Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Law & Governance and Monitoring Officer

Full Council has the discretion to approve a dispensation, based on the circumstances of the case, which means that the councillor does not cease to be a member of the Council for failing to attend a meeting during a six-month period.

The Council is RECOMMENDED

a)            To grant a dispensation to Cllr Yvonne Constance from the statutory requirement to attend a meeting of the Council within a six-month period from the last noted attendance due to illness.

b)           To approve that the dispensation last up to and including 30 November 2024.

Recommendations approved.

Full Council has the discretion to approve a dispensation, based on the circumstances of the case, which means that the councillor does not cease to be a member of the Council for failing to attend a meeting during a six-month period.  The report before Council sought a dispensation for Councillor Yvonne Constance due to illness.

The proposal was moved by Councillor Reeves and seconded by Councillor Leffman.  Following a brief discussion the recommendations were agreed unanimously and Members wished Councillor Constance well.

RESOLVED (unanimously):

a)              To grant a dispensation to Cllr Yvonne Constance from the statutory requirement to attend a meeting of the Council within a six-month period from the last noted attendance due to illness.

b)              To approve that the dispensation last up to and including 30 November 2024