Attending and speaking at meetings

Council, Cabinet and committee meetings are open to the public and you are welcome to attend.

You can view the calendar of meetings, and the agenda for each meeting.

We hold meetings in the Council Chamber at the Civic Centre in Duke Street, unless we state otherwise.

You can also see our policy on the recording of meetings.

Meeting agendas

We publish an agenda of items for discussion in Council and committee meetings at least five working days before the meeting.

You can view these agendas online as part of the calendar of meetings. 

If you don’t have access to the internet or a desktop computer, you can use self-service desktop computers at:

• the Customer Service Centre, Civic Centre
• Chelmsford Library
• South Woodham Ferrers Library

Speaking at a meeting

There is a Public Question Time at the start of Full Council meetings (except the Annual Meeting in May), all Cabinet meetings, and most committee meetings.

If you want to ask a question or make a statement at a meeting, you can submit your question online, at least 24 hours in advance. 

Once you have submitted your question or statement, we will send it to the relevant councillors. You can still attend to put it in person if you wish. The question or statement must take no longer than two minutes to read out.

Your question or statement must relate to the work of the council or affect the city. If it doesn’t, the Chair may disallow it.

The relevant member or officer of the council will then respond to you.

To find out more about speaking at one of our meetings, you can contact us.