Agenda item

Any other Business that the Chairman considers Urgent

Minutes:

Resident Members of the BRC, who had not been granted dispensations, expressed their disappointment at having been granted them for previous BRC meetings.  Furthermore, they had not been given an explanation as to why they had been refused this time.  Whilst accepting that they might not be able to vote, resident and non-resident Members agreed that the Cripplegate and Aldersgate Ward Members should be allowed to represent the views of their constituents. Members were reminded that all meetings of the Standards and Dispensations Sub Committees were held in public and encouraged to attend if their dispensations were being heard. 

 

The Chairman, also a Member of the Standards Committee, advised that Co-opted Standards Committee Members had raised this issue and the Standards Committee had taken a Resolution to Policy and Resources Committee in respect of the BRC’s governance arrangements.  The matter was also the subject of a question to the Court of Common Council later today.

 

Members noted that the BRC was carrying 5 non-resident vacancies, which compounded its’ governance issues.  In the event of today’s Court question not answering the above points, it was Proposed by Jeremy Mayhew, Seconded by David Bradshaw and RESOLVED, that:

 

The Standards Committee be asked to justify why Members of the BRC had been refused dispensations to speak at today’s meeting, given that they had been granted for previous meetings.