Argyll and Bute Council Constitution - 2. How meetings are called

Public Notice

1. Three clear days at least before a meeting of the Council, the Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support Services will display a notice at the Council’s Headquarters saying when and where the meeting will be held and any associated arrangements. In the event the meeting is being held on a virtual/hybrid basis, details on how to access the meeting will be included in the Notice and published on the Council website.  If a meeting is called at shorter notice in case of urgency, then the notice will be displayed at the time it is called [“Clear days” excludes the day of publication and the day of the meeting and does not include Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays]. (CS)
    
2. If the meeting is called by Members of the Council, the notice must be signed by those Members and must set out the business which they wish the Council to consider; and only that business can be considered at the meeting. (CS)

A Summons must be sent to each Member

3. Seven days at least before a meeting of the Council, the Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support Services will issue a summons to each Member asking that Member to attend the meeting. Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays will not be excluded for the purpose of this Standing Order. The summons will set out the business which the Council will be asked to consider at that meeting.  It will be signed by the Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support Services and sent electronically to each Member. (CS)
    
4. If a Member does not receive a summons the meeting will still be valid. (CS)