Agenda and minutes

At this point Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on this agenda.

Members were invited to declare at this point in the meeting any personal or prejudicial interests they might have in the business on the agenda.

No interests were declared.

To appoint a Lord Mayor for the Municipal Year 2008/2009.

Councillor Looker moved, Councillor Jamieson-Ball seconded and the Council unanimously

RESOLVED:             That Councillor Brian Watson of 97 Beckfield Lane, Acomb be elected Lord Mayor of the City of York for the ensuing municipal year.

Councillor Brian Watson signified Acceptance of the Office of Lord Mayor of the City of York, subscribed the Declaration of such acceptance and took the Oath of Allegiance prescribed by law in that behalf.

To appoint a Sheriff for the Municipal Year 2008/2009.

Councillor Cregan moved, Councillor Hyman seconded and the Council unanimously

RESOLVED:             That Honorary Alderman David Wilde of 30 Badger Wood Walk, Badger Hill be appointed Sheriff of the City of York for the ensuing municipal year.

Honorary Alderman David Wilde made and subscribed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office of Sheriff for the City of York and took the Oath of Allegiance prescribed by law in that behalf.

To appoint a Deputy Lord Mayor for the Municipal Year 2008/2009.

The Lord Mayor moved, Councillor Richard Moore seconded and the Council unanimously

RESOLVED:That Councillor Irene Waudby of 43 St Mark’s Grove, Rawcliffe be appointed Deputy Lord Mayor for the ensuing municipal year.

Councillor Irene Waudby made and subscribed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office of Deputy Lord Mayor for the City of York and took the Oath of Allegiance prescribed by law.

The Lord Mayor advised Council that he had appointed Lynn Comer to serve as his Chaplain during his year of office.

The Sheriff advised Council that he had appointed The Very Reverend Canon Michael Ryan as his Chaplain and Mr Graham Kay as his Under-Sheriff during his year of office.

Councillor Waller moved, Councillor Gillies seconded and Council unanimously

RESOLVED:             That the Council express its sincere thanks to the outgoing Lord Mayor and Lord Mayor’s Consort for their services to the City during the past municipal year.

Councillor Reid moved, Councillor Taylor seconded and Council unanimously

RESOLVED:             That the Council express its sincere thanks to the outgoing Sheriff and Sheriff’s Lady for their services to the City during the past municipal year.

To receive a report which asks Council to:

a)                 Appoint the Executive Leader, Deputy Leader and members of the Executive and Shadow Executive for the Municipal Year 2008/2009 and approve their portfolios (Annex A)*;

b)                 Agree arrangements for the distribution of places on Member bodies associated with the City of York Council, in accordance with Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Annex B);

c)                  Appoint the Chairs, Vice-Chairs and membership of the Council’s Committees, Boards and other Member bodies, including any partnership arrangements and representatives on Outside Bodies, for the Municipal Year 2008/2009 (Annex C)*.

d)                 Approve the list of Standing Conferences which Members with specific responsibilities are entitled to attend and claim expenses (Annex D).

*Note: At the time this agenda was originally published, some of the annexes to the above report were incomplete because the political Groups were still in discussion regarding their nominations for membership of the relevant bodies.  The agenda was re-published on 16 May 2008 to include updated versions of Annexes A, B and C.

Cllr Steve Galloway moved, and Cllr Scott seconded, the appointment of an Executive, Leader and Executive Members, together with the allocation of, and nomination to, places on Committees, partnerships and outside bodies, as set out in Annexes B and C to Item 5 on the Council agenda.*

The Lord Mayor then announced that two options had been received for nominations to the Executive and Shadow Executive in addition to those nominations received for Committees, partnerships and outside bodies, as set out in Annex A to Item 5 on the Council agenda*.  A vote was taken on each of those options, as follows:

Option A – a Liberal Democrat Executive and a Labour Shadow Executive.

25 Members voted in favour of this option, 20 voted against and 1 abstained.

Option B – a Labour Executive and a Liberal Democrat Shadow Executive.

20 Members voted in favour of this option and 26 voted against.

Option A was therefore declared carried by 25 votes to 20 and it was

RESOLVED: That allocation of seats to places for 2008/9 and those nominations to the Executive, Leader, Shadow Executive and remaining Committees, outside bodies etc be approved as set out under Option A above.

*Note: Annexes A, B and C to item 5 on the Council agenda can be found by clicking on the link below:

http://democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.asp?CId=331&MId=3072&Ver=4