Agenda item

Notification of any items of business which the mayor deems urgent

In special circumstances an item of business may be added to an agenda within seven working days of the meeting.

Minutes:

At this juncture, the meeting agreed the programme motion.

That the meeting be conducted as follows:

Time	Business
7.00pm – 7.15pm	1. Preliminary business and announcements
7.15pm – 10.00pm	Item 2.1 Policy and Resources Strategy 2020-21 - Revenue Budget 1. Consideration of this item is not time limited but the meeting is subject to the guillotine. 2. Debate to include: · Eight questions on reports · Councillor Vicky Mills to present recommendations (10 minutes) · Councillor Jane Salmon to reply on behalf of opposition (5 minutes) · Four amendments to be moved and seconded · Report and amendments to be debated as a single debate (all speakers 3 minutes each) · Reply to the debate from Councillor Vicky Mills (3 minutes) · Separate vote on each amendment · Recorded vote on substantive motion. Members can only speak once, except for Councillor Vicky Mills (cabinet member for finance, performance and Brexit), who will reply to the single debate. This report has a legal requirement to take a recorded vote on the substantive motion.
Item 2.2 Capital Strategy and Treasury Management Strategy 2020-21 To be considered as normal.
Item 2.3 Setting the Council Tax 2020-21 This report has a legal requirement to take a recorded vote on the substantive motion.
Item 3.1 Constitutional Changes 2019-20: Contract standing orders, Financial standing orders, Member and officer protocol To be considered as normal.

Time

Business

7.00pm – 7.15pm

1. Preliminary business and announcements

7.15pm – 10.00pm

Item 2.1 Policy and Resources Strategy 2020-21 - Revenue Budget

1. Consideration of this item is not time limited but the meeting is subject to the guillotine.

2. Debate to include:

· Eight questions on reports

· Councillor Vicky Mills to present recommendations (10 minutes)

· Councillor Jane Salmon to reply on behalf of opposition (5 minutes)

· Four amendments to be moved and seconded

· Report and amendments to be debated as a single debate (all speakers 3 minutes each)

· Reply to the debate from Councillor Vicky Mills (3 minutes)

· Separate vote on each amendment

· Recorded vote on substantive motion.

Members can only speak once, except for Councillor Vicky Mills (cabinet member for finance, performance and Brexit), who will reply to the single debate.

This report has a legal requirement to take a recorded vote on the substantive motion.

Item 2.2 Capital Strategy and Treasury Management Strategy 2020-21

To be considered as normal.

Item 2.3 Setting the Council Tax 2020-21

This report has a legal requirement to take a recorded vote on the substantive motion.

Item 3.1 Constitutional Changes 2019-20: Contract standing orders, Financial standing orders, Member and officer protocol