Annual Council 17th May, 2005
9th May, 2005
TO:- ALL MEMBERS OF
THE COUNCIL
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting
of the South Staffordshire Council will be held in the Council
Chamber, Council Offices, Codsall, on Tuesday, 17th May,
2005, at 7.00 p.m., for the purpose of transacting the business set
out below.
Chief Executive
(Proceedings will open with prayers led by
Reverend Anthony Howells)
AGENDA
1. Election of Chairman of the
Council
To elect the Chairman of the Council for the
Municipal Year 2005/2006.
(The new Chairman of the Council will be
invested with the chain of office and, having taken the chair, will
sign the declaration of acceptance of office).
2. Election of
Vice-Chairman of the Council
To elect the Vice-Chairman of the Council for
the Municipal Year 2005/2006.
3.
Priority Business
To dispose of any business required by statute
or by standing orders to be brought before the Council before any
other business.
4.
Minutes
To confirm and sign the minutes of the meeting
of the Council held on
10th May, 2005 (copy attached).
5.
Apologies
(a) To receive any apologies for
non-attendance.
(b) That, having regard to the personal
circumstances of Councillor A.J.Moran, Council, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 85 of the Local Government Act, 1972,
approves his continued non-attendance at meetings during the period
of his illness, for the Municipal Year 2005/06.
6. Declarations of
Interest
To receive any declarations of interest.
7.
Election of Executive for the Municipal Year
2005/2006:-
(a) To elect the Leader of the
Council
(b) To elect the 5 Deputy Leaders
and to allocate portfolios as follows:-
(i) Support Services
(ii) Direct Services
(iii) Community Services
(iv) Environmental Services
(v) Strategic Services
8. Regulatory
Committee:-
(a) To appoint the Regulatory Committee
for the Municipal Year 2005/2006.
(N.B. – The Constitution specifies that
the Regulatory Committee shall comprise all members of the
Council).
(b) Election of Chairman of the
Regulatory Committee for the municipal year 2005/2006.
9.
Scrutiny Committee:-
To appoint the Scrutiny Committee for the
Municipal Year 2005/2006.
(N.B. – The Constitution specifies that the
Scrutiny Committee shall comprise all members of the Council who
are not members of the Executive).
10.
Standards Committee
(a) To appoint 2 members to the
Committee.
(b) To appoint Parish Councillor Richard
Taylor as the parish councillor member of the Standards Committee
(substitute - Parish Councillor Peter Wilkinson).
(N.B (i)
The parish councillor member and substitute member appointed are
recommended in accordance with the results of an election held by
the South Staffordshire Parish Council's Area Committee.
(ii) The parish
councillor member may not be a member of South Staffordshire
Council).
(c) To appoint 2 independent
members.
(N.B. – The existing members are Mr.A.J.
Grocott and Mrs.M.De Martigny).
11.
Licensing Committee
(a) To appoint 15 members to the
Licensing Committee for the municipal year 2005/06.
(NB. To comply with the provisions of the
Local Government and Housing Act, 1989 re: political balance, the
distribution of seats on this Committee is:-
Conservative Group – 11 seats
Labour Group – 2 seats
Independent Members – 2 seats)
(b) Election of Chairman of the
Licensing Committee for the municipal year 2005/06.
12. Local
Joint Committee
To appoint 6 members to the Local Joint
Committee for the Municipal Year 2005/2006.
13.
Discretionary Housing Payments Scheme
To appoint 9 members from which panels will be
drawn to consider disputes arising from the Discretionary Housing
Payments Scheme.
14.
Independent Members' Remuneration Panel
To authorise the Chief Executive to appoint an
independent remuneration panel to review:-
(a) the Members' Allowances
Scheme
(b) Parish Councillors'
Remuneration arrangements
15.
Scheme of Delegations
(a) To approve the scheme of
delegations comprising
Part 3 of the Council's constitution (copy
attached).
(b) To note that the constitution
of the Council will be subject to a comprehensive review as part of
the implementation of a revised management structure for the
Council (as approved by Council on 19th April,
2005).
16. Calendar of
Meetings
17.
Appointment of Representatives to Serve on Outside
Bodies
To make appointments to outside bodies as
follows:-
(Note: All appointments to be made for
the municipal year 2005/2006 unless otherwise stated).
(1)
STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL :-
(a) County Council Leaders' Advisory
Body on Community Safety
Nomination of 1 member
(b) Health Scrutiny
Committee
Nomination of 1 member
(c) Staffordshire Planning
Forum
Nomination of 1 member and 1 substitute member
plus Chairman of the Regulatory Committee
(d) Supporting People Commissioning
Body Members' Board
Nomination of 1 member
(e) Superannuation Fund
Committee
Nomination of 1 member
(f) Sure Start
Programme
Nomination of 1 member
(2) Bilbrook Playing Fields
Committee
Nomination of 1 member
(3) 2078 Boscobel Squadron Air Training
Corps
Nomination of 1 member
(4) Brewood Youth Centre Management
Committee
Nomination of 2 representatives
(5) Campaign to Protect Rural
England
Nomination of 2 members
(6) Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty
(a) Advisory
Partnership
Nomination of 1
member
(b) Joint
Committee
Nomination of 1 member (who must be a member
of the Council's Executive)
(7) Cheslyn Hay
Youth Centre Management Committee
Nomination of 2 representatives
(8) Codsall
Village Hall and Playing Fields Committee
Nomination of 1 representative
(9) Community
Council of Staffordshire
Nomination of 1 representative
(10) Drugs
Action Team
Nomination of 1 representative
(11) Forest of
Mercia Members Advisory Panel
Nomination of 2 members
(12) Future
Foundations Limited
Nomination of 1 member (who must be the member
with responsibility for re-generation initiatives)
(13) Great
Wyrley Safer Routes to School Project Group
Nomination of 1 representative
(14) Halfpenny
Green Airport Consultative Committee
Nomination of 2 representatives who must
either be members or employees of the Council.
(15) Instaffs
(UK) Limited
Nomination of 1 member
(16) Kinver
Community Association
Nomination of 2 representatives
(For the period commencing at the AGM of the
association in June, 2005, to the AGM in June, 2006)
(17) Kinver Edge
National Trust Committee
Nomination of 1 representative
(For a 3 year term of office commencing on
21st May, 2005)
(18) Kinver Youth
Centre Management Committee
Nomination of 2 representatives
(19) Leisure Centre
Management Committees
(a) Cheslyn Hay Leisure
Centre
Nomination of 2 members
(b) Codsall Leisure
Centre
Nomination of 2 members
(c) Wombourne Leisure
Centre
Nomination of 2 members
(20)
Littleton Youth Centre (Huntington) Management
Committee
Nomination of 2 representatives
(21) Local Government
Association
(a) Association
Nomination of 2 members (Primary
Representative and 2nd Representative
(b) Staffordshire
Region
Nomination of 2 members plust 1
substitute member
(c) West Midlands
Region:-
(i) West Midlands Regional
Assembly (WMRA Ltd)
Nomination of 1 member (who shall be
the Leader of the Council)
(ii) The Regional Planning
Partnership
Nomination of 1
member
(iii) Provincial
Council
Nomination of 1
member
(22) Lower Penn
Victory Hall Committee
Nomination of 1 representative
(23) Midlands Joint
Advisory Clean Air Council
Nomination of 1 member
(24) Monckton
Recreation Management Committee
Appointment of 1 member
(25) National Society
for Clean Air
Nomination of 2 members
(26) Pattingham and
Patshull Old Peoples' Welfare Committee
Nomination of 1 representative
(27)
Pattingham Playing Fields
Committee
Nomination of 1 representative
(28)
Perton Playing Fields
Association
Nomination of 1 representative
(29)
Police Authority Community Consultative
Committees
Nomination of 1 member of each Police
Authority Community Consultation Committee covering South
Staffordshire (Wombourne/Watling Street) (2 members in total)
(For the period 1st August, 2005,
to 31st July, 2006).
(30)
Regional Executive Committee - Housing & Town Planning
Council
Nomination of 1 member
(31) Rural
Economic Forum
Nomination of 1 representative
(32) Shoal Hill Common
Joint Committee
Nomination of 3 members (1 of whom must be the
member for Shareshill).
(N.B. - The provisions of the Local Government
and Housing Act, 1989, re. political balance apply to this
Committee).
(33) Shrewsbury to
Wolverhampton Railway Line Liaison Group
Nomination of 1 representative
(34) South
Staffordshire Citizens' Advice Bureau
Services
Nomination of 2 members
(35) South
Staffordshire Council for Voluntary Service Executive Committee and
Volunteer Outreach Project
Nomination of 1 representative
(36) South
Staffordshire Crime Reduction
(a) Partnership
Nomination of 1 representative
(b) Responsible Authorities
Group
Nomination of 1 representative
(37) South
Staffordshire Housing Association
Nomination of 2 members
(For a term of office from the AGM of the
Association in 2005 to the AGM in 2006)
The Housing Corporation has requested that the
member with responsibility for Social Housing Grant should not be
appointed to the Board of a Housing Association, thus avoiding the
potential for any conflict of interest).
(38)
South Staffordshire Local Strategic
Partnership
(a) Partnership/Executive
Board
Nomination of up to 2 representatives
(b) Environmental Quality Theme
Group
Nomination of 1 member
(c) Economic Vibrancy Theme
Group
Nomination of 1 member
(d)Lifelong Learning Theme
Group
Nomination of 1 member
(e) Quality of Life Theme
Group
Nomination of 1 representative
(39) South
Staffordshire Sports Council
Nomination of 4 representatives
(40) South
Staffordshire Tourism Association
Nomination of 1 member
(41) South Western
Staffordshire PCT – Patient and Public Involvement
Sub-Committee
Nomination of 1 member
(42)
Southern Staffordshire Partnership Executive
Committee
Nomination of 2 representatives (who should be
either a member or employee of the Council).
(43) Sow and Penk Internal
Drainage Management Board
Nomination for the appointment of 1
representative (by agreement with Stafford B.C.).
(44) Staffordshire
Destination Management Partnership Board
Nomination of 1 member
(45)
Staffordshire E.Government Partnership
Member Board
Nomination of 1 member
(46) Staffordshire Health and
Social Care Board
Nomination of 1 representative
(47) Staffordshire
Playing Fields Association
Nomination of 2 members
(48) Staffordshire
(Southern Area) Public Transport User Forum
Nomination of 1 member or employee
(49)
Staffordshire Travelwise
Group
Nomination of 1 representative
(50) Staffordshire
Waste Board
Nomination of 1 member and 1 substitute
member
(51) Trysull and Seisdon
Playing Fields Committee
Nomination of 1 representative
(To hold office from AGM of the Management
Committee in October, 2005, to the AGM in October,
2006).
(52) Western Staffordshire Rural Transport
Partnership
Nomination of 1 representative
(53) Wombourne and
District Community Association
Nomination of 2 members
(54) Wombourne Youth
Centre Management Committee
Nomination of 2 representatives
18. Questions asked pursuant to Rule 9.4 (if
any)
To dispose of any questions asked under this
standing order.
19. Chairman's Announcements
To receive any announcements which the
Chairman wishes to bring to the attention of members.
Note: Members, officers, and the
public are requested to stand at the conclusion of the meeting,
whilst the Chairman and Vice-Chairman leave the Council
Chamber.
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