Procedure Clerk
Where attendance is recorded
Attendance is recorded as part of the minutes writing process, on the Edit Minutes Settings form. Each councillor addressed in the agenda has a dropdown with the statuses Present, Excused (sent apologies) and Absent.
The dropdowns are standard form fields, so you can move through them quickly with Tab and type the first letter of the status (P, E or A) to select it.
See Writing minutes for full details.
Last updated: 31 August 2026
See also
- Writing minutes Procedure
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