Councillor Mark Shearer

General Purposes Committee - Wednesday 19th February, 2025 6.00 pm

General Purposes Committee - Wednesday 29th January, 2025 7.00 pm

This meeting of the General Purposes Committee was to include the discussion of a number of topics relating to elections and polling, complaints made against the council, and the way in which Councillors are paid.

Council - Wednesday 22nd January, 2025 7.00 pm

This meeting was scheduled to include a motion to approve the appointment of Janet Kealey as an independent person to the council’s standards committee, a debate on the opportunities and challenges faced by residents of Harrow Road ward, a series of reports on the City Plan, homelessness, and reform of planning committees, and a report on Council Tax.

General Purposes Urgency Sub-Committee - Tuesday 26th November, 2024 5.30 pm

The meeting's only substantial item was to interview candidates for an 'Independent Person' role and decide who to recommend for the position. Ultimately, the committee recommended Janet Kealey for the role.

Council - Wednesday 13th November, 2024 7.00 pm

The Council agreed to readopt the existing Gambling Policy for a further three years, to change the structure of the committees that make planning decisions, to grant Councillor Concia Albert dispensation from attending meetings, and to set the schedule for the Council's meetings in 2025-2026.