Issue - meetings

Consideration has been given to recommending the Council to approve the calendar of meetings for 2019/20, which includes proposed changes to the Council’s overview and scrutiny and advisory group arrangements.

RESOLVED -

That the Council be recommended to

(i)

Approve the calendar of meetings for 2019/20.

(ii)

Agree that, as far as possible, meetings should not be held during school holidays.

(iii)

Authorise the Strategic Director, Corporate Services and Governance, following consultation with the Leader of the Council, to make any necessary amendments to the calendar of meetings.

(iv)

Agree the proposed changes to the Council’s overview and scrutiny and advisory group arrangements set out in appendix 1 to the report and that the Council’s Constitution be amended accordingly.

The above changes have been made to assist in the preparation of the Cabinet’s schedule of decisions and to allow councillors and officers to plan commitments in their diaries.