Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillors Bloor and Woolley.

To receive declarations of interest from Members on items contained within this agenda.

There were no declarations of interest stated.

To consider the minutes of the previous meeting(s)

Resolved:                 That the minutes of the meeting held on 22 February, 2017 be agreed as a correct record.

When the Mayor has declared the result of the election, the Mayor preceded by the Mace Bearers, will retire to the Mayor’s Parlour accompanied by the following:-

• Retiring Mayoress
• Retiring High Constable
• Retiring Chaplain
• Chief Executive
• Mayor Designate
• Consort designate
• High Constable designate
• Chaplain designate

The incoming Mayor will then be robed and invested with the chain of office.  The Mayoral party will then return to the Council Chamber in the following order:-

• Mace Bearers
• Mayor
• Mayoress designate
• Consort designate
• Chief Executive
• High Constable designate
• Chaplain designate
• Retiring Mayoress
• Retiring Consort
• Retiring High Constable
• Retiring Chaplain

The Mayor will take the chair and make the declaration of acceptance of office.

It was moved by Councillor Proctor and seconded by Councillor Shenton that Councillor S. White be appointed as Mayor for the 2017/18 municipal year.

Resolved:     That Councillor S. White be appointed as Mayor for the 2017/18

municipal year.

The Mayor made the Declaration of Acceptance of Office.

Following the appointment of the Deputy Mayor, he/she will make the declaration of acceptance of office.

It was moved by Councillor S. Tagg and seconded by Councillor Sweeney that Councillor Heesom be appointed as Deputy Mayor for the 2017/18 municipal year.

Resolved:     That Councillor Heesom be appointed as Deputy Mayor for the

2017/18 municipal year.

The Deputy Mayor signed the Acceptance of Office.

The Mayor will announce the appointment of his:

Mayoress

Consort

High Constable

Chaplain

Mace Bearers

The Mayor made the following appointments:

Mayoress –              Mrs Shirley Boyle

Consort –                 Councillor Gary White

High Constable –   Mr Allen Jones

Chaplain –                Reverend Peter Chantry

Mace Bearers –       Mrs Angela Mayer and Mr James Worgan

To receive the Mayoral address.

The Mayor thanked the Council for affording him the honour of the appointment and paid tribute to the hard work, enthusiasm and commitment of his predecessor.  He stressed his appreciation and understanding of the importance of the role both as part of the Borough’s heritage and in contributing to the future cultural and economic development of the area. 

In appreciation of their services during the past year, the retiring mayor and Mayoress will be presented with their badges.

On behalf of the Council, Councillor Shenton expressed gratitude and appreciation to the retiring Mayor and Mayoress for their tireless dedication to the role and their services to the Borough and its communities.  Councillors S. Tagg and Reddish referred to the style adopted by the retiring Mayor when chairing Council meetings, adding humour to his professional approach.  The Borough had been served well by the retiring Mayor as its Ambassador.

Official Badges were presented to the retiring Mayor and Mayoress.

Retiring Mayor’s response.

The retiring Mayor thanked members of the Council for their support and consideration particularly during his chairing of meetings and referred to the many enjoyable engagements he had undertaken meeting members of the local community. He wished his successor well for the forthcoming year.

To receive the Mayor’s announcements of forthcoming events.

The Mayor gave notice that his Annual Civic Service would be held at St. Giles Church at 10.30am on Sunday 25 June 2017. He referred to a formal Reception which was to be held immediately following this Annual Council meeting and thanked his family and friends for their support for both events.

To consider a report by the Monitoring Officer on amendments to the Constitution.

The Leader introduced this report which summarised the following consequential changes made to the Constitution by the Monitoring Officer to reflect restructuring of some services, procedural changes and reviews of Committee responsibilities:

*Revised documentation circulated.

Resolved:     That the consequential changes to the Constitution be noted and the amended Constitution be adopted for the 2017/18 municipal year.

The Leader will report the appointment of his/her Cabinet and Deputy Leader for 2017/18.

The Leader confirmed Councillor Turner as Deputy Leader and the following as members of the Cabinet:

Councillor Rout

Councillor Williams

Councillor Beech

Councillor Kearon

Councillor Robinson

To appoint Members to committees.

Resolved:                 That the appointments to committees, as set out in the Supplementary agenda, be approved:

Chairs and Vice-Chairs

Resolved:                 That the following Chair and Vice-Chair appointments be

approved:

*Denotes where a vote was taken as more than one nomination was received

(Report to follow)

The Council is requested to review its representation on outside bodies for 2017/18.

In the case of any appointments made by office rather than by name, in the event of any change to the office holder these will automatically transfer to the new incumbent.

Resolved:     That the list of Representatives onto Outside Bodies, as set out in the Supplementary agenda be agreed and the Members appointed accordingly.

Report of the Chief Executive.

The Leader introduced the report which proposed the continuation of the current Scheme of Members’ Allowances for 2017/18. It was noted that with the support of all members, Allowances had remained static since 2006.

Resolved:     That the current Scheme of Members’ Allowances be retained for the municipal year 2017/18.

To receive the Calendar of Meetings for 2017/18.

Resolved:     That the Calendar of Meetings for 2017/18 as submitted be approved and it be noted that any variation of meeting commencement time away from 7.00pm be at the discretion of the Chair of the meeting in question.

There was no urgent business.