Agenda and decisions

Council - Tuesday, 21st November 2023 6.30 pm

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Venue: Council Chamber, Town Hall, Chorley and YouTube

Contact: Ruth Rimmington Email: ruth.rimmington@chorley.gov.uk

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Items
No.	Item
1.	Declarations of Any Interests 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.
2.	Minutes of meeting Tuesday, 19 September 2023 of Council PDF 96 KB Decision: Approved.
3.	Mayoral Announcements
4.	Public Questions 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
5.	Corporate Strategy Refresh 23/24 PDF 197 KB View the background to item 5. View the decision for item 5. To receive and consider the report of the Chief Executive. Additional documents: Appendix A - Chorley Council Corporate Strategy 2022/233 , item 5. PDF 2 MB Appendix B - Corporate Strategy Projects Position Statement , item 5. PDF 98 KB Decision: That the Corporate Strategy 2023/2024 be approved.
6.	Committee appointments To consider any changes to Committee appointments. Decision: To note the Shadow Cabinet positions as follows: Finance and Chief Executive Councillor Alan Cullens Policy and Governance Councillor Alan Platt Customer and Digital Councillor Aidy Riggott Planning and Development Councillor Craige Southern Communities Councillor Debra Platt To appoint Councillor Alan Platt as a member of the Development & Assets WG in place of Councillor Aidy Riggott.
7.	Review of Members' Allowances Scheme 2023 PDF 103 KB View the declarations of interest for item 7. View the background to item 7. View the decision for item 7. To receive and consider the report of the Director of Governace. Additional documents: Appendix A - Deputy Portfolio Holder role description , item 7. PDF 48 KB Decision: 1. To add a new role within the Members Allowances Scheme ‘Deputy Portfolio Holder’ with a payment of £1,619.96. 2. To increase the payment for the Vice Chair of Governance from £56.70 (½ day) when they chair the meeting due to the absence of the Chair to a flat rate of £1,619.96 per annum. 3. To increase the payment for the Chair of Governance from £1,942.74 to £3,288.65. 4. To add an option to the annual uprate mechanism in the event of a lump sum payment to staff of the middle percentage of the salary scales, from the lowest – to the highest. The scales used would be the Shared Services pay scales, from the lowest scale up to the Chief Executive. The median percentage increase for 2022-23 and 2023-24 is 5.95% and 5.62% respectively. 5. To pay these new allowances with effect from the Annual Meeting in May 2023. 6. To authorise any consequential changes to the Constitution.
8.	Healthy Weight Collaboration PDF 161 KB View the background to item 8. View the decision for item 8. To receive and consider the report of the Director of Communities. Additional documents: Appendix 1 for Healthy Weight Collaboration , item 8. PDF 944 KB Decision: 1. To receive the funding amount (£72,793 per year / 5 years - £363,965 / 8 years - £582,344 40,000 and create an expenditure budget to administer the funding. 2. To proceed to further develop and implement the proposed delivery plan.
9.	Exclusion of the Public and Press To consider the exclusion of the press and public for the following items of business on the ground that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act. By Virtue of Paragraph 3: Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) Condition: Information is not exempt if it is required to be registered under- The Companies Act 1985 The Friendly Societies Act 1974 The Friendly Societies Act 1992 The Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1965 to 1978 The Building Societies Act 1986 (recorded in the public file of any building society, within the meaning of the Act) The Charities Act 1993 Information is exempt to the extent that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Information is not exempt if it relates to proposed development for which the local planning authority may grant itself planning permission pursuant to Regulation 3 of the Town & Country Planning General Regulations 1992(a). Decision: Approved.
10.	Woodlands Site View the declarations of interest for item 10. View the reasons why item 10. is restricted View the background to item 10. View the decision for item 10. To receive and consider the report of the Deputy Chief Executive. Decision: To approve the recommendations set out in the tabled resolution.