Issue - meetings

The Council resolved:-

to approve the minute.

The Council had before it the minute of meeting of the Urgent Business Committee of 18 December 2024.

The Council resolved:-

to approve the minute.

(i)             to note that Councillor Malik had voted for his amendment within Article 4, however due to an issue with the electronic voting system his vote had not registered and therefore was not reflected in the minute; and

(ii)           to otherwise approve the minute.

The Council had before it the minute of the reconvened meeting of Aberdeen City Council of 11 October 2024.

Councillor Malik referred to Article 4 of the minute and advised that he was unwilling to approve the minute as it stated he was absent from the division, when he had voted for his amendment, but the technology had failed. The Interim Chief Officer - Governance (Assurance) advised that this would be recorded in the minute of this meeting, however officers could not record Councillor Malik as having voted for his amendment as there was no record of that vote having been made.

Councillor Malik moved as a procedural motion, seconded by Councillor Tissera:-

          That all votes at Full Council meetings be conducted by roll call.

On a division, there voted:-

For the procedural motion   (22)  -  Councillors Ali, Blake, Bonsell, Boulton, Brooks, Crockett, Cross, Farquhar, Graham, Grant, Houghton, Kusznir, Lawrence, Macdonald, McLeod, Malik, Massey, Nicoll, Mrs Stewart, Thomson, Tissera and Watson. 

Against the procedural motion  (23)  -  Lord Provost; Depute Provost; and Councillors Al-Samarai, Allard, Alphonse, Bouse, Hazel Cameron, Clark, Cooke, Copland, Cormie, Davidson, Fairfull, Greig, Henrickson, Hutchison, MacGregor, McLellan, McRae, Mennie, Radley, van Sweeden and Yuill.

The Council resolved:-

to reject the procedural motion.

Councillor Tissera moved as a procedural motion, seconded by Councillor Malik:-

That the apology from Councillor Henrickson to Councillor Tissera be recorded in the minute.

On a division, there voted:-

For the procedural motion   (22)  -  Councillors Ali, Blake, Bonsell, Boulton, Brooks, Crockett, Cross, Farquhar, Graham, Grant, Houghton, Kusznir, Lawrence, Macdonald, McLeod, Malik, Massey, Nicoll, Mrs Stewart, Thomson, Tissera and Watson. 

Against the procedural motion  (23)  -  Lord Provost; Depute Provost; and Councillors Al-Samarai, Allard, Alphonse, Bouse, Hazel Cameron, Clark, Cooke, Copland, Cormie, Davidson, Fairfull, Greig, Henrickson, Hutchison, MacGregor, McLellan, McRae, Mennie, Radley, van Sweeden and Yuill.

The Council resolved:-

to reject the procedural motion.

In terms of Standing Order 32.8, Councillor Tissera intimated her dissent against the foregoing decision.

The Council resolved:-

(i)             to note that Councillor Malik had voted for his amendment within Article 4, however due to an issue with the electronic voting system his vote had not registered and therefore was not reflected in the minute; and

(ii)           to otherwise approve the minute.