Issue - meetings

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The Mayor agreed to admit the report as urgent business. The report could not be circulated earlier as information was awaited from the Party Groups.  The report needed to be admitted in order that amendments to the Council’s Constitution to address issues and anomalies that affected Council meetings could be implemented with effect from 1 April 2008.

RESOLVED:

1.      That approval be granted to the following amendments to Council Procedure Rules (Part 4 Section A of the Council’s Constitution):

·        Option 1 in Appendix 1 to the report in relation to the Duration of the Council Meeting to replace existing CPR 7;

·        CPR 14A in Appendix 2 to the report was adopted in relation to Emergency Motions; and

·        Text changes to CPRs 8.4, 9.3, 9.4, 10.5, 12.1, 12.2, 12.4, 13.1 and 13.3 in Appendix 3 to the report were adopted.

2.      That the above amendments to the Council’s Constitution take effect from 1 April 2008.