Issue - meetings

A schedule of meeting dates proposed for the 2019/20 Council Year is attached (CC12).

The schedule has been drawn up to reflect the various rules about frequency of meetings set out in the Council’s Constitution. Attention is drawn to the following proposed change to previous patterns: on the suggestion of the Director of Finance the February budget meeting is proposed for the second rather than the third Tuesday in February. This also avoids the budget meeting being held during the half term school holiday.

Council is RECOMMENDED to agree the schedule of meeting dates for 2019/20 and in particular to agree to waive Rule 2.1 of the Council Procedure Rules to allow the February 2020 budget meeting of full Council to be held on 11 February 2020.

Agreed nem con.

Council had before them a report (CC12) which sought agreement to the schedule of meeting dates proposed for the 2019/20 Council Year. The schedule had been drawn up to reflect the various rules regarding frequency of meetings set out in the Council’s Constitution.  Members’ attention was drawn to the following proposed change to previous patterns: on the suggestion of the Director of Finance the February budget meeting was proposed for the second rather than the third Tuesday in February. This also avoids the budget meeting being held during the half term school holiday.

Councillor Gill Sanders proposed and Councillor Sibley seconded that the recommendations set out in the report and on the face of the Agenda be adopted.  In moving the motion, Councillor Sanders drew members’ attention to the correction set out in the schedule of business.

The motion was the put to the vote and was carried nem con.

RESOLVED: (nem con) to agree the schedule of meeting dates for 2019/20 and in particular to agree to waive Rule 2.1 of the Council Procedure Rules to allow the February 2020 budget meeting of full Council to be held on 11 February 2020.