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New Constitution for North Yorkshire Council

The recommendations at pages 384 to 385 of the report (pages 14405 to 14406 of the Minute Book) were moved and seconded.

County Councillor David Chance stated that the name of the new Council as specified in the recommendations at (i) should read ‘The North Yorkshire Council’ and not ‘North Yorkshire Council’ as indicted in the report, which was an error.

An amendment was moved by County Councillor Bryn Griffiths and seconded by County Councillor Stuart Parsons, as per the Notice of Motion that was included in the agenda for the meeting at item 16, regarding time limits for questions and statements.

There followed a debate.

The vote was taken on the proposed amendment and the motion was declared defeated with 36 for, 51 against and no abstentions.

An amendment was moved by County Councillor Andy Brown and seconded by County Councillor David Noland regarding the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules at page 662 in the agenda pack.

There followed a debate at the end of which it was agreed that the matter be referred to the Member Working Group on the Constitution for consideration and referral back to County Council.

County Councillor Kevin Foster withdrew an amendment that had previously been circulated to members in the Council Chamber regarding quoracy at meetings, as at page 600 in the agenda pack.

An amendment was moved by County Councillor Andy Brown and seconded by County Councillor Stuart Parsons regarding the appointment of Chairs of Overview and Scrutiny Committees at page 662 in the agenda pack.

There followed a debate.

County Councillor Tim Grogan moved that the vote be taken now.  This was seconded.  The vote was taken and the motion was declared carried with 72 for, 15 against and no abstentions.

The vote was taken on the proposed amendment and the motion was declared defeated with 38 for, 47 against and 1 abstention.

An amendment was moved by County Councillor Andy Brown and seconded by County Councillor Kevin Foster regarding the process for dealing with Motions, as at page 608 in the agenda pack.

The vote was taken on the proposed amendment and the motion was declared defeated with 33 for, 50 against and 2 abstentions.

County Councillor Andy Brown withdrew an amendment that had previously been circulated to members in the Council Chamber regarding the Terms of Reference for the Area Constituency Committees, as at page 511 in the agenda pack.

An amendment was moved by County Councillor Andrew Murday and seconded by County Councillor Chris Aldred regarding the Terms of Reference for the Area Constituency Committees, as at page 509 in the agenda pack.

The vote was taken on the proposed amendment and the motion was declared carried with 87 for, none against and no abstentions.

An amendment was moved by County Councillor Philip Broadbank and seconded by County Councillor Steve Shaw-Wright regarding a move to the committee system of decision making with effect from the May 2023 AGM.

The vote  ...  view the full minutes text for item 85