Issue - meetings
Outcome of Member Survey on Meeting Start Times
Meeting: 27/11/2024 - Council (Item 13.)
13. Results of Member Survey on Meeting Start Times 
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Purpose:
To report to Council the results of the Member Survey on Council start times which Council agreed to undertake following a trial of a 4.00pm start time for the 25 September full Council meeting.
Recommendation:
That Council resolves to:
- Note the report.
- Consider any proposal to change the start time of future Council meetings from the default start time of 2.00pm.
Additional documents:
- Annex A Summary of survey responses, item 13.
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- Annex B detailed responses, item 13.
PDF 113 KB
Meeting: 24/07/2024 - Council (Item 180)
180 Results of Member Survey on Council Start Times PDF 67 KB
Purpose:
To report to Council the results of the Member Survey on Council start times which Council agreed to undertake at the Annual Meeting on 22 May 2024.
Recommendations:
That Council resolves to:
1. Note the report;
2. Agree any trial of a different start time for a meeting of full Council.
Additional documents:
- Annex A - Summary of responses, item 180
PDF 394 KB
- Annex B - Detailed responses Q1 and Q2, item 180
PDF 54 KB
- Annex C - Detailed responses Q3 and Q4, item 180
PDF 187 KB
- Annex D - Detailed responses Q5, item 180
PDF 182 KB
Minutes:
Councillor Andy Graham, Leader of the Council, presented the report on the survey for Council meeting start times. The responses had produced varied views and highlighted issues such as work commitments and covering childcare. The Leader proposed the next Council meeting start at 4.00pm on 25 September 2024.
The 4.00pm start would be on a trial basis. The Leader recommended the report be noted and the Council meeting on 25 September start at 4.00pm.
The debate followed and raised the following points. There would always be views on start times due to personal commitments however timings for Council meeting could be reviewed as the proposed time was a trial time. A later start time for meeting would give officers and staff a longer prep time. Staff views had not been included in the survey as the decision was for Councillors to make.
The Leader proposed that Council note the content of the report, and agree the Council meeting on 25 September start at 4.00pm on a trial basis. This was seconded by Councillor Alaric Smith, was put to a vote, and was unanimously agreed by Council.
Council Resolved to:
- Note the content of the report;
- Agree the Council meeting on 25 September start at 4pm as a trial.