Agenda item

Arrangements For Council Meetings In The Municipal Year 2019-20

To agree a programme of meetings of the Council in the Municipal Year 2019-20 and the formula for the order in which Notices of Motion will be listed on the Council Summons.

 

 

Minutes:

9.1

It was formally moved by Councillor Peter Rippon, and formally seconded by Councillor David Baker, that:-

 

 

 

(a)        (i) ordinary meetings of Full Council in the Municipal Year 2019/20 be held in the Town Hall at 2.00 p.m. on the first Wednesday in every month except March, May and August (when no ordinary meeting will be held), and in June 2019 (when the meeting will be held on Wednesday 12th June 2019 instead of on Wednesday 5th June to avoid clashing with Eid al-Fitr), and in January 2020 (when the meeting will be held on Wednesday 8th January 2020 instead of on Wednesday 1st January), and, accordingly, the meetings be held on the following dates:-:-

 

 

 

             12th June 2019; 3rd July 2019; 4th September 2019; 2nd October 2019; 6th November 2019; 4th December 2019; 8th January 2020; 5th February 2020; and 1st April 2020; plus the provisional dates of 3rd June 2020 and 1st July 2020 in the Municipal Year 2020/21;

 

 

 

             (ii) the special meeting of the Council for the purposes of approving a Revenue Budget and Capital Programme and setting the Council Tax for the Financial Year 2020/21 be held on Wednesday, 4th March2020 at 2.00 p.m. in the Town Hall; and

 

 

 

             (iii) the annual meeting of the Council in 2020 be held on Wednesday, 20th May 2020 at 11.30 a.m. in the Town Hall; and

 

 

 

(b)        further to Council Procedure Rule 10.2, the formula for the order in which Notices of Motion shall be listed on the Council Summons in the Municipal Year 2019/20 shall be as follows:-

 

 

 

            June 2019 - Labour/Labour/LibDem/Green

 

            July - Labour/Labour/LibDem/LibDem

 

            September - LibDem/Labour/Labour/Green

 

            October - Labour/Labour/LibDem/Other

 

            November – Green/Labour/Labour/LibDem

 

            December - LibDem/Labour/Labour/LibDem

 

            February 2020 - Labour/Labour/LibDem/Green

 

            April - Labour/Labour/LibDem/LibDem

 

 

9.2

Whereupon it was moved by Councillor Douglas Johnson, and seconded by Councillor Martin Phipps, as an amendment, that the Motion be amended by the addition of the following words after the words “Municipal Year 2019/20” in paragraph (b) – “shall be based on the following, but with the removal of the limit on the number of Notices of Motion which may be submitted to each ordinary meeting of the Council, and approval be given for Council Procedure Rule 10.2 to be amended accordingly.”

 

 

9.3

After a contribution from one other Member, and following a right of reply from Councillor Peter Rippon, the amendment was put to the vote and was negatived.

 

 

9.4

The original Motion was then put to the vote and carried as follows:-

 

 

 

RESOLVED: That:-

 

 

 

(a)        (i) ordinary meetings of Full Council in the Municipal Year 2019/20 be held in the Town Hall at 2.00 p.m. on the first Wednesday in every month except March, May and August (when no ordinary meeting will be held), and in June 2019 (when the meeting will be held on Wednesday 12th June 2019 instead of on Wednesday 5th June to avoid clashing with Eid al-Fitr), and in January 2020 (when the meeting will be held on Wednesday 8th January 2020 instead of on Wednesday 1st January), and, accordingly, the meetings be held on the following dates:-:-

 

 

 

             12th June 2019; 3rd July 2019; 4th September 2019; 2nd October 2019; 6th November 2019; 4th December 2019; 8th January 2020; 5th February 2020; and 1st April 2020; plus the provisional dates of 3rd June 2020 and 1st July 2020 in the Municipal Year 2020/21;

 

 

 

             (ii) the special meeting of the Council for the purposes of approving a Revenue Budget and Capital Programme and setting the Council Tax for the Financial Year 2020/21 be held on Wednesday, 4th March2020 at 2.00 p.m. in the Town Hall; and

 

 

 

             (iii) the annual meeting of the Council in 2020 be held on Wednesday, 20th May 2020 at 11.30 a.m. in the Town Hall; and

 

 

 

(b)        further to Council Procedure Rule 10.2, the formula for the order in which Notices of Motion shall be listed on the Council Summons in the Municipal Year 2019/20 shall be as follows:-

 

 

 

            June 2019 - Labour/Labour/LibDem/Green

 

            July - Labour/Labour/LibDem/LibDem

 

            September - LibDem/Labour/Labour/Green

 

            October - Labour/Labour/LibDem/Other

 

            November – Green/Labour/Labour/LibDem

 

            December - LibDem/Labour/Labour/LibDem

 

            February 2020 - Labour/Labour/LibDem/Green

 

            April - Labour/Labour/LibDem/LibDem

 

 

 

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