Agenda, decisions and minutes

(a)  To elect the Mayor of the Borough for the Municipal Year 2016/17.

 

 

Motion on behalf of the Conservative Group

 

That Councillor Philippa Crowder be elected Mayor for the Municipal Year

2016/17.

 

 

(b)  To receive notice of the appointment of the Deputy Mayor of the Borough for the Municipal Year 2016/17.

Councillor Philippa Crowder ELECTED as Mayor for the municipal year 2016/17, without division.

Appointment of Councillor Linda Van den Hende as Deputy Mayor noted.

Motion on behalf of the Conservative Group

 

That Councillor Philippa Crowder be elected Mayor for the Municipal Year 2016/17.

 

Following a proposing speech by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Philippa Crowder was ELECTED  as Mayor for the municipal year 2016/17, without division.

 

Councillor Philippa Crowder, having made the Declaration of Acceptance of Office of Mayor as required by the Local Government Act 1972, then took the Chair and thanked the Council for the honour conferred upon her. The Mayor indicated that her consort would be Councillor John Crowder.  

 

The Cabinet Member for Housing Company Development and other Members expressed the thanks of the Council to Councillor Brian Eagling for his services during 2015/16. Councillor Eagling suitably replied.

 

 

In accordance with the Local Government Act 1972, the Mayor signified in writing her appointment of Councillor Linda Van den Hende as Deputy Mayor for the ensuing year and to carry out the duties of the Mayor in case of the Mayor’s illness or absence.

 

Councillor Van den Hende made the Declaration of Acceptance of Office accordingly. The Mayor indicated that the Deputy Mayor’s Consort for the year would be Mr Laurence Chalk.  

To sign as a true record the minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on 30 March 2016 (attached).

 

AGREED as a correct record, without division.

The minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 30 March 2016 were before the Council for approval.

 

It was AGREED, without division, that the minutes be signed as a correct record.

Members are invited to disclose any pecuniary interest in any of the items on the agenda at this point of the meeting. 

 

Members may still disclose any pecuniary in an item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.

 

The Members present named in minutes 1 and 8 (the Mayoralty and various Committee Chairmanships) who were candidates for offices attracting a Special Responsibility Allowance, each declared a personal interest under the Members’ Code of Conduct as, if elected, they would benefit from the Members’ Allowance Scheme 2016-17.

Tributes will be paid to Cheryl Coppell, Chief Executive of the Council, on the occasion of her retirement.

All Group Leaders as well as other Members paid tribute to Cheryl Coppell on the occasion of her retirement as Chief Executive of the Council. A presentation was made to Cheryl to mark the occasion and this was greeted with warm applause from all sides.

To receive announcements (if any).

NOTED changes to membership of the Cabinet that were announced by the Leader of the Council.

The Mayor announced that the Havering Family Diabetes Group would be one of the Mayoral charities for the coming year. Other Mayoral charities would be decided at a later date. The Mayor thanked Councillor Benham for offering to be her Charity Steward. The Mayor’s first charity event – a summer ball, had been arranged for 2 July.

 

The text of the announcements given by the Leader of the Council is attached  at appendix 1 to these minutes. 

To consider a report of the Chief Executive regarding appointing the Committees of the Council the Scheme of Delegation (attached).

Report of the Chief Executive APPROVED without division.

There was before the Council a report of the Monitoring Officer concerning the appointment of the Committees of the Council, and advising on political balance issues and the scheme of delegation.

 

The report was AGREED without division and it was RESOLVED:

 

(1)      That, so far as necessary to enable any changes proposed and agreed during this meeting to be carried in to effect, Council Procedure Rule 20.2 (proposals to amend the Constitution to be referred to Governance Committee without discussion) be suspended.

(2)       That, subject to the Council’s consideration of any motion or amendment to this report relating to changes in the Committee structure, the Committees listed in Appendix 1 of the report to Council be appointed for the 2016/17 Municipal Year and that:

(a)       As required by statute, two voting co-optees representing the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church and three parent governor co-optees selected in accordance with the appropriate Regulations, be appointed to the Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee.

(b)       The other non-elected member “appointments” and invitations to attend shown in the Appendix (and particularly its annexes) be confirmed. 

 

(3)       Those Committees be appointed with:

(a) the membership sizes and

(b) the political balance

indicated in Appendix 2 of the report to Council.

 

(4)       That the delegation of non-executive functions (as defined by the Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000 (amended) to officers be agreed as set out in the Council’s Constitution.

 

(5)       To agree that all officers with delegated powers have power to further delegate those powers to other officers under s.101 of the Local Government Act 1972 or as provided for by any other legislation and may agree a scheme of delegation to officers for their service areas.

 

To consider motions regarding appointing Committee Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen (see motions and amendments paper & explanatory note attached).

Members were appointed by Council to positions as follows:

 

Committee	Chairman Councillor	Vice-Chair Councillor
Adjudication and Review (2 Vice-Chairmen)	Garry Pain	1. Roger Westwood 2. John Mylod
Audit	Viddy Persaud	Julie Wilkes
Governance	Meg Davies	Melvin Wallace
Highways Advisory	Darren Wise	Frederick Thompson
Licensing (3 Vice-Chairmen)	Dilip Patel	1.  Keith Roberts 2.  Linda Trew 3.  Frederick Thompson
Pensions	John Crowder	David Johnson
Regulatory Services	Robby Misir	Alex Donald
Rainham & Wennington and South Hornchurch Working Party (No Vice-Chairman)	Michael Deon Burton	---------
Overview and Scrutiny Board	Gillian Ford	Viddy Persaud
Children & Learning Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee	Gillian Ford	Meg Davies
Crime & Disorder Sub-Committee	Ian de Wulverton	David Durant
Environment Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee	Linda Hawthorn	Carol Smith
Health Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee	Michael White	Dilip Patel
Individuals Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee	Linda Trew	Ray Best
Towns and Communities Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee	Lawrence Webb	Linda Hawthorn

 

 

 

 

Sub-Committee of the Governance Committee:

 

Appointments

Roger Ramsey

Clarence Barrett

 

 

 

 

Motion on behalf of the Independent Residents’ Group

 

That the following Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen be appointed –

 

Committee	Chairman Councillor	Vice-Chairman Councillor
Adjudication and Review (2 Vice-Chairmen)		1. 2.
Audit
Governance
Highways Advisory	David Durant
Licensing (3 Vice-Chairmen)		1. Keith Roberts 2. 3.
Pensions
Regulatory Services
Rainham and Wennington and South Hornchurch Working Party (No Vice-Chairman)	Michael Deon Burton	----------
Overview and Scrutiny Board
Children and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Crime & Disorder Sub-Committee		David Durant
Environment Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Health Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Individuals Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Towns and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee

 

Sub-Committee of the Governance Committee:

 

Appointments

 

 

 

Motion on behalf of the UKIP Group

 

That the following Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen be appointed –

 

Committee	Chairman Councillor	Vice-Chairman Councillor
Adjudication and Review (2 Vice-Chairmen)		1. 2.
Audit
Governance
Highways Advisory
Licensing (3 Vice-Chairmen)		1. 2. 3.
Pensions		David Johnson
Regulatory Services
Rainham & Wennington and South Hornchurch Working Party (No Vice-Chairman)		---------
Overview and Scrutiny Board
Children & Learning Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Crime & Disorder Sub-Committee	Ian de Wulverton
Environment Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Health Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Individuals Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Towns and Communities Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee	Lawrence Webb

 

Sub-Committee of the Governance Committee:

 

Appointments

 

 

 

Motion on behalf of the East Havering Residents’ Group

 

That the following Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen be appointed –

 

Committee	Chairman Councillor	Vice-Chairman Councillor
Adjudication and Review (2 Vice-Chairmen)
Audit
Governance
Highways Advisory	Darren Wise
Licensing (3 Vice-Chairmen)
Pensions
Regulatory Services		Linda Hawthorn
Rainham and Wennington and South Hornchurch Working Party (No Vice-Chairman)		----------
Overview and Scrutiny Board	Gillian Ford
Children and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee	Gillian Ford
Crime & Disorder Sub-Committee
Environment Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee		Alex Donald
Health Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Individuals Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Towns and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee		Linda Hawthorn

 

Sub-Committee of the Governance Committee:

 

Appointments

 

 

 

 

 

Motion on behalf of the Conservative Group

 

That the following Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen be appointed –

 

Committee	Chairman Councillor	Vice-Chairman Councillor
Adjudication and Review (2 Vice-Chairmen)	Garry Pain	1. Roger Westwood 2.
Audit	Viddy Persaud
Governance	Meg Davis	Melvin Wallace
Highways Advisory		Frederick Thompson
Licensing (3 Vice-Chairmen)	Dilip Patel	1. Linda Trew 2. Frederick Thompson 3.
Pensions	Michael White
Regulatory Services	Robby Misir
Rainham and Wennington and South Hornchurch Working Party (No Vice-Chairman)		--------
Overview and Scrutiny Board
Children & Learning Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Crime & Disorder Sub-Committee		Meg Davis
Environment Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Health Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee		Dilip Patel
Individuals Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Towns and Communities Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee

 

Sub-Committee of the Governance Committee:

 

Appointments

Roger Ramsey

 

 

 

 

Motion on behalf of the Residents’ Group

 

That the following Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen be appointed –

 

Committee	Chairman Councillor	Vice-Chairman Councillor
Adjudication and Review (2 Vice-Chairmen)	Cllr John Mylod	1.Cllr John Mylod 2.
Audit	Cllr Julie Wilkes	Cllr Julie Wilkes
Governance	Cllr Ray Morgon	Cllr Ray Morgon
Highways Advisory	Cllr Barry Mugglestone	Cllr Barry Mugglestone
Licensing (3 Vice-Chairmen)	Cllr John Wood	1. Cllr John Wood 2. 3.
Pensions	Cllr Stephanie Nunn	Cllr Stephanie Nunn
Regulatory Services	Cllr Reg Whitney	Cllr Reg  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

To consider motions regarding appointing Member Champions (see motions paper and explanatory note attached).

Member Champions were appointed as follows:

 

For Equalities and Diversity – Councillor Stephanie Nunn

For the Armed Forces – Councillor John Crowder

For the Historic Environment – Councillor Linda Hawthorn

For the Over Fifties – Councillor Linda Van den Hende

For the Voluntary Sector Compact – Councillor Viddy Persaud

For Younger Persons – Councillor Alex Donald

 

Motion on behalf of ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ the East Havering Residents’ Group

 

That the following be appointed Champions as indicated:

 

For the Armed Forces –

           

For the Equalities and Diversity -

 

For the Historic Environment – Linda Hawthorn

 

For the Over 50’s – Linda Van den Hende

           

For the Voluntary Sector Compact -        

 

For Younger Persons – Alex Donald

 

Motion on behalf of ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ the Conservative Group

 

That the following be appointed Champions as indicated:

 

 

For the Armed Forces – John Crowder

           

For the Equalities and Diversity -

 

For the Historic Environment –

 

For the Over 50’s –

           

For the Voluntary Sector Compact – Viddy Persaud

 

For Younger Persons –

 

           

Motion on behalf of ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ the Residents’ Group  

 

That the following be appointed Champions as indicated:

                 

For the Armed Forces – Cllr Barry Mugglestone

           

For the Equalities and Diversity - Cllr Stephanie Nunn

 

For the Historic Environment – Cllr Barbara Matthews

 

For the Over 50’s – Cllr John Mylod        

           

For the Voluntary Sector Compact - Cllr June Alexander

 

For Younger Persons – Cllr Jody Ganly

 

 

 

Councillor Stephanie Nunn was ELECTED as Member Champion for Equalities and Diversity, without division. 

 

 

The following appointments were AGREED following votes.

 

 

Member Champion for the Armed Forces

 

 

Conservative Group nominee Councillor	Residents’ Group nominee Councillor
John Crowder	Barry Mugglestone

 

Councillor John Crowder was ELECTED as Member Champion for the Armed Forces by 33 votes to 13 (see division 31).

 

 

 

 Member Champion for the Historic Environment

 

 

East Havering Residents’  Group nominee Councillor	Residents’ Group nominee Councillor
Linda Hawthorn	Barbara Matthews

 

Councillor Linda Hawthorn was ELECTED as Member Champion for the Historic Environment by 32 votes to 13 (see division 32).

 

 

 

C.  Member Champion for the Over Fifties

 

 

East Havering Residents’ Group nominee Councillor	Residents’ Group nominee Councillor
Linda Van den Hende	John Mylod

 

Councillor Linda Van den Hende was ELECTED as Member Champion for the Over Fifties by 33 votes to 13 (see division 33).

 

D.  Member Champion for the Voluntary Sector Compact

 

 

Conservative Group nominee Councillor	Residents’ Group nominee Councillor
Viddy Persaud	June Alexander

 

Councillor Viddy Persaud was ELECTED as Member Champion for Younger Persons by 33 votes to 13 (see division 34).

 

 

E.  Member Champion for Younger Persons

 

 

East Havering Residents’ Group nominee Councillor	Residents’ Group nominee Councillor
Alex Donald	Jody Ganly

 

Councillor Alex Donald was ELECTED as Member Champion for Younger Persons by 36 votes to 10 (see division 35).

To receive a statement by the Leader of the Council.

The text of the statement given by the Leader of the Council is shown at appendix 2 to these minutes.

The record of voting decisions is attached as appendix 3.