Agenda and minutes

Venue: Town Hall, Burnley

Contact: Democracy Office 

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Mayor

To elect the Mayor of the Borough and Chair of the Council for the 2019/20 municipal year.

Minutes:

It was moved by Councillor Gordon Birtwistle and seconded by Councillor Margaret Lishman and

 

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY

 

That Councillor Anne Kelly be elected Mayor of the Borough for the 2019/20 Municipal Year.

 

(Councillor Charlie Briggs then vacated the Chair in favour of the Mayor).

 

Her Worship the Mayor, Councillor Anne Kelly then made and subscribed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office as required by Law.

2.

Vote of thanks to the retiring Mayor

To move a vote of thanks to the retiring Mayor for his services during the past municipal year.

Minutes:

It was moved by Councillor Jeff Sumner and seconded by Councillor Neil Mottershead that the grateful thanks of this Council be extended to the retiring Mayor for the services rendered by him during the past Municipal Year.

 

On being put to the vote, the motion was declared to be carried and it was

 

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY

 

It was FURTHER RESOLVED

 

That medallions be presented to Councillor Charlie Briggs, Mr Peter Briggs  and Mrs Patricia Lunt as a token of the Council’s appreciation of their services to the Borough during the Municipal Year now ending.

 

Councillor Briggs responded by reviewing the highlights of his period of office, thanking those who had helped him.

3.

Appointment of Deputy Mayor

To appoint a Deputy Mayor and Vice Chair of the Council for the 2019/20 municipal year.

Minutes:

It was moved by Councillor Shah Hussain and seconded by Councillor Saeed Chaudhary and

 

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY

 

That Councillor Wajid Khan be elected Deputy Mayor/Mayor Elect of the Borough for the 2019/20 Municipal Year.

 

The Deputy Mayor, Councillor Wajid Khan then made and subscribed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office as required by Law.

4.

Mayor's Communications

To receive communications (if any) from Her Worship the Mayor.

Minutes:

The Chief Executive, Mick Cartledge, reported that Her Worship the Mayor’s ‘At Home’ on the 22nd May had been cancelled and that the Mayor would host an alternative event at a date to be confirmed.

 

He further reported that the Mayor’s Charity Dinner Dance would be held on Saturday 23rd November 2019 at the Crow Wood Hotel.  Further details would be made available as soon as possible.

 

He also reported that the Mayor had received several messages of congratulations and good wishes and it was her intention to reply personally to each of them.

5.

Minutes of the Last Meeting pdf icon PDF 195 KB

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

Minutes:

RESOLVED        The Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on the 20th February 2019 were confirmed and signed by the Chair.

6.

Public Question Time

To receive questions, statements or petitions (if any) from members of the public.

 

Reminder that Howard Baker wishes to speak on shopfront and advertisement design.

 

Minutes:

Mathew Isherwood addressed the Council under the Request to Speak Policy on electric car charging points and other environmental issues.

7.

Election of the Leader of the Council and Appointment by the Leader of the Deputy Leader and the Executive pdf icon PDF 95 KB

To elect the Leader of the Council and to note the appointments by the Leader of the Deputy Leader and the Executive.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 relating to the appointment of a Leader of the Council.

 

It was moved by Councillor Martin and Seconded by Councillor Saeed Chaudhary:-

 

“That Councillor Mark Townsend by elected as Leader of the Council for a four year term of office”

 

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 16.4 a recorded vote was taken on the motion.

 

Name

Group

For

Against

Abstain

Councillor Afrasiab Anwar

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Howard Baker

LD

 

ü

 

Councillor Gordon Birtwistle

LD

 

ü

 

Councillor Charlie Briggs

B&PI

 

ü

 

Councillor Bill Brindle

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Paul Campbell

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Frank Cant

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Saeed Chaudhary

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Tom Commis

UKIP

 

ü

 

Councillor Ivor Emo

Cons

 

ü

 

Councillor Dale Ferrier

Cons

 

ü

 

Councillor Andy Fewings

Green

 

ü

 

Councillor Beatrice Foster

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Peter Gill

UKIP

 

ü

 

Councillor Sarah Hall

Green

 

ü

 

Councillor John Harbour

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Alan Hosker

UKIP

 

ü

 

Councillor Shah Hussain

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Mohammed Ishtiaq

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Marcus Johnstone

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Anne Kelly

LD

 

ü

 

Councillor Tracy Kennedy

LD

 

ü

 

Councillor Arif Khan

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Lubna Khan

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Shbana Khan

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Wajid Khan

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Gordon Lishman

LD

 

ü

 

Councillor Margaret Lishman

LD

 

ü

 

Councillor Sehrish Lone

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Peter McCann

LD

 

ü

 

Councillor Tony Martin

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Lorraine Mehanna

B&PI

 

ü

 

Councillor Neil Mottershead

B&PI

 

ü

 

Councillor Andrew Newhouse

Cons

 

ü

 

Councillor Lian Pate

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Emma Payne

B&PI

 

ü

 

Councillor Mark Payne

B&PI

 

ü

 

Councillor Asif Raja

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor David Roper

Ind

 

ü

 

Councillor Jeff Sumner

LD

 

ü

 

Councillor Andrew Tatchell

Labour

ü

 

 

Councillor Cosima Towneley

Cons

 

ü

 

Councillor Mark Townsend

Labour

ü

 

 

 

 

20

23

 

 

 

Accordingly the motion was declared to be LOST.

Recorded Vote
TitleTypeRecorded Vote textResult
That Cllr Mark Townsend be elected Leader of the Council for a four year term of office. Motion Rejected
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  • Adjournment of Meeting

    The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 7.00pm

     

    The meeting reconvened at 7.20 pm

    8.

    Appointments to Committees, Working Groups and Panels 2019/20 pdf icon PDF 83 KB

    To appoint to committees, working groups and panels for the 2019/20 municipal year.

    Additional documents:

    Minutes:

    In the absence of a Leader being elected the Mayor indicated her intention to adjourn the Council meeting to a later date. 

     

    Before she did so she informed Council that there were two appointments to Committees required as a matter of urgency. 

     

    The appointment of an Interim Licensing Committee and the establishment of its sub committees (Licensing Act 2003 and Taxi Licensing) with the same arrangements as in the previous year.  The Licensing Committee was a regulatory function and some decisions were required to be taken urgently on the grounds of public safety.  This required a Chair and Vice Chair to be in place in order for decisions to be taken lawfully; and

     

    The appointment of an Interim Development Control Committee  and its Chair and Vice Chair were also required to enable the Council to meet  statutory deadlines.

     

    All other appointments to committees, working groups and panels were deferred to the next Council meeting.

     

    The Mayor also informed Council of the need to revise the qualifications to the  membership of the Development Control Committee  and remove the requirement for the appointment of the  relevant Executive member..

     

    It was moved by the Mayor and seconded by the Deputy Mayor that the qualification to appoint the relevant Executive member to the Interim Development Control Committee be removed.

     

    RESOLVED

     

    (1)  That an Interim Licensing Committee be approved and its membership be as follows;

    Councillors

     

    Councillors

    Howard Baker

     

    Mohammed  Ishtiaq

    Charlie Briggs

     

    Arif Khan

    Paul Campbell

     

    Margaret Lishman

    Frank Cant

     

    Sehrish Lone

    Ivor Emo

     

    Tony Martin

    Peter Gill

     

    Emma Payne

    Sarah Hall

     

    Jeff Sumner

    Shah Hussain

     

     

    (2)  That approval be given to the establishment of a Licensing Act 2003 sub committee and a Taxi Licensing sub committee with the same arrangements as in the previous year.

     

    (3)  That the qualification to appoint the relevant Executive member to the Development Control Committee be removed for the interim period.

     

    (4)  That an Interim Development Control Committee be approved and its membership be as follows:

     

    Councillors

     

    Councillors

    Anwar A

     

    Ishtiaq M

    Birtwistle G

     

    Johnstone M

    Cant F

     

    Lishman G

    Chaudhary S

     

    Mottershead N

    Fewings A

     

    Payne M

    Graham S

     

    Raja A

    Harbour J

     

    Sumner J

    Hosker A

     

    Towneley Cosima

     

     

    9.

    Appointment of Chairs and Vice Chairs of Scrutiny, Regulatory and other Committees pdf icon PDF 35 KB

    To consider the appointment of Chairs and Vice Chairs for the 2019/20 municipal year. (blank form to be populated)

    Minutes:

     Consideration was given to the appointment of Chairs and Vice Chairs to the Interim Licensing Committee and Interim Development Control Committee

     

    In accordance with Council procedure rule 16.4 a recorded vote was taken on each of the appointments

     

    On the appointment of Chair of the Interim Licensing Committee

     

    Name

    Group

    KHAN, A

    SUMNER

    Abstain

    Councillor Afrasiab Anwar

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Howard Baker

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Gordon Birtwistle

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Charlie Briggs

    B&PI

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Bill Brindle

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Paul Campbell

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Frank Cant

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Saeed Chaudhary

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Tom Commis

    UKIP

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Ivor Emo

    Cons

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Dale Ferrier

    Cons

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Andy Fewings

    Green

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Beatrice Foster

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Peter Gill

    UKIP

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Sarah Hall

    Green

     

    ü

     

    Councillor John Harbour

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Alan Hosker

    UKIP

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Shah Hussain

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Mohammed Ishtiaq

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Marcus Johnstone

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Anne Kelly

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Tracy Kennedy

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Arif Khan

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Lubna Khan

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Shbana Khan

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Wajid Khan

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Gordon Lishman

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Margaret Lishman

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Sehrish Lone

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Peter McCann

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Tony Martin

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Lorraine Mehanna

    B&PI

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Neil Mottershead

    B&PI

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Andrew Newhouse

    Cons

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Lian Pate

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Emma Payne

    B&PI

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Mark Payne

    B&PI

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Asif Raja

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor David Roper

    Ind

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Jeff Sumner

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Andrew Tatchell

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Cosima Towneley

    Cons

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Mark Townsend

    Labour

    ü

     

     

     

     

    20

    23

     

     

     

    RESOLVED

     

    That Councillor Jeff Sumner be appointed Chair of the Interim Licensing Committee.

     

    On the appointment of Vice Chair of the Interim Licensing Committee

     

    Name

    Group

    CANT

    GILL

    Abstain

    Councillor Afrasiab Anwar

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Howard Baker

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Gordon Birtwistle

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Charlie Briggs

    B&PI

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Bill Brindle

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Paul Campbell

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Frank Cant

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Saeed Chaudhary

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Tom Commis

    UKIP

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Ivor Emo

    Cons

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Dale Ferrier

    Cons

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Andy Fewings

    Green

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Beatrice Foster

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Peter Gill

    UKIP

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Sarah Hall

    Green

     

    ü

     

    Councillor John Harbour

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Alan Hosker

    UKIP

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Shah Hussain

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Mohammed Ishtiaq

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Marcus Johnstone

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Anne Kelly

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Tracy Kennedy

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Arif Khan

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Lubna Khan

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Shbana Khan

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Wajid Khan

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Gordon Lishman

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Margaret Lishman

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Sehrish Lone

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Peter McCann

    LD

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Tony Martin

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Lorraine Mehanna

    B&PI

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Neil Mottershead

    B&PI

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Andrew Newhouse

    Cons

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Lian Pate

    Labour

    ü

     

     

    Councillor Emma Payne

    B&PI

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Mark Payne

    B&PI

     

    ü

     

    Councillor Asif Raja

    Labour

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    10.

    Appointments to Outside Bodies for 2019/20 pdf icon PDF 96 KB

    To consider the appointment of representatives to serve on various outside bodies for the 2019/20 municipal year.

    Additional documents:

    Minutes:

    This item was deferred to the next Council meeting.

    11.

    Appointment to the Independent Remuneration Panel pdf icon PDF 84 KB

    To consider an appointment to the Independent Remuneration Panel.

    Minutes:

    Consideration was given to the re-appointment of David Sparrow to the Independent Remuneration Panel for a further three year term of office.

     

    RESOLVED

     

    That David Sparrow be re-appointed to the Independent Remuneration Parnl until 14th May 2022.

    12.

    Amendment to Hackney Carriage Bye Laws pdf icon PDF 72 KB

    Additional documents:

    Minutes:

    Further to Minute 15 of the Licensing Committee (27th February 2017) consideration was given to the proposed amendments to the Hackney Carriage Bye Laws to ensure that they accurately reflected the requirements of the Council with regard to driver training, behaviour and customer care.

     

    RESOLVED

     

    (1)  That approval be given to the proposed changes to the Burnley Hackney Carriage Bye Laws (as shown in Appendix B to the report), including the amendment at Clause 17 (a) to replace the words ‘him/her’ to ‘him’; and

     

    (2)  That the Head of Legal and Democratic Services be authorised to take all  necessary steps to finalise the making of Bye Laws and submit the same to the Secretary of State for confirmation.

    13.

    Constitutional Updates pdf icon PDF 86 KB

    To consider the updates made to Part 3 of the Constitution and to inform Members of call-in waivers which related to Urgent Executive Decisions

    .

     

    Additional documents:

    Minutes:

    Consideration was given to the amendments to Part 3 (Executive Functions) Scheme of Delegation made by the Leader relating to the Head of People and Development from 1st April 2019 and to inform members of call-in waivers which related to Urgent Executive Decisions.

     

    RESOLVED

     

    (1)  That the amendments to Part 3 (Executive Functions) Scheme of Delegation made by the Leader relating to the Head of People and Development from 1st April 2019, be noted: and

    (2)  That the call-in waiver relating to an Urgent Executive decision for On The Banks, Sandygate Square, as set out in Appendix 2 to the report, be noted.

    14.

    Mayor's Communications

    Minutes:

    The Mayor reported that David Farrar the Mayor’s Officer was retiring after

    many years’ service and that this might be his last Council meeting.  On behalf of the Council the Mayor wished him well in his retirement and all Members joined the Mayor in acknowledging his contribution to the Council.

    15.

    Adjournment

    Minutes:

    The Mayor duly adjourned the meeting until Wednesday 29th May 2019 commencing at 6.30pm to consider the unfinished business.