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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
Technically we don't.
The balance is 17-17 if you want to lump the Independent councillors in with Labour, but we have no control over how they vote, however likely it may seem that they would support us.
He may lose the by-election in Baxenden, so what then? Postpone all full Council meetings until after 7th May 2011?
There was a Cabinet meeting today and the one thing that the public all said was that Cllr Britcliffe's way of conducting things was dictatorial.
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In order for all councillors to be able to vote there have to be meetings of Full Council, so Gayle's point about the opposition councillors being able to outvote the Tories becomes meaningless.
The only council meeting that will have to be held, before the May elections, will be the meeting on 1 March 2011 to set the budget for the 2011 to 2012 year. The council tax base is normally set at the December Council meeting but in one of the report to Cabinet today (Budget Cycle for 2011/12 - Outline Timetable including budget consultations) the date of this was set as either the 11th January Cabinet Meeting or the Council Meeting 7th December.