Issue - meetings
Calendar of Meetings for the 2017/2018 Municipal Year
Meeting: 14/05/2018 - Council (Item 12)
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To receive a report from the Chief Executive seeking approval to the calendar of Council meetings for the forthcoming 2018/2019 municipal year, in accordance with Standing Order 27(j & k).
Members are asked to note that this report will be circulated in advance of the meeting as a supplementary item.
Additional documents:
- Appendix - Annual Calendar of Meetings 2018-2019, item 12 PDF 311 KB
- Webcast for Calendar of Council Meetings for the 2018/2019 Municipal Year
Decision:
AGREED
(1) The proposed dates for Full Council and other meetings to take place during the 2018-2019 municipal year, as detailed within the report.
(2) The Head of Executive and Member Services be granted the authority to make any alterations deemed necessary to the municipal calendar during the course of the municipal year having consulted the Leader of the Council; the Leader of the Opposition Group and the Chair of the affected meeting.
Minutes:
The Mayor then invited the Leader to introduce the report from the Chief Executive which Councillor Butt advised detailed the proposed calendar of meeting dates for Full Council and other meetings during the 2018-2019 municipal year.
No Members indicated that they wished to speak and the proposed recommendations in the report were put to a vote and declared CARRIED.
It was therefore RESOLVED that:
(1) the proposed dates for Full Council and other meetings to take place during the 2018-2019 municipal year be agreed with Members noting the intention to commence the majority of meetings at 6:00pm and Cabinet at 4:00pm; and
(2) the Head of Executive and Member Services be granted the authority to make any alterations deemed necessary to the municipal calendar during the course of the municipal year having consulted the Leader of the Council; the Leader of the Opposition Group and the Chair of the affected meeting.
Meeting: 17/05/2017 - Council (Item 9)
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For Full Council to agree the calendar of Council meetings for the forthcoming 2017/2018 municipal year, in accordance with Standing Order 32 (k).
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - Full Annual Calendar, item 9 PDF 83 KB
- Supplementary - Changes to Annual Calendar of Meetings, item 9 PDF 62 KB
Minutes:
The Mayor drew Members’ attention to the report for agenda item number nine on the proposed calendar of meeting dates for Full Council and other meetings during the 2017-2018 municipal year.
He invited Councillor Warren to introduce the Brent Conservative Group amendment on adding a 20 November 2017 Full Council meeting to the calendar. Councillor Warren stated that he believed the plan to remove the November Full Council meeting from the calendar was a mistake and represented another example of a lack of democracy within the Council. He said that any residents who wished to make a deputation to Full Council would have to wait four months between September and January and that it was in the interests of democracy to reinstate the November Full Council meeting.
Councillor Butt responded by stating that Councillor Warren always had the opportunity to hold the Council to account through attending and speaking at Cabinet meetings, yet he rarely did so. He maintained that the Council was improving democratic oversight through the creation of new Scrutiny and Audit Committees and that residents had the right to petition the Council at any time. He concluded by stating that the Labour group were always out on the doorstep across the borough listening to residents’ concerns and opinions.
In response, Councillor Warren stated that when he did attend Cabinet meetings he was rarely given the opportunity to speak on issues. Councillor Duffy also added that he felt Councillor Warren’s request for an extra Full Council meeting was reasonable.
Councillor Colwill asked to put on record the Conservative Group’s dismay at Councillor Warren’s behaviour at the annual meeting and apologised to all residents in attendance.
The Brent Conservative amendment was put to a vote and was declared LOST.
The proposed recommendations within the report were put to a vote and declared CARRIED.
It was therefore RESOLVED that:
(i) The proposed dates for Full Council and other meetings to take place during the 2017-2018 municipal year be agreed; and
(ii) The Head of Executive and Member Services would be granted the authority to make any alterations deemed necessary to the municipal calendar during the course of the municipal year having consulted the Leader of the Council; the Leader of the Principal Opposition Group and the Chair of the affected meeting.