Issue - meetings

Report by Director of Law & Governance (CC12).

Under the Local Government Act 1972 Section 85 (1), councillors who do not attend a meeting of the Council during a six-month period will cease to be a member of the Council unless the Council has approved a dispensation before the expiry of that period.  Council is asked to grant such a dispensation to Cllr Alison Rooke who, for reason of ill-health, is unlikely to be able to attend a meeting of the Council prior to April 2022. 

Council is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)       approve a dispensation for Cllr Alison Rooke from the statutory requirement to attend a meeting of the Council within a six month period from the last noted attendance;

(b)       approve that the dispensation last up to and including 30 April 2022.

Recommendations Agreed nem con.

Note:  Chair to send Councillor Alison Rooke best wishes on behalf of Council.

Under the Local Government Act 1972 Section 85 (1), councillors who did not attend a meeting of the Council during a six-month period would cease to be a member of the Council unless the Council had approved a dispensation before the expiry of that period.  Council had before it a report which sought approval to grant such a dispensation to Cllr Alison Rooke who, for reason of ill-health, was unlikely to be able to attend a meeting of the Council prior to April 2022. 

Councillor John Howson moved and Councillor Susanna Pressel seconded that the recommendations set out on the face of the Agenda and the report be adopted.  In moving the recommendation, Councillor Howson indicated that he would be writing to Councillor Rooke to send best wishes on behalf of Council. Councillor Leffman paid tribute to Councillor Rooke as Chair of their Group and added her very best wishes.

RESOLVED: (nem con)

(a)       approve a dispensation for Cllr Alison Rooke from the statutory requirement to attend a meeting of the Council within a six month period from the last noted attendance;

(b)       approve that the dispensation last up to and including 30 April 2022.