Meeting documents

Council
Thursday, 21st May, 2015

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Date:
Thursday 21st May 2015
Time:
6:30 p.m.
Place:
Council Chamber, Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon, CR0 1NX
 
Invitees:

To All Members of the Council

Contact:
Kate Norton
Position:
Senior Members Services Manager
Tel No:
020 8726 6000 ext 63876
 
Members of the public are welcome to attend this meeting. If you require assistance please phone or e-mail Kate Norton, as detailed above.

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AGENDA - PART A
1. VOTE OF THANKS
To pass a vote of thanks to the Mayor in the following terms:
(a) the Council tender their grateful thanks to The Worshipful, The Mayor, Councillor Manju Shahul-Hameed, for the courteous and efficient manner in which she presided over the Council's deliberations during the past year;
(b) the Council record their sincere appreciation of the dignified manner in which Councillor Manju Shahul-Hameed has carried out the traditional duties of the office of Mayor, of the support and encouragement which she and her Consort Mr Mohammed Raffi Shahul-Hameed, have given to the local organisations and of the prominent part which they have taken in the social life of the Borough during the Mayor's period of office; and
(c) that this resolution be engrossed and sealed and presented to the Mayor in a suitable form.


2. ELECTION OF THE MAYOR
To elect the Mayor for the Council Year 2015/16 and note the appointment of the Deputy Mayor.

3. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

4. DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST
Members will be asked to confirm that their Disclosure of Interest Forms are accurate and up-to-date. Any other disclosures that Members may wish to make during the meeting should be made orally. Members are reminded that unless their disclosable pecuniary interest is registered on the register of interests or is the subject of a pending notification to the Monitoring Officer, they are required to disclose relevant disclosable pecuniary interests at the meeting.

5. MINUTES
To approve the attached Minutes of the Council Meeting held on 20 April 2015.

6. URGENT BUSINESS (IF ANY)
To receive notice from the Chair of any business not on the Agenda which should, in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

7. APPOINTMENTS
To consider the report of the Director of Legal and Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer. Details of nominations and appointments will be circulated prior to the meeting.

8. APPOINTMENT OF THE LEADER OF THE COUNCIL
(a) Members of the Council are asked to note that, in accordance with Article 7.03 of the Constitution, Councillor Tony Newman was elected Leader of the Council for a period of four years on 3 June 2014 (Minute No. 8 (2014) refers).

(b) Members are also asked to note that, in accordance with Article 7.04 of the Constitution, the Leader of the Council appointed Councillor Alison Butler as the Statutory Deputy Leader of the Council on 3 June 2014 (Minute No.8 (2014) refers).

9. ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION AND RELATED CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS
To consider the recommendations of the Deputy Monitoring Officer and Head of Corporate Law.

10. POLITICAL BALANCE OF THE COUNCIL AND ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEES
To consider the report of the Director of Legal and Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer.

Under Section 15(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, it is the duty of the Council at its Annual Meeting to review the representation of different political groups on bodies appointed by the Council.

11. CAMERA RESOLUTION
To resolve that, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.

12. SUMMONS FOR COMMITTEES :
APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
GENERAL PURPOSES AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
ETHICS COMMITTEE
LICENSING COMMITTEE
PENSION COMMITTEE
PLANNING COMMITTEE
SCRUTINY AND OVERVIEW COMMITTEE

Meetings to be held at the rise of Annual Council to conduct the business set out in the respective agendas.

AGENDA - PART B
  None

The next meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Monday, 20th July 2015 in Council Chamber, Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon CR0 1NX

Issue Date:- 27 May 2015 at 20:21