Agenda and minutes

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The Mayor drew attention to the notice on filming at meetings.

NOTED

The Local Government Act 1972 provides as follows with regard to election of Mayor:

Schedule 2, paragraphs 2(1) and 13(3) – The Mayor shall be elected annually by the Council from among the Councillors.

Schedule 2, paragraph 3(1) – The election of the Mayor shall be the first business transacted at the Annual Meeting of the Council.

Schedule 2, paragraph 3(3) – In the case of an equality of votes, the person presiding at the meeting shall give a casting vote in addition to any other vote he/she may have.

The Mayor called for nominations for the Office of Mayor for the Municipal Year 2017/18.

Councillor Strickland moved and Councillor Ahmet seconded that Councillor Stephen Mann be elected Mayor.

RESOLVED

1. That Councillor Stephen Mann be elected Mayor for the Municipal Year 2017/18

2. The Mayor made and signed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office, which was witnessed by Councillors Strickland and Ahmet.

3. The Mayor then addressed the Council, gave thanks for his election and outlined his objectives for his year of office.

4. The Mayor’s Consorts, Councillor Jennifer Mann and Katie O’Mara, were then invested with their Badges of Office.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Adamou, Beacham, Carter, Elliott, Gallagher, Hare, Ibrahim, McNamara, Morris and Ross.

Apologies for lateness were received from Councillors Brabazon and Gideon Bull.

The interim Chief Executive asked for agreement of the admission of the following late items of business that could not be available earlier, and needed to be dealt with at this meeting. The reasons for lateness and urgency were as follows:

Item 11 - Appointments of Committees for the Municipal Year 2017/18; and Item 14: Appointments to outside bodies, which were not available at the time of dispatch as they included recent changes following party group meetings.

Item 16 - To note the end of Municipal Year Financial Statement for 2015/16, which was not available at the time of dispatch due to verification of information contained therein.

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

The Mayor asked Members to make any declarations of interest, as shown on the printed summons.

No declarations were made.

The interim Chief Executive asked whether the minutes of the meeting of 20 March could be taken as read.

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting of 20 March 2017 were agreed as a true record.

The Local Government Act 1972 provides as follows with regard to the appointment of Deputy Mayor:-

Schedule 2, paragraph 5(1) – The Mayor may appoint a Councillor of the Borough to be Deputy Mayor, and the person so appointed shall, unless he/she resigns or becomes disqualified, hold office until a newly elected Mayor becomes entitled to act as Mayor (whether or not he/she continues until that time to be a Councillor).

Schedule 2, paragraph 5(2) – The appointment of a Deputy Mayor shall be signified to the Council in writing and be recorded in the minutes of the Council.

The interim Chief Executive reported that the Mayor had signified in writing the appointment of Councillor Liz McShane as Deputy Mayor for the Municipal Year 2017/18.

Councillor McShane was invested with her Badge of Office.

The Mayor announced that the Deputy Mayor would have two consorts, Linda Kelly and Shelagh O’Connor, who were then invested with the Badge of Office.

A vote of thanks to the retiring Mayor and Consorts was moved by Councillor Kober and seconded by Councillor Engert.

The retiring Mayor was presented with a badge and a framed collage in honour of his year of office.

RESOLVED

That the Council extend its thanks and appreciation to the retiring Mayor, Councillor Ali Gul Ozbek, and his consorts, Zubeyde Simsek and Hamdan Ozbek, for the services they had rendered to the Borough during the past year.

The retiring Mayor addressed the Council, thanking the Council for the honour of being Mayor and officers and residents that had supported him in his Mayoral year, and outlining some particular highlights of his year in office.

The Mayor set out that he would commit the Mayor’s Special Fund in support of Mind in Haringey, and would also want to support and promote the work of Studio 306 Collective, in his Mayor year, which he wanted to focus on issues relating to mental health.

The Mayor agreed to the admittance of this item as tabled, given that it set out decisions that had been made recently at party meetings.

The Chief Whip introduced the paper that outlined appointments made by the Political Groups in their recent annual meetings.

RESOLVED

That the constitution of the political groups be noted:

The Labour Group

Leader:                                    Councillor Kober

Deputy Leader:                         Councillor Ejiofor

Chief Whip:                              Councillor Reith

Chair:                                       Councillor Waters

Vice Chair:                               Councillor Mallett

Secretary:                                Councillor Christophides

Assistant Whips:                       Councillors C Bull, Mitchell and Patterson

Group Treasurer                       Councillor Gallagher

Non-Executive members           Councillors Basu and J Mann.

Councillors:

Adamou

Adje

Ahmet

Amin

Ayisi

Arthur

Bevan

Berryman

Blake, B

Blake, M

Brabazon

Bull, G

Carroll

Demirci

Diakides

Doron

Elliott

Goldberg

Griffith

Gunes

Hearn

Ibrahim

Jogee

Mann, S

McNamara

McShane

Opoku

Ozbek

Peacock

Rice

Sahota

Strickland

Stennett

Tucker

Weston

Wright

Vanier

The Liberal Democrat Group

Leader:                                     Councillor Engert

Deputy Leader:                         Councillor Morris

Chief Whip:                               Councillor Beacham

Deputy Whip:                            Councillor Carter

Group Chair:                            Councillor Ross

Deputy Group Chair:                 Councillor Newton

Councillors:

Connor                                        Hare

The Mayor agreed to the admittance of this item as tabled, given it set out decisions that had been made recently at party meetings.

The Chief Whip moved recommendations 1-4 as detailed in the circulated report.

Councillor Newton moved an amendment to Recommendation 2 and Appendix 1, seconded by Councillor Engert, to the effect that Councillor Connor be appointed Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Councillor Reith responded to the amendment.

On a vote, the amendment was lost.

Councillor Engert raised opposition to Recommendation 4, and asked that it be put to a vote.

Following a vote on the original motion, it was:

RESOLVED

1.    That the process for appointing to the Committees, Sub Committees and Chairs be approved on the "slate" basis.

2.    That the membership of Committees, and appointment of Chairs be agreed as attached at Appendix 1.

3.    That the membership of the Cabinet be noted as attached at Appendix 2.

4.    That the amendment to the Members’ Allowances Scheme be agreed as attached at Appendix 3.

The interim Chief Executive had no matters to report.

The Monitoring Officer had no matters to report.

The Mayor agreed to the admittance of this item as tabled, given it set out decisions that had been made recently at party meetings.

The Chief Whip moved the report as tabled, with the amendment that there be no appointment at this stage to the Lea Valley Regional Park Authority.

RESOLVED

That the appointments to outside bodies be approved, as detailed in the schedule attached to the report, with the exception of the appointment to the Lea Valley Regional Park Authority.

The Chief Whip moved the report as circulated and it was:

RESOLVED

That the statement of members’ attendance for 2016/17 be noted.

The Mayor agreed to the admittance of this item as tabled, accepting it was late due to verification of the information contained in the report.

The Chief Whip moved the report as tabled and it was:

RESOLVED:

That the end of year statement for 2016/17 of allowanced paid to Members be noted.