Agenda item

Arrangements For Council Meetings In The Municipal Year 2021-22

To (a) note minor changes made to the Council Procedure Rules by the Director of Legal and Governance, in consultation with the Lord Mayor, in relation to the venue for meetings of the Council, and the start time of this Annual Meeting; and

 

(b) agree a programme of meetings of the Council in the Municipal Year 2021-22 and the formula for the order in which Notices of Motion will be listed on the Council Summons.

 

Details of the changes to Council Procedure Rules and proposals for the programme of meetings and formula, will be circulated at the meeting.

 

Minutes:

9.1

RESOLVED: On the motion of Councillor Tony Damms, seconded by Councillor Dianne Hurst, that:-

 

 

 

(a) the minor change made to Council Procedure Rule 5.1 by the Director of Legal and Governance, in consultation with the Lord Mayor, in relation to the venue for the Annual Meeting of the Council, as detailed in the note appended to the motion circulated at the meeting, be noted;

 

 

 

(b)(i) ordinary meetings of Full Council in the Municipal Year 2021/22 be held in the Town Hall (whenever possible) at 2.00 p.m. on the first Wednesday in every month except (A) August 2021 and March, April and May 2022 (when no ordinary meeting will be held); (B) in June 2021 (when the meeting will be held at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre on 16th June, not on the previously scheduled date of 9th June, due to the venue not being available on the 9th); (C) in September 2021 (when the meeting will be held on Wednesday 8th September 2021 instead of on Wednesday 1st September to avoid the impact of the Summer Bank Holiday on Monday 30th August); and (D) in January 2022 (when the meeting will be held on Wednesday 12th January 2022 instead of on Wednesday 5th January to avoid the impact of the New Year’s Day Bank Holiday which will be observed on Monday 3rd January), and, accordingly, the meetings be held on the following dates:-

 

 

 

16th June 2021; 7th July 2021; 8th September 2021; 6th October 2021; 3rd November 2021; 1st December 2021; 12th January 2022; and 2nd February 2022; plus the provisional dates of 1st June 2022 and 6th July 2022 in the Municipal Year 2022/23.

 

 

 

(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 2022/23 be held on Wednesday, 2nd March2022 at 2.00 p.m. in the Town Hall; and

 

 

 

(iii) the annual meeting of the Council in 2022 be held on Wednesday, 18th May 2022 at 11.30 a.m. in the Town Hall; and

 

 

 

(c) 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 2021/22 shall be as follows:-

 

 

 

June 2021 - Labour/LibDem/Green/Labour

July - Labour/LibDem/Labour/LibDem

September - LibDem/Labour/Green/Labour

October - Labour/LibDem/Labour/Other

November – Green/Labour/LibDem/Labour

December - LibDem/Labour/Labour/LibDem

February 2022 - Labour/LibDem/Green/Labour

 

 

 

 

 

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