Agenda and minutes

Council held a minutes silence in memory of the late former councillor David Whitby, who had sadly passed away.

Prayers were led by Rev Canon Ling

Please indicate if there are any interests which should be declared.  A declaration of an interest should indicate the nature of the interest (if not already declared on the Register of Interests) and the agenda item to which it relates.  If a disclosable pecuniary interest is declared, the member should withdraw from the room whilst the matter is discussed.

 

 

There were none.

To receive Mayor’s communications and announcements.

 

There were none.

To receive any items of business which in the opinion of the Mayor are urgent. 

 

There was none.

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Councillor Dark proposed Councillor Margaret Wilkinson for thefor the position of Mayor and Chairman of the Council for the 2023/2024 Municipal year.  This was seconded by Councillor Ben Jones.

 

RESOLVED:   That Councillor Margaret Wilkinson be appointed as Mayor and Chairman for the 2023/24 Municipal Year.

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Councillor Parish proposed Councillor Paul Bland as Deputy Mayor for the Municipal year 2023/24.  Councillor Jones seconded the proposal.

 

RESOLVED:   That Councillor Paul Bland be appointed Deputy Mayor for the 2023/23 municipal year

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Councillor Wilkinson read and signed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office and then, in addressing Members, thanked them for her election and informed the Council that Amani Habaibeh and Dawn Leigh would be her Consorts.

 

Councillor Wilkinson informed Council that the Mayor’s Chaplain for the year would be Rev Canon Adrian Ling.

 

The Mayor also informed the Council that she would continue to appoint Mayor’s Cadets and those for this year would be:

 

Sea Cadets:    Ordinary Cadet Jonathan Pick

Army Cadets:  LCpl Millie-Rose Chapman

Air Cadets:      Cadet Cpl Oakley Took

Police Cadets: Cadet Jessica Marshall

Fire Cadets:    Cadet Danny Prime

 

Mayors Cadets badges were bestowed on the Cadets.

 

The Mayor’s charities would be The Pandora Project and Norfolk and Waveney Mind.

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Councillor Bland read and signed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office and then, in addressing Members, thanked them for his election and informed the Council that his wife, Marion Bland would be his Deputy Mayoress.

 

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Councillor Dark proposed a vote of thanks to the outgoing Mayor Leslie Bambridge.  This was seconded by Councillor Parish.

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Council was informed that gifts and flowers for the outgoing Mayor and Consorts were placed at the front of the stage.

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Councillor Joyce proposed Councillor Parish as Leader of the Council for the forthcoming four years.  This was seconded by Councillor Jones.

 

RESOLVED:   That Councillor Terry Parish be appointed Leader for the forthcoming four years.

 

RESOLVED:   That the following Membership of Cabinet be noted:

 

Deputy Leader – J Moriarty

B Anota

A Beales

A Kemp

C Morley

S Ring

S Squire

M de Whalley

To agree proportional allocation of seats with regard to the following Council Bodies in the Constitution in accordance with Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (as amended by subsequent legislation), and in accordance with Section 16 of that Act, to appoint members to serve on them (a full membership list will be made available at the meeting):

 

-           Appointments Board /Investigating & Disciplinary Committee

-           Licensing Committee 

-           Licensing and Appeals Board

-           Planning Committee

-           Standards Committee

-           Audit Committee

 

 

Policy Review and Development Panels:

 

-               Corporate Performance

-               Environment and Community

-              Regeneration and Development

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RESOLVED:               1)         That the proportional allocation of seats with regard to Council Bodies in the Constitution be agreed in accordance with Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (as amended by subsequent legislation), and in accordance with Section 16 of that Act.

 

2)         That Members be appointed to the proportional Council Bodies as follows :

           

Appointments Board/Investigating and disciplinary committee

(9 Members – 4 Ind, 3 Con, 2 Lab)

 

A Bullen (I)

B Jones (L)

C Joyce (L)

A Kemp (I)

S Nash (I)

S Ring (I)

To be confirmed (C) x 3

 

AUDIT Committee

(9 Members – 4 Ind, 3 Con, 2 Lab)

 

R Blunt (C)

S Dark (C)

S Everett (L)

B Jones (L)

S Ring (I)

J Rust (I)

T Ryves (I)

D Sayers (I)

T de Winton (C)

 

Standards Committee

(7 Members: 3 Ind, 3 Con, 1 Lab)

(2 Parish, 1 Ind person)

 

B Ayres (C)

S Nash (I)

S Ring (I)

S Sandell (C)

S Squire (I)

D Tyler (C)

A Ware (L)

 

(Independent Person – A Orchard, & Parish Reps - Non voting)

 

Licensing and Appeals Board

(All other Licensing and Appeals matters)

(15 Members - 6 Ind, 6 Con, 3 Lab)

 

B Ayres (C)

J Bhondi (I)

T Bubb (C)

R Coates (C)

C Crofts (C)

B Jones (L)

C Joyce (L)

A Kemp (I)

J Kirk (C)

S Nash (I)

T Parish (I)

C Rose (I)

S Squire (I)

D Tyler (C)

M Wilkinson (L)

 

Licensing Committee

(Licensing Act 2003 & Gambling Act)

(15 Members - 6 Ind, 6 Con, 3 Lab)

 

B Anota (I)

B Ayres (C)

M Bartrum (L)

J Bhondi (I)

A Bubb (C)

R Coates (C)

C Crofts (C)

D Henegan (L)

J Kirk (C)

J Moriarty (I)

S Ring (I)

J Rust (I)

S Squire (I)

D Tyler (C)

M Wilkinson (L)

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE

(18 members– 7 Ind, 7 Con, 4 Lab)

              

B Anota (I)

F Bone (L)

R Blunt (C)

A Bubb (C)

P Devulapalli (I)

S Everett (L)

S Lintern (I)

B Long (C)

S Ring (I)

C Rose (I)

J Rust (I)

V Spikings (C)

M Storey (C)

D Tyler (C)

M de Whalley (I)

T de Winton (C)

(L)

(L)

 

CORPORATE Performance Panel

 (12 Members – 5 Ind, 5 Con, 2 Lab)

 

R Blunt (C)

S Dark (C)

P Devulapalli (I)

A Dickinson (C)

B Jones (L)

A Lawrence (C)

S Lintern (I)

B Long (C)

S Nash (I)

J Osborne (L)

D Sayers (I)

C Rose (I)

 

ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY PANEL

(12 Members – 5 Ind, 4 Con, 3 Lab)

 

T Barclay (C)

M Bartrum (L)

J Bhondi (I)

P Bland (I)

A Bullen (I)

S Collop (L)

P Devulapalli (I)

H Humphrey (C)

P Kunes (C)

J Ratcliffe (I)

S Sandell (C)

A Ware (L)

 

Regeneration & DEVELOPMENT  Panel

(12 Members – 5 Ind, 5 Con, 2 Lab)

S Bearshaw

F Bone (L)

R Blunt (C)  ...  view the full minutes text for item C:13

Appointment of Chairs and Vice Chairs of the following bodies:

 

-           Appointments Board

-           Planning Committee

-           Licensing Committee 

-           Licensing and Appeals Board

-           Standards Committee

 

Appointment of Chairs of the following Bodies (Vice Chairs will be appointed at the first meeting of the Body)

 

-               Audit Committee

-               Corporate Performance Panel

-               Environment and Community Panel

-               Regeneration and Development Panel

 

 

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RESOLVED:   That the Chairs and Vice-Chairs be appointed as below, noting that the Vice Chairs of the Scrutiny and Overview Panels and Audit Committee will be appointed at their first meetings of the Municipal year:

 

 

i)          Appointments Board /IDC

 

At the request of the required number of members, a recorded vote was held on the Chair of the Appointments Boars/IDC.

 

Councillors S Nash and A Dickinson had been nominated to the position.

 

Vote for Councillor Nash

For	Against	Abstain
Anota	Ayres	Ware
Bartrum	Barclay
Beal	Blunt
Beales	Bubb
Bearshaw	Coates
Bhondi	Crofts
Bland	Dark
Bone	Dickinson
Bullen	Hodson
Colwell	Humphrey
Devulapalli	Jamieson
Everett	Kunes
Heneghan	Lawrence
Jones	Long
Joyce	Sandell
Kemp	Storey
Lintern	Tyler
Lowe	De Winton
Morley
Nash
Osborne
Parish
Ratcliffe
Ring
Rose
Rust
Ryves
Sayers
Squire
De Whalley
Wilkinson
31	18	1

 

Vote for Councillor Dickinson

 

For	Against	Abstain
Ayres	Anota	Rose
Barclay	Bartrum
Blunt	Beal
Bubb	Beales
Coates	Bearshaw
Crofts	Bhondi
Dark	Bland
Dickinson	Bone
Hodson	Bullen
Humphrey	Colwell
Jamieson	Devulapalli
Kunes	Everett
Lawrence	Heneghan
Long	Jones
Ryves	Joyce
Sandell	Kemp
Storey	Lintern
Tyler	Lowe
De Winton	Morley
	Nash
	Osborne
	Parish
	Ratcliffe
	Ring
	Rust
	Sayers
	Squire
	Ware
	de Whalley
	Wilkinson
19	30	1

 

 

Chair – S Nash (I)

Vice-Chair – none nominated

 

ii)         PLANNING COMMITTEE

 

Chair – J Rust (L)

Vice-Chair – V Spikings (C)

 

iii)        Licensing Committee

 

Chair –  J Bhondi (I)

Vice-Chair – M Bartrum (L)

 

iv)        Licensing and Appeals Board

 

Chair – B Jones (L)

Vice-Chair – C Rose (I)

 

v)         Standards Committee

 

Chair – A Ware (L) 

Vice Chair –  S Sandell (C)

 

 

vi)        CORPORATE PERFORMANCE PANEL

 

Chair: S Dark (C)

 

vii)       ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY PANEL

 

Chair: S Collop (L)

 

viii)      REGENERATION AND DEVELOPMENT PANEL

 

Chair: S Bearshaw (I)

 

ix)        AUDIT COMMITTEE

 

Chair: T Ryves (I)

 

 

 

To agree the following:

 

Task Groups with 9 Members – 4 Independent P’ship, 3 Conservative, 2 Labour

Task Groups with 7 Members – 3 Independent P’ship, 3 Conservative, 1 Labour

Task Groups with 5 Members – 2 Independent P’ship, 2 Conservative, 1 Labour

 

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RESOLVED:   That the following be agreed:

 

Task Groups with 9 Members – 4 Independent P’ship, 3 Conservative, 2 Labour

Task Groups with 7 Members – 3 Independent P’ship, 3 Conservative, 1 Labour

Task Groups with 5 Members – 2 Independent P’ship, 2 Conservative, 1 Labour