Agenda and draft minutes

Extraordinary, Council - Monday, 10 June 2024 7.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber. Council Offices, Knowle Green, Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1XB

Contact: Karen Wyeth  Email: k.wyeth@spelthorne.gov.uk

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54/24

Disclosures of Interest

To receive any disclosures of interest from Councillors in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct for Members aside from those members that are also County Council councillors.

Minutes:

Councillor Sexton advised that she was also a Surrey County Councillor.

55/24

Changes to the Allocation of Seats for Committees

Council are asked to approve the revised:

 

a)     representation of the different political groups on Committees (3a),

 

b)     members to Committees (3b)

 

c)    Chairs and Vice-Chairs to Committees and Sub-Committees (3c);

 

d)    Named substitutes to Committees (3d)

 

 

Minutes:

Following a change in the make up of the Chamber, Council considered the revised:

 

1.    representation of the different political groups on committees,

 

2.    members to committees,

 

3.    Chairs and Vice-Chairs to committees; and

 

4.    Named substitutes to committees.

56/24

Allocation of Seats on Committees pdf icon PDF 19 KB

Pursuant to Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, Council is asked to agree the representation of the different political groups on Committees.

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Bateson requested a named vote on the allocation of seats on committees.

 

For

Councillors Buck, J Doran, Beatty, Bhadye, Bing Dong, Boughtflower, Brennan, Burrell, Button, Chandler, Clarke,     S Doran, Dunn, Gibson, Gyawali, Howkins, Islam, Lee, Mathur, Nichols, Rybinski, Turner, Woodward - 23

Against

0

Abstain

Councillors Arnold, Bateson, Beecher, Caplin, Grant, Rutherford, Sexton, Williams - 8

 

 

Pursuant to Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, Council resolved to agree the representation of the different political groups on Committees.

57/24

Appointment of Members to Committees pdf icon PDF 50 KB

In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, to appoint the members to serve on the Committees.

Minutes:

Council resolved to agree the appointments of members to the Committees as outlined in the Supplementary Agenda.

 

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Appointment of Chairs and Vice-Chairs pdf icon PDF 268 KB

In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, to appoint Chairs and Vice-Chairs to serve on the Committees.

 

 

Minutes:

Council resolved to agree the appointments of the Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the Committees as outlined in the Supplementary Agenda.

 

59/24

Appointment of Named Substitutes to Committee pdf icon PDF 202 KB

In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, to appoint the Substitute Members to serve on the Committees.

 

 

Minutes:

Council resolved to agree the named substitute members to the Committees as outlined in the Supplementary Agenda.

 

60/24

Appointment of Interim Monitoring Officer pdf icon PDF 363 KB

Council is asked to:

 

a)    Designate Karen Limmer as Monitoring Officer (on an interim basis) from 01 July 2024,

 

b)    Delegate authority to the Chief Executive to make an interim appointment as Group Head of Corporate Governance; and

 

c)    Delegate authority to the Appointments & Appeals Committee to designate the next Group Head of Corporate Governance as Monitoring Officer.

Minutes:

Council resolved to agree to:

 

1.    Designate Ms K Limmer as Monitoring Officer (on an interim basis) from 01 July 2024,

 

2.    Delegate authority to the Chief Execuitve to make an interim appointment as Group Had of Corporate Governance; and

 

3.    Delegate authority to the Appointments and Appeals Committee to designate the next Group Head of Corporate Governance as Monitoring Officer.