Agenda for Council on Monday, 20th May, 2013, 6.00 pm

Annual Meeting, Council - Monday, 20th May, 2013 6.00 pm

Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds

Contact: Governance Services Unit

Items
No.	Item
1.	Issue of Papers for the Meeting Minutes: The Lord Mayor indicated that, following the dispatch of the Summons with accompanying reports on Friday, 10^th May 2013, further papers originally identified on the Summons as to follow were circulated to Members on Friday 17^th May 2013.
2.	Election of Lord Mayor That Councillor Thomas Murray be elected Lord Mayor of the City of Leeds to hold office until the date of the Annual Meeting of the Council in 2014. Minutes: It was moved by Councillor K Wakefield seconded by Councillor Lamb and RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY – That Councillor Thomas Murray be elected Lord Mayor of the City of Leeds to hold Office until the date of the Annual Meeting in 2014. The meeting was suspended to allow for Councillor Murray to accept the Chain of Office and to take the Chair.
3.	Vote of Thanks to Retiring Lord Mayor To pass a vote of thanks to the retiring Lord Mayor. Minutes: Councillor J Procter moved a vote of thanks to the retiring Lord Mayor, Councillor Ann Castle. This was seconded by Councillor Atha and supported by Councillors Golton, Elliott and A Blackburn. RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY – That a vote of thanks be moved for the retiring Lord Mayor, Councillor Ann Castle.
4.	Election of Vice Chair of Council That Councillor J McKenna 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 2014. Minutes: It was moved by Councillor Wakefield seconded by Councillor G Harper and RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY – That Councillor J McKenna 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 2014.
5.	Minutes PDF 222 KB To confirm the minutes of the Council Meeting held on 8^th May 2013 (to follow). G HARPER Minutes: It was moved by Councillor G Harper seconded by Councillor G Latty and RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meetings of Council held on 8^th May 2013 be approved.
6.	Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of interest from Members Minutes: There were no declarations of interest at this meeting.
7.	Recommendations of the General Purposes Committee - Amendments to the Constitution PDF 82 KB That the recommendations of the General Purposes Committee as detailed in the report of the City Solicitor be approved. K WAKEFIELD Additional documents: FC Appendix A H&WB TOR (46) , item 7. PDF 41 KB FC Appendix B EDMPR (31) , item 7. PDF 131 KB FC Appendix C H&WB Membership & Voting Rights (46) , item 7. PDF 26 KB FC Appendix D Art 17 (46) , item 7. PDF 47 KB FC Appendix E Assistant Chief Executive (54) , item 7. PDF 56 KB There are a further 2 documents.View the full list of documents for item 7. Minutes: It was moved by Councillor Wakefield seconded by Councillor G Harper 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.
8.	Establishment of Committees and Appropriate Terms of Reference PDF 46 KB 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) , (iii) (to follow)and (iv). c) That Chairs be appointed as detailed in Schedule 8(c) (to follow). d) That the Chair appointments made by Area Committees as detailed in Schedule 8(d) (to follow) be noted, and any Chair appointments not yet made be determined. e) That appointments be made to outside organisations as detailed in Schedule 8(e) (to follow). G HARPER Additional documents: 2 Section 2B SB Health and Wellbeing and Adult Social Care TOR (current) , item 8. PDF 54 KB 3 Section 2B SB Housing and Regeneration TOR (current) , item 8. PDF 51 KB 4 Section 2B SB Safer and Stronger Communities TOR (54) , item 8. PDF 60 KB 5 Section 2B SB Sustainable Economy and Culture TOR (current) , item 8. PDF 59 KB 6 Section 2B SB Resources and Council TOR (54) , item 8. PDF 58 KB There are a further 18 documents.View the full list of documents for item 8. Minutes: It was moved by Councillor G Harper seconded by Councillor Nash and RESOLVED – That Committees be established having Terms of Reference as detailed in Schedule 8(a) of the agenda.
9.	Membership of Committees, Boards and Panels - ordinary committees for the purpose of s15(5)(c) Local Government and Housing Act 1989 Minutes: It was moved by Councillor G Harper seconded by Councillor Nash and RESOLVED – That appointments be made to the Committees referred to in 8(a) above, as detailed in Schedule 8(b)(i) and circulated, including those set out on the Order Paper and that the City Solicitor be authorised, in consultation with appropriate Whips, to change appointments made during the period between this meeting and the next ordinary meeting of Council.
10.	Membership of Committees, Boards and Panels Minutes: It was moved by Councillor G Harper seconded by Councillor Nash and RESOLVED – That appointments be made to the Committees referred to in 8(a) above, as detailed in Schedule 8(b)(ii) and circulated, including those set out on the Order Paper and that the City Solicitor be authorised, in consultation with appropriate Whips, to change appointments made during the period between this meeting and the next ordinary meeting of Council.
11.	Membership of the Licensing Committee and Health and Wellbeing Board Minutes: It was moved by Councillor G Harper seconded by Councillor Nash and RESOLVED – That appointments be made to the Licensing Committee and Health and Wellbeing Board referred to in 8(a) as detailed in Schedule 8(b)(iii), and that the City Solicitor be authorised, in consultation with appropriate Whips, to change appointments made during the period between this meeting and the next ordinary meeting of Council
12.	Membership of Area Committees Minutes: It was moved by Councillor G Harper seconded by Councillor Nash and RESOLVED – That appointments be made to Area Committees referred to in 8(a) above as detailed in Schedule 8(b)(iv).
13.	Appointment of Chairs to Various Committees/Boards and Panels Minutes: It was moved by Councillor G Harper seconded by Councillor Nash and RESOLVED – That Chairs be appointed to those Committees as detailed in Schedule 8(a) and as detailed in Schedule 8(c).
14.	Appointment to Chair the South Outer Area Committee Minutes: It was moved by Councillor G Harper, seconded by Councillor Nash, that in accordance with Area Committee Procedure Rule 5.8 the appointment of the Chair of the South Outer Area Committee be determined by the overall majority of votes cast by those Members of the South Outer Area Committee present at the Council meeting. The 2 nominees were Councillor K Bruce and Councillor R Finnigan. As an overall majority of votes could not be obtained by votes cast by those Members of the Area Committee present at the Council meeting, the vote was widened to include all Members of Council. It was moved by Councillor G Harper, seconded by Councillor Nash, that in accordance with Area Committee Procedure Rule 5.9 that the appointment of the Chair of the South Outer Area Committee be determined by all Members of Council present 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 by all Members of Council 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, Nagle, Nash, Ogilvie, Rafique, Renshaw, Selby, Sobel, Taggart, E Taylor, Towler, Truswell, Urry, Wakefield, Walker, Walshaw, Yeadon. 61 NO Anderson, J Bentley, S Bentley, A Blackburn, D Blackburn ,Buckley, Campbell, Chapman, Cleasby, Cohen, Collins, Elliott, Finnigan, Fox, Golton, Harrand, Lamb, G Latty, P Latty, Lay, Leadley, J Procter, R Procter, Robinson, Townsley, Varley, Wadsworth, Wilkinson, Wood. 29 ABSTAIN Gettings. 1 Vote for Councillor Finnigan:- YES Anderson, J Bentley, S Bentley, A Blackburn, D Blackburn ,Buckley, Campbell, Chapman, Cleasby, Cohen, Collins, Elliott, Finnigan, Fox, Gettings, Golton, Harrand, Lamb, G Latty, P Latty, Lay, Leadley, J Procter, R Procter, Robinson, Townsley, Varley, Wadsworth, Wilkinson, Wood. 30 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, Nagle, Nash, Ogilvie, Rafique, Renshaw, Selby, Sobel, Taggart, E Taylor, Towler, Truswell, Urry, Wakefield, Walker, Walshaw, Yeadon. 61
15.	Appointment of Chairs to Area Committees Minutes: It was moved by Councillor G Harper seconded by Councillor Nash and RESOLVED – That the appointment of Chairs of Area Committees as detailed in Schedule 8(d) be noted.
16.	Appointment to Joint Committees and Joint Authorities Minutes: It was moved by Councillor G Harper seconded by Councillor Nash and RESOLVED – That appointments to Joint Committees and Joint Authorities as detailed in Schedule 8(e) be approved.
17.	Scheme of Delegation(Council (Non-Executive) functions) PDF 52 KB That the Officer Delegation Scheme (Council (Non-Executive) Functions) as detailed in Schedule 9 be approved. G HARPER Additional documents: 2 Section 2C Chief Executive council deleg (current) , item 17. PDF 55 KB 3 Section 2C Assistant Chief Executive council deleg (54) , item 17. PDF 56 KB 4 Section 2C Dir Children Services Council deleg (current) , item 17. PDF 44 KB 5 Section 2C Dir of City Devel council deleg (current) , item 17. PDF 51 KB 6 Section 2C CPO council deleg (current) , item 17. PDF 69 KB There are a further 3 documents.View the full list of documents for item 17. Minutes: It was moved by Councillor G Harper seconded by Councillor Nash and RESOLVED – That the Officer Delegation Scheme (Council (Non Executive) Functions) as detailed in Schedule 9 be approved.
18.	Executive Arrangements PDF 56 KB That the arrangements for the discharge of executive functions, as set out by the Leader of Council in Schedule 10 (to follow), be received. G HARPER Additional documents: 2 130513 Section 3B(a) Executive Member Portfolios (54) , item 18. PDF 52 KB 3 Section 3B(b) Executive Members Overview of Roles and Responsibilities (54) , item 18. PDF 57 KB 4 Section 3B(c) Support to Executive Members (55) , item 18. PDF 58 KB 5 Section 3C Exec Ctte and Advisory t of r (31) , item 18. PDF 60 KB 6a Section 3D(a) Area Committee Function Schedules (56) , item 18. PDF 55 KB There are a further 15 documents.View the full list of documents for item 18. Minutes: It was moved by Councillor G Harper seconded by Councillor Nash 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.
19.	Council Meeting Dates 2013/14 PDF 47 KB That the dates of the meetings of the Council for the Municipal Year 2013/14 as detailed in Schedule 11 be approved. G HARPER Minutes: It was moved by Councillor G Harper seconded by Councillor Nash and RESOLVED – That the dates of the meetings of the Council for the Municipal Year 2013/14, as detailed in Schedule 11 be approved.