Conduct, Public Questions and Petitions

Conduct

The following standards of conduct are expected when in the public gallery:

• You must not interrupt meeting procedures or engage in disorderly conduct.
• Attendees must not interrupt the meeting or behave in a disorderly manner – this includes booing, heckling, loudly commenting and interjecting. The Mayor has the right to adjourn the meeting and/or remove members of the public from the meeting in response to disorderly conduct.
• You are requested to turn your mobile phone off, or put it on silent.
• You are not permitted to bring signs, placards or banners into the public gallery.
• You are not permitted to live stream or use an audio recorder, camera, video camera, mobile phone or any other device to make a recording of the meeting without the prior permission of the Council.
• No eating food or drink
• You must not approach Elected Members
• Follow instructions from Council staff

By attending a Council Meeting, you consent to the possibility that your image and voice may be broadcast to the public. Open Council meetings are livestreamed. Alice Springs Town Council accepts no liability for any defamatory remarks that are made during a meeting.

Meetings have capacity limits, and space is filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Public Questions

Public can ask questions of Council in the Public Questions part of the meeting agenda. The following is expected of people asking questions:

• Questions must relate to the functions of local government.
• Questions must not take the form of a statement.
• Debate or discussion on a response is not permitted.
• Council will endeavour to provide a response at the meeting, but in some cases, a response will not be possible, and the question will be taken on notice. If this is the case, a response will be provided to the questioner after the meeting.
• Council may reject a question that is considered offensive, inappropriate, reflects adversely on the Council, is not in Council’s remit, or is a question asked within the previous three months. In instances where Council refuses to accept a question, the questioner will be advised of the reasons for such actions.
• Name and address must be provided.
• A member of the public may speak for no longer than five minutes.
• Questions will only be answered by the Mayor, or if delegated, by the CEO or a Director.

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Petitions

A petition may be received from only residents, ratepayers and electors of the Alice Springs municipality.

There is no minimum number of signatures required for a petition to be presented to Council.

The subject of a petition must be a matter on which the Council has the power to act.

Any petitions must be provided directly to an Elected Member, not the CEO or another Council Officer, who may choose to present the petition to an Ordinary Council meeting.

An Elected Member who is bringing a petition to an Ordinary Council meeting must provide the petition to the CEO at least seven calendar days before a meeting for inclusion on the agenda.

At the meeting, the Elected Member bringing the petition to Council must state the nature of the petition and read the petition in full.

No debate on or for the petition is to take place. Petitioners are welcome to attend the meeting, however, they cannot ask questions or present the petition.

The petition can be in electronic or paper format, provided it meets the following requirements:

• The reason for the petition is stated clearly and in plain language; if paper format this must be clearly displayed at the top of each page.
• A main contact name and contact details (address and email) are provided, to enable follow up from Council.
• The name, address and signature for each signatory.
• The petition does not contain any language or subject matter that is disrespectful or likely to be considered defamatory to any person.
• A petition may be presented to a meeting by a member who, before presenting the petition, shall, as far as practicable, become acquainted with the subject matter of the petition.

Elected Member contact details can be found here.

Petitions can be in any format, but the basic information that should be included is as per below: