Special Meeting of Electors - 23 June 2026

The City will host a Special Meeting of Electors to be held on Tuesday, 23 June 2026 commencing at 6:00pm in the Kambarang (Conference Room) at the Melville Civic Centre, 10 Almondbury Road, Booragoon.

The request for Special Meeting of Electors, signed by 410 electors, will be held for the purpose of considering the John Connell Cricket Pitch Project, including the following matters: 

• The proposed clearing of approximately 209 mature native trees and 0.68 hectares of remnant native vegetation at John Connell Reserve.
• The absence of a clearly demonstrated strategic need for the proposed cricket pitch expansion.
• Reliance on potentially outdated cost estimates and the absence of secured external funding.
• Potential financial impacts on future rates, borrowings and capital works priorities.
• Insufficient assessment of alternative options that may avoid or substantially reduce environmental impacts.
• Concerns regarding governance processes, transparency and evidence-based decision making.

Access the Agendas & Minutes

Submitting Motions of Questions

Submissions for the meeting must relate to the above purpose of the meeting, and can be provided by completing the forms linked below and submitting to the Governance team ([email protected]) . 

Form - Meeting of Electors Motion Form

Form - Meeting of Electors Question Form

In Person Attendance

As space within the meeting room is limited, Elected Members, administration staff, presenters and electors of the community providing motions or questions will be given priority access to the room.

We appreciate your patience, understanding and cooperation as we manage attendance to ensure the community has a fair and equal opportunity to participate. Non-electors with a ticket, may be asked to wait until the meeting begins before entering, allowing electors to take part in the voting process. If the room reaches capacity, an overflow area will be available so you can still participate. 

Please note that while there is a waitlist for tickets, it’s simply to help us manage numbers and logistics for the meeting and won’t prevent anyone from attending. 

Additionally, note that each attendee will need to register their attendance individually, this allows us to confirm attendee names and elector status.

For those that prefer – you can watch the meeting from the comfort of your own home via the live stream of the meeting available on the City of Melville YouTube channel, details of this are below.

If you are attending in person, please make sure to register via the link below

We appreciate your patience, understanding and cooperation.

Register to attend in person

Livestreaming of Meeting

The Special Meeting of Electors will be live streamed to the community in accordance with Council Policy CP-088 Live Streaming and Audio- Visual Recordings of Public Meetings of the Council. You can watch the live stream City of Melville Council Meetings YouTube Channel

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