PDF 41 KBVenue: Town Hall Congleton
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Declarations of Interest To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests in any item on the agenda Minutes: A number of Councillors who were existing County Councillors, Borough Councillors and Town and Parish Councillors declared a personal interest in the business of the meeting en bloc. |
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Petition for Borough Status To approve the formal presentation of a Petition, seeking the grant of a Charter for Borough status and the form of the Council’s Petition for Borough status and of the proposed Charter for submission to the Privy Council Office. Minutes: Consideration was given to a report updating the Council on the proposed application for Borough status, as agreed in principle by Council on 30 July 2008.
It was moved and seconded to approve :-
(a) the formal presentation of a Petition seeking the grant of a Charter for Borough status
(b) the form of the Council’s Petition for Borough status and of the proposed Charter for submission to the Privy Council Office.
A requisition for a named vote was submitted and duly supported, in accordance with the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 15.2 of the Constitution.
The motion was put to the meeting with the following results:-
For Against Abstentions
Cllr C Andrew A Arnold 0 Cllr M Asquith T Beard Cllr RA Bailey S Broadhurst Cllr R Bailey D Cannon Cllr A Barratt R Cartlidge Cllr G Barton P Edwards Cllr G Baxendale R Fletcher Cllr C Beard D Flude Cllr D Bebbington J Goddard Cllr D Beckford D Hough Cllr S Bentley S Jones Cllr D Brickhill M Martin Cllr D Brown S McGory Cllr J Crockatt A Moran Cllr H Davenport J Narraway Cllr M Davies D Neilson Cllr R Domleo M Parsons Cllr B Dykes C Thorley Cllr P Findlow C Tomlinson Cllr W Fitzgerald Cllr S Furlong Cllr H Gaddum Cllr L Gilbert Cllr E Gilliland Cllr J Hammond Cllr M Hardy Cllr O Hunter Cllr T Jackson Cllr J Jones Cllr F Keegan Cllr A Knowles Cllr A Kolker Cllr W Livesley Cllr J Macrae Cllr P Mason Cllr R Menlove Cllr G Merry Cllr B Moran Cllr H Murray Cllr R Parker Cllr T Ranfield Cllr A Richardson Cllr B Silvester Cllr M Simon Cllr L Smetham Cllr D Stockton Cllr D Thompson Cllr A Thwaite Cllr D Topping Cllr R Walker Cllr G Walton Cllr J Weatherill Cllr R West Cllr R Westwood Cllr P Whiteley Cllr S Wilkinson Cllr J Wray
The motion was declared carried by 57 votes for and 19 against, in accordance with the provision of the Local Government Act 1972 which requires that “a Petition for a Charter shall not be presented, except on a resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of the Members voting thereon”. |