Agenda item

a) To consider the report of the City Solicitor on recommendations of the General Purposes Committee in respect of proposed amendments to the Members’ Code of Conduct arising from DCLG guidance; new regulations regarding meetings of the Executive and Access to Information; and a review of Council meetings. 

  K WAKEFIELD

b) To consider the report of the Chief Officer, Democratic and Central Services on recommendations of the General Purposes Committee in respect of proposals to establish new arrangements in respect of Plans Panels from a date to be determined:

  K WAKEFIELD

c) To consider the report of the Head of Licensing and Registration on recommendations of the General Purposes Committee in respect of proposals to establish new arrangements in respect of the Community Governance Reviews of Scarcroft and Rawdon.

K WAKEFIELD

a)  Miscellaneous

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

RESOLVED – That the recommendations of the General Purposes Committee, as presented by the report of the City Solicitor, with regard to Amendments to the Members’ Code of Conduct arising from DCLG guidance, new regulations regarding meetings of the Executive and Access to Information, and a review of Council meetings be approved.

b)  Review of Plans Panels

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

RESOLVED – That the recommendations of the General Purposes Committee, as presented by the report of the Chief Officer Democratic and Central Services, with regard to the proposals to establish new arrangements in respect of Plans Panels, be approved with effect from Monday, 17^th September 2012.

c)  Community Governance Reviews for Scarcroft and Rawdon

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

RESOLVED – That the recommendations of the General Purposes Committee, as presented by the report of the Head of Licensing and Registration, with regard to the Community Governance Review on proposals to increase the number of Parish Councillors for Scarcroft Parish Council and its proposals to create a new Parish of Rawdon, be approved as follows;

  That  in relation to the Community Governance Review for Scarcroft: -

·  To increase the size of Scarcroft Parish Council from seven to nine Councillors;

·  That the electoral arrangements are as set out in Appendix A to the report; and

·  That the interim arrangements are that the existing parish councillors cover the duties of the two new parish councillors until those vacancies to the parish council are filled

  That in relation to the Community Governance Review of Rawdon: -

·  That a new parish and parish council for Rawdon be constituted, excluding the polling district OYG (from the original proposal contained in the petition received on 18 May 2012);

·  That the precept for the new parish council be set at £40,000;

·  That the electoral arrangements are as set out in Appendix B; and

·  That the interim arrangements for the new parish are that the existing Local Government Ward Councillors act as parish councillors until vacancies to the new parish council are filled

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