Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Samuel Ball  Email: samuel.ball@oadby-wigston.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

13.

Calling to Order of the Meeting and Prayers

The meeting of the Council will be called to order to receive His Worship The Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Members, Officers and those otherwise in attendance are asked to remain standing whilst the Meeting is led in prayer by the Chaplin.

Minutes:

The meeting of the Council was called to order to receive His Worship The Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

 

The meeting was led in prayer by the Chaplin.

14.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

An apology for absence was received from Councillors E Barr, Ms K Chalk, Miss M V Chamberlain, D A Gamble, J Kaufman, R E R Morris and R H Thakor.

15.

Declarations of Interest

Members are reminded that any declaration of interest should be made having regard to the Members’ Code of Conduct. In particular, Members must make clear the nature of the interest and whether it is 'pecuniary' or ‘non-pecuniary'.

Minutes:

None.

16.

Reading, Confirmation and Signing of Minutes

To read, confirm and sign the Minutes of the previous meeting of the Council in accordance with Rule 17 of Part 4 of the Constitution.

16a

Minutes of the Council held on Tuesday, 19 April 2016 pdf icon PDF 91 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED THAT:

 

The Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on Tuesday, 19 April 2016 be taken as read, confirmed and signed.

16b

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday, 17 May 2016 pdf icon PDF 83 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED THAT:

 

The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday, 17 May 2016 be taken as read, confirmed and signed.

17.

Action List pdf icon PDF 42 KB

To read, confirm and note the Action List arising from the previous meeting of the Council held on Tuesday, 19 April 2016.

Minutes:

RESOLVED THAT:

 

The Action List arising from the meeting of the Council held on Tuesday, 19 April 2016 be noted by Members.

18.

Motions on Notice

To consider any Motions on Notice in accordance with Rule 12 of Part 4 of the Constitution.

Minutes:

None.

19.

Petitions, Deputations and Questions

To receive any Petitions and, or, Deputations in accordance with Rule 24 of Part 4 of the Constitution.

 

Members are reminded that in accordance with Rule 11.1 of Part 4 of the Constitution, questions can be asked of the Leader of the Council and the Chair of a Committee without notice upon an item of the report of a Committee when that item is being receiving or under consideration by the Council. 

Minutes:

None.

20.

Mayor's Announcements

Minutes:

The Mayor expressed his gratitude to all those in attendance at the Brocks Hill Garden Party held on Sunday, 5 June 2016 at Brocks Hill Country Park, Oadby. He particularly noted the generosity and support of Councillors K J Loydall, Mrs H E Loydall, Mrs S B Morris, Ms A R Bond and D M Carter for their fundraising efforts.

 

The Mayor further announced that a charitable collection in trust of the Mayor’s nominated charity, the Leicester Children’s Holiday Centre (Mablethorpe), was to be held at Sainsburys on Bell Street, Wigston on Friday, 1 July 2016.

20a

List of Official Mayoral/Deputy Mayoral Engagements pdf icon PDF 59 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED THAT:

 

The list of Official Mayoral Engagements attended by The Mayor and, or, Deputy Mayor be noted by Members.

21.

Leader's Statement

Minutes:

The Leader of the Council, Councillor J W Boyce, announced that the Chief Executive had since recovered from his recent episode of ill-health and was presently making a phased return to the Council before resuming normal working hours in the coming weeks.

 

The Leader noted the significance of the upcoming Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan which sought to provide a single, consistent and long-term vision for Leicester/shire within which the importance of the Borough would be further protected. He stated that a full Strategic Growth Statement was to be reported to the meeting of the Policy, Finance and Development Committee to be held on Tuesday, 19 July 2016.

 

The Leader stated that considerable progress had been made to date in respect of the Combined Authority for Leicester and Leicestershire. He advised that a meeting of the Shadow Committee was scheduled to meet on Monday 4 July 2016 to consider the Combine Authority’s constitutional framework ahead of its expected ratification by all seven Leicestershire District and Borough Councils, the City Council and County Council in September 2016. He added that a number of governance-related and associated matters remained outstanding and, or, required attention, namely:

 

(i)        that a proposed devolution settlement was still forthcoming from Department for Communities and Local Government with whom negotiations were ongoing;

(ii)       the impact of the collapse of several similar partnering arrangements between local authorities north of the Midlands; and

(iii)      the resistance posed by the City Council and County Council to the prerequisite of a directly-elected executive Mayor for the Leicester/shire area.

 

The position in respect of the potential incorporation of the Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service, Constabulary and Partnership NHS Trust into the Combined Authority’s remit, and the relationship thereof with Rutland County Council, was also said to be a complex one.

22.

Common Seal of the Council pdf icon PDF 76 KB

Minutes:

The Council gave consideration to the report (at page 17) as delivered by the Monitoring Officer / Director of Services which should be read together with these minutes as a composite document.

 

The Leader of the Council moved the recommendation as set out at paragraph 2 of the report.

 

The Deputy Leader of the Council, Councillor M H Charlesworth, seconded the recommendation.

 

UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT:

 

The Common Seal of the Borough Council of Oadby and Wigston be affixed to all Contracts, Orders, Deeds and other legal instruments and documents arising out of the minutes and reports referred to in the foregoing items.

23.

Receiving of Minutes for Information

The Council will receive the minutes from the meetings of the below-mentioned Committees, Forums, Working Groups and Outside Bodies for the purposes of information in accordance with Rule 17 of Part 4 of the Constitution.

Minutes:

In respect of the minutes of the meeting of the Development Control Committee held on 12 May 2016 at agenda item 11c, ‘Brooksby Square (LDO), Oadby’ (Minute Ref: 70c) at paragraph 17 (at page 35), Councillor L A Bentley requested that ‘within the LDO boundary’ be substituted with ‘within the town centre boundary’.

 

UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT:

 

The minutes as set out at agenda item numbers 11a -11d (pages 18 - 45) from the meetings of the below-mentioned Committees, Forums, Working Groups and Outside Bodies for the purposes of information be received by the Council.

23a

Minutes of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee held on Thursday, 14 April 2016 pdf icon PDF 95 KB

23b

Minutes of the Development Control Committee held on Thursday, 14 April 2016 pdf icon PDF 76 KB

23c

Minutes of the Development Control Committee held on Thursday, 12 May 2016 pdf icon PDF 116 KB

23d

Minutes of the Children and Young Peoples' Forum held on Wednesday, 01 June 2016 pdf icon PDF 94 KB

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