South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts93—Meetings of electors
(1) A council may
convene a meeting of electors of the area or a part of the area.
(2) The
chief executive officer must give public notice of the time and place of a
meeting of electors, and of the nature of the business to be transacted at the
meeting, at least 14 days and not more than 28 days before the date of the
meeting.
(3) The following
persons are entitled to attend and vote at a meeting convened under this
section:
(a) in
the case of a meeting of electors of an area—
(i)
any person who is enrolled on the voters roll for the
area as an elector; and
(ii)
a nominee of a body corporate or group which has its name
on the voters roll for the area;
(b) in
the case of a meeting of electors of a part of an area—
(i)
any person who is enrolled on the voters roll for the
area as an elector—
(A) in respect of a place of residence
within that part of the area; or
(B) in respect of rateable property within
that part of the area; or
(ii)
a nominee of a body corporate which is a ratepayer, or of
a group of persons who are ratepayers, in respect of rateable property within
that part of the area.
(4) A meeting of
electors under this section cannot proceed unless at least one member of the
council is present at the meeting.
(5) If the
principal member of the council is present and available to preside at a
meeting of electors held under this section, he or she must preside at the
meeting.
(6) If the
principal member is absent from a meeting of electors held under this section
or is not available to preside at the meeting, the following provisions apply:
(a) if
there is a deputy mayor available to preside at the meeting—the deputy
must preside;
(b) if
there is no deputy or he or she is not available to preside—a member of
the council appointed by the council must preside;
(c) if
no member of the council is so appointed or a member so appointed is absent
from the meeting—a member chosen by the persons present and lawfully
voting at the meeting must preside.
(7) A question to be
decided at a meeting of electors will be decided by a majority of the votes of
the persons present and lawfully voting at the meeting.
(8) A person present
at the meeting who is entitled to vote on a question arising for decision at
the meeting in his or her own capacity as an elector may also, if the person
is a nominee of a body corporate or a group of persons who are ratepayers,
vote in that capacity as a nominee.
(9) The member
presiding at a meeting of electors does not, in the event of an equality of
votes, have a casting vote.
(10) The
chief executive officer of the council must ensure that minutes are kept of
the proceedings at a meeting of electors.
(11) Each member of
the council must, within five days after a meeting of electors, be supplied
with a copy of the minutes of the proceedings.
(12) The member
presiding at a meeting of electors must transmit a resolution passed at a
meeting held under this section to the council.
(13) A meeting of
electors may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place.
(14) The procedure to
be observed to make a nomination for the purposes of
subsection (3)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii) will be as determined by the council.
(15) Subject to this
Act, the procedure to be observed at a meeting of electors will be as
determined by the person presiding at the meeting.