Thank you to those who made a submission, Council received 3 submissions in total. To learn more about the feedback we received, view the engagement summary.

Following public exhibition, the Code of Meeting Practice was adopted at the 9 December 2025 Council meeting.

View the adopted Code of Meeting Practice.

The draft Code of Meeting Practice (CoMP) aims to ensure Council meetings contribute to good public decision-making and increase Council's transparency and accountability to its community. The CoMP sets out the processes and rules for how all council and committee meetings are held in NSW.

The CoMP is based on the Office of Local Government’s (OLG) Model Code of Meeting Practice, which includes both mandatory provisions that all councils must adopt, and non-mandatory provisions that councils may choose to include.

In June 2025, Council placed its draft CoMP on public exhibition and formally adopted it in August 2025. Shortly after, the OLG released an updated Model Code of Meeting Practice that introduced a number of significant changes to mandatory provisions. As a result, Council is now required to update its recently adopted CoMP to reflect the updated Model Code of Meeting Practice. This process must include another round of public exhibition before the amended CoMP can be adopted by Council.

The draft CoMP is now on public exhibition from 24 September to 4 November. Council must adopt the updated CoMP by 31 December 2025.

To have your say on the draft Code of Meeting Practice you could:

• View the draft Code of Meeting Practice
• Complete the online submission form (below)
• Email: engageme@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au or
• Write to Council: PO Box 20, Wyong NSW 2259.

Submissions closed Tuesday 4 November 2025.

When providing feedback to Council your attention is drawn to the provisions of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 which allows for possible access to certain public and personal documentation. View our privacy statement.

Thank you to those who reviewed the draft Code of Meeting Practice. Council received no submissions.

At the 26 August Ordinary Council Meeting, the code was adopted. The final version of this code can be found below.

The draft Code of Meeting Practice aims to ensure Council meetings contribute to good public decision-making and increase Council's transparency and accountability to its community.

The Code of Meeting Practice is based on the Office of Local Government’s suggested Model Code of Meeting Practice that applies to all meetings of councils and committees of councils of which all the members are councillors (committees of council).

Council is required to adopt a Code of Meeting Practice within the first 12 months of a Local Government election of Councillors. Changes to the previous Code of Meeting Practice are minimal.

To have your say on the draft policy you could:

• View the draft policy
• Complete the online submission form
• Email: engagement@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au or
• Write to Council: PO Box 20, Wyong NSW 2259.

Submissions closed Thursday 31 July 2025.

Your attention is drawn to the provisions of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 which allows for possible access to certain public and personal documentation. View our privacy statement.

At its meeting, held 14 December 2021, Council resolved to put on exhibition an amended Code of Meeting Practice where several changes are proposed. Changes proposed are as follows:

• To incorporate the changes made to the Model Code of Meeting Practice for Local Councils in NSW by the NSW Office of Local Government;
• For Council Meetings to be conducted monthly on the fourth Tuesday of the month; and
• To remove the non-mandatory provisions for Public Forums from the Code of Meeting Practice.

Information to note: The Public Forum is intended to continue, but in a forum immediately prior to the Council meeting. The Public Forum will be specified by a separate policy that will be considered at the same time as Council considers the Amended Code of Meeting Practice.

The amended Code of Meeting Practice document can be found in the Document Library on this page and the amendments marked in the document are as follows:

• Deletions are in strikethrough and additions in bold and italics.
• The mandatory provisions from the Model Code are shown in red bold and italics.
• The non-mandatory provisions from the Model Code are shown in green bold and italics.
• The amended provisions proposed by Council are shown in black bold and italics.

The community were invited to have their say on the Amended Code of Meeting Practice between 22 December 2021 and 7 February 2022.

Council received further reports for consideration of any direct submissions received in respect of the Code up until 21 February 2022.

On 22 February 2022 Council resolved to adopt the amended Code of Meeting Practice after consideration of all submissions and community feedback during the public exhibition period.

Council has also adopted a Public Forum Policy, that will guide how the community can continue to engage with Council face-to-face.

Submissions were to be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Mr David Farmer by 5pm 7 February 2022 via:

• Email: ask@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au
• Post: PO Box 20, Wyong NSW 2259
• Or the online submission form (now closed)

Something you need to know: Under the Government Information (Public Access) Act, 2009 (GIPA ACT), members of the public can seek access to the submissions and council cannot give assurance that the document will remain confidential.

At its meeting, held 9 March 2021, Council resolved to put on exhibition an amended Code of Meeting Practice where several changes are proposed. Changes proposed are as follows:

• Provide for the conduct of all Council Meetings at Wyong Administration Building
• Change publication day of Agenda Paper to allow consultation prior to the finalisation of the Agenda
• Requirement that Mayoral Minutes identify source of funds where there is a financial impact
• Requirement that Notices of Motion identify source of funds where there is a financial impact
• Requirement to consult with the CEO (or appropriate delegate) in preparing Mayoral Minutes or Notices of Motion to identify source of funds
• Limit on number of Notices of Motion to one per Councillor per meeting
• Limit on complexity and number of Questions with Notice to one per Councillor per meeting
• Requirement that Councillors make reasonable efforts to attend pre-Meeting briefings.

From 10 March until 21 March 2021 submissions on these proposed changes were accepted.

Council will receive a further report for consideration of any submissions received in respect of the Code following the public exhibition period.

Something you need to know: Under the Government Information (Public Access) Act, 2009 (GIPPA ACT), members of the public can seek access to the submissions and council cannot give assurance that the document will remain confidential.

At its meeting, held 22 June 2020, Council resolved to put on exhibition an amended Code of Meeting Practice which provides that all Ordinary Council Meeting are to be held at 2 Hely Street, Wyong.

Council will receive a further report for consideration of any submissions received in respect of the Code following the public exhibition period.

The amended Code was exhibited online from 9 July 2020 to 20 August 2020 (42 calendar days).

Submissions were to be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Gary Murphy by 5pm Thursday 20 August 2020, via:

• Email: ask@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au
• Post: PO Box 20, Wyong NSW 2259
• Post: PO Box 21, Gosford, NSW 2250
• or the online submission form (now closed).

Something you need to know: Under the Government Information (Public Access) Act, 2009 (GIPPA ACT), members of the public can seek access to the submissions and council cannot give assurance that the document will remain confidential.