Public Question Time is held during Ordinary Council Meetings that are open to the public. An individual may submit up to two questions at any Council meeting.

A member of Council's Executive Leadership Team will read out and respond to your question/s during Public Question Time at the Council Meeting. Complex questions may be taken on notice with a written response provided once available.

Submit your question

Public Questions must not:

• Relate to a matter outside the duties, functions and powers of Council
• Be defamatory, indecent, abusive, offensive, irrelevant or objectionable in language or substance
• Concern subject matter already answered
• Be aimed at embarrassing Council or a member of Council staff
• Concern information that is publicly available
• Relate to personal matters
• Relate to the personal hardship of any resident or ratepayer
• Relate to industrial matters
• Relate to contractual matters
• Relate to proposed developments
• Relate to legal advice
• Relate to matters affecting the security of Council property, or 
• Relate to any other matter which is considered would prejudice Council or any person

Submission of Public Questions

Questions submitted to Council must:

• Be in writing and 100 words or less
• State the name and address of person submitting the question
• Be lodged by 10.00am on the day of a Council meeting, either 
  • electronically using the web form below, or
  • submitted in writing at the Civic Centre, 399 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading