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A report
was considered that proposed that the Council adopted the draft
Calendar of Meetings for 2018/19.
During
discussion, reference was made to:-
(a)
an amendment to the draft Calendar. Due
to a clash with the date that had been set aside for Development
Management Committee Site Inspections, an amendment to the draft
Calendar was PROPOSED and SECONDED as
follows:
‘That the following changes be incorporated to
the draft Calendar:
1.
That the Salcombe Harbour Board meeting
be put back a week from 15 July to 22 July 2019; and
2.
That the Salcombe Harbour Board meeting
be put back a week from 9 September to 16 September
2019.’
When put to the vote, this amendment was declared
CARRIED.
(b)
the proposed Annual Council meeting date in May 2019. Some disappointment was expressed that the date
proposed would result in a clash with the Devon County
Show;
(c)
syncing
the approved Calendar.
Once approved, it was confirmed that there was a means for the
meeting dates to be downloaded and synced with the Calendar
functionality on Member IPads;
(d)
the proposed Council meeting date on 6 December 2018. In light of a potential clash with the equivalent
Full Council meeting at Devon County Council, a further amendment
was PROPOSED and SECONDED as follows:-
‘That the Council meeting proposed
for Thursday, 6 December 2018 start at the earlier time of
10.00am.’
When put to the vote, this amendment was declared
CARRIED.
(e)
the provision for four Council meetings per year. A Member considered the provision for only four
‘ordinary’ Council meetings each year to be
insufficient and felt that this was evidenced through the recent
number of additional Special Council meetings that had been
arranged. In reply, the Leader
considered four meetings per year to be adequate, but did recognise
the importance of giving as much notice as was practically
possible when convening additional
Special Council meetings.
In conclusion, a number of Members recognised the
complexities associated with producing the draft Calendar and they
wished to put on record their thanks to the Democratic Services
Specialist for her hard work in this regard.
It was then:
RESOLVED
That the Calendar of Meetings 2018/19 (as outlined
at Appendix A of the presented agenda report) be approved, subject
to the following changes being incorporated:
1.
The Salcombe Harbour Board meeting being put back a
week from 15 July to 22 July 2019;
2.
The Salcombe Harbour Board meeting being put back a
week from 9 September to 16 September 2019; and
3.
The Council meeting on 6 December 2018 start at the
earlier time of 10.00am.