Agenda and minutes
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DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTERESTS Members are invited to disclose any pecuniary interest in any of the items on the agenda at this point of the meeting.
Members may still disclose any pecuniary interest in an item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.
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TO DISCUSS THE CESSATION OF MR LOGAN'S POSITION AS A COUNCILLOR See attached paper. Additional documents: Minutes: Motion on behalf of the Independent Residents’ Group
This Council deeply regrets the notice of disqualification sent to Cllr Mark Logan despite all Members and Officers being aware of his special circumstances due to ill health.
This disqualification process may follow the letter of the law, but not the spirit of the law and brings the Council’s commitment to a healthy democracy into disrepute.
Therefore this Council calls on the Mayor to seek further advice from the Local Government Association, Home Office and Electoral Commission to see if the disqualification can be overturned due to special circumstances.
And also to take measures that avoids the spiteful disqualification of a seriously ill Member happening again.
Following debate, the motion by the Independent Residents’ Group was NOT CARRIED by 42 votes to 3 (see division 1).
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