Agenda item

Prior to consideration of the business before Council today, the Leader of Council gave his inaugural speech, highlighting his priorities for the next 5 years of the administration.   

 

The Leader of the two opposition parties then responded.

 

Council considered the various administrative issues deferred from the Annual Meeting of 26 May, 2017, as set out in the above report, and the Addendum Report circulated at the meeting.

 

RESOLVED: (a) that the amended Policy and Budget

Framework, as set out in Annex A, attached

hereto, be approved;

 

Executive

   (b) that the arrangements for the Civic Year

2017/18 i.e. the period to the next Annual

Meeting, in respect of the size of the

Cabinet; the appointment of Members

thereto; the appointment of the Cabinet

Boards; and the allocation of the Cabinet

Portfolios be approved as contained in

Annex B attached hereto;

 

Scrutiny and Council Committees

    (c) that the apportionment of seats amongst the

constitution of Political Groups be

confirmed as set out in Annex C attached

hereto (but it be unanimously RESOLVED

that pursuant to Section 17 of the Local

Government and Housing Act 1989, the

political balance requirements of Sections 15

and 16 should not apply to the Appeals

Panel, Standards Committee and the

Licensing and Gambling Acts Sub

Committee), and should not be applied

generally in so far only as an allocation of

seats shall be made to the one Member who

is not a Member of any political group.

(d) that the apportionment of the Scrutiny

Committees for the Civic Year 2017/18 and

the number of places thereon, together with

the appointment of Members thereto, be

approved as set out in Annex D attached

hereto;

(e) that the proposals in respect of the other

  Committee arrangements for the Civic Year

2017/18 be approved, together with the

appointment of Members thereto, as set out

in Appendix E attached hereto and that the

Head of Legal Services be authorised to receive nominations from the Town and Community Councils for a Community Council member of the Standards Committee together with a deputy and for those persons nominated to be appointed in that capacity provided that the Head of Legal Services certifies that they are eligible for appointment.

 

-The Council Meeting was suspended at this point for a Special Audit Committee to be convened. Thereafter Council was reconvened.-

 

 

Other Matters

(f) that a Staff Council of 12 Members of the

 Personnel Committee (plus advisors) be

 appointed for the Civic Year 2017/18,

 together with appropriate Trade Union

 representative, as set out in Annex F

 attached hereto;

(g) that the proposals in respect of the other

Member/Officer Groups for the Civic Year

2017/18 be approved, together with the

appointment of Members thereto, as set out

in Appendix F attached hereto.

(h) that, subject to the note below, the

appointments to Joint Committees, Outside

and Other Public Bodies for the Civic Year

2017/18 be approved, together with the

appointment of Members thereto, as set out

in Annex G attached hereto.

 

Note: The appointment of Representatives to Joint Committees,

together with the Executive representation on Outside and Other

Public Bodies, is the responsibility of the Cabinet (Minute Nos.

1 and 2 of the Special Cabinet refers);

 

(i) that the timetable and cycle of meetings

including the schedule of Members

Seminars as set out in Annex H attached

hereto, be approved.

(j) that the amended AM/MP’s Protocol as contained in Annex I as attached hereto, be approved.

(k) that the revised Councillor/Officer Relationships          Protocol as set out in Annex J attached hereto, be approved

(l) that the Policy for submitting apologies for Council meetings as set out in Annex K attached hereto, be approved.

(m) that the distribution of the available Senior Salaries as contained in Annex L attached hereto, be approved.