Agenda and minutes

The outgoing Chair will ask Members of the Committee for any nominations.  These nominations must be seconded by another Member of the Committee.  If more than one nomination is received, then a vote will be taken.

The outgoing Chair, Colin Marr, opened the meeting and asked for nominations for Chair of the Consultative Committee for the 2013/14 Municipal Year.

Councillor Hare nominated Colin Marr, and Rachael Macdonald seconded the nomination.

There being no further nominations it was

RESOLVED that Colin Marr be elected as Chair of the Consultative Committee for the 2013/14 Municipal Year.

Colin Marr in the Chair

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies were received from Val Paley for lateness.

Apologies for absence were received from Gordon Hutchinson.

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

(i)        Must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii)       May not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

Councillor Hare declared an interest as he was Chair of the Alexandra Palace Allotments Association.

i)          To confirm the membership of the Consultative Committee for the 2013/14 Municipal Year, from the organisations listed above.

ii)         To appoint three representatives of the Committee to serve as non-voting Members of the Alexandra Palace and Park Board.

iii)       To note the Committee’s Constitution.

i)          The Chair reminded Members that membership forms and AGM minutes must be sent to the Clerk.

A suggestion was made that the form could be amended for future years to include reference to the submission of AGM minutes, as it was easy to miss the request on the letter.

ACTION: Clerk

The Chair added that this would be revisited as part of the review of the structure of Alexandra Palace committees.

RESOLVED that the membership of the Committee for the 2013/14 Municipal Year, as listed on the agenda papers, be approved.

(ii)     Councillor Egan nominated Colin Marr, Councillor Hare nominated Val Paley and Caroline Hayter nominated Nigel Willmott.  The nominations were unanimously seconded by the Committee.

          RESOLVED that Colin Marr, Val Paley and Nigel Willmott be appointed to serve as non-voting Members of the Alexandra Palace and Park Board for the 2013/14 Municipal Year.

(iii)    NOTED the Committee’s Constitution.

There was no such business to discuss.

The meeting closed at 19:50.