Issue - meetings

This report asks Cabinet to consider the points system for the annual nomination of the Lord Mayor for City of York Council and confirms that the Group with the most points under that system should be invited to appoint the Lord Mayor for the coming municipal year, 2013/2014.

RESOLVED:       That Cabinet invite the Labour group to nominate the Lord Mayor for the 2013/2014 municipal year, in line with the existing accumulated points system.

REASON:            To ensure that the Council secures the necessary leadership to undertake its civic functions and provides continuity for future selection.

This report asked Cabinet to give consideration to the points system for the annual nomination of the Lord Mayor for the City of York Council and confirmed that the Group with the most points under that system should be invited to appoint the Lord Mayor for the 2013/14 municipal year.

The system for nominating the Lord Mayor was based on an accumulation of points determined by the number of seats held by each group on the Council. Details of the current points accumulated by each group was set out at paragraph 4 of the report showing that the Labour Group, with a total of 47 points qualified for the position in 2013/14.

Officers referred to an error in paragraph 4 which had arisen from recognition that the cumulative points should have been based on the number of points on Lord Mayor’s Day to nominate for the following year. As Cllr Jeffries had been a member of the Labour Group at that point this increased the Labour total by one point to 48.

Consideration was then given to the following options:

Option 1- To invite the Labour group to nominate the Lord Mayor for the municipal year 2013/2014.

Option 2 -To review the points system current adopted for nominations.

RESOLVED:       That Cabinet invite the         Labour group to nominate the Lord Mayor for the 2013/2014 municipal year, in line with the existing accumulated points system. ^1.

REASON:           To ensure that the Council secures the necessary leadership to undertake its civic functions and provides continuity for future selection.