Standing Orders 2021

Extraordinary meetings of the council, committees and sub-committees

  1. The Chairman of the Council may convene an extraordinary meeting of the Council at any time.
  2. If the Chairman of the Council does not call an extraordinary meeting of the Council within seven days of having been requested in writing to do so by two councillors, any two councillors may convene an extraordinary meeting of the Council. The public notice giving the time, place and agenda for such a meeting shall be signed by the two councillors.
  3. The chairman of a committee [or a sub-committee] may convene an extraordinary meeting of the committee [or the sub-committee] at any time.
  4. If the chairman of a committee [or a sub-committee] does not call an extraordinary meeting within 14 days of having been requested to do so by 2 members of the committee [or the sub-committee), any 2 members of the committee [or the sub-committee] may convene an extraordinary meeting of the committee [or a sub-committee].