors and shall determine the procedure to be followed, as set out below:
- All present are required to sign the attendance register at the entry to the Chambers, including name and address.
- Speakers must be Electors of the City of Vincent.
- No audio or visual recording is to be undertaken without the permission of the Presiding Member.
- During General Business, questions or statements may only relate to matters that affect the City of Vincent and will be accepted at the discretion of the Presiding Member.
- Motions from Electors, where presented in writing, will be read aloud by the Presiding Member to ensure that everyone is clear about what they are voting on. Motions from the floor will only be accepted at the discretion of the Presiding Member.
- The Presiding Member will call for a mover and a seconder for a motion.
- No motion or amendment is open to debate until it has been seconded. Only one amendment on any one motion shall be received at a time and such amendment shall be dealt with before any further amendment can be received; however any number of amendments may be proposed.
- Upon a motion being proposed, the Presiding Member will call for speakers to address the Chair.
- When addressing the meeting a person is to: -
- Rise and move to the front podium unless unable to do so by reason of sickness or disability;
- State his or her name and address for recording in the minutes; and
- Address the meeting through the Presiding Member.
- The mover of a motion (but not the mover of an amendment) has the right of reply, and this closes the debate.
- An Elector may rise and move without discussion “That the question be now put”, which, on being duly seconded and carried by a majority, will result in submission of the motion at once to the meeting, after the mover has replied.
- The Presiding Member will then ask for a vote on the motion on the floor.
- Each Elector has one vote. An Elector does not have to vote.
- Voting is determined by a show of hands.
- A simple majority carries the vote.
- Minutes of this meeting will be available for inspection by members of the public. Any motions arising from the meeting requiring action will be presented to the next available Ordinary Meeting of Council for consideration.
The decisions of the AGME are not binding on the Council, but as required by the Local Government Act 1995, the reasons for any Council decision on a decision of this meeting are to be recorded in the minutes of the Council Meeting.
AGM Notice of Motion Form
Agenda