Voorsitter, ek sal by die volgende sitting van die Raad namens Cope voorstel:
Dat die Raad -
(1) kennis neem van die munisipale amptenare asook die verkeersbeamptes wat tydens dissiplinre prosesse vir langer as 60 dae afwesig moet bly;
(2) verder kennis neem dat dit 'n direkte impak op dienslewering in die provinsies het; en
3) in ag neem dat die situasie 'n finansile las op ons rade plaas wat krepeer van 'n tekort aan geld en dat hulle dit nie kan dra nie. (Translation of Afrikaans draft resolution follows.)
[Mr O DE BEER: Chairperson, on behalf of Cope, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
(1) notes that municipal officials as well as traffic officers are at times required to remain absent for longer than 60 days during disciplinary processes;
(2) further notes that this has a direct impact on service delivery in the provinces; and
(3) takes into account that this situation places a financial burden on our councils, which are already floundering because of financial constraints and therefore cannot endure this.]