Councillors' meeting attendance
Could you please consider this request active as of April 1 and set your 20 day response times and the window of your answers to include everything up to April 1 please.
Can you list for me the five councillors with the lowest attendance rating for council meetings and committees they sit on, the % and number of meetings they attended, in a) 2013/14, b) 2012/13, c) 2011/12 and d) 2010/11?
Can you tell me how many warning letters have been sent out to councillors for low attendance and to which councillors in a) 2013/14, b) 2012/13, c) 2011/12 and d) 2010/11?
Can you tell me if any councillors were dismissed for low attendance and if so who in a) 2013/14, b) 2012/13, c) 2011/12 and d) 2010/11?
Can you tell me how many councillors’ home addresses lay outside of your authority’s jurisdiction as of April 1 in a) 2014, b) 2013, c) 2012 and d) 2011?
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Lowest attendance records:
2013/14 – 1. Cllr Brian Pidgeon 44% 2012/13 – 1. Cllr Craig Turton 12%
2. Cllr Amy Kennedy 50% 2. Cllr Matt Follett 57%
3. Cllr Liz Wakefield 59% 3. Cllr Alex Phillips 62%
4. Cllr Chaun Wilson 71% 4. Cllr Ben Duncan 68%
5. Cllr Alex Phillips 72% 5. Cllr Geoff Wells 72%
Cllr Leo Littman 72%
2011/12 1. Cllr Amy Kennedy 54% 2010/11 1. Cllr Keith Taylor 50%
2. Cllr Craig Turton 58% 2. Cllr Jayne Bennett 52%
3. Cllr Alex Phillips 67% 3. Cllr Craig Turton 58%
4. Cllr Geoff Wells 75% 4. Cllr Pat Drake 59%
5. Cllr Tony Janio 78% 5. Maria Caulfield 71%
Q2 No warning letters were sent out in the four periods referred to.
Q3 No councillors were dismissed for low attendance during the four periods referred to.
Q4 None of the councillors during the four periods referred to had home addresses listed outside of the authority’s jurisdiction.
Please note in regard to the above information:
A councillor need only attend 1 meeting every six months to retain their position as an elected representative.
The percentage figures relate to the number of meetings that an individual councillor was expected to attend during that year.
Councillors Drake, Caulfield, Follett, Taylor and Turton listed above are no longer current Members of the City Council.
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