2 Suspension and Amendment of Council Procedure Rules PDF 131 KB
To approve, for the duration of this meeting, certain revisions to the Council Procedure Rules, as set out in the schedule included with this agenda, in order to implement changes to the operation of the full Council meeting in accordance with the outcome of the Review of Full Council Meetings Member Working Group.
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It was formally moved by Councillor Peter Rippon, and formally seconded by Councillor Olivia Blake, that in order to implement changes to the operation of the full Council meeting in accordance with the outcome of the Review of Full Council Meetings Member Working Group, approval be given, for the duration of this meeting and (via suspension of Council Procedure Rule 4.1) the next two meetings, to certain revisions to the Council Procedure Rules, as set out in the schedule included with the agenda for this meeting, but with the substitution of the words “item of business” for the word “matter”, which appears once on page 3 of the schedule and three times on page 4. |
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Whereupon it was moved by Councillor Douglas Johnson, and seconded by Councillor Robert Murphy, as an amendment, that the Motion now submitted be approved with the exception of the rule relating to CPR 10.2 relating to a limit on the number of motions and altering the order of motions, which this Council believes favours the ruling group. |
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(NOTE: With the agreement of the Council and at the request of the mover of the amendment (Councillor Douglas Johnson), the amendment as circulated at the meeting was altered by the insertion of the words “this Council believes” between the words “which” and “favours”.) |
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On being put to the vote, the altered amendment was negatived. |
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The original Motion was then put to the vote and carried as follows:- |
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RESOLVED: That in order to implement changes to the operation of the full Council meeting in accordance with the outcome of the Review of Full Council Meetings Member Working Group,approval be given, for the duration of this meeting and (via suspension of Council Procedure Rule 4.1) the next two meetings, to certain revisions to the Council Procedure Rules, as set out in the schedule included with the agenda for this meeting, but with the substitution of the words “item of business” for the word “matter”, which appears once on page 3 of the schedule and three times on page 4. |
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