Standing Orders:

STANDING ORDERS

For The Regulating Of The Proceedings At

Meetings Of The Cobh Town Council.

Adopted by Cobh Town Council on

8^th day of July, 2002

In Accordance With the Provisions Of

Paragraph 16 of the Tenth Schedule attached to

The Local Government Act 2001

Meetings of the Council

1)Unless upon any occasion when it is otherwise fixed by statute or by resolution of the Council,Ordinary Meetings of the Council shall be held on the second Monday of each month except if a meeting coincides with a Bank Holiday, then its date shall be fixed by resolution of the Council

Annual Meeting

2)In every year in which a local election is held the Annual Meeting shall be held on the tenth day after the polling day or, where the poll is for any reason countermanded, interrupted or adjourned, after the day on which the poll is completed or the fresh poll is held.

Where the tenth day is an excluded day the meeting shall be held on the next following day which is not an excluded day.

In 2003 the Annual Meeting shall be on such day within the period 14 days either side of the anniversary of the first annual meeting as may be decided by resolution of the Council. In 2005 and in every year after that which is not an election year the Annual Meeting shall be on such day in May or June as the Council shall by resolution appoint.

Whenever an Annual Meeting is for any reason not held on the appointed day the meetings administrator shall, following consultation with the Cathaoirleach, or if the office of Cathaoirleach is vacant or he / she is unable to act, with the Leas-Cathaoirleach, convene a meeting for a day which the administrator considers to be the earliest convenient date for that purpose.

In an election year the local authority shall publish a notice of its Annual Meeting in at least one newspaper circulating in its administrative area. The notice shall state the date of the annual meeting and where appropriate that the first business of the meeting will be the election of the Cathaoirleach, and specify the joint bodies and other bodies to which the local authority is entitled to make appointments at that meeting or subsequently. The notice shall be in a form and published within the period prescribed by regulations.

In the case of an Annual Meeting in an election year and until the election of the Cathaoirleach at such meeting, the Chair for this period shall be taken by a member or an employee selected by the meeting for this purpose. Any member selected to chair an annual meeting under this subparagraph shall not have a second or casting vote and any employee of the local authority if so selected in accordance with this subparagraph shall not have any vote.

At an Annual Meeting in an election year the meetings administrator shall read out the names of persons duly elected as members of the local authority. Subject to this the election of a Cathaoirleach is to be the first business of an Annual Meeting and the next business, the election of a Leas-Cathaoirleach.

In the case of the Annual Meeting in an election year the business to be transacted after the election of the Cathaoirleach and the Leas-Cathaoirleach shall include the consideration of the election, appointment or nomination of members of joint bodies or other bodies elected, appointed or nominated by the local authority.

Local Authority Budget Meeting

3)A Local Authority Budget Meeting shall be held during the period prescribed by regulations for that purpose.

Special Meeting

4)A Special Meeting of the Council may be convened at any time by the Cathaoirleach or if the office of Cathaoirleach is vacant or the Cathaoirleach is unable to act, by the Leas-Cathaoirleach, or by the Cathaoirleach on foot of a request in writing presented to him or her by any five members.

Where the Cathaoirleach refuses or neglects to act on foot of a request within 7 days of it being presented to him/her, the members making the request may convene a meeting. In this event, the members shall give three clear days notice in writing of their intention to convene a meeting to the meetings administrator.

Hour of Meeting

5)The hour of meeting of the Council shall be 5.30 p.m. or at such other hour as may

from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Council. The Council shall rise not later than 7.30 p.m. and no business shall be dealt with after that time unless otherwise extended by resolution of the Council which shall be passed not later than 7.15 p.m.

A meeting of the Council shall not extend beyond 8.00 p.m. and any business not dealt with at that time shall stall adjourned to the next ordinary meeting of the Council.

Place of Meeting and Address of Principal Offices

6)In so far as practicable the place for holding meetings of the Council shall be the principal offices of the Town Council and meetings shall normally be held there, provided that the Council may from time to time by resolution appoint an alternative location for a particular meeting.

The address of the principal offices for the purposes of these Standing Orders is the Town Hall, Lynch’s Quay, Cobh.

Summoning of Meeting

7)A notification to attend a meeting, other than a local authority budget meeting shall (a) be sent or delivered to each member of the Council, (b) specify the place, date and time of the meeting, and (c) give not less than 3 clear days notice.

A notification shall include or be accompanied by an Agenda listing the business to be transacted at the meeting. Subject to Standing Order 20 no business shall be transacted at a meeting other than that specified in the Agenda which relates to the meeting or business required by the Act, or otherwise by law to be transacted at the meeting.

An Agenda which has been sent or delivered for this purpose may be altered (whether by way of addition, deletion or otherwise) if an Agenda specifying the alteration is delivered or sent to each member not less than 3 clear days before the day on which the meeting is to be held.

In the case of a Special Meeting convened by requisition under Standing Order 4, a copy of the requisition shall be sent with the notification.

8)A notification shall have the signature of the meetings administrator and any document claiming to have that signature shall be deemed, until the contrary is proved to have been duly issued or given with the authority of the local authority.

Want of service or non-receipt of a notification by any member or lack of a signature or any other defect in the notification does not affect the validity of a meeting or of any act or thing done at the meeting.

For the purposes of this Standing Order “signature” includes a facsimile of a signature by whatever process reproduced or a printed version of the name of the meetings administrator.

Public Notice of Meeting

9)Public notice of the place, date and time of a meeting other than a local authority budget meeting or a Special Meeting shall be displayed not less than 3 clear days before the day of the meeting in or at the principal offices of the local authority in a position convenient for public inspection during normal office hours. The Notice shall include the Agenda for the meeting or specify a place where the Agenda can be inspected.

In the case of a special meeting the Agenda shall be displayed in or at the principal offices of the Council in a position convenient for public inspection during normal office hours from the date of the calling of the meeting.

Subject to any arrangements as it may make the local authority shall supply a copy of a public notice and agenda to the media.

Constitution of Meetings

10)The Chair shall be taken by the Cathaoirleach at a meeting of the Council within 10 minutes after the time appointed for such meeting or in his / her absence by the Leas-Cathaoirleach or otherwise by a Member called thereto by general agreement or chosen by vote of the members present to chair the meeting and such member shall leave the chair on the arrival at the meeting of the Cathaoirleach or Leas-Cathaoirleach.

11)The names of the members attending shall be recorded in writing by the meetings administrator.

12)The quorum for a meeting of the Council is one-fourth of the total number of members of the Council plus one, i.e. 4 members.

Whenever a meeting of the local authority is abandoned owing to failure to obtain a quorum the names of those present at the time and place appointed for such meeting shall be recorded by the meetings administrator and they shall for all purposes be deemed to have attended a duly constituted meeting.

If a quorum is not present within 15 minutes after the time fixed for the meeting [or at any time during the meeting,] the meeting shall stand adjourned to a day to be named by the Cathaoirleach

Order of Business

13)The Order of Business at all meetings other thanAnnual Meetings,Local Authority Budget Meetings and Special Meetings shall, subject to the provisions of any enactments,be as follows:

(i)Confirmation of Minutes.

(ii)Votes of Condolence / Votes of Congratulations

(iii)Manager’s Orders

(iv)Correspondence

(v)Statutory Business of the Council

(vi)Financial Business of the Council

(vii)Reports and Recommendations of Officers of the Council

(viii)Notices of Motion

(ix)Questions submitted by Members

(x)Any other Business

In the case of a meeting convened for a special purpose the businessspecified in the Notification for such meeting shall be transacted and no other business.

At any ordinary meeting of the Council it shall be proper, if a majority of the members present and voting so decide, to take an item for consideration out of the sequence of listing on the Agenda,provided always thatsuch decision shall not affect any business required by Statute to be done before any other business at the meeting .

Confirmation of Minutes

14)Minutes ofthe proceedings of a meeting of the local authority shall be drawn up by the meetings administrator.

The Minutes shall include -

(a)the date, place and time of the meeting,

(b)the names of the members present at the meeting,

(c)the names of the senior employees of the local authority present at the meeting,

(d)reference to any report submitted to the members at the meeting,

(e)where there is a roll call vote, the number and names of members voting for and against the motion and of those abstaining,

(f)particulars of all resolutions passed at the meeting,

(g)such other matters considered appropriate.

A copy of the minutes of a meeting shall be sent or given by the meetings administrator to each member of the local authority.

Minutes of a meeting shall be submitted for confirmation as an accurate record at the next following ordinary meeting, where practicable, or where not, at the next following meeting and recorded in the minutes of that meeting.

When confirmed with or without amendment, the minutes of a meeting shall be signed by the person chairing the meeting they were submitted to for confirmation and any minutes claiming to be so signed shall be received in evidence without proof. When the question that they be confirmed is put from the Chair, a Member may object to any part thereof as not being an accurate record and upon a motion any question of altering the record shall be determined by the Council by majority vote of those members who were present at the appropriate meeting;provided that no entry shall be made in the Minutes of any protest other than a record of dissent, save in the form of a motion or an amendment.

A copy of the minutes when confirmed in accordance with this Standing Order shall be open to inspection at the principal offices of the local authority and any person may inspect and make a copy of, or abstract from, the minutes during the usual office hours of the authority.

A copy of the minutes shall be provided to any person applying for them on payment of such reasonable sum, being a sum not exceeding the reasonable cost of supplying the copy, as may be fixed by the authority.

Notices of Motion

15)Every Notice of Motion dated and signed by the Member or Members giving it shall be delivered to the meetings administrator and shall be recorded in the order of their receipt and shall appear on the Agenda in that order.

No Notice ofMotion shall be set down on the Agenda for any meeting unless such Notice of Motion shall have been delivered to the meetings administrator at least seven clear days before the date of such meeting.

16)If any Notice of Motion of which notice has been duly given relates to a matter normally dealt with by a Committee or comes within the terms of reference of any Committee or Committees, it shall be referred to such Committee or Committees as the meetings administrator may determine. Any dispute on such reference shall be determined by the Cathaoirleach.

17)No member shall be permitted to have more than two motions (including adjourned motions) on the Agenda for any one meeting and the name of a member shall not appear more than two times on the Agenda as proposer or co-proposer of motions for any one meeting. Where at a meeting or any adjournment thereof more than one notice of motion appears on the Agenda to be proposed by one or more individual members, no second notice of motion of any such members shall be proposed until after every other member shall have proposed the sole or first notice of motion appearing in the member’s name. A similar order of precedence shall apply to any further notices of motion remaining to be proposed by two or more members.

Motions to Amend or Revoke Resolutions

18)A motion to revoke or amend a resolution of the Council can only be made on notice inserted in the Agenda, and such notice shall specify the resolution to be revoked or amended and furnish the terms of the motion to be made;but no such motion shall be allowed to appear on the Agenda to revoke or amend any resolution of Council within six months of the date of the adoption of such resolution except with the written assent of not less than 5 members of the Council. A resolution may not be revoked at the meeting at which it has been adopted.

It shall be necessary for adoption of a motion to revoke or amend a resolution of the Council that not less than two thirds of the members present at such subsequent meeting vote in favour provided that this number is not less than one-half of the total number of members of the Council.

19)Subject to Standing Order 18 any matter decided by the local authority by motion on notice or on the report of a committee shall not be re-opened within 6 months of the date of such decision.

Motion for Purpose of Dealing with Urgent Business

20)Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Standing Orders a motion may be proposed without notice for the purpose of dealing with urgent business related to a function of the local authority, subject to the requirement that not less than 5 members vote in favour and subject to the requirement that the number voting in favour shall not be less than two thirds of the members present and voting at the meeting.

Adjournment of Council

21)A motion for adjournment of the Council may be made at any time and shall be determined without amendment and without debate, except that the mover of the Motion of adjournment and the mover of the Motion immediately affected by it, may each address the Council for not more than five minutes on the question of the adjournment ; and when the Motion for adjournment is adopted, the meeting will stand adjourned to a day then named or in the event of no such date being named, to the next occurring ordinary meeting.

A Special Meeting may be adjourned from time to time until its business is concluded.

Motions and Amendments

22)The proposer of a motion not listed in the Agenda or an amendment, and not in common form, shall upon moving the same deliver a copy to the Chair.

23)A motion, notice of which stands in the Agenda and which has been proposed and seconded, may be withdrawn only on leave obtained from a majority of the Council present at the meeting at the request of the member concerned. A motion may either be proposed by the member in whose name it stands or if he or she be absent, by any member authorised by him or her in writing to propose it on his or her behalf, but unless so proposed, and in the absence of a request in writing from the member in whose name it stands to postpone it, the motion shall be dropped and shall not again be set down in the Notice Paper except on fresh notice. A motion or an amendment when not seconded is dropped.

24)An amendment which has been proposed and seconded may be withdrawn only on leave obtained from a majority of the Council members present at the meeting at the request of the member concerned.

25)Every amendment shall be relevant to the motion on which it is moved and shall be either (a) to leave out words, (b) to leave out words and insert or add others, (c) to insert or add words. An amendment shall not be in order if it is equivalent to a direct negative or if it is not in fact an amendment of the motion it purports to amend.

26)Whenever an amendment on an original motion has been moved and seconded, no second or subsequent amendment shall be moved until the first amendment shall have been disposed of, but notice of any second or subsequent amendment shall first have been given.

27)When an amendment is affirmed the original motion as amended becomes the substantive motion upon which any further amendment, of which notice has been given may be moved.

28)When an amendment is lost any further amendment of which notice has been given may be proposed, but only one amendment shall be at any time before the meeting and an amendment shall not be in order if the Chair rules it to be substantially the same as an amendment already lost.

Order of Debate

29)Except with the permission of the Chair no member shall address the Council for more than 5 minutes. A member may speak once upon any item on the Agenda or on any motion except a motion which is to be put without debate. The proposer of a motion has the right to reply whilst the motion remains before the Chair and when the proposer replies the debate on the motion is closed.

30)No member who has spoken to a motion may move or second an amendment, but when an amendment is moved and seconded, amember who has already spoken to the original motion may speak to the amendment.

31)A member may speak more than once on the same motion or amendment for the purpose only of submitting a point of order or making a personal explanation. The Chair’s decision in determining a point of order or personal explanation shall be final.

32)The Chair shall ascertain that a motion is seconded before the proposer is permitted to speak to it.

33)A motion “that the Council proceed to the next business” may be made after any motion has been proposed and seconded.When made it shall be determined without amendment or debate and if it be affirmed the business interrupted by such motion shall not be proceeded with further at that meeting and unless the council otherwise determine shall be adjourned to the next ordinary meeting.The motion to proceed to nextbusiness shall not be made more than once during the debate on any question.

34)At any time during a discussion on a motion a member may move “that the question be now put” and if such leave be given by the assent of the majority of those present and voting, the motion shall be put, subject to the right of reply by the proposer of the original or substantive motion.

35)When two or more members at the same time offer to speak, the member called upon by the Chair shall have precedence.

36)A member while speaking shall address only the Chair.

37)A member speaking shall not be interrupted except upon a question of order, but may give way to a member desiring to make a personal explanation.

38)When a member seeks to make a point of order,the member then addressing the Chair shall give way until the question of order has been determined by the Chair, unlessthe former seeks to address the Chair upon the question of order.

39)The Chair is the sole judge of order in the Council and has authority to maintain order and enforce prompt obedience to his / her ruling. When during adebate the Chair rises, any member then speaking shall give way to the Chair.

40)If at a meeting any member of the Council, in the opinion of the Chair notified to the Council, misconducts himself or herself by persistently disregarding the ruling of the Chair, or by wilfully obstructing the business of the meeting, the Chair or any other member may move “That the member named be not further heard”, and the motion if seconded shall be put and determined without discussion.

41)If in the opinion of the Chair any member has been or is disorderly by persistently disregarding the ruling of the Chair, or by behaving irregularly, improperly or offensively or by otherwise obstructing the business of the meeting, and the Chair has conveyed his or her opinion to the members present by naming the member concerned, then the Chair or any member may move “that the member named leave the meeting” and the motion, if seconded, shall be put and determined without discussion.

42)Where the Council decides that a member leave a meeting, that member shall immediately leave the meeting and shall not be entitled to speak or to take any further part in that meeting on that day.

43)Where in the opinion of the Chair there is general disorder which impedes the orderly transaction of business or where a member against whom it was resolved that he or she leave the meeting refuses to do so, the Chair may adjourn the meeting for such period as he or she considers necessary in the interests of order.

44)No member shall address the Chair, unless from one of the seats reserved to the use of members.

Deputations

45)The Council may by resolution decide to receive a deputation consisting of no more than 3 persons. Subject to the direction of the Chair, no more than 2 persons may speak on behalf of the deputation for not more than 10 minutes, unless permitted by the Chair.

Request for a deputation to be heard by the Council shall not be considered unless the subject matter to be raised be notified in writing on the motion of a member of the Council, or direct application by the body concerned,sent to the meetings administrator at least 7 clear days before the date of the meeting.

The deputation may only be questioned by members of the Council but shall not be entitled to ask questions.

When the members of a deputation have addressed the meeting, they shall withdraw from the meeting.

No discussion of matters raised by a deputation shall be allowed until members of the deputation have withdrawn

The Council may, by resolution, decide to receive a deputation without notice, provided a majority of the members present vote for the resolution.

Questions, Votes and Divisions

46)Every question shall be determined by a show of hands, unless three members request a division, in which case the names for and against the motion or amendment shall be taken down in writing and recorded in the Minutes.

47)Where the Chair has not formally declared the result of a vote, or is in doubt as to whether his / her declaration is right or wrong, s/he is entitled if s/he thinks fit to take a second vote on the matter, especially if s/he considers that through some misunderstanding the first vote did not properly represent the sense of the meeting at that time.

48)Each member present at a meeting of the Council shall have a vote unless prohibited by any enactment.

49)Without prejudice to any enactment or other provisions of these Standing Orders requiring either the presence of a specified number or proportion of the members or that a specified number or proportion should vote in favour for the doing of any particular act, all acts of the Council which are reserved functions or questions duly coming or arising before a meeting of the Council shall be determined- (a) by a majority of the members present and voting or where there is an equality of votes, by a second or casting vote of the person chairing the meeting (which person shall have and may choose to exercise such a vote).

Attendance of Public and Media

50)The right of the public and representatives of the media to attend Council meetings is subject to the following :-

Where the Council is of opinion that the absence of members of the public and representatives of the media from the whole or part of a particular meeting is desirable because of the special nature of the meeting or of an item of business to be or about to be considered at the meeting or for other special reasons, the Council may,by resolution in respect of which, at least one-half of the total number of members vote in favour,decide to meet in committee for the whole or part of the meeting concerned. The resolution in this instance shall indicate in a general way the reasons for the resolution and those reasons shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

51)Members of the public and representatives of the media will occupy the parts of the Meeting Room allotted to their use.

The public shall be admitted subject to the following arrangements:

Each member shall be permitted to invite one member of the public to attend the Council Meeting and take a seat in the public gallery provided that the Cathaoirleach has been notified not less than 3 days in advance of the meeting in question by the member of the Council.The maximum number ofpublic at any one meeting shall not exceed 6 people.

52)Members of the public shall be seated and maintain silence and observe any directions given by the Chair or by any employee in attendance upon the Council.Such employees are responsible for the execution of all measures necessary for the maintenance of order and decorum in and about the Chamber.

If a member of the public interrupts a meeting at any time or endeavours, without the permission of the Council to address a Meeting, the Chair shall warn him or her and if the interruption continues shall order that person’s removal.

In the case of a general disturbance in any part of the Meeting Room open to the public, the Chair shall order that part to be cleared.

53)No cameras of any kind or sound recording or communication equipment may be used at meetings of the Council without the prior approval of the Council.

54)The use of mobile phones shall not be permitted at meetings of the Council.

COMMITTEES

Committees - General

55)The Council may appoint a Special Committee for a specific purpose.When appointing such a Committee it shall at the same time determine the number and names of members to constitute such Committee and shall also fix the quorum which shall not be less than three.The term of office of a Special Committee shall be for such period as the Council may determine when appointing the Committee.

56)The Cathaoirleach shall, ex-officio, be a member of any committee appointed by the Council provided such ex-officio membership shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of any statute under which any such committee is constituted or with any other provision of law. Where the Cathaoirleach is unable or unwilling to be a member of a Committee, the Leas-Cathaoirleach shall be a member of the Committee. Unless otherwise resolved by the Council, the Cathaoirleach, or the Leas-Cathaoirleach, where relevant, shall be the Cathaoirleach of the Committee.

57)In the election of Committees, candidates shall be proposed and seconded and if the number so proposed and seconded does not exceed the number of vacancies, those proposed and seconded shall be declared elected.Should the number of those proposed and seconded exceed the number of vacancies a vote shall be taken to determine the members of the Committee.

Notwithstanding anything contained above, the provisions of paragraph 18 of Sch. 10, and the requirements of any other enactment will apply to appointments to committees.

58)Whenever a vacancy occurs in the membership of any Committee of the Council, by reason of the death, resignation or disqualification of a member, such vacancy shall be filled as soon as circumstances permit, by the Council after due notice.

59)In a Committee, a motion or amendment may be proposed without a seconder, and a member may speak more than once to any question, but otherwise the Rules of Order of the Council, so far as they are conveniently applicable, shall govern all proceedings of Committees, and the member in the Chair at any meeting of a Committee shall determine questions of order.

60)Every Committee in the whole of its proceedings shall be governed by the Standing Orders or Resolutions of the Council affecting such Committee.

61)A copy of every Report of a Committee to be submitted to the Council shall, before the submission thereof, be transmitted to every member of the Council at least three days before Council Meetings, save in cases of urgency when reading of the Report to Council shall suffice.

62)Save for meetings of any Committees as the Council may specify from time to time, representatives of the media and the public may be present at meetings of Committees of the Council.When confidential matters are under discussion Committees may decide to exclude such representatives from the meeting or the relevant portion of the meeting.

63)The meetings administrator shall summon a meeting of any Committee at the request of the Cathaoirleach of the Committee, or any three of its members, or whenever the meetings administrator deems it necessary in special circumstances that such Committee shall meet.

64)In the absence of the Cathaoirleach of a Committee, the Chair shall be taken by any Council member of the Committee agreed at the meeting.

65)The Chair of each Committee shall be responsible to the Council for the general management of the business entrusted to such Committee.

66)Committees may appoint Sub-Committees from their number to facilitate the transaction of business, who shall report to the Committee, but such Sub-Committee shall not have the power to transact any business without express authority from the Committee.

67)The Council may resolve itself into a Committee of the whole Council for the transaction of business to be specified in the Resolution.

68)The decisions of the Committees of the Council shall not become binding, except where otherwise provided in the Standing Orders, until approved by the Council, unless the Council specifically empowers these Committees to deal (without further reference to it) with certain matters, subject to the appropriate legal provisions.

Suspension of Standing Orders

69)Subject to the provisions and requirements of the Act, or ofany other enactment, any Standing Order, except Nos. 18, 20, 46 to 49 [and 22 to 44 if so decided by Council] may at any time be suspended on a motion proposed without notice for the purpose of enabling any specific business defined in the suspensory motion to be considered and dealt with by the Council, subject to the requirement that at least two-thirds of the members present vote in favour.

Casual Vacancy

70)A casual vacancy shall be filled in accordance with Section 19 of the Act. Where a casual vacancy on the Council arises and where the person causing the casual vacancy contested the most recent local election on foot of a nomination of a registered political party, Section 19(3)(a) shall apply.

Where a casual vacancy arises and where the person causing the casual vacancy contested the most recent local as a non-party candidate the vacancy will be filled as follows:-

a)Within 21 days of the date of the declaration of the result of a Local Election, the non-party member elected to the Council shall submit in writing to the Meetings Administrator a list consisting of panel of three substitutions in order of preference for filing of a casual vacancy.

b)For the purposes of nomination and co-opting, the Cathaoirleach of the day shall nominate the first preference on the panel of substitutes and such nomination shall be seconded by the Leas-Cathaoirleach

c)Where a non-party councillor does not submit a list of nominated substitutes a casual vacancy shall be filled by resolution of the Council.

In respect of members of the Council holding office on the date of adoption of the Standing Orders, the list of the three nominated substitutes shall be submitted in writing to the Meetings Administrator within the period of 21 days beginning on the date of a written request from the Meetings Administrator to submit such a list.

Miscellaneous

71)A member or members appointed to outside bodies and boards may from time to time submit reports to the Council on matters arising in such bodies or boards which have relevance to the Council and shall in any event do so in accordance with the requirements of Section 141, Local Government Act, 2001.

72)Throughout these Standing Orders, if not inconsistent with the context, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter assigned to them:

a)“the Act” shall mean the Local Government Act, 2001.

b)“Cathaoirleach” shall mean the Cathaoirleach, or Mayor, for the time being of a Meeting of the Council.

c)“Leas Cathaoirleach” shall mean the Leas Cathaoirleach, or Deputy Mayor, of the Council

d)“Manager” shall mean the Manager of the Council or any person appointed to act as Town Manager

e)“Meetings Administrator” shall mean the Clerk of the Town Council or any person appointed to act as Town Clerk

f)“Clear Days” shall include the day of receipt and the day of the Meeting

73)In the computation of time for the purpose of these Standing Orders, Sundays and Holidays shall be reckoned as included.

74)From and after the date hereof all the Standing Orders heretofore in existence with reference to any of the several matters and things dealt with by these Orders shall be and are hereby repealed.

Made under the Official Seal of the Cobh Town Council, on the 8^th day of July 2002

Present when the Official Seal of Cobh Town Council was affixed.

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Stella Meade

Cathaoirleach, Cobh Town Council

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Larry Cunningham

Town Manager, Cobh Town Council

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Páraig Lynch

Town Clerk, Cobh Town Council