DISPUTES over when councillos are allowed to vote are set to be clarified by the changes to a council’s rules.

A review has drawn up a series of proposed amendments to the constitution, or the rules, of Monmouthshire County Council including one intended to address rows caused when councillors miss parts of meetings.

James Williams, the council’s top legal officer, said in recent meetings there had been questions over whether councillors could vote if they had been absent for part of a meeting, including those councillors who attend meetings online via and video link and often from home.

He said there is nothing in the council’s current constitution, or in legislation, that prevents councillors from voting but an amendment would clarify that, and when a stricter rule needs to be applied........

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