Minutes:
Council
considered the various administrative issues as set out in the circulated
report.
RESOLVED:
a) That
Councillor Scott Jones be confirmed Mayor for the
remainder of the Civic Year 2020/21 pursuant to Section 23(1) of the Local
Government Act 1972 and Local Authorities
(Coronavirus)
(Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020.
b)
That Councillor John Warman be confirmed the
Deputy Mayor for the remainder of the Civic Year 20/21 pursuant to Section
24(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 and Local Authorities (Coronavirus)
(Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020.
c)
That Councillor R.G Jones be elected Leader of
the Council and Councillor E.V Latham be elected Deputy Leader of the Council
for the remainder of the Civic year 2020/21 Pursuant to Part 4, Section 1(1.1)
of the Constitution.
d)
That the Executive arrangements for the remainder
of the Civic Year 2020/21 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 A to
the circulated report;
e)
That the apportionment of seats amongst the
constitution of Political Groups for the reminder of the Civic Year 2020/21 be
confirmed as set out in Annex B to
the circulated report (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);
f)
That the proposed structure of the five Scrutiny
Committees and their functions and the apportionment of chairs of scrutiny committees
amongst the constituted Political Groups and the member appointments to each
Scrutiny Committee in accordance with the wishes of the political groups
together with the re-appointment of the co-opted members to the Education
Skills and Culture Scrutiny Committee as set out in Annex C be confirmed for the remainder of the Civic Year 2020/21
g)
That the proposals in respect of the other
Committee arrangements for the remainder of the Civic Year 2020/21 be approved,
together with the appointment of Members thereto, as set out in Appendix
D to the circulated report. That the chair and vice chair of the Audit Committee be drawn from the
opposition members of the committee and to be determined by the Audit Committee
and that the Chair and Vice Chair of the Licensing Sub-Committee to be
determined by the Sub Committee be approved.
h)
That the proposed appointment (once approved by
Cabinet) of Member/Officer appointments to Joint Committees, Outside and Other
Public Bodies for the remainder of the Civic Year 2020/21 set out in Annex E be noted, with Cllr A.Wingrave
to replace Cllr C Clement Williams on the membership of ‘Regeneration NPT.’
i) That the Committee Cycle and Timetable for the remainder of the Civic
Year 2020/21(including Member Seminars) set out at Annex F be approved.
j) That the distribution of the available Senior Salaries as contained in
Annex G be approved.
k)
That the terms of reference and membership of the
Member Panel Coronavirus set out in Annex
H be approved.
l) That the structure for Democratic Services set out at Annex I be endorsed.
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