Issue - meetings

1.      To appoint the Chief Executive as electoral registration officer and returning officer for Council elections and to appoint the Assistant Chief Executive for People and Organisational Development as the scrutiny officer.

2.      To approve the Council Calendar for the 2010/11 Municipal Year.

The Mayor agreed to admit the calendar of meetings as urgent business. The report could not be circulated earlier as information was awaited from the Party Groups. The report needed to be admitted in order that the calendar of meetings may be agreed for 2010/11.

RESOLVED:
 

1.      That the Chief Executive be appointed as the “registration officer” for the two Parliamentary constituencies within the Borough under Section 8(2) of the Representation of People Act 1983 and the “returning officer” for elections of councillors in the Borough under Section 35 (1) and (3) of the same Act.

2.      That the Assistant Chief Executive for People and Organisational Development be designated as the “scrutiny officer” under Section 21 ZA of the Local Government Act 2000 and that the scheme of delegation to officers at Appendix E, section 9 of the Council’s Constitution be amended to include the designated “scrutiny officer” as shown in the appendix to the report.

3.      That the calendar of meetings for the 2010/11 Municipal Year be agreed, as detailed in the appendix to the report.