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 further interests were declared.

To appoint a Lord Mayor for the 2017/18 Municipal Year.

Councillor David Carr moved and Councillor Dafydd Williams seconded and the Council unanimously

Resolved:  That Councillor Barbara Boyce be elected Lord Mayor of the City of York for the ensuing municipal year.

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

To appoint a Sheriff for the 2017/18 Municipal Year.

Councillor Stuart Barnes moved and Councillor John Galvin seconded and the Council unanimously

Resolved:  That Mrs Gillian Brian be appointed Sheriff of the City of York for the ensuing municipal year

Mrs Gillian Brian made and subscribed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office of Sheriff for the City of York Council and took the Affirmation of Allegiance prescribed by law in that behalf.

To appoint a Deputy Lord Mayor for the 2017/18 Municipal Year.

Councillor Barbara Boyce as Lord Mayor moved and Councillor Andy D’Agorne seconded and the Council unanimously

Resolved:  That Councillor Dave Taylor be appointed Deputy Lord Mayor for the ensuing municipal year.

Councillor Dave Taylor made and subscribed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office of Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of York and took the Affirmation of Allegiance prescribed by law.

The Lord Mayor advised Council that she had appointed Sue Humphries to serve as her Humanist Celebrant during her year of office and expressed her thanks to her for undertaking that office.

The Sheriff advised Council that she had appointed Reverend Sue Nightingale to serve as her Chaplain and Matthew Clark to serve as her Under Sheriff during her year of office and expressed her thanks to them for undertaking these services to the city.

Councillor Johnny Hayes moved and Councillor Janet Looker seconded and Council unanimously

Resolved:  That the Council express its sincere thanks to the outgoing Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress for their services to the city during the past municipal year.

Councillor Carol Runciman moved and Councillor Denise Craghill seconded and the Council unanimously

Resolved:  That the Council expressed 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:

(i)           Agree the allocation of seats in accordance with Annex A ; and

(ii)          Approve appropriate nominations to Committees, other bodies and outside bodies, as well as appointments to Chairs and Vice-Chairs, as set out in this report and its annexes, together with details of any further appointments which may be circulated prior to the meeting; and

(iii)         Approve the proposed allocation of motions for consideration at Ordinary Full Council meetings for the duration of the 2017/18 Municipal Year.

With reference to the recommendations contained at paragraph 18 of the report at page 7 of the Council papers, Councillor David Carr moved the recommendations, which were seconded by Councillor Aspden,  namely the allocation of places and Councillors to Committees and other bodies for 2017-18 as shown in the republished papers circulated at the meeting, as well as the proposed allocation of motions for consideration at Ordinary Full Council meetings for the 2017-18 municipal year.

It was then:

Resolved: That Council

(i)      Agrees the allocation of seats in accordance with Annex A circulated at the meeting and republished online

(ii)      Approves the nominations to Committees, other bodies and outside bodies, including the appointment of Chairs and Vice-Chairs to committees, at Annex B, as circulated at the meeting and set out online in the republished papers for the meeting

(iii)     Approve the proposed allocation of motions for consideration at Ordinary Full Council meetings for the duration of the 2017-18 Municipal Year, at Annex C to the report.

Reason:     To fulfil the Council’s statutory requirements.

Councillor Carr  moved and Councillor Aspden seconded the  following recommendations from the Corporate and Scrutiny Management Policy and Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 8 May 2017

60. Proposals For The Future Ways Of Working In Scrutiny

Recommended: That the Corporate & Scrutiny Management Policy & Scrutiny Committee recommend to Council the proposed terms of reference for the two Economy & Place Committees being trialled throughout the coming municipal year.

Reason:              To enable the changes required to the scrutiny function to be presented to Full Council in May 2017 for approval.

On being put to the vote the recommendation was declared CARRIED and it was

Resolved:  That the above recommendations of the Corporate and Scrutiny Management Policy and Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 8 May 2017 be approved.

Councillor Carr  moved and Councillor Aspden seconded the  following recommendation from the Gambling, Licensing & Regulatory Committee meeting held on 24 April 2017

33.  Council's Constitution - Licensing Appeals

Recommended:           That, in accordance with Option 2, the Committee recommend to Full Council that a change to the Council’s Constitution in relation to the internal appeals process is approved on the basis of:

·        Licence applicants and licence holders being able to appeal a decision made by Officers to refuse/suspend/revoke to a Sub-Committee of the Gambling, Licensing and Regulatory Committee;

·        In line with the relevant legislation, licence applicants/holders would also be able to appeal Officers decisions to Magistrates Court.

Reason:              To allow applicants/licence holders who are aggrieved by a decision made by an Officer of the Council to appeal that decision in line with the requirements of the relevant legislation.

On being put to the vote the recommendation was declared CARRIED and it was

Resolved:  That the above recommendations of the Gambling, Licensing & Regulatory Committee meeting held on 24 April 2017 be approved.

Councillor Carr moved and Councillor Aspden seconded the  following recommendation from the Health and Wellbeing Board meeting held on 8 March 2017.

62.  Governance Arrangements for the Health and Wellbeing

Board

Recommended:           That the amendments to the Health and Wellbeing Board’s Terms of Reference be approved.

Reason:              To complete the review of the Health and Wellbeing Board governance arrangements.

On being put to the vote the recommendation was declared CARRIED and it was

Resolved:  That the above recommendations of the Health and Wellbeing Board meeting held on 8 March 2017 be approved.

On behalf of the council, the Lord Mayor expressed best wishes to two long serving members of staff as follows:

·        Jill Pickering who formally retired from the Council the next day after more than 20 dedicated years working with Councillors

·        Anne Platt, Marketing and Events Manager, who was missed today due to ongoing illness and who would normally have organised Lord Mayor’s Day.

Resolved:  That the expressions of thanks be noted.