Agenda item

The Mayor advised Council that both the Leader of Council and the Deputy Leader had given their apologies for today’s meeting.  

 

Council considered the various administrative issues deferred from the Annual Meeting of 26 April, 2018, as set out in the above report, and the Addendum Report circulated at the meeting.

 

RESOLVED:

 

(1)               That the amended Policy and Budget Framework as set out in Annex A, and attached hereto, be approved;

 

(2)         That the Executive arrangements for the Civic Year 2018/19 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, subject to the following:-

 

The Executive functions delegated to the Cabinet (Finance) Sub Committee being amended to include the Welsh Church Act Fund Trust applications ‘and all other matters’:

 

The deletion of the West Glamorgan Trust Fund from Cabinet Portfolio 1 and the addition of Trust Funds to Cabinet Portfolio 3

 

(3)         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);

 

(4)        that the apportionment of the Scrutiny Committees for the   

Civic Year 2018/19 and the number of places thereon, together with the appointment of Members thereto, be

            approved as set out in Annex D attached hereto;

 

(5)       that the proposals in respect of the other Committee

arrangements for the Civic Year 2018/19 be approved, together with the appointment of Members thereto, as set out in Appendix E attached hereto;

 

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

 

 

(6)     That it be noted that the Chair and Vice Chair of the Audit Committee be Councillors J.D.Morgan and L.M.Purcell and that the Chair and Vice Chair of the Democratic Services Committee be Councillor J.D.Morgan and M.Harvey respectively;

 

(7)     That a Staff Council of 12 Members of the Personnel Committee (plus advisors) be appointed for the Civic Year 2018/19,together with appropriate Trade Union

 representative, as set out in Annex F attached hereto;

 

(8)    That the proposals in respect of the other Member/Officer    Groups for the Civic Year 2018/19 be approved, together with the appointment of Members thereto, as set out

         in Appendix F attached hereto;

 

(9)   That, subject to the note below, the appointments to Joint 

         Committees, Outside and Other Public Bodies for the Civic         

Year 2018/19 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 3 of the Special Cabinet refers);

 

(10)   That the timetable and cycle of meetings including the   schedule of Members Seminars as set out in Annex H attached hereto, be approved, subject to  1. Cabinet and Cabinet (Finance) Sub Committee being moved from 6^th June 2018 to the 7^th June 2018, and 2. The dates of the All Members Seminar being amended to read 2019 as appropriate.

 

 (11)   That the distribution of the available Senior Salaries as  contained in Annex I attached hereto, be approved;

 

(12)   That the Democratic Services Structure and Staffing    Resources, as set out in Annex J, be endorsed;

 

(13)   That the Head of Legal Services be authorised to amend the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Constitution in light of the changes highlighted in the circulated report.