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It was moved by Councillor Cowling and seconded by Councillor Bailey that Councillor Val Arnold be elected Chairman of the Council for the ensuing year.

             Resolved

             That Councillor Val Arnold be elected Chairman of the Council for the ensuing year until her successor becomes entitled to act as Chairman.

Councillor Val Arnold thereupon took the Chair, having first made the Declaration of Acceptance of Office as Chairman of Ryedale District Council, and thanked Members for her election.

It was moved by Councillor Cowling and seconded by Councillor Frank that Councillor Gardiner be appointed Vice Chairman of the Council for the ensuing year.

            Resolved

            That Councillor Gardiner be appointed Vice Chairman of the Council for the ensuing year.

Having first made the Declaration of Acceptance of Office, as Vice Chairman of the Council, Councillor Gardiner thanked Members for hisappointment.  The Chairman then invested Councillor Gardiner with the Vice Chairman’s Chain and Badge of Office.  Councillor Gardiner announced that his consort was to be his wife Helen Gardiner.  The Chairman then invested Helen Gardiner with the Vice Chairman’s consort’s chain and badge of office.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Cussons Maud, Sanderson and Thornton.

Apologies were received for the late arrival of Councillor Goodrick

It was reported that in accordance with the Council Constitution (Part 4 - Rules of Procedure) the Council may at its Annual Meeting elect a Leader of the Council and a Deputy Leader of the Council for the ensuing year. 

It was proposed by Councillor Steve Arnold and seconded by Councillor Raper that Ryedale District Council elect a Leader of the Council for the ensuing year.

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

Voting Record

21 For

3   Against

1   Abstentions

It was proposed by Councillor Steve Arnold and seconded by Councillor Raper that Councillor Cowling be elected Leader of the Council.

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

Voting Record

20 For

3  Against

2  Abstentions

It was moved by Councillor Cowling and seconded by Councillor Steve Arnold that Ryedale District Council does not appoint a Deputy Leader for the ensuing year.

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

Voting Record

Unanimous

             Resolved

(a)  That a Leader of the Council be appointed;

(b)  That Councillor Cowling be appointed Leader of the Council for the ensuing year;

(c)  That a Deputy Leader of the Council not be appointed.

The Chief Executive submitted a report which detailed the following:

A.   Committees for 2015-2016

In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, the Council was requested to appoint the Committees as indicated in Annex A as presented to the Council by the Chief Executive.

B.   The allocation of seats on Committees between political groups and the appointment of Members to Committees

       Ryedale District Council was to be treated as being divided into different political groups for the purposes of the Local Government & Housing Act 1989, because at least one political group had been constituted in the prescribed way.

       The Local Government & Housing Act 1989 required the distribution of seats on committees and sub-committees to be on the basis of political proportionality so far as ‘reasonably practicable’ unless different provision is made in such manner prescribed by regulations and without any Member voting against them.

The terms of reference of the Policy & Resources Committee, Licensing Committee and Overview & Scrutiny Committee were those as set out in Part 3 of the Council’s Constitution.

       Members considered the recommendations in the report.

       The recommendations 1-5 and 7-8 were moved and seconded en bloc, as follows:

       Recommendation 1

       That the Council’s Committees be those as specified in Annex A of the report. 

       Recommendation 2

That the size of the Council’s Committees be as specified in Annex A of the report.

       Recommendation 3

That the Council divide Committee seats between political groups in accordance with the allocation shown at Annex A of the report. 

Recommendation 4

That the revised Annex B of the report as circulated at the meeting be approved with the addition of nominations circulated from the Liberal Group.

Recommendation 5

That the Membership of the Licensing committee be the same as appointed to the Planning Committee. 

Recommendation 7

That the terms of reference of the Policy & Resources Committee, Licensing Committee, Overview & Scrutiny Committee, Planning Committee and the Scheme of Officer Delegation are those set out in Part 3 of the Council’s Constitution as amended.

Recommendation 8

That the Chief Executive be authorised to make consequential amendments to the Constitution arising from the changes referred to above.

Upon being put to the vote, the motion was carried.

Voting Record

Unanimous

Recommendation 6

With reference to recommendation (6) of the report, Members were reminded that the Annual Meeting of Council elected the Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of Committees, with the exception of the Licensing Committee.

It was recommended that the Licensing Committee appoint its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman at its next meeting.

Nominations were then sought for the Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of Committees.

Resolved

(a)  That the Council appoints those Committees indicated at Annex A of the report;

(b)  That the size of Committees be as specified at Annex A of the report;

(c)   That the Council divides Committee seats between political groups as set out in Annex A of the report;

(d)  That membership of Committees be as indicated at Annex A to these minutes;

(e)That the membership of the Licensing Committee be the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.

Members considered a list of outside organisations and the appointment or nomination of representatives to serve on the various bodies.

Councillor Ives proposed and Councillor Cowling seconded the following motion:

That the requirement set out in minute number 114 of the meeting of Council on 6 March 2014, point (v) of the resolution, that an oral statement of skills, expertise and, where appropriate, attendance record be provided upon nomination be repealed.

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

            Recorded Vote

            For     

            Councillors S Arnold, V Arnold, Bailey, Cleary, Cowling, Duncan,          Evans, Farnell, Frank, Gardiner, Goodrick, Hope, Ives, Jainu-Deen,             Raper, Wainwright, Windress.

            Against

            J Andrews, P Andrews, Burr, Clark, Jowitt, Keal, Shields

            Abstentions

            Oxley

Members then voted on the list of nominations for the outside bodies.

Resolved

(a)          That the requirement set out in minute number 114 of the meeting of Council on 6 March 2014, point (v) of the resolution, that an oral statement of skills, expertise and, where appropriate, attendance record be provided upon nomination be repealed.

(b)        That the appointment of representatives to serve on outside organisations for the ensuing four years be as indicated in Annex B to these minutes.

(c)        Ryedale Housing Forum not be included on the list of outside bodies but one representative of each group be invited and given one week’s notice.

There being no other business, the meeting closed at 5.45pm.