Opposition councillors have launched a bid to change rules so that a 5400-signature petition against controversial changes to bin collections can be heard.The eight Tory councillors have formally submitted notice that a special meeting of the council should be called to seek a change to the rules which mean that currently, the Change.org petition does not have to be considered.They are pushing for an amendment to the official ‘Scheme of Delegation’ calling for petitions to be accepted which are related to decisions of council made within the previous six months.
They also want to see any petition with more than 1000 signatures considered by members.They say the changes would then make it possible for the petition seeking a rethink on the.
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