Agenda

The existing Mayor, Councillor Joanna Kane, will provide opening remarks and report on her Mayoral year.

Once the new Mayor has been elected s/he will make the declaration of acceptance of office, receive the chain of office and take the Mayor’s seat in the front of the chamber.

Once the new Deputy Mayor has been elected s/he will make the declaration of acceptance of office and receive the badge of honour.

To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests.

To consider Announcements under Procedure Rule 10:

a)           Mayor’s Announcements

b)           The Leader’s Announcements

c)           Chief Executive’s Announcements.

The Leader of the Council decides how the Executive powers of the Council will be carried out. Currently, Executive decisions are taken by the Executive Committee. The Leader also allocates Portfolios and will announce arrangements for these for the coming year.

The Leader’s Appointments will be published in a supplementary pack for this meeting.

The covering report and Appendix 3 to the report are attached to the main agenda for the meeting.  Appendices 1 and 2 to the report, detailing the political balance and nominations to the various Committees, will follow in a supplementary pack for the meeting.

The covering report is attached to the main agenda together with a draft appendix. The final appendix to the report will follow in an additional papers pack.

There have been 4 urgent decisions taken since the last Council meeting on the following subjects:

·             Approval of a new kitchen supplier contract for the Council’ housing stock after the previous contractor went into administration.

·             The Arrow Valley Solar Project.

·             The Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF) Round 4.

·             The appointment of a permanent Section 151 Officer and Director of Finance for the Council.

Copies of the urgent decisions and relevant background information are attached.

To consider any additional items exceptionally agreed by the Mayor as Urgent Business in accordance with the powers vested in him by virtue of Section 100(B)(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

(This power should be exercised only in cases where there are genuinely special circumstances which require consideration of an item which has not previously been published on the Order of Business for the meeting.)