Issue - meetings

Report CSD14059

The Government had recently introduced regulations requiring Councils to take a recorded vote on their budget and council tax setting decisions. The requirement came into force on the day after Bromley set its 2014/15 Council Tax. The report proposed changes to the Council’s Constitution, to be recommended to full Council, to reflect the new requirement in the Council Procedure Rules. 

RESOLVED that Council be recommended to adopt the following additional words (in italics) in the Council Procedure Rules in the Constitution -

15.5   Recorded vote

If one third of the Members present at the meeting demand it, the names for and against the motion or amendment or abstaining from voting will be taken down in writing and entered into the minutes. A demand for a recorded vote will override a demand for a ballot. A recorded vote will be taken on Budget and Council Tax setting matters and where required by law.