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Consultation has concluded
Outcome of Consultation on Council's Code Of Practice for Access to Meetings and Documents
That Council:
1. Notes the feedback received, on the way access is provided to Council and Committee meetings and associated documents, in response to consultation on the Code of Practice – Access to Meetings & Documents contained in Item 8 on the Agenda for the meeting of the Finance & Business Services Committee held on 20 October 2015; and
2. Notes that such feedback will inform practice and the review of the Standing Orders including the following specific requests:
2.1 To include the vote of each Council member on all motions and amendments in meeting minutes.
2.2 To include a clause in the Standing Orders to the effect that: when a matter involves sensitive commercial information, it should be discussed in two parts, with the broad issue debated in public, and only the sensitive commercial component discussed in confidence.