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Consideration was given to a number of recommendations from the Constitution Committee, as follows :-

(a) Re-organisation of Community Governance (Crewe) Order 2012 and Mini Review of Electoral Arrangements for the Parish of Leighton 

           At its meeting on 11^th October 2012, Council had agreed that the draft Re-Organisation of Community Governance Order for Crewe be updated and submitted to Council on 13 December, following a mini review of electoral arrangements for the Parish of Leighton. In the light of the decision of Council on 11^th October, which dealt with all other community governance arrangements for Crewe, all that remained to be decided were the arrangements for the area of Leighton and the final approval of the Reorganisation Order to give effect to the Council’s decisions. 

            The Constitution Committee had reviewed when elections for the Leighton Parish Urban ward should be held and whether the number of Councillors for the parish should be amended. In respect of the area of Leighton, the Committee made a number of recommendations to Council.

           RESOLVED

           That :-

1.    the change to the boundary of the Leighton Parish take effect from 1^st April 2013;

2.    no parish elections be held until 2015 but Cheshire East Council take steps to advertise the current vacancies on the Parish Council;

3.    the number of Parish Councillors for Leighton remain unchanged at the present time but the number be reviewed when Cheshire East Council conducts its community governance review of parish councils;

4.    accordingly, paragraph 10 of the draft order be retained in its present form; and

5.    the draft Re-Organisation order, as appended to the report to the Constitution Committee, at Appendix A, be approved.  

(b) Notice of Motion - Motions to Council 

At the Council meeting on 19^th July 2012, the following motion was proposed by Councillor Arthur Moran and was seconded by Councillor David Brickhill: -

“That all motions that are referred by Council to a Committee or Cabinet must be put on the agenda of the next meeting of that body or brought back to the next Council meeting for vote on a final decision.”

The Constitution Committee had considered the motion and made  recommendations to Council as to how Notices of Motion should be dealt with. The recommendations were moved and seconded as follows :-

(1)That the Democratic and Registration Services Manager be a nominated recipient of Notices of Motion, in addition to the Monitoring Officer, in order to enable Members to lodge Notices of Motion when the Monitoring Officer is not available.

(2)Members should be permitted to submit Notices of Motion by email, and a hard copy signature of the Members in question should not be a requirement of the process.

(3)The wording of the Rules should be amended to make it clear that the full text of the notice of motion would be reproduced with the agenda papers for Council meetings.

(4)A Notice of Motion should be regarded as withdrawn:

prior to the Council meeting if an indication  ...  view the full minutes text for item 74