Consultation process
Review of Scheme for Establishment of Community CouncilsCo-option Process
Currently anyone who joins the Community Council through the co-option process must apply at the next by-election for full membership, therefore having to apply twice.
Would you support between the full election cycle that any vacancies within the community council would be filled by the co-opting process. Then after six months from the date of their co-option to the Community Council, the co-opted member will become a full member if agreed by the Community Council and will no longer be counted within the ratio of co-opted members. (see Scheme page 13 and Guidance page12)
I thought this question came up previously...I guess it saves time and bother with by-elections (which make sure that the person has been elected by the "whole area" rather than just the community councillors and is therefore the most democratic way to go). I would hope that the community councillors would NOT vote in someone who had NOT shown any commitment to the CC during those six months. The by-elections are there for a reason - to make sure that elections are fully democratic and are not required EVERY y
YEAR with Councillors of Local Government because those spaces are always filled.
If by-elections are removed then this would be necessary?
When they are co-opted they automatically become a full member
yes, but only until the next yearly by-election currently.