Agenda and minutes

Council - Wednesday, 4th September, 2013 7.30 pm

Venue: Council Chamber - Town Hall

Contact: Anthony Clements 

Items
No. Item

32.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 58 KB

To sign as a true record the minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on 17 July 2013 (attached).

 

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 17 July 2013 were before the Council for approval.

 

 

The minutes were AGREED without division and it was RESOLVED:

 

That the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 17 July be signed as a correct record.

 

33.

DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTERESTS

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 interest in an item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.

 

Minutes:

34.

PROCEDURAL MOTIONS

To receive any procedural motions.

Minutes:

There were no procedural motions.

35.

MOTION TO VARY PREVIOUS COUNCIL DECISION pdf icon PDF 142 KB

Motion to vary the sizes of various committees previously agreed at the Annual Council Meeting (attached).

 

 

Minutes:

Pursuant to Council Procedure Rule 14, a motion had been received to vary a previous Council decision as follows:

 

Motion on behalf of the Administration

 

            That the  sizes and seat allocations of various Committees agreed at Annual Council be varied in accordance with the Chief Executive’s report submitted at agenda item 7.

 

            (Note: The motion had been signed by the required 14 Members of the Council).  

 

The motion was CARRIED without division.

 

RESOLVED that:   

 

The  sizes and seat allocations of various Committees agreed at Annual Council be varied in accordance with the Chief Executive’s report submitted at agenda item 7.

 

36.

APPOINTING THE COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL pdf icon PDF 293 KB

NOTE: The deadline for amendments is

midnight, Monday  2 September 2013

 

 

To consider a report of the Chief Executive on Appointing the Committees of the Council (attached).

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Following recent changes to the political make-up of the Council, a report of the Chief Executive sought to re-visit the total number of seats on Committees. The report also sought to address the sizes of Committees and the proposed allocation of seats in accordance with the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990.

 

              The overall numbers and breakdown by political group of seats for each Committee are set out in Appendix 1 to these minutes.

 

              The report of the Chief Executive was APPROVED by 38 votes to 7 and it was RESOLVED:

 

              That the sizes of the Committees listed in Appendix 1 to these minutes be varied as shown in that Appendix so that the total number of Committee seats is 121 and that the default allocation for political balance as set out in Appendix 1 will apply.

 

 

37.

VOTING RECORD pdf icon PDF 61 KB

Minutes:

The record of voting divisions is attached as Appendix 2.