All Council meetings and Public Hearings are currently being conducted both online and in-person at City Hall. Observers and speakers may attend in person or online.
New Westminster City Council meets regularly to discuss and decide on a wide range of issues related to city life. Community members are welcome to observe Council meetings, and speak to Council during specific parts of the meeting agenda.
If you would like to speak to Council during a meeting, complete the Request to Speak form.
To watch a Council meeting, click on the meeting date in the calendar below. When the meeting is in session, a link to watch the meeting will be available.
Note: To see the live video with the agenda, click on the HTML agenda and the video and agenda will both open. Clicking on the agenda item under discussion will open a link to the associated report under the video window.
Closed captioning is available (click on the CC button in the bottom right corner of the video feed).
Council agendas are published here by the Thursday before the meeting.
Use the search feature below to find Council reports on a specific topic.
Council agendas, reports, minutes, and videos prior to 2017 have been archived and are no longer available online.
If you require access to historical Council records, please contact Legislative Services at legislativeservices@newwestcity.ca or 604-527-4523.
Delegations regarding land use bylaws (e.g. OCP amendment, rezoning, etc.) or applications for land use bylaws are not permitted unless it has been either adopted or defeated.
Check the Public Notices page 10 days before the public hearing to see the related materials.
Please review the City's disclaimer on agendas, minutes and reports.
Online versions of the City of New Westminster's agendas, minutes, and reports are posted for your convenience only (this includes correspondence with names and addresses). Our goal is to make this information available as soon as possible, but please be aware that online agendas and minutes are subject to change. The City does not warrant or make any representations as to the quality, content, accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links and other items contained on its web pages. Also, the City will, in no event, be liable or responsible for damages of any kind arising out of the use of online agendas, minutes or reports.
Every effort will be made to post new agendas and related reports and background information to the Web on the Wednesday afternoon preceding the next Council meeting. Because of difficulties in reproduction, some items included in the Agenda Packages for Council may not be included here. Missing items or copies of posted documents are available at Legislative Services (phone: 604-527-4523) from the Friday morning preceding a Council meeting.
(Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, except statutory holidays.)
Please read for information on the replaying of video webcasts.
The City of New Westminster grants permission to replay the webcast video of the proceeding of City Council Meetings for use in schools, and for other purposes such as private study, research, criticism, review or reporting purposes. Program material may not be purposefully distorted or used for advertising, election campaigns or any other politically partisan activity. Any other commercial use or rebroadcast of the webcast video requires the express written approval of the City of New Westminster.
