Amendment to Executive Procedure Rules (Constitution Review Working Party, 27 April 2010)
The Constitution Review Working Party unanimously RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL that Executive Procedure Rule 1.4 (Quorum for Cabinet meetings) be amended from “4 plus Leader or Deputy Leader” to “4 including Leader or Deputy Leader”.
Decision:
Council RESOLVED that Executive Procedure Rule 1.4 (Quorum for Cabinet meetings) be amended from “4 plus Leader or Deputy Leader” to “the majority of the Cabinet including the Leader or Deputy Leader”.
Minutes:
Councillor Ray Manning proposed and Councillor Simon Edwards seconded that the quorum for Cabinet be amended from “4 plus Leader or Deputy Leader” to “4 including the Leader or Deputy Leader”, stating that a possible future reduction in the Cabinet size could render the body inquorate if only one Member were absent. Councillor Alex Riley proposed and Councillor Douglas de Lacey seconded an amendment from “4 plus Leader or Deputy Leader” to “the majority of the Cabinet including the Leader or Deputy Leader”, which could address any changes to the Cabinet size without having to return to Council to review the quorum.
In accordance with Council Standing Order 14.6(b), a vote was taken on the amendment and, with forty-four votes in favour, nine against, two abstentions and one Member not voting, the amendment was CARRIED.
Council, with no Members voting against, RESOLVED that Executive Procedure Rule 1.4 (Quorum for Cabinet meetings) be amended from “4 plus Leader or Deputy Leader” to “the majority of the Cabinet including the Leader or Deputy Leader”.