Agenda item

Format of the Council Meeting in October

The Director of Legal and Governance to report on proposals for the format of the meeting of the Council to be held on 7th October 2020.

 

Minutes:

7.1

It was moved by Councillor Dianne Hurst, and seconded by Councillor Andy Bainbridge, that approval be given to the recommendations in the report of the Director of Legal and Governance now submitted, regarding the format of the meeting of the Council to be held on Wednesday, 7th October 2020.

 

 

7.2

Whereupon, it was moved by Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed, seconded by Councillor David Baker, as an amendment, that the recommendations in the report of the Director of Legal and Governance in relation to the format of the Council meeting in October, be approved with the following changes:-

 

 

 

1.        the deletion in Paragraph 1 of all of the words after the words “Members Questions” and the addition of the following words at the end of paragraph 1 as follows:-

 

and a Notice of Motion from each group represented on the Council.”

 

2. The deletion of paragraph 2.

 

 

7.3

It was then moved by Councillor Martin Phipps, seconded by Councillor Douglas Johnson, as an amendment, that the recommendations in the report of the Director of Legal and Governance in relation to the format of the Council meeting in October, be approved with the following changes:-

 

 

 

the deletion of all of the words after the words “Agree that the October meeting of the Council will include Public Questions and Petitions, and Members Questions".’

 

and the addition of the following words at the end of paragraph 1:-

 

“and Notices of Motion”

 

 

7.4

After contributions from seven other Members, and following a right of reply from Councillor Dianne Hurst, the amendment moved by Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed was put to the vote and was negatived.

 

 

7.4.1

The votes on the amendment were ordered to be recorded and were as follows:-

 

 

 

For the amendment (32)

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The Deputy Lord Mayor (Councillor Gail Smith) and Councillors Simon Clement-Jones, Bob Pullin, Richard Shaw, Bob McCann, Angela Argenzio, Kaltum Rivers, Douglas Johnson, Ruth Mersereau, Martin Phipps, Tim Huggan, Mohammed Mahroof, Joe Otten, Colin Ross, Martin Smith, Vic Bowden, Roger Davison, Barbara Masters, Shaffaq Mohammed, Sue Alston, Andrew Sangar, Paul Turpin, Ian Auckland, Steve Ayris, Kevin Oxley, Peter Garbutt, Alison Teal, David Baker, Penny Baker, Vickie Priestley, Alan Hooper and Mike Levery.

 

 

 

 

 

Against the amendment (43)

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The Lord Mayor (Councillor Tony Downing) and Councillors Chris Rosling Josephs, Sophie Wilson, Denise Fox, Bryan Lodge, Karen McGowan, Jackie Drayton, Talib Hussain, Mark Jones, Anne Murphy, Mazher Iqbal, Mary Lea, Zahira Naz, Andy Bainbridge, Moya O’Rourke, Abdul Khayum, Alan Law, Abtisam Mohamed, Lewis Dagnall, Cate McDonald, Bob Johnson, Josie Paszek, Terry Fox, Sioned-Mair Richards, Jim Steinke, Ben Miskell, Jack Scott, Mike Drabble, Dianne Hurst, Dawn Dale, Peter Price, Garry Weatherall, Mike Chaplin, Tony Damms, Jayne Dunn, Julie Grocutt, Francyne Johnson, Ben Curran, Neale Gibson, Adam Hurst, Mick Rooney, Jackie Satur and Paul Wood.

 

 

 

 

 

Abstained from voting on the amendment (0)

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Nil

 

 

7.5

The amendment moved by Councillor Martin Phipps was then put to the vote and was also negatived.

 

 

7.6

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

 

 

 

RESOLVED: That:-

 

 

 

(a)        it be agreed that the October meeting of the Council will include Public Questions and Petitions, and Members Questions, but that Notices of Motion are not to be a feature of the meeting and that, instead, an officer update will be provided to Council on a topical subject; and

 

 

 

(b)        in order to implement the changes proposed in paragraph (a) above, approval be given to the temporary revisions to Part 4 of the Constitution (Council Procedure Rules), as set out in the report, which are to apply only for the duration of that meeting.

 

 

 

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