Agenda

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.

The existing Mayor, Councillor Juma Begum, 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.

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

To consider Announcements under Procedure Rule 10:

a)                   Mayor’s Announcements

b)                   Chief Executive’s Announcements.

Members are invited to appoint a member of the Council to hold the office of Leader of the Council for the ensuing three years.

The Leader will report any Leader’s Announcements at this stage.

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

To consider the recommendations made by the Executive Committee at its meetings held on 11^th March 2025 and 13^th May 2025.

At the time of publication of this agenda, the Executive Committee meeting on 13^th May 2025 had not taken place. Therefore, any recommendations in respect of the reports considered at this meeting will be published in a supplementary papers pack to this agenda.

To note any decisions taken in accordance with the Council’s Urgency Procedure Rules (Part 9, Paragraph 5 and/or Part 10, Paragraph 15 of the Constitution), as specified.

(None to date).

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.)