Community Governance Review - Increase in the Number of Councillors on Westhampnett Parish Council
At its meeting on 6 July 2017 the Boundary Review Panel made the following recommendation to the Council at this meeting.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL
That a community governance review be undertaken with a view to there being an increase in the number of parish councillors on Westhampnett Parish Council from seven to nine members.
Minutes:
The Council considered the third of four recommendations relating to community governance reviews (CGR) made to it by the Boundary Review Panel (BRevP) at its meeting on 6 July 2017, the text of which was set out on the face of the agenda (copy attached to the official minutes).
At Mrs Hamilton’s invitation the recommendation was proposed by Mr J Ridd, the BRevP chairman and seconded by Mr G V McAra, the BRevP vice-chairman.
Mr Ridd presented the recommendation. He briefly summarised the reasons why Westhampnett Parish Council had contended in a comprehensive submission the case for a CGR to be undertaken seeking a modest numerical increase of two in the number of parish councillors. This was unanimously supported by the BRevP.
Save for a brief comment by a member, there was no discussion of this item.
Mrs Hamilton proposed that the recommendation on the face of the agenda be the subject of a vote by the Council.
Decision
The Council voted unanimously on a show of hands in favour of making the resolution set out below with no votes against or abstentions.
RESOLVED
That a community governance review be undertaken with a view to there being an increase in the number of parish councillors on Westhampnett Parish Council from seven to nine members.