A MOTION seeking to change council meeting governance rules to increase “scrutiny, transparency and accountability” was voted down by councillors at their 14 October meeting.The motion was moved by Cr David Gill and sought to amend the current governance rules to enable the right to ask questions of council officers, ensure the chair has a stated and recorded reason to reject a councillor’s question, ensure a councillor has a right to move a dissent motion against the chair, amend the procedure motions section to require a two-thirds majority to pass a procedural “put” motion, and to remove any potential subjectivity…
Tuesday, October 21
