Former Tauranga councillor Murray Guy is seeking speaking rights at today's meeting to oppose a bid to drop the open forum as a standard part of city council meetings.
Mr Guy, who was one of the seven councillors defeated at the last month's elections, was upset that the new council will today be asked to remove the open forum as a standard part of meeting agendas.
The open forum had been a device by which councillors could raise matters outside of the contents of the agenda at the end of the public section of meetings.
Mr Guy said it would leave the council with the current meeting rule that allowed chairmen to have the discretion to accept late items.
He also opposed the proposed change to the rules around the public forums which take place at the start of meetings.