Agenda and minutes

To receive any announcements from the Lord Mayor or the Chief Executive.

The Lord Mayor welcomed newly elected Members to their first meeting of Council.

The Lord Mayor indicated that, following the despatch of the Summons, together with items 4, 7, 8(a), 8(b)(iii), 9 and 11on Friday, 11^th May 2012, further papers were circulated to Members, as follows:-

Schedule 8(b)(i)   -  Appointments to Committees/Boards and Panels

Schedule 8(b)(ii)  -  Appointments to Licensing and Standards   Committees

Schedule 8(c)  -  Chairs of Committees/Boards and Panels

Schedule 8(d)  -  Chairs of Area Committees

Schedule 8(e)  -  Appointments to Joint Authorities and Joint   Committees

Schedule 10  -  Executive Arrangements

That Councillor Ann Castle be elected Lord Mayor of the City of Leeds to hold office until the date of the Annual Meeting of the Council in 2013.

It was moved by Councillor A Carter seconded by Councillor Wakefield and

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY – That Councillor Ann Castle be elected Lord Mayor of the City of Leeds to hold Office until the date of the Annual Meeting in 2013.

The meeting was suspended to allow for Councillor Castle to accept the Chain of Office and to take the Chair.

That Councillor J L Carter be elected as the Vice Chairman of the Council to hold office until immediately after the election of the Lord Mayor at the Annual Meeting of the Council in 2013.

It was moved by Councillor A Carter seconded by Councillor Wakefield and

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY – That Councillor J L Carter be appointed Vice Chairman of Council to hold Office until immediately after the election of the Lord Mayor at the Annual meeting of Council in 2013.

To pass a vote of thanks to the retiring Lord Mayor.  

Councillor Taggart moved a vote of thanks to the retiring Lord Mayor, Councillor Reverend Alan Taylor.  This was seconded by Councillor G Latty and supported by Councillors Golton, Elliott and A Blackburn.

To confirm the minutes of the Council Meetings held on 28^th March 2012.

J LEWIS

It was moved by Councillor J Lewis seconded by Councillor G Latty and

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meetings of Council held on 28^th March 2012 be approved.

To receive any declarations of interest from Members

The Lord Mayor announced that a list of written declarations submitted by Members was on display in the ante-room, on deposit in public galleries and had been circulated to each Member’s place in the Chamber.

Following an invitation to declare further individual interests, declarations in accordance with the Council’s Members’ Code of Conduct were made as follows:-

a)  Members declared personal interests in minute 13, as follows:-

b)  Members declared personal interests in minute 14, as follows:-

c)  Members declared personal interests in minute 16, as follows:-

d)  Members declared personal interests in minute 18, as follows:-

That the recommendations of the General Purposes Committee as detailed in the report of the City Solicitor be approved.

K WAKEFIELD

It was moved by Councillor Wakefield seconded by Councillor J Lewis and

RESOLVED – That the recommendations of the General Purposes Committee with regard to amendments to the Constitution, as detailed in the report of the City Solicitor, be approved.

a)  That Committees having Terms of Reference as detailed in Schedule 8 (a) be established.

b)  That appointments be made to the Committees as detailed in Schedules 8 (b) (i), (ii) and (iii).

c)  That Chairs be appointed as detailed in Schedule 8(c).

d)  That the Chair appointments made by Area Committees as detailed in Schedule 8(d) be noted.

e)  That appointments be made to outside organisations as detailed in Schedule 8(e).

J LEWIS

It was moved by Councillor J Lewis seconded by Councillor Lowe and

RESOLVED – That Committees be established having Terms of Reference as detailed in Schedule 8(a) to the agenda.

It was moved by Councillor J Lewis seconded by Councillor Lowe and

RESOLVED – That appointments be made to the Committees referred to in 8(a) above, as detailed in Schedule 8(b)(i) and circulated, and that the Director of Resources be authorised, in consultation with appropriate Whips, to change appointments made during the period between this meeting and the next ordinary meeting of Council.

It was moved by Councillor J Lewis seconded by Councillor Lowe and

RESOLVED – That appointments be made to the Standards and Licensing Committees referred to in 8(a) as detailed in Schedule 8(b)(ii), and that the Director of Resources be authorised, in consultation with appropriate Whips, to change appointments made during the period between this meeting and the next ordinary meeting of Council

It was moved by Councillor J Lewis seconded by Councillor Lowe and

RESOLVED – That appointments be made to Area Committees referred to in 8(a) above as detailed in Schedule 8(b)(iii).

It was moved by Councillor J Lewis seconded by Councillor Lowe and

RESOLVED – That Chairs be appointed to those Committees as detailed in Schedule 8(a).

It was moved by Councillor J Lewis seconded by Councillor Lowe and

RESOLVED – That Chairs be appointed to those Committees as detailed in Schedule 8(d).

It was moved by Councillor J Lewis, seconded by Councillor Lowe, that the appointment of the Chair of the South Outer Area Committee be determined by Council following an equal division of votes for the 2 nominees at the South Outer Area Committee meeting held on 18^th May 2012.  The 2 nominees were Councillor K Bruce and Councillor R Finnigan.

RESOLVED – That Councillor K Bruce be appointed Chair of the South Outer Area Committee.

On the requisition of Councillors Finnigan and Leadley, the voting for both nominations was recorded as follows:-

Vote for Councillor Bruce:-

YES

Akhtar, Atha, Blake, Bruce, Charlwood, Congreve, Coulson, Cummins, Davey, Dawson, Dobson, Dowson, Dunn, Gabriel, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, C Gruen, P Gruen, S Hamilton, Hanley, Hardy, Harington, Harland, G Harper, J Harper, A Hussain, G Hussain, G Hyde, Illingworth, Ingham, Iqbal, Jarosz, Khan, J Lewis, R Lewis, Lowe, Lyons, Macniven, Maqsood, A McKenna, J McKenna, Mitchell, Morgan, Mulherin, Murray, Nagle, Nash, Ogilvie, Rafique, Renshaw, Selby, Sobel, Taggart, E Taylor, Towler, Truswell, Urry, Wakefield, Walker, Walshaw, Yeadon.

62

NO

Anderson, J Bentley, S Bentley, Buckley, Campbell, A Carter, J L Carter, Chapman, Cleasby, Cohen, Collins, Downes, Elliott, Finnigan, Fox, Gettings, Golton, M Hamilton, Harrand, Lamb, G Latty, P Latty, Lay, Leadley, Marjoram, J Procter, R Procter, Robinson, Townsley, Varley, Wadsworth, Wilkinson, Wood.

33

ABSTAIN

A Blackburn, D Blackburn.

2

Vote for Councillor Finnigan:-

YES

Anderson, J Bentley, S Bentley, Buckley, Campbell, A Carter, J L Carter, Chapman, Cleasby, Cohen, Collins, Downes, Elliott, Finnigan, Fox, Gettings, Golton, M Hamilton, Harrand, Lamb, G Latty, P Latty, Lay, Leadley, Marjoram, J Procter, R Procter, Robinson, Townsley, Varley, Wadsworth, Wilkinson, Wood.

33

NO

Akhtar, Atha, Blake, Bruce, Charlwood, Congreve, Coulson, Cummins, Davey, Dawson, Dobson, Dowson, Dunn, Gabriel, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, C Gruen, P Gruen, S Hamilton, Hanley, Hardy, Harington, Harland, G Harper, J Harper, A Hussain, G Hussain, G Hyde, Illingworth, Ingham, Iqbal, Jarosz, Khan, J Lewis, R Lewis, Lowe, Lyons, Macniven, Maqsood, A McKenna, J McKenna, Mitchell, Morgan, Mulherin, Murray, Nagle, Nash, Ogilvie, Rafique, Renshaw, Selby, Sobel, Taggart, E Taylor, Towler, Truswell, Urry, Wakefield, Walker, Walshaw, Yeadon.

62

ABSTAIN

A Blackburn, D Blackburn.

2

It was moved by Councillor J Lewis seconded by Councillor Lowe and

RESOLVED – That appointments to Outside Organisations as detailed in Schedule 8(e) be approved.

That the Officer Delegation Scheme (Council (Non-Executive) Functions) as detailed in Schedule 9 be approved.

J LEWIS

It was moved by Councillor J Lewis seconded by Councillor Lowe and

RESOLVED – That the Officer Delegation Scheme (Council (Non Executive) Functions) as detailed in Schedule 9 be approved.

That the list presented by Councillor Wakefield setting out the arrangements for the discharge of executive functions as detailed in Schedule 10 be received. 

J LEWIS

It was moved by Councillor J Lewis seconded by Councillor Lowe and

RESOLVED – That the list presented by the Leader setting out the arrangements for the discharge of Executive Functions, as detailed in Schedule 10, be noted.

That the dates of the meetings of the Council for the Municipal Year 2012/13 as detailed in Schedule 11 be approved.

J LEWIS

It was moved by Councillor J Lewis seconded by Councillor Lowe and

RESOLVED – That the dates of the meetings of the Council for the Municipal Year 2012/13, as detailed in Schedule 11 be approved.