Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

13.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 118 KB

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Council Meeting held on 21 May 2015.

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14.

Declarations of Interest

To receive from Members, declarations of the existence of any disclosable pecuniary, or non-pecuniary, interests and the nature of those interests in relation to any agenda item. Please see Agenda Notes.

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15.

Public Question Time (15 Minutes)

The opportunity is given to members of the public to put questions to Cabinet Members or Committee Chairs provided that a question does not relate to:

 

·               Matters which are the subject of current or pending legal proceedings or

·               Matters relating to employees or former employees of the Council or comments in respect of individual Council Officers.

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16.

Petitions and Deputations (15 Minutes)

A period not exceeding three minutes is allowed for the presentation of a petition or deputation provided that no such petition or deputation is in relation to:

 

·            Matters relating to individual Council Officers, or

·            Matters relating to current or pending legal proceedings

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17.

Announcements (Council Procedure Rule 2(vii))

To receive announcements from:

 

a)        The Mayor

b)        Leader of the Council

c)        Members of the Cabinet

d)        Chair of Committees

e)        Head of Paid Service

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18.

Suspension of Council Procedure Rules

To waive Council Procedure Rules to allow the relevant officersto address the Council in respect of item 8 on the agenda.

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19.

Statement of Community Involvement pdf icon PDF 173 KB

To receive the report of the Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning which seeks formal adoption of the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement following public consultation.

 

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20.

Appointment of Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer pdf icon PDF 106 KB

To receive the report of the Monitoring Officer seeking approval for the appointment of an Electoral Registration Officer and a Returning Officer.

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21.

Designation of Monitoring Officer pdf icon PDF 100 KB

To receive the report of the Head of Paid Service seeking approval for the designation of a Monitoring Officer.

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22.

Various Constitutional Amendments pdf icon PDF 111 KB

To receive the report of the Monitoring Officer which seeks approval for constitutional changes and which notes potential contractual changes required to comply with legislation on the dismissal of statutory officers.

 

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23.

Annual Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee for 2014-15 pdf icon PDF 90 KB

To receive the report of the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee which sets out the work and achievements of the Committee during the year 2014-15.

 

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24.

Annual Report of the Audit and Governance Committee 2014-15 pdf icon PDF 187 KB

To receive the report of the Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee which sets out the work and achievements of the Committee during the year 2014-15.

 

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25.

Questions by Members (Council Procedure Rule 12)

a)         Written questions to Cabinet Members

 

No written questions have been received.

 

b)         Leader and Cabinet Members’ Question Time (45 minutes)

 

        Any Member of the Council may ask the Leader of the Council or any Cabinet Member any question without prior notice, upon:

       

·       Any matter relating to the Council’s administration

·       Any matter relating to any report of the Cabinet appearing on the Council’s summons

·       A matter coming within their portfolio of responsibilities

 

        Only one supplementary question is allowed per question.

 

c)     Questions to Chairs of Meetings (15 Minutes)

 

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26.

Notices of Motion

(1)            MOVED BY COUNCILLOR HAIGH

 

“This Council agrees to set up a cross party working group to consider the implications of devolution within England for the City Council in the light of Leadership Gloucestershire's expression of interest to the DCLG to assume more powers.”

 

(2)            MOVED BY COUNCILLOR MCLELLAN

 

“This Council will write to the Local Government Association to ask them to seek government support for legislation to stop supermarkets throwing away food which has reached its sell by date and instead donate it to charity or use for animal feed and to support proposals by the EU Commission to recommend these ideas across the EU.”

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