Agenda

Annual Council, Council - Wednesday 14th May 2025 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Parkside Suite - Parkside

Contact: Jess Bayley-Hill

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Items
No.	Item
	Welcome
1.	Election of Chairman 2025/26
2.	Election of Vice-Chairman 2025/26
3.	Vote of thanks to retiring Office Holders
4.	To receive apologies for absence
5.	Declarations of Interest To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests.
6.	To confirm the accuracy of the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 12th March 2025 PDF 334 KB
7.	To receive any announcements from the Chairman and/or Head of Paid Service View the background to item 7.
8.	To receive any announcements from the Leader
9.	To receive comments, questions or petitions from members of the public A period of up to 15 minutes is allowed for members of the public to make a comment, ask questions or present petitions. Each member of the public has up to 3 minutes to do this. A councillor may also present a petition on behalf of a member of the public.
10.	Urgent Decisions PDF 116 KB There has been one Urgent Decision since the last Council meeting in respect of the Council’s vehicle fleet.
11.	Constitution Review PDF 233 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 Scheme of Delegations May 2025 FINAL , item 11. PDF 1 MB Appendix 2 - Committee Terms of Reference Extract - Licensing , item 11. PDF 268 KB Appendix 3 Council Procedure Rules - Extract - public speaking, Questions on Notice and Motions on Notice. pdf , item 11. PDF 685 KB
12.	Appointments to Committees 2025/26 (including Political Balance) PDF 125 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Political Balance May 2025 , item 12. PDF 798 KB Appendix 2 - Committee Terms of Reference , item 12. PDF 289 KB
13.	Outside Body Appointments PDF 117 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Council Appointments to Outside Bodies 2025 , item 13. PDF 275 KB
14.	Recommendation from the Licensing Committee - Primate Keeper Licensing PDF 176 KB Additional documents: Committee Report - Primate Licensing, 24/03/2025 Licensing Committee , item 14. PDF 168 KB 250514 Minute Extract Licensing Committee - Primate Keeper License , item 14. PDF 162 KB
15.	Recommendation from the Cabinet PDF 98 KB View the background to item 15. To consider the recommendation from the meeting of the Cabinet held on 26^th March 2025. Members are asked to note that any recommendations made at the Cabinet meeting held on 19^th February 2025 were considered at the full Council meeting held on 19^th February 2025.
16.	Background Information on the recommendations from the Cabinet
16a	Quarter 3 Revenue and Performance Monitoring 24-25 PDF 2 MB
17.	To note the minutes of the meetings of the Cabinet held on 19th February 2025 and 26th March 2025 PDF 339 KB View the background to item 17. Additional documents: Minutes , 26/03/2025 Cabinet , item 17. PDF 266 KB
18.	Questions on Notice View the background to item 18. To deal with questions on notice, if any, from Members of the Council, in the order in which they have been received. A period of up to 15 minutes is allocated for the asking and answering of questions. This may be extended at the discretion of the Chairman with the agreement of the majority of those present. Each elected member due to ask a question, may ask up to one supplementary question which must be based on the original question or the answer provided to that question.
19.	Motions on Notice PDF 266 KB View the background to item 19. A period of up to one hour is allocated to consider the motions on notice. This may only be extended with the agreement of the Council. Motions on Notice will be published in a supplementary papers pack to this agenda.
20.	To consider any urgent business, details of which have been notified to the Head of Legal, Democratic and Procurement Services prior to the commencement of the meeting and which the Chairman, by reason of special circumstances, considers to be of so urgent a nature that it cannot wait until the next meeting