Petitions enable the community to bring matters of concern to the attention of Council through a formal request for Council to take action.
Valid petitions will be tabled at the next scheduled Council Meeting, unless the matter is determined by Council to be urgent business.
In accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic), personal information provided as part of the petition will only be used for the primary purpose for which it was provided – that is, for Council to consider the matter. No personal details of signatories will be made public at the Council meeting or recorded in meeting documentation.
Petitions must not be defamatory, indecent, abusive or objectionable in language or substance, and should not relate to a matter beyond the duties, functions and powers of Council.
Every petition submitted to Council must:
- be in legible and in permanent writing
- be clear and on each page the matter and action sought from council is stated
- not be derogatory, defamatory or objectionable in language or nature
- not relate to matters outside the powers of Council
- include the names, addresses and original signatures of at least 10 people
Where a petition has been signed by less than 10 people, it will be treated as a joint letter and forwarded directly to the appropriate member of Council staff for action as an operational item.
The Chief Executive Officer may determine that an electronic or online petition will be submitted to a Council Meeting. The number of signatories to an online or electronic petition will be taken to be the number of signatories at the time the petition is provided to Council for submission to a Council meeting.
An online or electronic petition will not be presented to a Council meeting if it contains signatures that are false or misleading.
Petition to Murrindindi Shire Council template(DOC, 101KB)
The original petition can be lodged with Council:
- in person at Council's Library and Customer Service Centres in Alexandra, Yea or Kinglake
- by post to Murrindindi Shire Council Chief Executive Officer, PO Box 138, Alexandra 3714
- by email to governance@murrindindi.vic.gov.au
The petition will be presented to the next scheduled meeting of Council with an officer recommendation. After a petition is tabled, the head petitioner will be advised of the progress of the particular issue.