Council Meetings

The Council, comprising of the Mayor and six Councillors will now meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 9:00am.  Prior to July 2026, Council met on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month; however, at the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 9 June 2026 Councillors resolved to change its meeting schedule commencing in July 2026.

Meetings are generally held in the John Drysdale Chamber within the Council Administration Building, located at 145 Young Street, Ayr.

Members of the public are welcome to attend the open session of Council Meetings.

Please note that the public will be excluded from meetings during deliberation of confidential items in the “Closed” section of the agenda.

Minutes and Agendas  

Below are the current agenda, minutes and correspondence documents for the upcoming council meeting. Previous council meeting documents can be found on the Archived and Historical Council Meetings page.

Upcoming Council Meetings

Procedures and Standing Orders

The documents below are effective from 3 December 2018 and support Council in handling various kinds of Councillor conduct.

• Code of Conduct for Councillors in Queensland(PDF, 344KB). The Code of Conduct sets out the principles and standards of behaviour expected of Councillors and Mayors when carrying out their roles, responsibilities and obligations as elected representatives for their communities.
• Burdekin Shire Council Meeting Procedures(PDF, 338KB). The meeting procedures set out certain procedures to ensure the Local Government principles are reflected in the conduct of Local Government meetings and Local Government committee meetings.
• Burdekin Shire Council Standing Orders(PDF, 605KB). Written rules for the orderly conduct of Council Meetings following known best practice.

Current Ordinary Council Meeting

Monthly Councillor Reports

View Reports

Advisory Committees