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West Dunbartonshire Council · 25 September 2024
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Agenda Requisitioned Meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2024 Time: 14:00 Format: Hybrid meeting Contact: Carol-Ann Burns Email: carol-ann.burns@west-dunbarton.gov.uk committee.admin@west-dunbarton.gov.uk Dear Member Please attend a requisitioned meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council as detailed above. Members will have the option to attend the meeting remotely or in person at the Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton. The business is shown on the attached agenda. Yours faithfully PETER HESSETT Chief Executive
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Distribution:- Provost Karen Murray Conaghan Councillor June McKay Councillor James Bollan Councillor John Millar Councillor Ian Dickson Councillor Lawrence O’Neill Councillor Diane Docherty Councillor Lauren Oxley Councillor Fiona Hennebry Councillor Chris Pollock Councillor Gurpreet Singh Johal Councillor Martin Rooney Councillor Daniel Lennie Councillor Gordon Scanlan Councillor David McBride Councillor Hazel Sorrell Councillor Jonathan McColl Councillor Clare Steel Councillor James McElhill Councillor Sophie Traynor Councillor Michelle McGinty Chief Executive Chief Officers Date of issue: 19 September 2024 Audio Streaming Audio recordings of the meeting (including the attendance or contribution of any party participating or making a contribution) will be published on the Council’s website and the Council’s host’s webcast/audio stream platform. You should be aware that the Council is a Data Controller under the General Data Protection Regulation. Data collected during this audio stream will be retained in accordance with the Council’s Privacy Notice* and Retention Schedules including, but not limited to, for the purpose of keeping historical records and making those records available via the Council’s internet site.
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL WEDNESDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2024 AGENDA 1 STATEMENT BY CHAIR – AUDIO STREAMING 2 APOLOGIES 3 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members are invited to declare if they have an interest in any of the items of business on the agenda and the reasons for such declarations. 4 RECORDING OF VOTES The Council is asked to agree that all votes taken during the meeting will be done by roll call vote to ensure an accurate record. 5 POLITICAL ADMINSTRATION In terms of Standing Order No.3(b) Councillors Fiona Hennebry, Gurpreet Singh Johal, David McBride, Michelle McGinty, John Millar, Lawrence O’Neill, Martin Rooney, Hazel Sorrell and Clare Steel have submitted the following:- We the undersigned request that a requisitioned meeting be called to debate the following motion:- At the Council on Wednesday 28th August the SNP Alliance demonstrated their majority at Council by electing an SNP Provost, creating the circumstances where they would hold the casting vote which could be used to prevent a future Labour budget from being approved, and potentially putting the long term financial sustainability of the Council into question. As a result, the Labour Councillors resigned the Leadership and Senior Councillor positions to allow them to take control of West Dunbartonshire Council so that they could set the political direction of the council and would have sufficient time to work on their proposals to set a balanced budget for 2025/26; 2026/27; and 2027/28 budgets.
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In accordance with Standing Order 3 (b) we the undersigned call on the Chief Executive to set a Special Council Meeting to discuss the following urgent matters of business:- (1) to hear from the SNP Alliance of their intentions to take over the administration of West Dunbartonshire Council; (2) to receive a report from the Chief Executive Officer setting out the vacant positions in Council, Committee, Joint Committee, Constituted Bodies and External Bodies and Organisations; and (3) to fill these positions in accordance with Standing Order 1 and Standing Order 29(l). 6 VACANCIES ON COUNCIL COMMITTEES, ETC.– SEPTEMBER 2024 5 – 8 Submit report by the Chief Officer – Regulatory & Regeneration requesting the Council to fill the current list of vacancies on council committees, senior councillor positions, working groups and outside bodies as a result of recent resignations by Elected Members.