Annual Electors General Meeting

*Please note the update to the location for this meeting

The City of Perth Annual Electors General Meeting will be held at Council House, 27 St Georges Terrace, Perth on Tuesday, 27 January 2026.

The meeting will be held in the Reception Room commencing at 5.00pm. Ratepayers and other City stakeholders are invited to attend.

This meeting will be live streamed - click here to access the stream.

The purpose of the meeting is to receive the City’s:

• 2024/25 Annual Report;
• Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025; and
• Auditors Report

If an Elector wishes to raise a question or move a motion at the Electors General Meeting, please complete an Annual Electors General Meeting Registration and Motion/Question Form and submit to [email protected] 24 hours prior to the meeting.

The City’s 2024-25 Annual Report is available on the City’s website here https://perth.wa.gov.au/council/reports-and-important-documents and in the minutes of the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 9 December 2025: https://perth.wa.gov.au/council/council-meetings/ordinary-council-meeting-9-dec-2025 

For further information please contact Charlie Clarke, Alliance Manager Council Governance and Policy on 08 9461 3212.

Electors’ General Meeting Procedure 

In accordance with clause 5.30 of the Local Government Act 1995, the Lord Mayor is to preside at an Electors’ General Meeting 

Regulation 18 of the Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996 states that the procedure to be followed at an Electors’ General Meeting is to be determined by the person presiding at the meeting.  

The following procedure is provided for guidance only and the final procedure will be determined by the Lord Mayor at the meeting.  

1. All present are required to sign the attendance register upon entry to the meeting, including name and address. 
2. Speakers must be electors of the City of Perth. 
3. The proceedings will be recorded for the purpose of production of minutes, and speakers are requested to use the microphone when speaking. 
4. No other audio-visual recordings are to be undertaken without permission from the Lord Mayor. 
5. The order of proceedings will firstly be reference to these rules by the Lord Mayor followed by: 
   1. Declaration of opening and welcome
   2. Acknowledgement of Elected Members in Attendance
   3. Lord Mayor’s message
   4. 2024-25 Annual Report, Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report
   5. General business
   6. Closure
6. During general business, questions and motions may only relate to the matters that affect the local government and will be accepted at the discretion of the Lord Mayor.
7. Deputations or statements will not be permitted. 

Electors proposing motions or questions to the meeting 

1. Proposed motions and questions must be submitted no later than 24 hours prior to the meeting. Forms are available on the City’s website 
2. Only motions and questions for which the City has received 24 hours’ notice will be addressed at the meeting. 
3. The Lord Mayor will call for a mover and seconder for a motion. 
4. No motion is open to debate until it has been seconded. Only one motion will be received at a time.
5. Upon a motion being proposed, the Lord Mayor may call for speakers to address the meeting. 
6. When addressing the meeting, a speaker is to: 
   1. Move to the lectern (unless otherwise instructed, or unable to do so due to sickness or a disability)
   2. State their name and suburb
   3. Address the meeting through the Lord Mayor
   4. Limit any questions to fact, not opinion or supposition 
7. The mover of a motion has the right of reply and closes the debate. 

Voting at the meeting 

1. Once a motion has been moved and seconded, the Lord Mayor will ask for a vote on the motion from the electors. 
2. Each elector has one vote. An elector is not required to vote. 
3. Voting is determined by a show of hands. 
4. A simple majority carries the vote. 

Decisions made at the meeting 

1. The decisions of this meeting are not binding on the City of Perth Council. All decisions made at the meeting will be presented to Council for its consideration at its next practicable meeting. 
2. Minutes of this meeting will be available on the City’s website as soon as practicable after the meeting and before the next Ordinary Council meeting.