Democratic Services provide legally compliant Committee and Member Services in supporting constituted meetings of the Council, formulating and publishing agendas within statutory timelines, offering constitutional and operational support to both Elected Members and officers on process and procedures relating to decision making in Herefordshire Council.
In response to the Covid 19 public health emergency, on Saturday 4 April, under the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020, new regulations came into force. Those regulations enable local authorities to:
•hold and alter the frequency and occurrence of meetings without requirement for further notice.
•determine not to hold your annual meeting; if a council seeks to do this current appointments will continue until the next annual meeting or when the local authority determines.
•hold meetings remotely, including by (but not limited to) telephone conferencing, video conferencing, live webcast, and live interactive streaming. And,
•permit public and press access to meetings and documents through similar remote access
The purchase of Zoom Pro, a virtual meeting platform, enables Hereford council to be compliant with these new regulations