Agenda and minutes
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Apologies for Absence To receive and record any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillors P Bains, Milne, Scott, Shimbart and Gary Robinson. |
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Declarations of Interests To receive any declarations of interests from Members. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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To confirm the minutes of the Annual meeting of the Council held on 8 and 22 May 2019. Minutes: Proposed by Councillor Smith and seconded by Councillor Howard, it was
RESOLVED that the minutes of the annual meeting of the Council held on 8 and 22 May 2019 be approved as a correct record. |
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New Councillors' Introductions The Mayor to give the recently elected Councillors an opportunity to introduce themselves. Minutes: At the invitation of the Mayor, Councillors Inkster, Jenner, Patel, Thain-Smith and Mrs Robinson introduced themselves and outlined their aspirations as newly elected Councillors. |
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Minutes: There were no questions in relation to the Mayor’s published report. |
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Appointment of Monitoring Officer RECOMMENDED to full Council that the new Head of Legal be designated as Monitoring Officer at the conclusion of the recruitment process for that position, in accordance with Article 9.2(a) of the Council’s Constitution, in the interim, the that the Council designates the Interim Head of Legal as Monitoring Officer. Minutes: The Interim Head of Legal left the meeting during consideration of this item.
Proposed by Councillor Wilson and seconded by Councillor Bowerman, it was
RESOLVED that the new Head of Legal be designated as Monitoring Officer at the conclusion of the recruitment process for that position, in accordance with Article 9.2(a) of the Council’s Constitution. In the interim, the Interim Head of Legal be designated as Monitoring Officer. |
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Scrutiny Board and Committee Recommendations PDF 119 KB (A) Appointment of the Chief Executive
To consider the following recommendation from the Joint Human Resources Committee meeting held on 18 June 2019:
http://easthants.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=143&MId=2532
RECOMMENDED to full Council that
(1)
Gillian Kneller be appointed as Chief
Executive; (2)
The Chief Executive be appointed as Head of Paid
Service; and (3) The Chief Executive be appointed as Returning Officer.
(B) Policy Approval for a Proposed Revision, Efficiency and Alignment of the Constitutions of East Hampshire District Council and Havant Borough Council
To consider any recommendations arising from the meeting of the Governance, Audit and Finance Scrutiny Board, to be held on 2 July 2019.
http://havant.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=477&MId=10975 Additional documents:
Minutes: (A)
Appointment of the Chief
Executive
(1)
Gillian Kneller be appointed as Chief
Executive;
(2)
The Chief Executive be appointed as Head of Paid
Service; and
(3)
The Chief Executive be appointed as Returning
Officer. Following the resolution by Council, the Mayor took the
opportunity to congratulate the new Chief Executive on her
appointment. (B)
Policy Approval for a Proposed
Revision of Havant Borough Council’s Constitution and to
Improve Efficiency by the alignment of the Constitutions of Havant
Borough Council and East Hampshire District Council
(1)
agree the review of the constitution and methodology set out in 3.2
of the report;
(2)
approve the policy principles in Appendix 1;
(3)
approve the creation of a single purpose joint sub-committee with
East Hampshire District Council of 8 members;
(4)
appoint 4 members from Havant Borough Council to the
sub-committee;
(5)
invite the sub-committee to report to full Councils in
October; (6) approve the budget to a maximum of £20,000 from Havant Borough Council General Reserve.
In considering the proposals, and whilst
it was recognised that Councillors sitting on Planning and
Licensing Committees needed to be fully trained, a number of
members expressed concern about the appropriateness of the proposal
to introduce compulsory training for all Councillors on all
Committees in the context of their role as unsalaried elected
members.
As an amendment, it was proposed by
Councillor Howard and seconded by Councillor Satchwell that the
reference in Appendix 1 to the report “Compulsory training to
be completed for all members of all committees” be amended to
read “Compulsory training to be completed for all members of
the Development Management Committee and the Licensing
Committee” |
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To be circulated separately. Minutes: There were no matters the Leader wished to add to his published report. |
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Cabinet Lead Reports PDF 61 KB To be circulated separately. Additional documents:
Minutes: There were no matters the Cabinet Leads wished to add to their published reports. |
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Cabinet Leads and Chairmen's Question Time (i) the Leader and Cabinet Leads to answer questions on matters within their respective reports.
(ii) Committee and Board Chairmen to answer questions on minutes since the last Council meeting Minutes: At the invitation of the Mayor, the Cabinet Leads took questions from members of the Council in relation to their published reports.
There were no questions for the Committee Chairmen. |
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Questions Under Standing Order 23 To receive questions from Councillors in accordance with the requirements of Standing Order 23.4(a). Minutes: There were no questions or urgent questions under standing order 23. |
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Reports From the Scrutiny Board Minutes: There were no further reports from the Scrutiny Board. |
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Acceptance of Minutes The Council to receive the following minutes of Committees held since the lasts meeting of the Council:
Development Management Committee – 16 May 2019 http://havant.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=127&MId=10870
Licensing Sub-Committee – 29 May 2019 http://havant.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=143&MId=10940
Governance Audit and Finance Scrutiny Board – 12 June 2019 http://havant.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=477&MId=10941
Cabinet – 26 June 2019 http://havant.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=128&MId=10857
Governance Audit and Finance Scrutiny Board – 2 July 2019 http://havant.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=477&MId=10975
Minutes: Proposed by Councillor Satchwell and seconded by Councillor Keast, it was
RESOLVED that the minutes of committees held since the last meeting of the Council be received. |
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Sara Bryan At the conclusion of the meeting the Mayor took the opportunity to thank Sara Bryan for her service to the Council as Lead Solicitor (Company, Commercial and Property) and wished her well in her new position. |