Council holds regular meetings of its General and Advisory Committees.  Special Meetings may be held for the budget or as required.

Chair

The Mayor is the Chair of the General and Special Meetings with the Chair of the Advisory Committees detailed in the links below. 

Meetings open to the public

All General and Special and Committee Meetings are open to the public with the exception of a confidential item when the meeting will be closed.

Closed meetings of Council

Please note that Council may close a meeting to the public to allow for discussion of confidential items under section 275 of the Local Government Regulation 2012.  For more information.

Advisory Committee Meetings

Gladstone Regional Council has a number of Advisory Committees which are responsible for reporting to Council on specialised matters:

• Sister City Advisory Committee
• Gladstone Region Youth Council
• Gladstone Regional Council State Emergency Service Management Group
• Gladstone Regional Council Rural Fire Finance Committee
• Business Improvement (Internal Audit) Committee.

The above Advisory Committee meetings are closed meetings and are only for the members and invited guests of that Committee.

General and Special Meetings

Gladstone Regional Council advises that it will hold General Meetings of Council every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, with the exception of January when the meeting on the 1st Tuesday will not be held.

General Meetings will be held at the Gladstone Administration Centre Council Chambers, 101 Goondoon Street Gladstone commencing at 9.00am. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Schedule for 2020 General Meetings

A list of agenda items are available from 5.00pm the Friday prior to the meeting (see Notice section below). Alternatively, contact Council on (07) 49700 700.

Full agenda reports are available for the current meeting and calendar year (see archived agenda and minutes section below). If you are interested in seeing the full agenda report of a past meeting and is not available below please contact us on (07) 49700 700.

A full copy of the agenda is not released until the Monday or as soon as possible to the Council Meeting.

Minutes of General Meeting are unconfirmed until they are adopted at the following General Meeting.

Agendas and Minutes

Deputations

​A person or a representative of a group of persons wishing to be received as a Deputation may address Council on a particular matter.  Deputations should relate to matters which Council is authorised to determine, or relate to matters of interest to the community of the Gladstone Region or not be in respect to matters currently or previously the subject of legal proceedings and development applications under consideration by Council.  

Requests for a Deputation to Council can be applied for by completing the Deputation Request Form below.

Deputation Request Form including Guidelines and Fact Sheet

Past Standing Committee Meetings

Standing Committee Meetings were dissolved on 30 June 2017

It is important that Committee Agendas and Minutes be read in conjunction with the next General Meeting Agenda and Minutes.