Ku-ring-gai Council

Public Forum - 10 Feb 2026 7:00 PM

A public forum where residents spoke on several agenda items and non-agenda concerns, but no council decisions or motions were made.

10 February 2026 Public Forum Summary available Original minutes

Discussion

Public addresses on agenda items
Residents spoke against the Audit, Risk & Improvement Committee minutes and the investment report, and in favour of the NSW Government exhibition of three strategic planning documents.
Shows which issues drew community concern or support, but the forum itself did not decide them.
Public addresses on non-agenda matters
Speakers raised Ku-ring-gai's Stages and Spaces programme and concerns described as a growing national tragedy affecting Ku-ring-gai and Turramurra.
Signals community concern about local programs and broader social issues, though no action was recorded in this forum.

Impacts

No council votes, approvals, refusals or spending decisions were recorded.
Residents used the forum to put concerns on the public record ahead of later council consideration.

Council to consider the agenda items when they come up in the main meeting process.
At a later council meeting, if progressed
No immediate action recorded from the public forum itself.
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Extract

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM HELD ON TUESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2026 Present: The Mayor, Councillor C Kay (Chairperson) Councillors M Devlin & J Pettett (Comenarra Ward) Councillors I Balachandran & B Ward (Gordon Ward) Councillor S Ngai (Roseville Ward) Councillor K Wheatley (Wahroonga Ward) Staff Present: Acting General Manager (Andrew Watson) Acting Director Community (Michelle Swan-Beardmore) Director Corporate (Angela Apostol) Director Development & Regulation (Michael Miocic) Director Operations (Peter Lichaa) Corporate Lawyer (Jamie Taylor) Manager Governance and Corporate Strategy (Christopher Jones) Acting Governance Team Leader (Eliza Gilbank-Heim) Governance Support Offic...