Minutes:
Councillor K M H Lagan presented his Motion (Motion 1) to the Council, as set out below, and provided some background information.
‘Pre-Amble: With regard to the proposed paper that is coming to council on 12th January 2023, and the proposed service delivery amendments contained within, the time is right to undertake a review to consider options of the formation of the CLT and leadership model in operation at MDC to support the internal and external agendas, and that officers are charged with scoping out a prepared brief so that external support can be sourced to provide bench makings and options for review by full council.
Motion: “Members are requested to endorse the above approach with a report being made to Council on options before or by April 2023.’
The Director of Service Delivery, as Head of Paid Service, responded to the Motion, advising that should it be agreed Human Resources would wish to engage with Members to develop a scoping report with Terms of Reference for the review. This would be brought back to Members with a proposed timetable.
During the debate that ensued a number of Members expressed both support for and against the Motion.
In accordance with Procedure Rule No. 13 (3) Councillor K M H Lagan requested a recorded vote. This was duly seconded.
The Chairman then put Councillor Lagan’s Motion to the Council and vote was as follows:
For the recommendation:
Councillors K M H Lagan, P L Spenceley, W Stamp and E L Stephens.
Against the recommendation:
Councillors R G Boyce, Mrs P A Channer, Mrs J L Fleming, A L Hull, C Swain, Mrs M E Thompson and S White.
Abstention:
Councillors S P Nunn, N G F Shaughnessy and Mrs J C Stilts.
The Motion was therefore declared lost and not agreed.