Decision details

Following the Vote on the preceding item, Councillor Eddie Reeves indicated that he wished to move a procedural Motion (Council Procedure Rule 14.1.) to enable the Meeting to finish.

The Council adjourned for 10 minutes to allow the Chairman to seek advice from the Monitoring Officer.  Following the adjournment, the Monitoring  officer advised that to end the meeting Council Procedural Rule 14.1(x) (to suspend a specified Council Procedure Rule or part thereof) to suspend and therefore alter the specified cut off time by which the meeting should conclude (i.e. by 3.30 p.m.) referred to in Council Procedure Rule (CPR) 5.1.(iii) would need to be moved, which would then in effect end the meeting and mean that the remaining business on the Agenda would be considered dropped in accordance with Council Procedural Rule 13.5.8.

Accordingly, Councillor Eddie Reeves moved and Councillor Damian Haywood seconded Council Procedural Rule 14.1(x) (to suspend a specified Council Procedure Rule or part thereof) to suspend and therefore alter the specified cut off time by which the meeting should conclude (i.e. by 3.30 p.m.) of the Meeting at Council Procedural Rule 5.1(iii).

The Motion was put to the vote and was agreed by 59 votes to 2, with 1 abstention.