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About FMC
The Future Melbourne Committee is grouped into 11 portfolios:
- Finance, Governance and Risk
- Environment
- Planning
- Infrastructure
- Safety and Cleaning
- City Economy and Business
- Innovation and Education
- Community, Health and City Services
- Tourism and Events
- Creative and Arts
- Aboriginal Melbourne
Read the Instrument of Delegation to the Future Melbourne Committee (PDF 389 KB) and see portfolio details below for the main responsibilities of each portfolio.
The committee oversees the implementation of Council Plan strategies and activities contributing to achieving the goals of the 11 themes. The committee will:
- Approve, or recommend to Council approval of, proposals for activities related to these goals.
- Approve, or recommend to Council approval of, expenditure of resources for activities related to these goals.
- Monitor the progress of activities in the Council Plan relevant to these goals.
Meetings
There are generally two FMC meetings scheduled each month, usually on the first and third Tuesday of the month. Some exceptions apply, see the schedule of meeting dates.
The Lord Mayor chairs the entire meeting with the exception of the Planning segment which is chaired by the Deputy Lord Mayor.
The quorum for the committee is a majority of its members.
You can use the meetings search to access all agenda papers and documentation for Future Melbourne Committee meetings.
See all previous Future Melbourne Committee meetings.
Governance Rules
Portfolio details
The primary responsibilities are:
- Corporate and financial planning and reporting
- Rates and valuations
- Financial and control systems/reporting
- Technology enablement
- Commercial partnerships
- Revenue Strategy
- Data platforms including open data
- Service Improvement
- Subsidiary companies
- Procurement - Tender and contract policies
- Investment Fund
- Disclosure and transparency
- Legal services
- Local Law creation
- Sustainable development goals and city benchmarking
- Renewable Power Purchasing
- Audit and Risk Committee
- community engagement relating to the above.
The primary responsibilities are:
- Urban Forest and precinct plans
- Urban Ecology and Biodiversity
- Open Space and parks planning
- Climate adaptation and resilience
- Transition to Zero Net Emissions
- Renewable energy projects
- Sustainable buildings and retrofit
- Waterways
- community engagement relating to the above.
The primary responsibilities are:
- Structure planning
- Statutory planning and building control
- Planning scheme amendments
- Noise abatement
- Heritage
- Strategic planning
- Melbourne Design Review Panel
- Adaptive reuse
- Affordable Housing strategy
- Design Excellence Program
- community engagement relating to the above.
The primary responsibilities are:
- Waste and resource recovery
- Council works program
- Asset management program
- Property portfolio
- Open Space and parks delivery
- Transport, road safety and mobility
- Footpaths and roads
- Water transport
- Parking and kerbside management
- City disruption
- community engagement relating to the above.
The primary responsibilities are:
- City safety
- Graffiti and cleaning programs
- City presentation
- Public Lighting
- Emergency management
- Safe City Camera Network
- Safety policy communications
- community engagement relating to the above.
The primary responsibilities are:
- Economic Development Strategy
- Investment and headquarters attraction
- Industry engagement
- Liveability ranking
- International engagement
- Business Concierge
- Retail
- Hospitality
- Night time economy
- Business precinct program
- Small business and grants
- community engagement relating to the above.
The primary responsibilities are:
- Accelerator programs
- Innovation Districts
- Startups
- Social Enterprise
- Pilots, prototypes and activations
- Universities
- Schools
- Training institutions and colleges
- Research Institutes
- International education
- Students (International and domestic)
- community engagement relating to the above.
The primary responsibilities are:
- Libraries
- Neighbourhoods
- Family services
- Community services
- Community sports, recreation and fitness
- Multiculturalism
- Strata title living
- Diversity and inclusion
- Disability and accessibility
- Social policy
- Community grants
- Ageing in Melbourne
- Wellbeing and connectivity
- Food and safety regulation
- Smoke free zones
- Homelessness strategy
- Domestic animal management
- Community engagement relating to the above.
The primary responsibilities are:
- Brand Melbourne
- Destination Marketing
- Conference and convention attraction
- Event Partnership Program
- Premier Events
- Lighting tourism
- City enhancements and activation
- community engagement relating to the above.
The primary responsibilities are:
- Arts and arts grants
- Artistic and creative events and organisations
- Creative spaces
- Public art program
- City Gallery
- Art and heritage collection
- Community galleries
- Melbourne Arts Precinct
- International artistic exchange
- community engagement relating to the above.
The primary responsibilities are:
- Reconciliation Action Plan
- Aboriginal Heritage
- Aboriginal arts including YIRRAMBOI
- First Nations Committee
- Aboriginal experiences
- community engagement relating to the above.
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