SLC are consulting on changes to the Scheme of Establishment for Community Councils. The Scheme governs how CCs operate. SLC's scheme has not been updated for many years, and therefore does not consider how technology such as email and online meetings should be used.
The changes that SLC propose aim to set out how and when CCs can hold online meetings. Biggar CC are concerned that the proposed changes may not have the effect which SLC intend. We feel that the wording of SLC's proposed amendments to the scheme are confused, and at times contradictory. The impression that they give is that online meetings would not be open to the public, but we have found that many members of the public find online meetings easier to attend than face to face ones. Furthermore the proposed changes would only allow online meetings to be held under specific circumstances such as COVID or bad weather, rather than allowing meetings to be held online, or in a "blended" format whenever CCs see fit. We also feel that there are a number of areas of the Scheme which need to be updated, and that SLC is missing an opportunity by not including these in their review. You can find out more about the proposed changes on the SLC website. Comments should be submitted to SLC by 1 Dec by emailing [email protected].
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