Agenda and decisions

Members are reminded of their responsibility to declare any pecuniary interest in respect of matters contained in this agenda.

If you have a pecuniary interest you must withdraw from the meeting. Normally you should leave the room before the business starts to be discussed. You do, however, have the same right to speak as a member of the public and may remain in the room to enable you to exercise that right and then leave immediately. In either case you must not seek to improperly influence a decision on the matter.

Approved.

Members of the public who have requested the opportunity to ask question(s) on any item(s) on the agenda will have three minutes to put their question(s) to the relevant Councillor. Members of the public will be allowed to ask one short supplementary question.

To view the procedure for public questions/ speaking click here and scroll to page 119

To receive and consider the report of the Returning Officer.

Noted.

To formally elect the Mayor of the Borough for 2025/26.

To formally elect Councillor Alistair Morwood as the Mayor of the Borough for

2025/26.

To formally elect the Deputy Mayor of the Borough for 2025/26.

To formally elect Councillor Debra Platt as the Deputy Mayor of the Borough for 2024/25.

The Retiring Mayor will receive tributes following his year in office.

To receive a report of the Executive Leader.

1.      To note the Executive Cabinet appointments.

2.      To approve the Deputy Portfolio Holder, Member Responsible and Council Champion appointments.   

To receive and consider a report of the Executive Leader.

1.      To approve the allocation of committee places in accordance with the Political Balance Rules as set out in the report.

2.      To appoint the Members, Chairs and Vice Chairs for the committees set out in the appendix to this report for the period of twelve months until the first business meeting of the Council in May 2026.

3.      To note the Shadow Cabinet appointments for this municipal year.

To approve the appointment of Members of the Council to Committees, Working Groups, etc and to note shadow appointments for 2025/26.

To approve the appointment of outside bodies for 2025/26.

·         15 July 2025

·         23 September 2025

·         18 November 2025

·         27 January 2026

·         2 March 2026

·         14 April 2026

·         19 May 2026

To note the dates.

To receive and consider the report of the Director of Governance. 

1.      To approve the updated Constitution at Appendix 1.

2.      To delegate authority to the Monitoring Officer/Deputy Monitoring Officer/Deputy Chief Executive to make any minor amendments to the Constitution as appropriate.