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Further to the decision taken at an Extraordinary meeting of Full Council on 18 March 2025, this report seeks to present the options available to this Council further to the invitation by the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution to submit a full proposal by 9 May 2025.

Council received a report seeking to present the options available to it further to the invitation by the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution to submit a full proposal by 9 May 2025.

Councillor Hannah Dalton MOVED and Councillor Alan Williamson SECONDED the motion.

An amendment to recommendation 2 was MOVED by Councillor Hannah Dalton and SECONDED by Councillor Alan Williamson. The proposed amendment was as follows:

·                Replace Recommendation 1 with: ?

"Further to considering the two proposals for a single tier of local government in Surrey, this Council agrees that its preference for the final Local Government Reorganisation Plan for Epsom and Ewell is for 3 unitary councils (appendix 2) and that is the option is to be submitted to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government by 9 May 2025.”

As the amendment was moved by the proposer of the original motion, it became part of the substantive motion under FCR 17.8 of Appendix 4 of the Council’s Constitution

Following debate the recommendations of the substantive motion were put to the vote. The recommendations were CARRIED as detailed below.

The Council resolved with 22 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 abstention and the Mayor not voting to:

(1)       Consider the two proposals for a single tier of local government in Surrey, as outlined at Appendix 1 and 2, and agree its preferred final Local Government Reorganisation Plan for Epsom and Ewell, to be submitted to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government by 9 May 2025.

(2)       Delegate authority to the Chief Executive in consultation with Chair of Standards and Constitution Committee to finalise and submit the Council’s submission, making any necessary factual or typographical clarifications or corrections prior to its submission.