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
Note Agendas are typically posted 1 week before the meeting.
Note Some agenda items may remain on the agenda over multiple meeting days or be referred from 1 meeting type to another.
- Review agenda
- Fill out form to request to speak
- 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.
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.