Standing Rules and Orders of Council
Rule 64: Adding urgency reports to the council agenda
Rule 64 (including 64(1)) lets the Speaker add an urgent report to a council meeting's agenda when the Executive or another body, such as the Legislature, asks for it. In these minutes the Speaker or Acting Speaker agreed to such requests and added the reports as extra agenda items. The passages do not set out the conditions or the test for what counts as urgent, so those details are unclear.
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How the minutes record it
The Speaker stated that the Executive requested for additional reports, Items 49 and 50 to be considered by Council as urgency reports in line with Rule 64 of the Standing Rules & Orders of Council, and she had acceded to the request.
Signed minutes, Wednesday, 29 November 2023She asked Councillors to further note that the Executive had requested, in terms of Rule 64 of the Standing Rules and Orders of Council, to submit two urgency reports, and she had acceded to the request.
Signed minutes, Tuesday, 29 August 2023She further asked Council to note that Executive had requested, in terms of Rule 64, that 2 Urgent Reports be added to the agenda and confirmed that she had acceded to the request and those reports are Item 18 and 19.
Signed minutes, Wednesday, 21 June 2023She indicated that she has received a request from the Executive in terms of Rule 64 of the Standing Rules and Orders of Council to include two additional reports, items 16 and 17, and she has acceded to the request for the urgent reports.
Signed minutes, Friday, 12 May 2023He thereafter explained that a report was brought to Council yesterday as an Urgent Report, as per Rule 64 of the Standing Rules and Orders of Council, without prior notice and yet no basis was laid for the urgency.
Signed minutes, Thursday, 23 February 2023