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Agenda - Byron Shire Council - NSW Government

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BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL<br />

ORDINARY MEETING 9 MAY 2013 (25)<br />

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Report No. 12.3. Revised <strong>Council</strong> Meeting Schedule for 2013<br />

Executive Manager: Corporate Management<br />

Report Author: Ken Gainger, General Manager<br />

File No:<br />

#E2013/26690<br />

Theme:<br />

Corporate Management, <strong>Council</strong>lors<br />

Summary:<br />

This report is prepared to allow <strong>Council</strong> to consider a proposed revision to<br />

the schedule of <strong>Council</strong> meetings for 2013. The proposed schedule would<br />

commence from 8 August 2013 and work on the basis of holding an<br />

Ordinary Meeting every third Thursday. It also proposes the removal of the<br />

Strategic Planning Committee from the schedule.<br />

<strong>Council</strong>’s Code of Meeting Practice states, in part, that:<br />

“4.3 The scheduling of Ordinary meetings of <strong>Council</strong> may be<br />

changed by resolution of <strong>Council</strong>.”<br />

In future, should this schedule be adopted beyond 2013, the Code of<br />

Meeting Practice would require an amendment at part 4.1 which states:<br />

“4.1 Ordinary Meetings will be held:<br />

(a) on the second and fourth Thursdays of each of the<br />

months of February, April, June, August, October and<br />

December;<br />

(b) on the second Thursday of each of the months of March,<br />

May, September and November."<br />

Further, due to feedback received from <strong>Council</strong>lors, this report allows for<br />

adoption of a revised agenda delivery date. That is, agendas would be<br />

delivered to <strong>Council</strong>lors nine days before each Ordinary Meeting rather<br />

than seven days prior.<br />

<strong>Council</strong>'s Code of Meeting Practice states:<br />

"5.1 The General Manager of the <strong>Council</strong> must send to each<br />

<strong>Council</strong>lor, at least seven days before each Ordinary meeting of<br />

the <strong>Council</strong>, a notice specifying the time and place at which,<br />

and the date on which, the meeting is to be held and the<br />

business proposed to be transacted at the meeting."<br />

RECOMMENDATION:<br />

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15<br />

1. That <strong>Council</strong> adopts a three weekly meeting cycle for ordinary <strong>Council</strong> meetings<br />

commencing in August 2013 in accordance with the following revised schedule of<br />

Ordinary Meetings:<br />

8 August 2013<br />

29 August 2013<br />

19 September 2013<br />

10 October 2013<br />

31 October 2013<br />

21 November 2013<br />

Ordinary Meeting <strong>Agenda</strong> 09/05/13

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