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Public Session
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Priority Business (if any)
To dispose of any business required by statute or by the Council's Procedure Rules to be brought before the Council before any other business.
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There was no priority business.
To approve the minutes of the Council meeting of 16 September 2025.
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RESOLVED: that the minutes of the Council meeting of 16 September 2025 be approved and signed by the Chairman.
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Apologies
To receive any apologies for non-attendance.
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Apologies were recieved by Councillors A Adams, H Adams, B Bond MBE, V Chapman, S Duncan, C Evans, W Fisher, S Harper-Wallis, D Holmes, J Michell, R Reade and W Sutton.
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Declarations of Interest
To receive any declarations of interest.
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It was confirmed that under Section 33 of the Localism Act, that all Members may participate in any discussion and vote relating to Local Government Reorganisation. The dispensation is in place immediately until Vesting Day.
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Questions pursuant to Council Procedure Rule 11.4
Note: A Councillor may ask the Chairman of the Council, a member of the Cabinet or the Chairman of any Committee, Sub-Committee or Panel a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties or which affects the District of South Staffordshire provided that:-
(a) they have given at least seven working days' notice in writing of the question to the Chief Executive; or
(b) the question relates to urgent matters, they have the consent of the Cabinet Member to whom the question is to be put, and the content of the question is given to the Chief Executive by 11.00 a.m. on the day of the meeting. Every question shall be put and answered without discussion but the person to whom the question has been put may decline to answer.
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There were no questions pursuant to Council Procedure Rule 11.4.
Report of the Leader of the Council, Councillor Kath Perry MBE
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RESOLVED: that Members:
a) approve the preferred option, a three unitary model to cover Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, as set out in the full submission document at Appendix 1.
b) delegate authority to the Leader and Chief Executive to approve any necessary changes to the submission document prior to its submission to Government by 28 November 2025.
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