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Arrangements for council meetings is now up. @ShanksSue Asks about the Conservative amendment #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

Restrictions to council meetings are brought in to protect councillors. officers and members of the public. We have 1,200 cases today in the city says @ShanksSue There are people at risk and are vulnerable including councillors who are concerned #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

Restrictions to council meetings are brought in to protect councillors. officers and members of the public. We have 1,200 cases today in the city says @ShanksSue There are people at risk and are vulnerable including councillors who are concerned #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

Restrictions to council meetings are brought in to protect councillors. officers and members of the public. We have 1,200 cases today in the city says @ShanksSue There are people at risk and are vulnerable including councillors who are concerned #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

We are still in a pandemic, we can't go out to parties says @ShanksSue For the budget we'll be in a bigger space. Councillors in the chamber have tested negative and are masked. She does not understand why Conservatives are changing what was agreed. #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

Conservatives refused to comply with the agreed smaller number which was mandated at Policy and Resources says @ShanksSue Which reflects the lack of concern for their fellow human beings #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

The council and staff need to return to work says @HKDawnNick Council staff have spent far too long working at home. #Hove Town Hall is a ghost down. Residents are not receiving the level of service they received before the pandemic #LDreporter #Brighton

Residents are disillusioned when they phone rings out. Council tax payers are not receiving value for money. Councillors should stop obstructions to normal council meetings. 54 members have not met in person for two years says @HKDawnNick #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

Other councils have hired sports hall. Greens and Labour voted to keep #Hove Town Hall shut. This is a backward step. @HKDawnNick says businesses shops and schools are at work but the council lags behind #LDreporter #Brighton

Councillors saying they are not safe to go to meetings fly and go abroad says @HKDawnNick Councillors do not want to go back to work and do they job they do. They stay away. Have they had their jabs. #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

Leader @Phelimmac says council staff and councillors have worked 60 hour weeks throughout the pandemic, as have the officers. It is an insult to the people who work for the council who put themselves at the heart of the pandemic #Ldreporter #Brighton #Hove

Our role is to keep people safe says @Phelimmac Cityclean kept going.
@john_allcock These are difficult times and some people are more vulnerable than others. We need to respect differences. More than 150,000 deaths more than any European country #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

The government seeks profit and people are aexpendable says @john_allcock Cases are up. A member who should have been in today is unable to attend because they tested positive. @HKDawnNick insults staff by saying they do not deliver services #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

@john_allcock @HKDawnNick Brave Cityclean staff were heroes when we didn't know what was happening, they kept emptying the bins but it does not seem like that from @HKDawnNick says @john_allcock We need to protect cleaning staff, officers and councillors #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

We need to take public health steps unlike the shenanigans at Number 10 says @john_allcock We have full thorough and transparent discussion at committee level where meetings are less crowded. Officer deligations as sensible oversight #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

When transmission and infection reduces we can reconsider says @john_allcock Written questions should be taken as read to protect colleagues at committees #Ldreporter #brighton #Hove

We do work outside of the chamber says @ShanksSue We met online, sitting at home until 11pm while the government allowed it. We have returned to face-to-face because the government changed the rules. #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

As councillors if we have to be somewhere we have to take responsibility for ourselves and our staff says @ShanksSue This was agreed at Policy and Resources and will be looked at again in April #Ldreporter #Brighton #Hove

There is now a council on the Conservative amendment.
11 for
23 against and the amendment is lost
#LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

Now the original recommendations, this includes limiting numbers at full council meetings to 14, wearing masks holding budget council at the #Brighton Centre and keeping the virtual public engagement session.
20 for
11 against
#LDreporter #Hove