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This report asks the Executive to consider which of the political groups should be invited to appoint the Lord Mayor for the Municipal Year 2008/09 and proposes an amendment to the current nomination scheme.

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RESOLVED: That the Labour Group be invited to nominate the Lord Mayor for the 2008/09 Municipal Year.

REASON:      In accordance with the agreed points system and to ensure that the Council secures the necessary leadership to undertake its civic functions.

[See also under Part B Minutes]

Members considered a report which asked them to decide which of the political groups should be invited to nominate the Lord Mayor for the 2008/09 Municipal Year and proposed an amendment to the current nomination policy.

The system for nominating the Lord Mayor was based on an accumulation of points determined by the number of seats held by each political group on the Council.  It was proposed to amend the current policy, agreed by Members on 5 January 1996, to permit a group which lost all its seats on the Council to hold over any unspent points it had accumulated up to that time until it once again gained seats on the Council. 

The report set out the number of points which would be accumulated by each group under the existing and revised policies.  In each case the Labour Group, with a total of 36 points, would qualify to nominate the Lord Mayor for 2008/09.  However, the Conservative Group would only qualify for points under a revised policy Members were asked to decide whether they wished to amend the policy (Option 1) or to make no amendments (Option 2).

Members noted that the points totals recorded in the report were incorrect.  Under the proposed scheme the correct calculation would be as follows:

Having noted the comments of the Shadow Executive, it was

RESOLVED: (i)         That the Labour Group be invited to nominate the Lord Mayor for the 2008/09 Municipal Year.

REASON:      In accordance with the agreed points system and to ensure that the Council secures the necessary leadership to undertake its civic functions