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Intention to address Council, Council Committee or ICB

Please complete the form below to request to speak in front of Council, Council Committee, or the Inangaua Community Board.

Important:

Complete one form per request.
A request has to be submitted through the below online or paper form at least 24 hours prior to the commencement of the meeting.
You can download the paper form and drop it off at Council's offices in Westport or Reefton.
Council's Governance assistance is available if you require assistance, email governance.assistant@bdc.govt.nz

Guidelines

The Buller District Council Standing Orders allow members of the public to address both Council and Committee meetings.
The Chairperson will call for members of the public to address Council in accordance with the Standing Orders.
The Chairperson will determine the order of speakers.
Each person is restricted to one address of up to five minutes.
No more than two speakers can speak on behalf of an organisation during the public forum.
Where the number of speakers presenting in the public forum exceeds six in total the Chairperson has discretion to restrict the speaking time permitted for all presenters.
The Chairperson may comment or question the speaker on the address given or call upon a Councillor or Officer to comment or question.
We have summarised the above in our public forum guidelines

You can find meeting dates, times and agendas under Meetings.

Name *

Address *

Phone number *

Please indicate if you want to address Council or a Committee *

Council
Risk and Audit Committee
Inangahua Community Board

Date of the Council, Committee, or Inangahua Community Board meeting you would like to speak. *

What would you like to speak about? *

What is your reason for speaking? *

Consent for storing submitted data *

Yes, I give permission to store and process my data