Issue - meetings

To consider a waiver of the six month rule for attendance at Council and Committee meetings under the Local Government Act 1972 for Councillor Jan Mason, having regard to the circumstances of her absence from meetings.

Council received a report requesting it to consider a waiver of the six month rule for attendance at Council and Committee meetings under the Local Government Act 1972 for Councillor Jan Mason, having regard to the circumstances of her absence from meetings.

Councillor Hannah Dalton MOVED and Councillor Neil Dallen SECONDED the recommendation in the report.

Upon being put the recommendation was CARRIED unanimously.

Accordingly, it was resolved to:

(1)      Agree that, having regard to the circumstances of the absence of Councillor Jan Mason from Council meetings, the requirements of Section 85 of the Local Government Act 1972 in relation to attendance at meetings be waived for Councillor Mason until the meeting of the Council on 6 December 2022.