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It was moved by
Councillor Rowse, seconded by Councillor Chopak, and
 
RESOLVED 
that it be RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL that:
 
1. 
Council
Procedure Rule 12.4 be amended as follows to enable more motions to
be debated at Council meetings:-
 
Motions for which notice has been duly given (other than motions
under Rule 13), shall be debated at the meeting on the basis of the
following:-
 
(i) 
Motions
approved at Council relating to an executive function will be
advisory and not bind the Cabinet, or individual Cabinet Member,
but may inform their future decisions.
(ii) 
Advisory motions
relating to non-executive functions may be considered and approved
at Council or referred to the relevant Committee for detailed
consideration.  In the case of the
latter, an advisory motion approved at Council will not bind the
future deliberations of the Committee which the matter has been
referred to but may inform its future
recommendations.
 
Should a motion not be dealt with at a Council meeting for any
reason (other than withdrawal by the proposer), it shall stand
referred by the Chairman to the Cabinet or relevant
Committee.
 
2. 
As a
consequence of (1), Council Procedure Rule 12.5 be amended as
follows:
 
Where the Council votes on a
motion in an advisory capacity, the Cabinet, individual Cabinet
Member or Committee must report back to the Council within six
months of the date of the Council voting on the motion. Where the
motion relates to an executive function, the Cabinet, or individual
Cabinet Member, shall consider and make a decision on the motion,
and the Leader will report that decision back to Council through
their Leader’s announcements.
 
It was further recommended by
Cole, seconded by Councillor Rowse, that:-
 
1. 
It be
recommended to Council that the following parameters be put in
place to support effective agenda management:
 
 
i. 
The
meeting be closed at 6.00pm;
 
ii. 
That the
first business on the agenda should consist of statutory business
as set out in Article 4 of the Constitution;
 
iii. 
That up to
three hours be set aside for motions, and that any motions not
discussed be referred to the relevant body;
 
iv. 
That the
Chairman has discretion to order the motions on the agenda, in
consultation with Group Leaders.
 
It was further RESOLVED
that:
 
2. 
Authority
be delegated to the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the
Chairman and Vice-Chairman of this Committee, to draft appropriate
wording to support the constitutional position for inclusion in the
report to Council with the Committee’s
recommendation.
 
3.   A placeholder
be made on this Committee’s work programme to enable a review
of any changes approved by Council, after twelve months of
operation, should this prove necessary.