Agenda and minutes

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1.

Election of Chair pdf icon PDF 75 KB

Minutes:

Councillor Savage left the room during the election of Chair.

 

Councillor Albon proposed and Councillor Everitt seconded that Councillor Rawf be Chair.

 

Councillor Ashbee proposed and Councillor Pugh seconded that Councillor Savage  be Chair.

 

Following a vote, Councillor Savage was declared elected as Chair of Council for the 2021/22 municipal year.

 

Councillor Savage returned to the room.

 

Councillor Savage made the statutory declaration of acceptance of office of Chair of Council, returned thanks for his election and formalised Mrs Savage as his escort.

 

COUNCILLOR SAVAGE IN THE CHAIR

 

2.

Election of Vice-Chair pdf icon PDF 75 KB

Minutes:

On the proposal of Councillor Ashbee, seconded by Councillor Pugh, and there being no further nominations, Councillor Fellows was declared elected as Vice-Chair of Council for the 2021/22 municipal year.

 

Councillor Fellows made the statutory declaration of acceptance of office of Vice-Chair of Council, offered thanks for his election and formalised Ms Sabatowska as his escort.

 

3.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillors Farrance, Game. Green, Gregory, Hart, Rattigan and Roper.

4.

Declarations of Interest pdf icon PDF 87 KB

To receive any declarations of interest.  Members are advised to consider the advice contained within the Declaration of Interest advice attached to this Agenda.  If a Member declares an interest, they should complete the Declaration of Interest Form 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

5.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 288 KB

To approve the Minutes of the meeting of Council held on 25 March 2021, copy attached.

Minutes:

It was proposed by the Chair, seconded by the Vice-Chair and agreed that the minutes of the Council meeting held on 25 March 2021 be approved and signed by the Chair.

 

6.

Announcements

To receive any announcements from the Chairman, Leader, Members of the Cabinet or Chief Executive in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 2.2 (iv).

Minutes:

Members offered their congratulations to Councillors Austin, Shonk and Wallin for their recent election.

7.

Responsibility for Functions - Executive Delegations pdf icon PDF 81 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Council was informed of the Cabinet portfolios, Cabinet portfolio holders and Shadow Cabinet portfolio holders for the 2021/22 municipal year as follows:

 

Name of Cabinet Portfolio

Cabinet Portfolio Holder

Shadow Cabinet Portfolio Holder

Leader of the Council

Vacant

Councillor Ashbee

Deputy Leader

Councillor Whitehead

Councillor Pugh

Port and Harbours, Ramsgate Regeneration and Planning

Councillor Everitt

Councillor Ashbee

·   Finance, Administration and Community Wealth Building

Councillor Yates

Councillor D Saunders

Estates and Economic Development

Councillor Duckworth

Councillor Pugh

Operational Services

Councillor Albon

Councillor Kup

Housing and Community Services

Councillor Whitehead

Councillor J Bayford

 

8.

Constitution of Committees, Political Balance, Appointments to Committees, Panels and Boards pdf icon PDF 103 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

NUMBER AND SIZE OF COMMITTEES

 

It was proposed by the Chair, seconded by the Vice-Chair and Members agreed the number of committees and the number of Members to serve on those committees as shown in table 2 of the report, namely

 

Committee

Number of Members

Planning Committee

14

Licensing Board

12

Overview and Scrutiny Panel

14

Governance and Audit Committee

12

General Purposes Committee

12

Boundary and Electoral Arrangements Working Party

6

Constitutional Review Working Party

4 (+2 independent)

Joint Transportation Board*

7 (+1 parish)

Standards Committee**

8 (+ 4 independent, + 3 parish)

 

 

PROPORTIONALITY

 

Councillor S Piper proposed and Councillor Ashbee seconded option B.

 

CouncillorEveritt proposed and Councillor Albon seconded option C.

 

Upon being put to the vote option B was agreed.

 

 

NOMINATION OF MEMBERS TO SERVE ON COMMITTEES

 

The nominations of Members to serve on committees were as follows:

 

Planning Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Tomlinson

1

Albon

1

Rusiecki

1

Garner

2

Coleman-Cooke

2

Keen

3

J. Bayford

3

Pat Moore

4

Hart

4

Hopkinson

5

Paul Moore

5

Crittenden

6

Scott

7

Wright

 

Planning Committee (pool of substitute Members)

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Dexter 

1

Everitt

1

Braidwood

1

Vacant

2

Towning

2

Whitehead

3

Vacant

3

Scobie

4

Vacant

4

Currie

5

Vacant

5

Vacant

6

Vacant

7

Vacant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Licensing Board

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Bambridge

1

Ara

1

Potts

1

Wing

2

Rogers

2

Scobie

3

Dexter

3

Huxley

4

M Saunders

4

Green

5

Shrubb

6

Wright

 

 

 

 

Overview & Scrutiny Panel

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

R Bayford

1

Currie

1

L Piper

1

Austin

2

Boyd

2

Keen

2

S Piper

3

Coleman-Cooke

3

Pat Moore

4

Paul Moore

4

Huxley

5

Rattigan

6

Scott

7

Tomlinson

 

Governance and Audit Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Boyd

1

Pat Moore

1

Braidwood

1

Garner

2

Dexter

2

Duckworth

3

Kup

3

Hopkinson

4

Rugh

4

Whitehead

5

Shrubb

6

Towning

 

Governance and Audit Committee (Pool of Substitute Members)

Conservative

   Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Rattigan

1

Yates

1

Vacant

1

Vacant

2

Scott

2

Everitt

3

Vacant

3

Vacant

4

Vacant

4

Vacant

5

Vacant

6

Vacant

 

General Purposes Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Ashbee

1

Albon

1

S Piper

1

Wing

2

R Bayford

2

Everitt

3

Dexter

3

Rawf

4

D Saunders

4

Ovenden

5

M Saunders

6

Wright

 

 General Purposes - (Pool of Substitute Members)

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Vacant

1

Duckworth

1

Rusiecki

1

Vacant

2

Vacant

2

Pat Moore

3

Vacant

3

Scobie

4

Vacant

4

vacant

5

Vacant

6

Vacant



Boundaries and Electoral Arrangements Working Party

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Paul Moore

1

Currie

1

Dennis

2

Parsons

2

Albon

3

Rattigan

 

Constitutional Review Working Party

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

Independent Members

(non Councillors) *

1

Ashbee

1

Hopkinson

1

Rusiecki

1

Tucker

2

Hart

2

Wellbrook

3

Lorenzo

4

Vacant

NOTE: *drawn from the Independent Members of the Standards  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

9.

Representation on Outside Bodies pdf icon PDF 67 KB

  • View the background to item 9.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

It was proposed by the Chair, seconded by the Vice-Chair and Members agreed the list of Executive and Non-Executive outside bodies, and the nominations to the Non-Executive outside bodies, as detailed in annex 1 and annex 2 of the report.

10.

Calendar of Meetings pdf icon PDF 80 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chair advised that the Planning Committee meeting scheduled for 16 June 2021 would be moved to 23 June 2021, and that the Governance and Audit Committee meeting scheduled for 22 September 2021 would be moved to 29 September 2021.  Subject to these changes the Chair proposed and Vice-Chair seconded the calendar of meetings as set out at Annex 1 to the report.

 

Councillor Ashbee proposed an amendment to the motion, Councillor Pugh seconded and Members agreed that an additional ordinary Council meeting be added to the calendar on 3 June 2021.

 

Subject to the amendment, Members agreed the Calendar of Meetings for May 2021 to May 2023.