Issuing of Press Releases
Minutes:
Further to Minute No. 19 of the meeting held on 7 September 2022, the Executive Director of Corporate Resources and Customer Services provided a verbal update on the issue of press releases to Elected Members indicating that he and the Corporate Communications Officer had given careful consideration to the request that Councillors receive advance notice of press releases.
The Executive Director of Corporate Resources and Customer Services suggested that the focus should be placed on planned press releases which provided information to the public on specific issues, such as awareness campaigns and in which respect, prior notice at times could be given. He indicated that there was on average one planned press release per week sent to the media in advance and suggested that when this happened members could be notified at the same time.
RESOLVED:
That approval be given for the notification of planned press releases to Councillors for an initial three-month trial period and reviewed after three months.