ABC Councillors have unanimously scoffed at the Department for Communities’ enforcement of legislation that demands they provide three days’ notice of meetings – even in cases of emergency. Therefore, the proposal before council was to amend standing orders 3 and 4 to state that meetings cannot be convened unless the statutory three days’ notice has been provided. Alderman Mark Baxter asked Ms McCusker, “Is what we are really saying, if there’s an emergency at this council we can’t call an emergency council meeting for three days? “So, we have no decision making ability as a council if there’s an emergency and I am thinking of emergency like extreme emergencies? The Alderman suggested sending another written letter to the Minister seeking clarity on the issue of extreme emergency.