Minutes:
The Chair informed Council that the main focus of the meeting was to set the budget and council tax and sought agreement to waive standing orders to allow for the extension of the meeting should it go beyond two and a half hours. Seconded by Councillor B Bainbridge.
Resolved:
That standing orders be waived to allow for the extension of the meeting should it go beyond two and a half hours.
The Chair reminded everyone to be respectful to each other during the meeting. Robust debate was part of the democratic process, but the Chair asked Members to respect the views of others and not to point fingers at others during debate, and not to shout across the floor.
Where points of order were raised, once a ruling had been made on advice of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, it would not be re-visited