That, in further implementation of the Chief
Executive Officer’s emergency decisions on 7 April 2020 and
13 May 2020 (see Decision Records 2020/CEO Emergency Powers/14 and
2020/CEO Emergency Powers/21) re governance matters under the Local
Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility
of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England
and Wales) Regulations 2020 (which enable local authority meetings
to be held virtually and which remove the requirement for an Annual
General Meeting to be held):
a) the Council’s Council Procedure Rules (its Standing
Orders), in so far as they are applicable to virtual meetings,
shall, with any necessary modification as referenced in a Protocol
for Remote Meetings, apply to such virtual formal meetings and
Council Procedure Rule 22 shall be deemed to incorporate reference
to virtual meetings;
b) the Protocol for Remote Meetings and supporting User Guides be
approved; and
c) the consequential amendments to the Council Procedure Rules in
relation to the 2020 Meetings’ Regulations and as set out in
the note to the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic
Services) be approved.