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Venue: Main Concert Hall, Ground Floor, The Guildhall
Contact: Stewart Agland Email: stewart.agland@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
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Items 1 (Election of Lord Mayor) and 2 (Appointment of Deputy Lord Mayor) will take place in the Main Concert Hall. |
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To elect the Lord Mayor for the ensuing Municipal Year. |
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To appoint the Deputy Lord Mayor for the ensuing Municipal Year. |
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The Council will adjourn at approximately 11.30 am and deal with the remaining items, re-commencing in the Council Chamber no earlier than 2.30 pm. |
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Declaration of Members' Interests |
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Communications and apologies for absence |
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Deputations from the Public under Standing Order No 24 |
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To elect the Leader of the City Council for a four-year term of office (unless the Leader's current term of office expires earlier) unless -
a) they resign from the office;
b) they are no longer a Councillor
c) they are removed from office by resolution of the Council
This is in accordance with the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 |
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The Council will also receive details of the appointments from the Leader (as it is within their gift) for the Health and Wellbeing Board, applying the following criteria;
· Leader of the Council (or nominated representative) · Portfolio holder responsible for Health & Social Care · Portfolio holder responsible for Children’s Services · Leader of the largest opposition group (or nominated representative)
A named standing deputy may also be appointed for each position. |
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Proportional Representation on Panels and Committees PDF 346 KB Under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, the City Council is required at each Annual Meeting to review the representation of different political groups, to determine the allocation of seats to different political groups for the forthcoming Municipal Year based on the Group Strengths on the Council and to appoint Members in accordance with the decisions of the Council as to allocation and according to the wishes of the groups as to the identities of the Members to be appointed. The appointment of Members is dealt with separately under Item 10 below.
Proposed allocation of Seats for 2019/20 (Table 1) below
The representation of groups must be in accordance with the rules set out in the relevant legislation. Details of the proposed allocation of places on Panels and Committees will follow. Set out below are the totals -
Note: Group 5 contains the following: Governance & Audit & Standards; Employment; & Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel; and the 4 themed scrutiny panels
Principle 2 within Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 requires the majority of seats on Committees and Panels to be allocated to the group having the majority of seats on the City Council.
A group is defined in the regulations as comprising two or more persons.
2019/20 municipal appointments will be presented at the meeting
RECOMMENDED (1) that the total number of seats on Committees and Panels be divided amongst the political groups and individual members as applicable in accordance with Table 1 above (details to follow);
(2) that any other bodies subject to the political proportionality rules be appointed in accordance with proportions shown in Table 1. |
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To appoint Members to the following Committees and Panels for the 2019/20 Municipal Year :-
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To appoint Standing Deputies (three named Members for each Group on each Committee or Panel, five in respect of the Planning Committee). |
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To appoint the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of Committees and the Scrutiny Management and Scrutiny Panels for the 2019/20 Municipal Year. |
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Appointments To appoint representatives, who must be elected members, to the following outside bodies. These appointments are reserved to the City Council in accordance with the Council's Constitution.
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Other Appointments · 6 members to the Twinning Advisory Group - in 2018/19 the chair was the Resources Portfolio holder (Jeanette Smith), with the Lord Mayor (Lee Mason) performing the deputy Chair role (the other 4 members in 2018/19 were Councillors Chowdhury, Hugh Mason, Lynne Stagg and Ken Ellcome). |
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To receive and consider any urgent and important business in accordance with Standing Order No 26. |
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To approve the following dates for meetings of the Council during the 2019/20 municipal year as required under Standing Order 6 and 10k, to commence at 2pm unless otherwise indicated
To provisionally agree the following Council meeting dates for 2020/21
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