Decision Maker: Council
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The Chairman of the Standards Committee presented the report of the meeting of the Committee held on 5 February 2020.
1. Governance Arrangements (Minute 27)
The Chairman of the Standards Committee MOVED seconded by Councillor C R Slade
THAT the recommendations of the committee as set out in Minute 27 be ADOPTED.
Councillor R B Evans MOVED AN AMENDMENT seconded by Councillor B A Moore that:
Recommendation (ii) 3.2 be amended to state that: The effect of the resolution under rule 3.1, is that the decision will stand deferred to the next meeting of the cabinet which follows the council’s consideration of the matter in question. In order that delay in decisions being made is kept to an absolute minimum the following should apply: 1). No decision can be deferred if the next full council meeting would be longer than a maximum of 6 (six) weeks following the cabinet meeting considering a deferral. 2). The cabinet meeting to consider councils views is more than 8 weeks from the original cabinet meeting
Following discussion and upon a vote being taken the AMENDMENT was declared to have FAILED.
Upon a vote being taking, the original MOTION was declared to have been CARRIED.
Publication date: 02/03/2020
Date of decision: 26/02/2020
Decided at meeting: 26/02/2020 - Council