Agenda item

Arrangements for Council Meetings

To agree a programme of meetings of the Council in 2013/14 and, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10.2, the formula for the order in which Notices of Motion will be listed on the Council Summons.

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED: On the Motion of Councillor Pat Midgley, seconded by Councillor Penny Baker, that:-

 

 

 

 

(a)

(i) ordinary meetings of Full Council in the Municipal Year 2013/14 be held in the Town Hall at 2.00 p.m. on the first Wednesday in every month except March, May and August, i.e. on the following dates:-
5th June 2013; 3rd July 2013; 4th September 2013; 2nd October 2013; 6th November 2013; 4th December 2013; 8th January 2014; 5th February 2014; and 2nd April, 2014;

 

 

 

 

 

(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 2014/15 be held on Friday 7th March 2014 at 2.00 p.m. in the Town Hall; and

 

 

 

 

 

(iii) the annual general meeting of the Council in 2014 be held, provisionally, on Wednesday, 21st May 2014 at 11.30 a.m. in the Town Hall, subject to the date of the Municipal elections in 2014 going ahead on 1st May 2014 and not being combined with the 2014 European Parliamentary elections on a later date;

 

 

 

 

(b)

in accordance with 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 2013/14 shall be as follows:-

 

 

 

 

 

June 2013 - Green/Labour/Labour/Lib Dem/Labour/Labour/Lib Dem, repeated

 

July - Labour/Labour/Lib Dem/Labour/Labour/Lib Dem/Green, repeated

 

September - Lib Dem/Labour/Labour/Lib Dem/Labour/Labour/Green, repeated

 

October - Labour/Labour/Lib Dem/Labour/Labour/Lib Dem/Green, repeated

 

November - Labour/Labour/Lib Dem/Labour/Labour/Lib Dem/Green, repeated

 

December - Lib Dem/Labour/Labour/Lib Dem/Labour/Labour/Green, repeated

 

February 2014 - Labour/Labour/Lib Dem/Labour/Labour/Lib Dem/Green, repeated

 

April - Labour/Labour/Lib Dem/Labour/Labour/Lib Dem/Green, repeated

 

 

(Note: This formula is based on the relative size of the Party Groups:-
Labour 71.4% of members = 62.5% of meetings/5 of the 8 meetings
Lib Dem 26.2% of members = 25% of meetings/2 of the 8 meetings
Green 2.4% of members = 12.5% of meetings/1 of the 8 meetings)