Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillors Curran and Day.

On the proposal of the Leader, seconded by Councillor Matterface, and there being no further nominations, Councillor Falcon was declared elected as Chairman of Council for the 2017/18 municipal year.

Councillor Rev Piper thanked Members and Officers for their support during his time as Chairman of the Council.

RECESS

COUNCILLOR FALCON IN THE CHAIR

On the proposal of Councillor Wells, seconded by Councillor Matterface, and there being no further nominations, Councillor Edwards was declared elected as Vice-Chairman of Council for the 2017/18 municipal year.

Councillor Edwards made the statutory declaration of acceptance of office of Vice-Chairman of Council and returned thanks for his election.

Councillor Howes offered thanks for his time as Vice-Chairman of the Council.

To approve the Minutes of the meeting of Council held on 22 March 2017, copy attached.

It was proposal by the Chairman, seconded by the Vice-Chairman and agreed that:

“The minutes of the Council meeting held on 22 March 2017 be approved and signed by the Chairman.”

To receive any declarations of interest from Members in accordance with Council Procedure rule 2.1 (v)

There were no declarations of interest.

To receive any announcements from the Chairman, Leader, Members of the Cabinet or Chief Executive in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 2.1 (vi).

The Chairman announced that Mrs Langley, a former Councillor between 1984 and 2003, had recently passed away.  Members paid tribute to her work as a Councillor and all present stood for a minute’s silence as a mark of respect.

Council noted the Cabinet portfolios, operational accountabilities and executive delegated functions for the 2017/18 municipal year as set out in Annex 1 of the report. The Cabinet portfolio holders and Shadow Cabinet portfolio holders for the 2017/18 municipal year were noted as follows:

It was proposed by the Chairman, seconded by the Vice-Chairman and Members agreed:

“That Council approves the appointment of Dr Sexton and Mrs Bacon as Independent Members of the Standards Committee until the 2018 Annual Council Meeting.”

NUMBER AND SIZE OF COMMITTEES

It was proposed by the Chairman, seconded by the Vice-Chairman and Members agreed that:

“The number of committees and the number of Members to serve on those committees as shown in paragraph 3.1 of the report be adopted, namely:

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PROPORTIONALITY

It was proposed by the Chairman, seconded by the Vice-Chairman and Members agreed that

“The proportionality between groups for committees, panels and boards for 2017/18 shown at paragraph 4.1.1 of the report be adopted, namely:

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STANDARDS COMMITTEE

It was proposed by the Chairman, seconded by the Vice-Chairman and Members agreed to:

“Waive proportionality for the standards committee and to apply the approximate proportionality as set out at paragraph 4.8 of the report, namely:

NOTE*; the remaining two members would be either Thanet District Council Members from those groups that are entitled to seats on the Standards Committee, Town/Parish Council members or further independent members, on a case by case basis. In the case of complaint against a Town or Parish Councillor at least one of the panel would be a Town or Parish Council representative.

** Currently there are only two Independent Members in post.”

JOINT TRANSPORTATION BOARD

Members were asked to note that paragraph 4.10 of the report should be amended to show that the Joint Transportation Board now consists of seven Councillors from Thanet District Council and seven Councillors from Kent County Council.

It was proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Vice-Chairman, and Members agreed that:

“The proportionality between groups for the Thanet District Council seats on the Joint Transportation Board would be four UKIP, two Conservative and one Labour.”

EAST KENT JOINT ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE

It was proposed by the Chairman, seconded by the Vice-Chairman and Members agreed:

“The Joint Arrangements Committee as set out in paragraph 4.12 of the report, namely:

NOMINATION OF MEMBERS TO SERVE  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

It was proposed by the Leader, seconded by Councillor L Fairbrass and Members agreed:

“The list of Executive outside bodies, the list of Non-Executive outside bodies and the nominations to the Non-Executive outside Bodies as shown in Members Notes, namely:

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