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2020-11-10 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda
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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 10 NOVEMBER 2020
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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 10 NOVEMBER 2020
7.6 Inthe event where one or more Councillors leave a meeting due to a prescribed or declarable
conflict of interest in a matter that results in a loss of a quorum for deciding the matter, Council
must resolve to —
a) delegate the consideration and decision on the matter, pursuant to section 257 of the
Local Government Act 2009; or
b) defer the matter to a later meeting; or
Cc) not decide the matter and take no further action in relation to the matter.
7.7 All Councillors including the conflicted Councillors may participate in the decision to delegate
or defer a matter.
7.8 The Council must not delegate a decision to an entity if the entity, or a majority being at least
half of its members, has a prescribed or declarable conflict of interest in the matter.
7.9 \f the matter cannot be delegated under an Act, the Council should seek ministerial approval
for the Councillors to be able to consider and vote on the matter, subject to any conditions the
Minister for Local Government may impose.
8. Adjournment of Meetings
8.1. The Councillors present at a meeting may at any time adjourn the meeting by procedural
resolution.
8.2 The Chairperson may adjourn the meeting without resolution in accordance with Section 47,
or for other reasons as deemed appropriate by the Chairperson.
Standing Orders for Council Meetings Page 5
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