Minutes & Agendas
All Colac Otway Shire Council and Committee meetings are live streamed and recorded (where it is practicably possible to do so) when the meeting is held either at COPACC or online. This includes the public participation sections of meetings. Matters identified as confidential items in the Agenda will not be live streamed or recorded.
By participating in open Council meetings, individuals consent to the use and disclosure of the information they share at the meeting (including any personal and/or sensitive information).
Recordings of the meetings are available to the public on Council’s website as soon as practicable following the meeting. Recordings will remain available on Council’s website for a minimum period of six months from the date of the meeting.
Recordings are also taken to facilitate the preparation of the minutes of open Council and Committee meetings and to ensure their accuracy. Original recordings will be retained by Council for a period of four years.
Further information on live streaming and recording of Council meetings can be found in the Council policy 18.13 Live Streaming and Recording of Council and Planning Committee Meetings.
The link to the recording of the live stream can be found under the heading for each meeting.
Minutes, agendas and attachments for Council, Planning and Special meetings from 2016 onwards can be found on this page.
Agendas for Council meetings, Planning Committee meetings and Special Council meetings are available on the website by 12pm the Friday of the week prior to the meeting.
Minutes of meetings are available on the website once they have been confirmed at the next relevant meeting.
Hard copies of the Council meeting agendas are also able to be viewed at the Customer Service Centre in Rae Street, Colac and the Apollo Bay Customer Service Centre at 100 Great Ocean Road, Apollo Bay.
Hard copies of the Planning Committee agendas can be viewed at the Customer Service Centre in Rae Street, Colac and the Apollo Bay Customer Service Centre at 100 Great Ocean Road, Apollo Bay.
Minutes, agendas and attachments prior to 2016 will be provided on the Minutes and Agendas archive page.
Council meetings are conducted in accordance with Council's Governance Rules(PDF, 518KB), which Council has developed and adopted as required by the Local Government Act 2020.