Meeting documents

Council
Wednesday 14 September 2005 6.45 pm

Date:
Wednesday, 14th September, 2005
Time:
6.45 pm
Place:
Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold
 

Attendance Details

ItemDescriptionResolution
34 OPENING PRAYERS.
Business for item 34
 
35 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE.
Business for item 35
 
36 MAYORS ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Business for item 36
 
37 DECLARATION OF INTERESTS.
Business for item 37
 
38 TO APPROVE AS A CORRECT RECORD THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 22 JUNE 2005.
 RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the above meeting, having been circulated, be approved as a correct rcord and signed by the Mayor.
39 TO DEAL WITH QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE PUBLIC UNDER STANDING ORDER NO.8.
Business for item 39
 
40 TO DEAL WITH QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN UNDER STANDING ORDER NO.9(1)(A) ON ANY MATTER IN RELATION TO WHICH THE COUNCIL HAS POWERS OR DUTIES.
Business for item 40
 
41 TO CONSIDER AND, IF APPROVED, ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CABINET AND COMMITTEES:-
CABINET 11 JULY 2005 - PERFORMANCE PLAN AND BUDGET OUTTURN MIN 49
PERSONNEL AND RESOURCES 5 SEPTEMBER 2005 - INDEPENDENT REMUNERATION PANEL MIN 27
Business for item 41
CABINET 11 JULY 2005

RESOLVED:

To approve:

1) The overall method of financing 2004/05 capital expenditure as set out in Appendix 2 of the report.

2) The capital determinations in Section 3.4.2 and 3.4.3 of the report.

PERSONNEL & RESOURCES 5 SEPTEMBER 2005

RESOLVED:

1)That the Independent Remuneration Panel consist of four members;

2)That the normal term of office for a member of the Remuneration Panel be 3 years but in the first instance, the additional member be appointed for a 4 year term.

3) That Councillors Boot and Grainger be appointed as the Conservative representatives on the working group.
42 TO CONSIDER COMMENTS UNDER STANDING ORDER NO.11(1) UPON ANY MATTER DEALT WITH BY THE EXECUTIVE OR BY A COMMITTEE OR SUB-COMMITTEE.
Business for item 42
 
43 TO CONSIDER COMMENTS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN UNDER STANDING ORDER NO.11(3)(A) UPON ANY MATTER IN RELATION TO WHICH THE COUNCIL HAS POWERS OR DUTIES OR WHICH SPECIFICALLY AFFECT THE DISTRICT OTHER THAN ANY MATTER WHICH HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A RECOMMENDATION OF A COMMITTEE.
Business for item 43
 
44 NOTICE OF MOTION
Business for item 44
 
45 CHANGES TO COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Business for item 45
RESOLVED:-

To approve the following changes to Committee membership:-

Community and Quality of Life Scrutiny Committee
Remove Councillor A M Dunkin;
Appoint Councillor C N F W Pratt (Vice Chairman).

Personnel and Resources Committee
Remove Councillor S M Lane;
Appoint Councillor J A Woodward.

Licensing Act Committee
Remove Councillor P G Barnes;
Appoint Councillor S M Lane.

Services Scrutiny Committee
Remove Councillor J J McCauley;
Appoint Councillor J A Woodward.
The meeting closed at 8.10 pm.

Attendance Details

Present:
T.R. Chandran (Mayor), P.G. Barnes, S.J. Barnes, D.N. Beeston, A.S. Bexon, P.M. Blandamer, A.A. Clarke, G.V. Clarke, J.M. Cole, S.M. Creamer, R.T. Day, M.S. Dunkin, A.J. Gillam, J.F. Glass, W.H. Golland, I.S. Gollop, W.T. Grainger, R.G. Kempster, S.M. Lane, C.M. Luckett, H. Maddock, V. McCrossen, G.L. Millar, R.J. Nicholson, J.M. Parr, W.A. Peet, V.C. Pepper, R.A. Poynter, C.N.F.W. Pratt, C. Preston, S.J. Prew-Smith, D.E. Pulk, D.A. Pycroft, S.J. Ragsdale, A. Rigby, J.J. Spencer, M.S. Spencer, R.F. Spencer, J.O. Tanner, G.G. Tunnicliffe, J.A. Woodward, M.A. Wright

Business

Business
ItemBusiness
34PRESENTATION

Phil Barlow gave a presentation on 'Make Poverty History'

MINUTES SILENCE

The Mayor requested members and Officers to observe a minutes silence in memory of soldiers killed in Iraq, people who had been murdered in Britain and for those that had perished in New Orleans.
35Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Boot, Bradley, J. Clarke, A Dunkin, Feeney, Griffiths, Goodwin and McCauley.
36Presented by the Mayor.
37None declared.
39None.
40None.
41CABINET 11 JULY 2005

A proposition in respect of minute 49 -Performance Plan and Budget Outturn was moved by Councillor Gollop and seconded by Councillor R.F Spencer that the recommendations contained in the minute be adopted.

The Mayor put the proposition to the meeting and declared the same carried.

PERSONNEL & RESOURCES 5 SEPTEMBER 2005

A proposition in respect of minute 27 -Independent Remuneration Panel was moved by Councillor Gollop and seconded by Councillor R.F Spencer that the recommendations contained in the minutes be adopted with the addition that Councillors Boot and Grainger be nominated as the Conservative representatives on the working group.

The Mayor put the proposition to the meeting and declared the same carried.
42None.
43None.
44On a Notice of Motion proposed by Councillor Tanner and seconded by Councillor Pycroft, it was proposed that:-

‘This Council considers that the changes to Local Government (Cabinet and Scrutiny) by the Government are not workable, undesirable, and above all open to corruption.

This we understand is the feeling held by other Councils, and we therefore urge the Government to effect either a return to the Committee system, which has worked well for many years, or, to adopt a system which allows locally elected Councillors the power to properly look after the electors they represent'

A request was made for a named vote and upon the Mayor putting the proposition to the meeting, the voting was as follows:-

For the proposition:-

Councillors Bexon, Blandamer, Day, Glass, Kempster, Peet, Pepper, Pycroft, JJ Spencer, M.S Spencer, R.F. Spencer, Tanner and Tunnicliffe.

Against the Proposition:-

Councillors P.G Barnes, S.J. Barnes, Beeston, A.A. Clarke, G.V. Clarke, Cole, Creamer, M.S Dunkin, Gillam, Gollop, Grainger, Lane, Luckett, Maddock, McCrossen, Millar, Nicholson, Poynter, Pratt, Preston, Pulk, Ragsdale, Rigby, Woodward and Wright.

Abstained:-

Chandran, Golland, Parr and Prew-Smith.

The Mayor declared the proposition defeated.
45Consideration was given to a report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services on changes to Committee membership.

A proposition was moved by Councillor Gillam and seconded by Councillor Cole to approve the changes to Committee membership as detailed in the report.

The Mayor put the proposition to the meeting and declared the same carried.