Strategic & Corporate Committee (S&C)
The S&C Committee deals with issues that have an impact on the whole of Council.
On 26 May 2026, Council adopted a new Committee structure, which comes into effect on 31 July 2026. As part of these changes, the former Environmental Planning Committee and the Finance, Community & Services Committee have been discontinued and matters considered by those Committees will now be brought before the Strategic & Corporate Committee. To support this change, the Strategic & Corporate Committee will meet twice each month, and this new Committee structure has been implemented on a trial basis until the end of December 2026.
All committee meetings are open to the public.
Council and Committee Meetings
Woollahra Council will be holding Strategic & Corporate (S&C) Committee Meetings in person.
Members of the public may attend Council and Committee Meetings in person or watch live online (via Council's website)
A recording of Council and Committee Meetings will be uploaded to Council’s website by 5.00pm on the next business day.
To address a Public Forum, members of the public must register using the Public Forum Registration Form(PDF, 407KB).
Please read the disclaimer
By addressing a Council or Committee meeting, members of the public consent to their voice, image and personal information (including name and address) being recorded and publicly available on Council’s website. Accordingly, please ensure your address to Council is respectful and that you use appropriate language and refrain from making any defamatory statements or discriminatory comments.
Woollahra Council does not accept any liability for statements, comments or actions taken by individuals during a Council or Committee meeting. Any part of the meeting that is held in closed session will not be recorded.
People connecting to this meeting by conferencing technology are reminded that under the Local Government Act 1993, the recording of meetings by a member of the public using any electronic recording device including a mobile phone or video camera is not permitted. Any person found recording without the permission of Council may be expelled from the meeting.
The recording of each meeting will be retained on Council’s website for a minimum period of 6 months. After that period has passed, recordings of meetings may be disposed of in accordance with the State Records Act 1998.
Meeting details and procedure
The Strategic & Corporate Committee (S&C) deals with issues that have an impact on the whole of Council, including major development applications.
These meeting are scheduled to occur on the third Monday of each month, should a meeting be required to take place.
The Mayor, Councillors and staff will be participating in meetings in person or via an audio-visual link.
Members of the public are invited to attend meetings in person or watch and listen to meetings live via S&C Agendas, Recordings and Minutes.
To address at the Public Forum held prior to the Committee Meeting, members of the public must register by 10.00 am on the day of the meeting by completing the Public Forum Registration Form(PDF, 407KB) and emailing this to records@woollahra.nsw.gov.au
Should no members of the Public be registered to address at the Public Forum, then it will not take place, and the Committee meeting will commence at the normal time.
Public participation will be managed in accordance with meeting procedures.
Members of the public may submit late correspondence on an agenda item being considered at the Committee Meeting. If you wish to submit late correspondence, please email your submission to records@woollahra.nsw.gov.au by 12.00 noon on the day of the meeting.
Check the upcoming meetings calendar for future dates.
Members of the community can address the Committee at the Public Forum (see Having your say at meetings for guidelines).
Agendas and Minutes
As the S&C Committee considers issues that have an impact on the whole of Council, it has no delegation to determine any matters. For this reason all reports on the S&C Agenda will be 'Recommendation to Council' items. The agenda and individual reports for each meeting are available Thursday afternoon before the meeting from the following location:
S&C Agendas, Recordings and Minutes
Minutes will be available three business days after the meeting via Council's website.
Committee members
- Councillor Sarah Dixson (Chair) (Mayor)
- Councillor Hugh Woodgate (Deputy Chair)
- Councillor Alexander Andruska
- Councillor James Ardouin
- Councillor Sean Carmichael
- Councillor Mary-Lou Jarvis
- Councillor Jeanette Mitchell
- Councillor Julian Parmegiani
- Councillor Harriet Price
- Councillor Lucinda Regan
- Councillor Matthew Robertson
- Councillor Mark Silcocks
- Councillor Torsten
- Councillor Merrill Witt
- Councillor Toni Zeltzer
The quorum for S&C meetings is eight Councillors.
Enquiries
Further information may be obtained by contacting Council's Governance Department on 9391 7001.