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Meeting: 11/12/2017 - General Purposes Committee (Item 15)

15 Joint Review of Polling Districts and Community Governance Review of Parish and Town Councils pdf icon PDF 131 KB

To consider a report of the Head of Elections Licensing and Registration to consider final proposals for the joint polling district review and community governance review of parish and town councils and to agree the final proposals for the polling district review to be published on 11 January 2018 and for the community governance review, to be agreed at full Council on 10 January 2018 and published on 11 January 2018.

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Minutes:

Following the commencement of this item Councillor Blake arrived and assumed the Chair.

 

Further to minute 37 of the meeting held on 2nd October 2017 the Head of

Elections, Licensing and Registration submitted a report asking General

Purposes Committee to consider the final proposals for the Joint Polling

District Review and community governance review of parish and town councils,  seeking agreement for the Final Proposals to be published on 11th January 2018 and for the Community Governance Review to be submitted to full Council on 10th January 2018, and published on 11th January 2018.

 

The report also sought agreement to defer the decision on the General Purposes Committee’s recommendation relating to the abolition of Ledston Parish Council until March 2018.

 

In considering this item Members also considered some additional information that had been received following the despatch of the agenda on the 1st December 2017.

 

RESOLVED: -

 

a)  To recommend to council that the summary of the proposals set out in Appendix B and Appendix C to the report be not progressed.



b)  To receive the summary of proposals set out in Appendix D, and:

 

i)  In respect of the proposals relating to the community governance review, seek the approval of full council to them; and,

ii)  In respect of the polling district review, to confirm them as the final proposals to be published on 11th January 2018 and come into effect for the local government elections on 3rd May 2018

 

c)  To agree the recommendation set out in paragraph 6.3 of the report to defer any decision in respect Ledston Parish Council until March 2018.