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Programme of Meetings for 2026/2027

 

 

Meeting: 26/11/2025 - Council (Item 57)

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Purpose:

To set a programme of Council and Committee meetings for 2026/27.

 

Recommendation(s):

That Council resolves to:

1.    Agree the programme of meetings from June 2026 to May 2027 as set out in Annex A and Annex B.

2.    Delegate authority to the Director of Governance and Development (Monitoring Officer), in consultation with Group Leaders, to make changes to the programme of meetings in the event that there is any future decision of Council to change the committee structure or committee remits that impacts the programme of meetings.

3.    Delegate authority to the Head of Democratic and Electoral Services to set the meeting dates for the Performance and Appointments Committee, member training and briefing sessions, any working groups established by the Council and any meetings of the Licensing Sub-Committee (Licensing Act 2003 Matters) and the Standards Hearings Sub-Committee (if required).

4.    Agree that, subject to any alternative proposals Council considers and agrees, meeting start times will be rolled forwards from 2025/26. 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The purpose of this report was to set a programme of Council and Committee meetings for 2026/27.

The item was introduced by Councillor Mike Evemy, Leader of the Council who stated that the current meeting schedule had been rolled forward into 2026–27. He reminded Councillors that Cabinet now met nine times a year, with Overview and Scrutiny aligned to those core meetings to support effective pre-decision scrutiny, and confirmed that this approach would continue. No changes to meeting start times were proposed.

It was noted that Democratic Services had attempted to avoid the key party conference dates when scheduling meeting dates.

It was highlighted that the report recommendations delegated authority to the Director of Governance and Development, in consultation with Group Leaders, to amend the schedule if the committee structure changed, and to the Head of Democratic and Electoral Services to set dates for the Performance and Appointments Committee, member briefings, training sessions and working groups. Councillor Evemy asked that recommendation 4 be amended to retain only the agreement to roll meeting start times forward from 2025–26 as no alternatives were being proposed.

There were no questions for clarity.

Councillor Claire Bloomer, Cabinet Member for Communities seconded the resolution and reserved the right to speak.

The Chair then moved to the debate, and there was no further debate.

The Chair moved to the vote on the resolution proposed by Councillor Evemy and seconded by Councillor Bloomer.

Voting record:

29 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstentions

Did not vote: Councillor Andrew Maclean having left the meeting

 

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