Council - 23 May 2007

Time: 7.00pm
Place: Council Chamber, Daneshill House
Contact: Jackie Cansick
Telephone: 01438 242216

Agenda

PART I

1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
2. MINUTES - 4th April, 2007
   To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Meeting held on Wednesday, 4th April, 2007 at 7.00pm at Daneshill House, Danestrete, Stevenage.
   Minutes attached
3. APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR*
   To elect the Mayor for the Municipal Year 2007/08.
4. APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY MAYOR*
   To elect the Deputy Mayor for the Municipal Year 2007/08.
5. APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR DESIGNATE
   The newly elected Mayor to appoint a Mayor Designate for the Municipal Year 2007/08.
6. BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2007
   To advise Council of the results of the Borough Council Elections held on 3rd May 2007.
   Report attached
7. CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
   To consider various issues concerning the Council’s political management structure for 2007/08.
   Report attached
8. APPOINTMENT OF LEADER OF THE COUNCIL*
   To elect the Leader of the Council for the Municipal Year 2007/08.
9. APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY LEADER OF THE COUNCIL*
   To elect the Deputy Leader of the Council for the Municipal Year 2007/08.
10. APPOINTMENT OF LEADERS AND DEPUTY LEADERS OF THE OPPOSITION*
    To note the appointment of the Leaders and Deputy Leaders of the Opposition for the Municipal Year 2007/08.
11. APPOINTMENT OF LEADERS AND DEPUTY LEADERS OF THE POLITICAL GROUPS ON THE COUNCIL*
    To note the appointment of the Leaders and Deputy Leaders of the Political Groups on the Council for the Municipal Year 2007/08.
12. APPOINTMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE OF THE COUNCIL*
    To elect Members to the Executive of the Council for the Municipal Year 2007/08 and determine the portfolios to be allocated. (Terms of Reference and Portfolios as set out in the report at Item 7 ‘Constitutional Issues’, or as otherwise agreed by this meeting.)
13. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES/PANELS OF THE COUNCIL*
    To appoint the following Standing Committees and Panels of Stevenage Borough Council for the Municipal Year 2007/08 either in accordance with the rules of proportionality or by alternative arrangements for the purposes of the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups), Regulations 1990, Regulation 20 and the Licensing Act 2003 and appoint to the positions of Chair and Vice-Chair for each. (The Terms of Reference for each body as set out at item 7 ‘Constitutional; Issues’, or as otherwise agreed by this meeting.)
    1. Scrutiny Overview Committee – 11 Members
    2. Planning and Development Committee – 11 Members
    3. Licensing Committee – 13 Members
    4. General Purposes Committee – 13 Members
    5. Appointments Committee – 6 Members
    6. Standards Committee  - 5 Members (to include 1 non-elected Independent Chair and 1 non-elected Independent Member)
    7. Statement of Accounts Committee – 6 Members
    8. Audit Committee – 5 members (to include 1 non-elected Independent Member)
    9. Bedwell Area Committee – 6 Members (Borough Councillors representing the Bedwell and Pin Green Wards)
    10. Broadwater Area Committee – 6 Members (Borough Councillors representing the Longmeadow and Roebuck Wards)
    11. Chells and Manor Area Committee – 6 Members (Borough Councillors representing the Chells and Manor Wards)
    12. Old Stevenage Area Committee – 9 Members (Borough Councillors representing the Old Town, Symonds Green and Woodfield Wards)
    13. St. Nicholas Area Committee – 6 Members (Borough Councillors representing the St. Nicholas and Martins Wood Wards)
    14. Shephall, Bandley Hill and Poplars Area Committee – 6 Members (Borough Councillors representing the Shephall, Bandley Hill and Poplars Wards)
14. APPOINTMENT OF JOINT PANEL WITH HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL*
    To appoint the following Panel to be constituted jointly with Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) for the Municipal Year 2007/08 (Terms of Reference as set out in the report at Item 7 ‘Constitutional Issues’, or as otherwise agreed at this meeting):-
    
    Stevenage Highways Joint Member Panel -
    
    6 SBC Members (one from each Area Committee area)
    6 HCC Members (those representing the 6 HCC Divisions in Stevenage).
15. APPOINTMENTS TO OUTSIDE BODIES
    To appoint representatives of this Council onto the bodies shown on the paper attached as item 16 - the length of appointment being one year unless otherwise stated.
    Schedule attached

* Details of nominations received for these positions/places will be circulated around the chamber at the meeting.