Petition Scheme - Amendment to Threshold
November 30, 2023 Council (Other) Awaiting outcome View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
...to amend the Petition Scheme by setting new signature thresholds for debating petitions at committees (500 for Strategic Committees, 150 for Neighbourhood Committees except 100 for South of the Borough), for holding an officer to account (500), and by requiring the publication of responses to all petitions submitted to Committee in a subsequent agenda.
Full council record
Decision
RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL that:
The Petition Scheme be amended so that:
a) the threshold for the number of signatures required to debate petitions at Committee under section 8 of the Scheme be set at 500 for Strategic Committees and 150 for each of the Neighbourhood Committees save for South of the Borough where it be 100;
b) the threshold for the number of signatures required to ‘Hold an Officer to Account’ under section 9 of the Scheme be set at 500; and
c) the response to all petitions submitted to Committee under section 5 of the Scheme be published in a subsequent agenda of the relevant Committee.
Related Meeting
Corporate and Resources Committee - Thursday 30 November 2023 7:30 pm on November 30, 2023
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| Decision date | 30 Nov 2023 |