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Budget Meeting(s)
A meeting will take place on a date decided by Council or the Chief Executive. The purpose of this meeting will be to determine the Council’s budget and set the Council Tax for the following financial year. The Budget Meeting will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this rule.
The order of business at the Budget Meeting will be as follows:-
to receive any petitions which only relate to the Council’s budget or to the setting of the Council Tax in line with the procedures set out in the Council’s Petition scheme;
to consider the report from the Mayor and Executive upon the Council’s budget and setting of the Council Tax for the following year and any associated business; and
Rules 10 and 11 of these Rules shall not apply to the Budget Meeting.
Motions proposing amendments to the proposals shall be submitted in writing to the Monitoring Officer by no later than 5.00 p.m. on the Friday before the Budget Meeting to enable the preparation of the advice of the Chief Finance Officer and any amendments shall be circulated to the Mayor and Councillors, with any officer comments, at least 24 hours, before the meeting.
When moving the budget proposals of the Mayor and Executive, the Mayor and/or another Executive Councillor may speak for up to 10 minutes.
Following the voting on all amendments Council shall make its determination. Pursuant to the Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules if the Council adopts the proposals of the Executive without amendment the decision shall become effective immediately.
At the Budget Meeting Rules 12.1(k)(iii) (Motion without notice to suspend a Procedure Rule) and 24 (Suspension and amendment of Council Procedure Rules) of these Procedure Rules shall not apply.