Agenda item
Notification of any items of business which the mayor deems urgent
- Meeting of Ordinary Meeting, Council Assembly, Wednesday 15 July 2020 7.00 pm (Item 1.3)
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In special circumstances an item of business may be added to an agenda within seven working days of the meeting.
Minutes:
At this point the programme motion was agreed:
The order of business and timings for the evening will be as follows:
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Time |
Business |
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19:00 - 19:15 |
1. Preliminary business and announcements |
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19:15 - 20:20
(15 minutes)
(7 minutes) (5 minutes)
(35 minutes) (3 minutes) |
Themed debate Southwark Together: Council Response to COVID-19 pandemic
3.1 Community Evidence
3.2 Motion on the Theme 1. Councillor Peter John 2. Councillor Nick Johnson, opposition spokesperson, to speak on the motion and move Amendment A 3. Themed debate open to all other councillors 4. Cabinet member’s right of reply to the debate |
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Five minute break |
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20:25 - 21:30
(15 minutes)
(7 minutes) (5 minutes)
(35 minutes) (3 minutes) |
Themed debate Southwark Stands Together: Southwark’s commitment to tackle racial inequalities
3.1 Community Evidence
3.2 Motion on the Theme 1. Councillor Johnson Situ 2. Councillor William Houngbo, opposition spokesperson, to speak on the motion and move Amendment A 3. Themed debate open to all other councillors 4. Cabinet member’s right of reply to the debate |
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21:30 – 21:40
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5.1 Members' Question Time (two questions, one supplemental each) · Members' questions to the leader |
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21:40* |
6. Reports |
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· South Bank and Waterloo Neighbourhood Plan Area · Pay Policy Statement · Member Allowances Scheme 2020-21 · Calendar of meetings · Annual Special Urgency report · Treasury Management Performance - 2019-20 annual report and prudential indicators |
* subject to the guillotine rule; maximum 15 minutes debate per item.
Note: Any time left remaining on any item will be rolled into the next items.
That the meeting be conducted as follows:
Item 3 - Themed debate
Community Evidence Submissions
To receive submissions from the groups listed in the themed section of the agenda:
Southwark Together: Council Response to COVID-19 pandemic
- AlhajiTajudeen Salami, Chief Imam of Old Kent Road Mosque
- Felicia Boshorin, Central Southwark Community Hub
- Chris Price, Pecan
- Eloise Dickens, Anima Youth
Southwark Stands Together: Southwark’s commitment to tackle racial inequalities
- Nicholas Okwulu
- Ebenezer Mensah
- Dr Victor Olisa QPM
- Ayesha Ahmad, Southwark Scholars
- Oliur Rahman, Active Communities Network
And to note the written representation listed as point 10 at item 3.1.
Format
A three minute presentation from the community evidence presenter; if the presenter would like to ask a question, they will receive a written response from the cabinet member after the meeting.
Themed debate
To run as listed in the timings above.
Amendment B
To delete the words "the objectives of" as set out below:
"b.
Places on record the support of Southwark Council for the
objectives of the Black Lives Matter movement and for all
similar initiatives."
Voting
For all decisions not agreed by acclaim, voting will proceed as follows:
The chair will ask all councillors in favour of a motion or amendment to click on the "Yes" button in Zoom; and all those against to click on the "No" button.
Any councillor not voting in good time will be called on individually to declare their vote.
These will be tallied and the clerk will announce the number of votes in favour and the number of votes against.
The chair will then ask all councillors who are abstaining from voting to click on the "Yes" button in Zoom, and the number of abstentions will then be tallied.
The chair will then announce the outcome of the vote.
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