Issue - meetings

Dispensation from Attending Meetings

Meeting: 16/04/2024 - County Council (Item 18)

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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.

 

Decision:

Recommendations approved.

 

Minutes:

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