Issue - meetings

A schedule of meeting dates proposed for the 2020/21 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:

Move the April Meeting of Council so that it falls outside of the School Holidays.

Council is RECOMMENDED to agree the schedule of meeting dates for 2020/21 and in particular to agree to waive Rule 2.1 of the Council Procedure Rules to allow the April 2020 meeting of full Council to be held on 31 March 2021 to avoid the Easter School holiday.

Recommendation Agreed (nem con).

Council had before it a report (CC12) which sought agreement to the schedule of meeting dates proposed for the 2020/21 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: to move the April Meeting of Council so that it falls outside of the School Holidays.

RESOLVED: (on a motion from Councillor Les Sibley, seconded by Councillor John Howson and carried nem con) to agree the schedule of meeting dates for 2020/21 and in particular to agree to waive Rule 2.1 of the Council Procedure Rules to allow the April 2020 meeting of full Council to be held on 31 March 2021 to avoid the Easter School Holiday.