Council meetings

The City of Stonnington's Council comprises nine elected Councillors, three representing each of the city's three wards. Council is responsible for making decisions on behalf of the community.

Council meetings are conducted in line with City of Stonnington Governance Rules(PDF, 462KB) and are open to the public to attend or watch online via livestream. They take place at 7pm on Monday evenings every fortnight (except for public holidays) at the Malvern Town Hall, corner of High Street and Glenferrie Road, Malvern. 

Public attendance at meetings

Members of the public present at the meeting must remain silent during the proceedings other than when specifically invited to address the meeting. The Chair may remove a person from the meeting for interjecting or offensive gesture after being asked to desist, and the Chair may cause the removal of any object or material that is deemed by the Chair to be objectionable or disrespectful. The Chair may call a break in the meeting for either a short time, or to resume another day if the behavior at the Council table or in the gallery is significantly disrupting the Meeting.

The City of Stonnington Council Chamber Gallery is able to hold 43 visitors. 

On this page, you can:

  • See agendas for upcoming meetings or minutes from previous meetings (agendas for upcoming meetings are usually published on the Thursday prior).
  • View the calendar of meetings for 2024.
  • Livestream Council meetings as they happen, or watch a video from a previous Council meeting.
  • Find out how to ask questions or make statements at a Council meeting.

Election Period Policy

The Local Government Act 2020 ('the Act') requires Council to include and adopt an Election Period Policy(PDF, 167KB) (Policy) as part of its Governance Rules.

This Policy provides a framework for decisions prohibited by the Council during the election period in accordance with the Act, and the procedures to be applied by Council during the election period.

For the 2024 Local Government Elections, the 'election period' as defined by the Act will commence on 24 September 2024 and end at 6pm on election day, being Saturday 26 October 2024.

This Policy was last updated in June 2024 and you can find a copy of the Policy at the back of the Governance Rules.

Minutes and agendas

View minutes and agendas of current and past Council meetings.

Council meeting calendar

View the 2023 -2024 calendar of Council meeting dates and find out how you can livestream.

Watch Council live

Link in to watch a Council meeting live, or view a library of previous Council meetings.

Community questions and statements

Find out how to ask questions or make statements at a Council meeting. Use the online form to have your question or statement answered at the next Council meeting.

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