Agenda item

Suspension of Council Procedure Rules

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 apply, for this meeting, the changes to the operation of the full Council meeting that were used at the September, October and November meetings as part of a pilot exercise being overseen by the Review of Full Council Meetings Member Working Group.

Minutes:

3.1

It was formally moved by Councillor Peter Rippon, and formally seconded by Councillor Michelle Cook, thatapproval be given, for the duration of this meeting, to certain revisions to the Council Procedure Rules, as set out in the schedule included with the agenda for this meeting, in order to apply the changes to the operation of this meeting that were used at the September, October and November Council meetings as part of a pilot exercise being overseen by the Review of Full Council Meetings Member Working Group.

 

 

3.2

Whereupon, it was formally moved by Councillor Douglas Johnson, and formally seconded by Councillor Alison Teal, as an amendment, that the Motion be approved with the exception of the rule relating to CPR 10.2 relating to a limit on the number of motions, and, furthermore, re-approves the revised formula for the order of the motions adopted indicatively at the meeting of this Council in October 2017.

 

 

3.3

On being put to the vote, the amendment was negatived.

 

 

3.4

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

 

 

 

RESOLVED: That approval be given, for the duration of this meeting, to certain revisions to the Council Procedure Rules, as set out in the schedule included with the agenda for this meeting, in order to apply the changes to the operation of this meeting that were used at the September, October and November Council meetings as part of a pilot exercise being overseen by the Review of Full Council Meetings Member Working Group.

 

 

 

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