Issue - meetings

The Committee received a report from the Democratic Services Manager proposing local conventions on how council meetings would operate in a virtual way arising from the provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020 and associated Regulations

The Committee received a report detailing the conventions to apply to virtual meetings.  In response to a question, the Committee was advised that there would be a way for audio public contributions from the public were the MS Teams environment incompatible.  This was one of the reasons for requiring two days notice from the public so that any technical issues could be resolved prior to a meeting.

Resolved (unanimously) to recommend to Council

i)              The conventions for virtual meetings are adopted as appended to the minute

ii)              The conventions are reviewed after one month of operation and that the Civic Affairs Committee is authorised to make any changes following the review and at any time until 7 May 2021 taking into account any advice from the Council’s Monitoring Officer.