Standing orders.pdf - Hutt City Council
Standing orders.pdf - Hutt City Council
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HCC <strong>Standing</strong> Orders 3 August 2004 Issue No. 2 33<br />
[Amendment from Petone Community Board – 25/8/08<br />
That the Mayor’s Address be taken prior to Presentations or<br />
Deputations (if any.]<br />
[Amendment from Eastbourne Community Board – 26/8/08<br />
That the Mayor’s Address be taken prior to Presentations or<br />
Deputations (if any.]<br />
[Amendment from Wainuiomata Community Board – 27/8/08<br />
That the Mayor’s Address be taken prior to Presentations or<br />
Deputations (if any.]<br />
Precedence of business 25.5<br />
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these <strong>Standing</strong><br />
Orders, and after the confirmation of the minutes of the previous meeting,<br />
the Chairperson as a matter of urgency, or the local authority on a<br />
motion duly passed without debate, may accord precedence to any<br />
business set down on the order paper for consideration.<br />
Requests for items to be<br />
placed on the agenda<br />
25.6<br />
Any person may write to the Chief Executive and ask for an item to be<br />
placed on the agenda for a <strong>Council</strong>, committee or community board<br />
meeting. These items will be discussed with the Chairperson and officers<br />
when the agenda is being compiled and any necessary decisions will be<br />
made regarding inclusion of the item.<br />
Order paper 25.7<br />
The Chief Executive is to prepare for each meeting an order paper listing<br />
and attaching information on the items of business to be brought before<br />
the meeting so far as is known. At the meeting the business is to be dealt<br />
with in the order in which it stands on the order paper unless the<br />
meeting or the Chairperson accord precedence to any business set down on<br />
the order paper for consideration.<br />
Confidential items 25.8<br />
The Chief Executive shall place on a confidential agenda any matters for<br />
which he/she considers the local authority or committee of the local<br />
authority is likely in his/her opinion to wish to exclude the public in terms<br />
of the LGOIMA, provided that an indication of the subject matter likely to<br />
be considered in exclusion of the public shall be placed on the order paper<br />
available to the public.<br />
Chairperson’s report 25.9<br />
The Chairperson shall, by report, have the right to direct the attention of the local<br />
authority to any matter or subject within the role or function of the local<br />
authority.<br />
Dealing with major items<br />
not on the agenda<br />
25.10<br />
“ An item that is not on the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with at the meeting if:<br />
(a) The local authority by resolution so decides; and<br />
(b)<br />
The presiding member explains at the meeting at a time when it is<br />
open to the public;<br />
(i)<br />
The reason why the item is not on the agenda; and