Agenda item

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 2009/2010 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 2009/2010 (Annex C).

Cllr Waller 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 and the amendments sheet circulated around the Council Chamber.*

Nominations to Executive and Shadow Executive

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 set out in the annexes to item 5 and the amendments sheet.  Option 1 comprised a Liberal Democrat Executive and a Labour Shadow Executive, while Option 2 comprised a Labour Executive and a Liberal Democrat Shadow Executive.

A named vote was taken on each of these options, as follows:

Option 1 was accordingly declared CARRIED by 25 votes to 17.

Nominations for Cycling Champion

The Lord Mayor then announced that three alternative options had been received in respect of the nominations for the Cycling Champion.

A named vote was taken on the first of these options, namely a job-share arrangement between Cllr D’Agorne and Cllr Merrett, as follows:

The option for a job-share arrangement was accordingly declared LOST.

A named vote was then taken on the remaining options, namely the appointment of either Cllr D’Agorne or Cllr Merrett as Cycling Champion, as follows:

The option to appoint Cllr D’Agorne as Cycling Champion was therefore declared CARRIED.

Strategic Policy Panel

The Lord Mayor then announced that a proposal had been received to re-establish the Strategic Policy Panel (SPP), for one meeting only, in order to deal with a request for a referral to the SPP of a decision taken by the Executive (Calling In) on 19 May 2009.

A named vote was taken on this proposal, as follows:

The proposal was accordingly declared LOST and it was

RESOLVED: (i)         That the allocation of seats to places for 2009/10 and those nominations to the Executive, Leader, Shadow Executive and remaining Committees, outside bodies etc be approved as set out under Option 1 above.

                        (ii)        That Cllr D’Agorne be appointed as Cycling Champion for the 2009/10 Municipal Year.

                        (iii)       That the Strategic Policy Panel not be re-established.

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

http://democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.asp?CId=331&MId=3914&Ver=4