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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, October 12, 2020
HEADED ITEM NO. 3
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) Filling of Vacancies on Various Committees / Statutory Bodies (Senator M. Seery Kearney)
d) Filling of Vacancies on Various Committees / Statutory Bodies (Councillor W. Priestley)
e) Establishment of Commemorations Committee
f) Standing Orders Review
REPLY:
The following report went to the September Organisation, Procedure & Finance Committee Meeting 24th September 2020
The following report and draft Standing Orders which had been circulated, was presented by Ms. C. Hurson, Senior Executive Officer of Corporate Performance and Change Management, and was CONSIDERED:
Review of Standing Orders Proposed Changes
M1/0920 Proposed by Councillor G. O'Connell, Councillor L. O'Toole and seconded by F.Timmons
That this committee requests Chief Executive to review and discuss the standing orders. The budget process in 2019 raised issues which had not been identified before. This committee looks at ways to ensure the budget process does not take away the democratic right to discuss and amend the budget as it is designed to do so, and agree how best this can be implemented.
REPORT:
Standing Orders is listed as a Headed Item for this meeting.
A discussion followed with contributions from Councillors L. O’Toole, K. Mahon, F. Timmons, C. King, G. O’Connell, C. Bailey, A. Edge, W. Carey and L. Dunne, D. O’Donovan, D. McManus, E. O’Brien, V. Casserly and B. Lawlor.
The proposed changes to Standing Orders were AGREED and amendment to Councillor L. O’Toole motion was proposed by Councillor C. King and seconded by Councillor F. Timmons as follows.
“In the event that there are amendments to the Annual Budget, that they be taken as part of Headed Item No.1 and under no circumstance can the Budget be adopted without amendments being discussed and voted on.
That amendments/motions to the Annual Budget be taken on the floor in the order that they are submitted and that timestamps be used to show this and that amendments/motions can be submitted prior to the commencement of the Annual Budget.”
The Mayor Councillor E. O’Brien then called for a ROLL CALL VOTE on the amendment, the result of which was as follows:
FOR: 13 (THIRTEEN)
Councillors C. Bailey, W. Carey, Y. Collins, T. Costello, L. Dunne, A. Edge, M. Johansson, C. King, K. Mahon, E Ó Broin, G. O’Connell, L. O’Toole, F. Timmons
AGAINST: 2 (TWO)
Councillors B. Lawlor, D. McManus.
ABSTAIN: 7 (SEVEN)
Councillors L. Donaghy, K. Egan, P. Kavanagh, S. Moynihan, E. O’Brien, D. O’Donovan, L. Sinclair.
The amendment to the Motion was AGREED.
Ms. L. Maxwell, Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management informed the members that the Amendment would be checked to ensure that it does not contradict other sections of Standing Orders.
This is now before Council for approval