Agenda and minutes

At this point, Members are asked to declare:

·        any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests

·        any prejudicial interests or

·        any disclosable pecuniary interests

which they may have in respect of business on this agenda.

Members were invited to declare at this point in the meeting any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests, any prejudicial interests or any disclosable pecuniary interests they might have in the business on the agenda. No interests were declared.

The Deputy Lord Mayor announced that he had received a gift of a small lacquered screen from Beijing Polytechnic representative Ms Zhao Zhanxiang.  He had accepted this on behalf of the City of York whilst the Beijing delegation were meeting ‘First Landing Education’ pupils studying on a short course at St John University, in November 2017.  The gift was available for Members to view on the table in the room.

At this point in the meeting, any member of the public who has registered to address the Council or to ask a Member of the Council a question on the business set out in the agenda for this meeting, may do so.  The deadline for registering is 5:00pm on Wednesday 7 March 2018.

To register to speak please contact the Democracy Officers for the meeting, on the details at the foot of the agenda.

WEBCASTING NOTICE

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Two members of the public had registered to speak under public participation on the appointment of the Council Leader.

Gwen Swinburn, a local resident, addressed Council further to the appointment of a new Leader in relation to which she commented upon Standard Board referrals, the reinstatement of Councillors Ayre and Aspden as Executive Members and the reputational impact of recent delays in resolving the appointment of a new Leader in the wake of the sudden resignation of the former Leader.

Honorary Alderman Brian Watson then spoke to welcome the new Council Leader. He asked for assurances from the new leader that they would look into the issues he had raised at the last meeting of Executive with regard to the management of the Community Stadium.

Councillor Galvin moved and Councillor Aspden seconded a motion to appoint Councillor Gillies as Executive Leader. On being put to the vote, the motion was CARRIED and it was:

Resolved:  That Councillor Gillies be appointed Executive Leader of the Council for the remainder of the term of office.