Agenda and minutes

To receive, as read, the Minutes of the proceedings of the previous Council meeting, and to confirm them or otherwise.

RESOLVED

The Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on the 29^th March 2017 were confirmed and signed by the Chair.

To receive any declarations of interest.

Councillor Howard Baker and Councillor Charlie Briggs declared a disclosable pecuniary interest in the item relating to the Appointment of a Mayor and Deputy Mayor for the Municipal Year 2017/18.

To seek approval for a budget of £100,000 to be established for the Town Centre Master Plan (report and relevant Minute enclosed)

With reference to Minute 113 of the Executive (27^th March 2017) consideration was given to the establishment of a budget for a Town Centre Master Plan.

RESOLVED       

That  a budget of £100,000 be established for the Town Centre Master Plan, as outlined in paragraph 15 of the report.

To seek approval for a Calendar of Meetings for 2017/18 (report enclosed).

Consideration was given to a calendar of meetings for the 2017/18 Municipal Year.

RESOLVED

That a Calendar of meetings for 2017/18 be approved based on a 12 week cycle as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

To note the position on the appointment of Mayor and Chair and Deputy Mayor and Vice-Chair for the municipal year 2017/18 (report enclosed)

Councillor Howard Baker and Councillor Charlie Briggs left the room and did not take any part in this item.

Consideration was given to the position regarding the appointment of the Mayor and Chair of the Council and Deputy Mayor and Vice-Chair of the Council for the Municipal Year 2017/18.

RESOLVED

That the position on the appointment of Mayor and Chair and Deputy Mayor and Vice-Chair for the municipal year 2017/18 be noted.

To seek approval for the appointment of Councillors for the remainder of the Municipal Year 2016/17 following the resignation of Councillor Bill Brindle and  Councillor Margaret Brindle from the Liberal Democrat Group (report enclosed).

Consideration was given to the appointment of Councillors for the remainder of the Municipal Year 2016/17 following the resignation of Councillor Bill Brindle and Councillor Margaret Brindle 

RESOLVED

That the following appointments to Committees be made for the remainder of the 2016/17 Municipal Year;

(1)  Councillor Margaret Brindle as the Free Independent member to replace Councillor  Ann Royle as the Labour member on the Scrutiny Committee

(2)  Councillor Margaret Brindle as the Free Independent member to replace Councillor Gordon Birtwistle as the Liberal Democrat member on the Development Control Committee;

(3)  Councillor Bill Brindle as the Free Independent member on the Licensing Committee

(4)  Councillor Gordon Birtwistle as the Liberal Democrat member to replace Councillor Margaret Brindle on the Licensing Committee

(5)  Councillor Ann Royle  as the Labour member to replace Councillor Gordon Birtwistle on the Audit and Standards Committee; and .

(6)  Councillor Margaret Brindle as the Free Independent member to replace Councillor Margaret Lishman as the Liberal Democrat member on the Member Structures and Support Working Group.

To inform Members of the minor amendments to the constitution made by the Monitoring Officer and of the changes made to Part 3 of the constitution by the Leader (report enclosed)

Consideration was given to minor amendments to Part 5.2 of the constitution made by the Monitoring Officer, relating to the Code of Conduct for Employees which includes the Whistleblowing Policy, and to the changes made to Part 3 of the constitution by the Leader relating to the Scheme of Delegation for various Officers.

RESOLVED

(1)  That the minor amendments to Part 5.2  of the constitution made by the Monitoring Officer relating to the Code of Conduct for Employees which includes the Whistleblowing Policy, be noted; and

(2) That the changes made to Part 3 of the constitution by the Leader as follows, be noted;

(a) Head of Governance , Law, Property and Regulation relating to businesses (Appendix 1);

(b ) Head of Regeneration and Planning Policy relating to Neighbourhood Area applications (Appendix 2);and

(c) Chief Operating Officer relating to acceptance of bids (Appendix 3).

To consider the Scrutiny Chair’s Cycle 5 Report to Full Council (report enclosed)

RESOLVED

That the Cycle 5 report of the Scrutiny Chair be noted.

To consider Strategic Plan Progress reports (reports enclosed)

RESOLVED

That the Strategic Plan Progress Reports of Executive Members be noted.

To consider the exclusion of the public from the meeting before discussion takes place on the following item(s) of business on the grounds that grounds that in view of the nature of the business to be transacted if the

public were present there would be a disclosure to them of exempt

information within the meaning of Part VA of the Local Government Act

1972

RESOLVED

That the public be excluded from the meeting before discussion takes place on the next items of business on the grounds that in view of the nature of the business to be transacted if the public were present there would be a disclosure to them of exempt information within the meaning of Part VA of the Local Government Act 1972 relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information

  To seek approval for the establishment of a new budget in the 2017/18 Capital Programme for the Padiham Leisure Centre Replacement Gym Equipment for £155,000 funded through prudential borrowing with repayments being funded from contributions from the Leisure Trust contingency budget and income from the residual value of the old gym equipment

           (report and relevant Minute enclosed).

With reference to Minute 115 of the Executive (25^th April 2017) consideration was given to the establishment of a new budget for the Padiham Leisure Centre replacement gym equipment

RESOLVED    

That the establishment of a new budget in the 2017/18 Capital Programme be approved for the Padiham Leisure Centre replacement gym equipment for £155,000, funded through prudential borrowing with repayments being funded from contributions from the Leisure Trust contingency budget and income from the residual value of the old gym equipment.