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Meeting Summary
Council
9 Nov 2017 - 19:00 to 19:15
Scheduled
Council Chamber
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  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Standard Items
1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
To receive any apologies for absence. 


1

 

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Connell, Jones, Rodwell and Waters-Bunn.

 

 

2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

You have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter to be discussed if it relates to something on your Register of Interests form. You must declare the interest and leave the room while the matter is dealt with.

You have a Personal Interest in a matter to be discussed if it affects
•    your well being or financial position
•    that of your family or close friends
•    that of a club or society in which you have a management role
•    that of another public body of which you are a member to a greater extent than others in your ward.
You must declare a personal interest but can speak and vote on the matter.

Whenever you declare an interest you must say why the interest arises, so that it can be included in the minutes. 

2

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

 

3 pdf FOUR YEARLY ELECTIONS LOCAL REFERENDUM RESULTS (34Kb)

 

Report attached.

 

 

3

 

Council considered the Head of Organisational Development's report which advised Council on the outcome of the Local Referendum on a possible change from election by thirds to election of the whole Council once every four years.

 

The Monitoring Officer reported that the Local Government Act 1972 established the current Electoral Scheme for Local Authorities in England. Under the Local Government and Public Involvement and Health Act 2007 as amended by the Localism Act 2011, the Monitoring Officer reported that if the Council wished to move from election by thirds to whole Council elections the Council must consult such persons as it thinks appropriate on the proposed change and convene a special meeting of Council to consider the proposed change. Council must at that special meeting pass a resolution to change by a two thirds majority of those voting. The Council will also be required to publish an explanatory document on the decision and make this available for public inspection and to also give notice on this decision to the Electoral Commission.

 

Councillor Plant made the point that the results of the non binding Referendum had been very clear and that Members should take notice of the public wishes on this matter. Councillor Wainwright endorsed the comments made by the Leader with regard to the Public Referendum on this matter.

 

Proposer : Councillor Plant

 

Seconder : Councillor Wainwright

 

That approval be given to change to whole Council elections once every four years, with effect from May 2019.

 

Proposer : Councillor K Grey

 

Seconder : Councillor A Grey

 

That a recorded vote be taken on the above resolution.

 

CARRIED

 

For the resolution :- Councillors Annison, Bensly, Borg, B Coleman, M Coleman, Davis, Fairhead, Flaxman-Taylor, Grant, A Grey, K Grey, Hacon, Hammond, Hanton, Jeal, Lawn, Mavroudis, Plant, Pratt, Reynolds, Robinson-Payne, Smith, Stenhouse, Thirtle, Wainwright, Walker, Weymouth, Williamson and Wright.

 

Against the resolution :- Councillors Andrews, Cutting, Myers and Walch

Abstentions :- None

For the resolution 29 votes, against the resolution 4 votes, abstentions nil

 

Resolution - CARRIED.

 

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
Absent
NameReason for Absence
Malcolm Bird 

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

 

Present :

 

Her Worship the Mayor Councillor Robinson-Payne (in the Chair); Councillors Andrews, Annison, Bensly, Borg, B Coleman, M Coleman, Cutting, Davis, Fairhead, Flaxman-Taylor, Grant, A Grey, K Grey, Hacon, Hanton, Hammond, Jeal, Mavroudis, Myers, Plant, Pratt, Reynolds, Smith, Stenhouse, Thirtle, Wainwright, Walch, Walker, Weymouth, Williamson and Wright.

 

Also in attendance :

 

Mrs S Oxtoby (Chief Executive Officer), Mr D Johnson (Monitoring Officer) and Mr R Hodds (Corporate Governance Manager)

 

 

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