Minutes:
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Councillor Harry Harpham (Cabinet Member for Homes and Neighbourhoods) referred to a number of events which were being held this week in Sheffield as part of Local Democracy Week. These included a "Speaker's Corner" on two days in front of the Town hall and in Hallam Square, primary school visits to the Town Hall, Community Roadshows at the North and South Community Assembly meetings and at the Cabinet in the Community event in the South-West Community Assembly area. |
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The City Council offered opportunities for members of the public to participate in it decision -making meetings such as Council, Cabinet and Community Assemblies and also at Scrutiny Committees, by asking questions and submitting and speaking to petitions on Council policies and services. Additionally, there was a huge amount of consultation that the Council enters into outside of public meetings and which, sometimes is referred to in Cabinet reports. |
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The Cabinet in particular, through its Cabinet in the Community Programme, had welcomed the opportunity to hold discussions with members of the public and this year, the Programme provided for the community to choose a subject that they wished to discuss with Cabinet which hopefully would allow for a more free flowing exchange of views. He also urged members of the public to attend the Speaker’s Corner events. |