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Programme of Meetings for 2023/24

 

 

Meeting: 18/01/2023 - Council (Item 44)

44 West Oxfordshire District Council Draft Programme of Meetings 2023-2024 pdf icon PDF 97 KB

Purpose:

To set a programme of Council and committee meetings for 2023-24.

 

Recommendations:

The Council resolves to:

a)    Approve the changes to the programme of meetings for January to May 2023 as explained in paragraph 2.3 and shown in Annex A;

b)    Approve the programme of meetings for June 2023 to May 2024 as shown in Annex B;

c)    Delegate authority to the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with Group Leaders, to make changes to the programme of meetings in the event that there is any future decision of Council to change the committee structure or committee remits that impacts the programme of meetings;

d)    Agree that, subject to any alternative proposals Council considers and agrees, meeting start times will be rolled forwards from 2022/23.

e)    Delegate authority to the Democratic Services Business Manager to set meeting dates for the Performance and Appointments Committee, member training and briefing sessions and any working groups established by the Council.

 

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Minutes:

Councillor Andy Graham, Leader of the Council, introduced the report, which set out a programme of Council and Committee meetings for 2023-2024.

 

Councillor Graham gave an overview of the importance of the meetings programme, which not only took into consideration the timetable of the Council’s meeting schedule for the remainder of the 2022-2023 civic year, but also set the meeting schedule for the civic year of 2023-2024. The schedule had taken into consideration many other commitments that Members of the Council have within their own, busy schedules and lifestyles.

 

Councillor Graham was delighted to pay tribute to the work of Andrew Brown, Publica’s Democratic Services Business Manager, for the creation of the schedule and the work undertaken to bring forward the meetings timetable, having factored in the aforementioned considerations, but also to ensure that all meetings are appropriately supported by the Democratic Services team, under his stewardship.

 

Councillor Alaa Al-Yousuf rose to pay tribute to the continued, excellent work of the West Oxfordshire District Council Democratic Services team, and that it was great to see the team now back at full capacity, following a recent recruitment exercise to appoint Max Thompson as the Council’s new Senior Democratic Services Officer.

 

Councillor Graham proposed that Council accept the recommendations surrounding the programme of meetings. This was seconded by Councillor Rosie Pearson, and was unanimously agreed by Council.

 

Council Resolved to:

1. Approve the changes to the programme of meetings for January to May 2023 as explained in paragraph 2.3 and shown in Annex A;

2. Approve the programme of meetings for June 2023 to May 2024 as shown in Annex B;

3. Delegate authority to the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with Group Leaders, to make changes to the programme of meetings in the event that there is any future decision of Council to change the committee structure or committee remits that impacts the programme of meetings;

4. Delegate authority to the Democratic Services Business Manager to set meeting dates for the Performance and Appointments Committee, member training and briefing sessions and any working groups established by the Council.

 

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