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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 08, 2019

HEADED ITEM NO. 3 (f)

HEADED ITEM: C. Performance and Change Management Directorate

STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE 

a) Draft Calendar of Meetings Dates

b) Report on Conferences/Seminars

c) Polling Arrangements  

d) LEA Boundary Committee Report 2018

e) Report on Area Committee Changes

f) Review of Standing Orders

REPLY:

Review of Standing Orders

In preparation for the new Council and the implementation of the boundary review, the Standing Orders were examined and a number of amendments are proposed.

Council and Area Committees Standing Orders

  1. The wording of a small number of existing Standing Orders were amended for clarification purposes.
  2. Insertion of 6 additions/amendments to Standing Orders.
  3. The amendments made to the Area Committee Names due to the Boundary Commission Report 2018.

Standing orders (in numerical order)     

  1. (L) (1)

Delete

The word “Questions ” to be deleted from the sentence.

                            “Notices of Motion/Questions shall appear on the Agenda, on the order of their receipt. The Agenda Paper for a Council/Area Committee Meetings will contain Notices of Motion/Questions in accordance with Schedule A (see attached).”

  1. (L) (2)

Delete      

All Councillors will have one motion listed before any Councillor has a second motion listed.

  1. (L) (4)

Delete

All Councillors will have their first motion listed before any Councillor has a second motion listed.

 

  1. (1) *

Delete

All Councillors will have one motion listed before any Councillor has a second motion listed.

  1. (5)

Insert

“or the Area Committee Chair and the relevant” inserted into sentence 1 & 2 between “The Mayor/An Méara” and “Meeting Administrator ” paragraph to read as follows:

Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Standing Orders a motion may, for the purpose of dealing with urgent or emergency business related to a function of the Local Authority, be submitted to The Mayor/An Méara, the Area Committee Chair and the relevant Meeting Administrator prior to 12 noon on the day of the meeting for consideration. The decision of the Mayor/An Méara, the Area Committee Chair and the relevant Meeting Administrator shall be final. This is subject to the requirement that not less than 20 members (being at least one-half of the total number of members of the authority) first vote in favour that it shall be put to the Council.

Amend

  1. Lucan Area Committee to Lucan, Palmerstown Fonthill Area Committee
  1. Rathfarnham / Templeogue - Terenure Area Committee to

Rathfarnham, Templeogue, Firhouse, Bohernabreena Area Committee

77.

Insert

“or the Area Committee Chair and the relevant” inserted into sentence 1 & 2 between “The Mayor/An Méara” and “Meeting Administrator ” paragraph to read as follows:

Subject to the provisions and requirements of the Local Government Act 2001, or of any other enactment, any Standing Order (other than those relating to the revocation of a resolution – S.O. no. 16, dealing with urgent business – S.O. no. 15(5) or methods of voting – S.O. no. 46), may at any time be suspended on a motion, for the purpose of enabling any specific requirement defined in the suspensory motion to be considered and dealt with by the Council. Such motion shall be submitted prior to 12 noon on the day of the meeting to the Mayor/An Méara, or the Area Committee Chair and the relevant Meeting Administrator for consideration. The decision of the Mayor/An Méara, or the Area Committee Chair and the relevant and the Meeting Administrator shall be final. The suspension of Standing Orders is subject to the requirement that two-thirds of the Members present vote in favour.

Schedule B

Amend

(4) Clondalkin Local Drugs Task Force to Clondalkin Drug and Alcohol Task Force

(5) Dublin 12 Drugs Task Force to Dublin 12 Local Drugs & Alcohol Task Force

(10) South Dublin Joint Policing Committee to South Dublin County Joint Policing Committee

(22) Local Community Development Committee to South Dublin County Local Community Development Committee.

These changes will come into effect on 1st June 2019.