Issue - meetings
To Review Council Procedure Rule 3.1 - Calling Extraordinary Meetings
Meeting: 03/10/2013 - Council (Item 56)
56 To Review Council Procedure Rule 3.1 - Calling Extraordinary Meetings 
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Minutes:
It was NOTED that this item had been withdrawn [Minute no. 56 above refers] by the Chairman for further consideration.
Meeting: 04/09/2013 - Standards Committee (Item 60)
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Minutes:
Cllr King requested to speak under Rule 24:1, there were no objections.
Cllr King was disappointed with the proposal, he felt it was unnecessary and undemocratic as increasing the number of members from 5 to 7 required to requisition an extraordinary meeting undermined smaller independent groups who would need the support of one of the larger groups to succeed. Cllr King made the point that neighbouring councils require 5 members to requisition an extraordinary meeting.
Cllr Gove agreed with Cllr King and the Monitoring Officer to explain why the number had increased from 5 to 7 members.
The Monitoring Officer explained that a quorum was a quarter of the membership and therefore it was recommended that an increase to 7 members would represent an eighth of the membership.
Moved: Cllr Johnston
Seconded: Cllr Harrison
Resolved: To recommend to full Council the wording recommended by the Constitutional Review Working Party with the additional words at 3.1 (iv): ‘to be reviewed if the number of members increases or decreases.
Cllr King left the meeting
Meeting: 21/08/2013 - Constitutional Review Working Party (Item 15)
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Minutes:
The Working Party was of the view that increasing the number of Members required to sign a requisition to one-eighth of the total membership of Council would not compromise the ability of a relatively small number of Members to call an extraordinary meeting.
It was proposed by Councillor Watkins, seconded by Councillor Nicholson and AGREED TO RECOMMEND to Standards Committee:
THAT Council Procedure Rule 3.1 be amended to read: