Agenda item

7.1

Dates and Times of Future Meetings

7.1.1

RESOLVED: On the Motion of the Lord Mayor (Councillor Tony Downing), seconded by Councillor Dianne Hurst, that meetings of the Council over the next 12 months be held at 2.00 p.m. on Wednesdays:-

9^th September 2020

7^th October 2020

4^th November 2020

2^nd December 2020

6^th January 2021

3^rd February 2021

3^rd March 2021 (special meeting to approve the Budget for 2021/22)

31^st March 2021 (the April meeting brought forward to avoid the impact of Easter from 2^nd to 5^th April)

19^th May 2021 (the Annual Meeting, commencing at 11.30 a.m.)

9^th June 2021

7^th July 2021.

7.2

Format for the September Meeting of the Council

7.2.1

It was formally moved by Councillor Dianne Hurst, and formally seconded by Councillor Sue Auckland, 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 9^th September 2020.

7.2.2

After contributions from 3 other Members, it was:-

RESOLVED: That:-

(a)             it be agreed that the September 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, the Director of Public Health will provide an update in relation to Covid-19;

(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; and

(c)              a further report be provided to the September meeting on proposals for the format of the Council meetings from October onwards.