Sign up to speak at a Council meeting or hearing

What you need to know

At all meetings and hearings:

  • You can submit comments for a meeting, even if an item doesn't allow a speaker
  • You can speak by phone (recommended) or in-person
  • Speakers can speak to staff reports that contain recommendations and Council member motions, unless it's in a closed meeting

Upcoming meetings and hearings accepting speakers

Registered to speak? Review how to prepare to speak at a meeting or hearing

Understand our meeting types: Review types of Council meetings

Upcoming meetings and hearings accepting speakers

Agendas are typically posted 1 week before the meeting. 

Some agenda items may remain on the agenda over multiple meeting days or be referred from 1 meeting type to another.

  1. Review agenda
  2. Fill out form to request to speak
  3. Review deadlines, how to sign up, and speaker conditions

July 22, 2025 Council Meeting

You can speak about:​​   

  • R1. Liquor Establishments and Restaurants Regulatory Review 
  • R2. Report Back – 897 Granville Street – Sign By-law Amendment
  • R3. 320 Union Street – Single Room Accommodation (SRA) By-law Demolition Permit
  • R4. Auditor General Committee Recommendations Transmittal Report 

        

The deadline to request to speak to the above items is Monday, July 21, 2025, at 5 pm. Speakers will have 3 minutes to speak to Council.

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July 23, 2025 - Standing Committee on City Finance and Services

You can speak about:

  • Report 1. City-Wide Design and Development Guidelines – Phase Two Actions
  • Report 2. Prohibiting the Sale of Gun-shaped Lighters (GSL)
  • Report 3. Debenture Program 2025 (Sustainability Bond)
  • Report 4. Contract Award for Supply and Delivery of Water Meter Assemblies
  • Report 5. Contract Award for Supply of Tree Related Maintenance Services Pre-Qualification
  • Report 6. Contract Award for Supply of Contracted Janitorial Services
  • Motion 1. Request for Review of School Liaison Officer Program
  • Motion 2. Urgent Investment in Vancouver’s Arts and Culture Infrastructure: Strengthening Vancouver’s Cultural Sustainability and Economic Impact
  • Motion 3. Building BC’s Creative Advantage: A New Immigration Pathway for Cultural Entrepreneurs
  • Motion 4. Closing a Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy Loophole to Protect More Tenants
  • Motion 5. Improving Public Safety by Protecting Supportive Modular Housing
  • Motion 6. Identifying Progressive Revenues to Protect Public Services
  • Motion 7. Streamlining the Provision of Duplex and Multiplex Housing in R1-1 Zoning
  • Motion 8. Realizing the Full Potential of Exceptional Lands in Vancouver

The deadline to request to speak for the above items is Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 5 pm. Speakers have three minutes to speak to Council.

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Deadlines, how to sign up, and speaker conditions

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Comment about public hearing agenda items (rezoning and heritage)

Tell City Council what you think about rezoning applications or heritage designations being considered at public hearings.