Issue - meetings

A schedule of meeting dates proposed for the 2021/22 Council Year is attached.

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 changes to previous patterns:

Bring forward April Council in 2021 to 23 March to avoid the restricted period before the elections.  Bring forward February Council in 2022 to 8 February to aid District Council budget setting.

Following discussion with Political Group Leaders it is proposed that whilst meetings of full Council are being held virtually their start time should be brought forward to 10.00am.

Council is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)       agree the schedule of meeting dates for 2021/22 and in particular to agree to waive Rule 2.1 of the Council Procedure Rules to allow the April 2021 meeting of full Council to be held on 23 March 2021 and the February 2022 Council meeting to be held on 8 February 2022;

(b)       agree that Council meetings start at 10.00am.

Recommendations agreed.

Council had the schedule of meeting dates proposed for the 2021/22 Council Year before it for approval.

The schedule had been drawn up to reflect the various rules about frequency of meetings set out in the Council’s Constitution. Attention was drawn to the following proposed changes to previous patterns:

Bring forward April Council in 2021 to 23 March to avoid the restricted period before the elections.  Bring forward February Council in 2022 to 8 February to aid District Council budget setting.

Following discussion with Political Group Leaders it was also proposed that whilst meetings of full Council were being held virtually that their start time should be brought forward to 10.00am.

RESOLVED: (on a motion by Councillor Les Sibley, seconded by Councillor John Howson and carried nem con)

(a)       agree the schedule of meeting dates for 2021/22 and in particular to agree to waive Rule 2.1 of the Council Procedure Rules to allow the April 2021 meeting of full Council to be held on 23 March 2021 and the February 2022 Council meeting to be held on 8 February 2022;

(b)       agree that Council meetings start at 10.00am for the period that Meetings are held virtually.