Issue - meetings

To consider the motion referred by Council.

The Committee considered the following motion which had been proposed by Councillor D Brickhill and seconded by Councillor A Moran at the Council meeting on 11^th October 2012 and referred to the Committee for consideration:

“That in view of the increasingly bad traffic congestion in the morning rush hours all this Council’s public meetings, which cause additional traffic to travel in these periods, should never start before 10 am if held in Sandbach and not before 10.30 am if held elsewhere.”

Work had commenced on the Calendar of Meetings for 2013/14. The vast majority of meetings were scheduled to start at 2.00pm in the afternoon and would therefore be unaffected by the proposed motion. For those meetings that commenced in the morning, the start times were either 10.00am or 10.30am. The scheduled slot for Portfolio Holder meetings was 9.00 am to 11.00 am Mondays to allow Cabinet Members to attend other meetings later in the day. Flexibility was also required in arranging ad hoc meetings.

RESOLVED

That Council be recommended that no action be taken.