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Election of Chairman
To elect a Chairman for the ensuing year. (Following
the election the formal Declaration of Acceptance of Office will be
read and signed.)
Decision:
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RESOLVED:
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that Councillor
Tony Capozzoli be elected as Chairman of the Council for the
Municipal Year 2018/2019.
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Minutes:
Councillor Mike Best, seconded by Councillor Dave Bulmer
nominated Councillor Tony Capozzoli as Chairman of the
Council.
There
being no other nominations it was:
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RESOLVED:
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that Councillor
Tony Capozzoli be elected as Chairman of the Council for the
Municipal Year 2018/2019.
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Following his appointment Councillor Capozzoli read and signed
the formal declaration of acceptance of office, and thanked Members
for their support.
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Appointment of Vice-Chairman
To appoint a Vice-Chairman for the ensuing
year. (Following the appointment the
Vice-Chairman will read and sign the formal Declaration of
Acceptance of Office.)
Decision:
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RESOLVED:
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that Councillor
Mike Best be elected as Vice Chairman of the Council for the
Municipal Year 2018/2019.
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Minutes:
Councillor Jo
Roundell Greene, seconded by Councillor
Andy Kendall, nominated Councillor Mike Best as Vice-Chairman of
the Council.
Councillor Mike
Lewis, seconded by Councillor Martin Wale, nominated Councillor
Linda Vijeh as Vice-Chairman of the Council.
The two nominations
were put to the vote and Councillor Mike Best was declared elected
as Vice-Chairman of the Council (voting: Mike Best 28 votes, Linda
Vijeh 21 votes). It was therefore:-
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RESOLVED:
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that Councillor
Mike Best be elected as Vice Chairman of the Council for the
Municipal Year 2018/2019.
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Following his appointment Councillor Best read and signed the
formal declaration of acceptance of office and thanked Members and
officers for their support during his time as Chairman of
Council.
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3. |
Apologies for Absence
Minutes:
Apologies for
absence were received from Councillors Marcus Barrett, Neil
Bloomfield, Amanda Broom, Adam Dance, Jenny Kenton, Sue Osborne and
Netta Meadows, Director.
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4. |
Minutes
To approve and sign
the minutes of the previous meeting held on Thursday,
15th March 2018.
Minutes:
The minutes of the
meeting held on 15th March 2018, copies of which had
been previously circulated, were approved as a correct record of
the meeting and signed by the Chairman.
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5. |
Declarations of Interest
In accordance with the
Council's current Code of Conduct (as amended 26 February 2015
and modified 9 February 2016), which includes
all the provisions relating to Disclosable Pecuniary Interests
(DPI), personal and prejudicial interests, Members are asked to
declare any DPI and also any personal interests (and whether or not
such personal interests are also "prejudicial") in relation to any
matter on the Agenda for this meeting.
Members are reminded that they need to declare the fact that
they are also a member of a County, Town or Parish Council as a
Personal Interest. Where you are also a
member of Somerset County Council and/or a Town or Parish Council
within South Somerset you must declare a prejudicial interest in
any business on the agenda where there is a financial benefit or
gain or advantage to Somerset County Council and/or a Town or
Parish Council which would be at the cost or to the financial
disadvantage of South Somerset District Council.
Minutes:
There were no
declarations of interest made by Members.
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6. |
Public Question Time
Minutes:
Miss R Kendall
spoke of the difficulties of requesting a taxi during school drop
off and pick up times as so many of them were engaged in school
transport. She said this affected many
people and had caused difficulties with hospital appointments at
these times. She asked if there was
anything the District Council could do to help?
Councillor Ric
Pallister, as Leader of Council said this was a problem across
Somerset as many of the special schools used taxis to transport
students and the taxi firms relied on the income the work
brought. He offered to raise the issue
with Somerset County Council transport team to see if there was
anything to be done.
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Chairman's Announcements
Minutes:
The Chairman
advised of the death of ex-District Councillor Martin Rawstorne of Ilminster
the previous week. He asked that
Members stand for a moment of silence in his memory.
The Leader of
Council spoke of the recent Unitary Council proposal by Somerset
Country Council (SCC). He noted that
there was a Joint CEO and Leader meeting with all Districts and SCC
the following day where it was likely to commission a study into
the proposals and options. He confirmed
that his intention was to reform the cross party Leaders Group and
no substantive decisions would be taken without referral to the
District Executive and Full Council.
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8. |
Chairman's Engagements  PDF 76 KB
Minutes:
The list of
Chairman’s engagements was noted.
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9. |
Strategic Development and Regeneration in South Somerset District Council PDF 487 KB
Decision:
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RESOLVED:
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That Full Council agreed to:-
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1.
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discontinue the following Programme and Project
Boards:
a.
Strategic Regeneration Board
b.
Local Development Scheme Board
c.
The Four Area Regeneration Boards (West, North, East
and South)
d.
The Chard Regeneration Project Board
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2.
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establish a Strategic Development Board with the remit and
membership as set out in paragraphs 6.1 to 6.5;
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3.
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establish a Chard Regeneration Programme Board with the remit
and membership as set out in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.16;
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4.
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establish a Yeovil Regeneration Programme Board with the remit
and membership as set out in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.16;
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5.
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establish a Wincanton Regeneration Programme Board with the
remit and membership set out in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.16;
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6.
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the
principle of delegating a Gross Spend and Net Cost budget to the
Regeneration Programme Boards as outlined in section 7 of this
report, and delegated authority to S151 Officer to approve funding
arrangements for Gross and Net arrangements;
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7.
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the
principle of prioritising Business Rates Pooling gains for
Regeneration Programmes;
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8.
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the constitution and financial procedure rules to be amended to
reflect the proposed delegations.
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Reason:
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To focus
the Council’s strategic development of the District including
regeneration, economic development, infrastructure and
housing.
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(Voting: 32 in favour, 14
against, 5 abstentions)
Minutes:
The Leader of
Council, as Portfolio Holder for Strategy and Policy advised that
as the Council Plan had been agreed, it must be implemented and the
Council’s structures must also be aligned to do this and
deliver the priority projects. He noted
the dis-establishment of the Regeneration Boards and their
replacement with Programme Boards and said that although they were
only resourced for certain projects,
smaller schemes could be supported by the Area Committees
The Chief Executive
advised that there were elements of some of the proposed schemes
where an income could be generated and therefore they could be
forward funded by SSDC and the income generated would repay the
investment to achieve the net spend.
In response to
questions from Members, the Leader of Council and Chief Executive
advised that:-
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Paragraph 6.13 relating to the Regeneration Programme Boards,
should include in consultation with the relevant Area Chairman when
any differences were referred to the CEO and Leader for a
decision.
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The Council had appointed a Regeneration Manager for Chard and the
Chief Executive and Director for Commercial Services and Income
Generation both had a commercial background.
Councillor Michael
Lewis, as Leader of the Conservative Group said that whilst they
could agree the majority of recommendations, they were concerned at
3.1.6 until finer detail on the delegation was given. The Leader of Council and Portfolio Holder for
Property and Climate Change sought to give assurance by drawing
attention to paragraph 7.10 which required Council to approve the
gross and net budgets of each programme.
At the conclusion
of the discussion, the majority of Members were content to confirm
the recommendations of the report (voting: 31 in favour, 14
against, 5 abstentions).
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RESOLVED:
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That Full Council agreed to:-
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1.
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discontinue the following Programme and Project
Boards:
a.
Strategic Regeneration Board
b.
Local Development Scheme Board
c.
The Four Area Regeneration Boards (West, North, East
and South)
d.
The Chard Regeneration Project Board
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2.
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establish a Strategic Development Board with the remit and
membership as set out in paragraphs 6.1 to 6.5;
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3.
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establish a Chard Regeneration Programme Board with the remit
and membership as set out in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.16;
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4.
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establish a Yeovil Regeneration Programme Board with the remit
and membership as set out in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.16;
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5.
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establish a Wincanton Regeneration Programme Board with the
remit and membership set out in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.16;
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6.
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the
principle of delegating a Gross Spend and Net Cost budget to the
Regeneration Programme Boards as outlined in section 7 of this
report, and delegated authority to S151 Officer to approve funding
arrangements for Gross and Net arrangements;
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7.
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the
principle of prioritising Business Rates Pooling gains for
Regeneration Programmes;
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8.
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the constitution and financial procedure rules to be amended to
reflect the proposed delegations.
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Reason:
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To focus
the Council’s strategic development of the District including
regeneration, economic development, infrastructure and
housing.
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(Voting: 31 in favour, 14
against, 5 abstentions)
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10. |
Appointment of Member Level Bodies 2018/19 PDF 273 KB
Decision:
Recommendation (1) – to note the appointment of Leader of
the Council
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RESOLVED:
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that
Council noted that it appointed Councillor Ric Pallister as Leader
of the Council for a period of four years, starting on the day of
his election (May 2015) and ending on the day of the post 4-year
Council election annual meeting (May 2019).
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Recommendation (2) – to note the appointment of Deputy
Leader of the Council
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RESOLVED:
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that
Council noted that it appointed Councillor Jo Roundell Greene as
Deputy Leader of the Council to hold office
(subject to Article 7.03) until the end of the term of office of
the Leader (May 2019).
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Recommendation (3) - Appointment of Membership and establishment
of District Executive Committee
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RESOLVED:
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that the
Leader appointed the following Members and Portfolio
responsibilities for 2018/19;
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Ric Pallister
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Lib
Dem
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Leader: Strategy & Policy (including Strategic Housing, LSP, HR, Efficiency agenda,
Performance, Private Sector Housing,
oversight of Civil Contingencies)
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Jo
Roundell Greene
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Lib
Dem
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Deputy
Leader: Environment & Economic Development and
Transformation: (including Economic Development, Regeneration,
Streetscene, Waste & Recycling)
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Peter
Seib
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Lib
Dem
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Finance
& Legal Services
(including Strategic Car Parking Income, Revenues
& Benefits, Strategic Asset Management,
Procurement, South West Audit
Partnership
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Sylvia Seal
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Lib
Dem
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Leisure
& Culture: (including Sport,
Countryside, Arts, Health & Well-Being, Third Sector,
Operational Housing & Welfare)
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Henry
Hobhouse
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Lib
Dem
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Property
and Climate Change and Income Generation: (including Strategic Transport, Property &
Engineering, ICT, GIS, Carbon
Management)
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Angie Singleton
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Lib
Dem
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Strategic Planning (Place Making) (including Development Management,
Spatial Planning, Area Development, Market Town Investment Group,
Licensing)
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Val
Keitch
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Lib
Dem
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Area West Chair (Environmental Health,
Health and Safety, Democratic Services and Member Development,
Equalities and Diversity)
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Graham
Middleton
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Cons
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Area North Chair (Waste and Recycling
and Tourism)
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Nick
Weeks
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Cons
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Area East Chair (Civil Contingencies
and Heritage, Building Control and Listed Buildings)
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Peter
Gubbins
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Lib
Dem
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Area South Chair (Yeovil Town Centre
Regeneration, Community Safety and
Crematorium)
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Recommendation (4) – Re-establishment of
member level bodies for 2018/19
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RESOLVED:
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that the
following member-level bodies be re-established for
2018/19:
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Area Committees (geographical representation)
Scrutiny Committee (14 members)
Audit Committee (10 members)
Regulation Committee (14 members)
Licensing Committee (15 members)
Appointments Committee (8 members)
Standards Committee (6 District Council members plus 5
co-optees)
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Recommendation (5) - Appoint Members to Member-Level
Bodies
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RESOLVED:
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that the
memberships of the bodies established as in recommendation (4) be
approved as follows for 2018/19 having regard to the principles of
political balance as set out in the report and giving effect to the
wishes of the party political groups:
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Area North Committee
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13 members (exempt from political
balance)
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Adam
Dance
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Lib
Dem
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Stephen Page
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Lib
Dem
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Crispin Raikes
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Lib
Dem
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Jo
Roundell Greene
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Lib
Dem
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Sylvia Seal
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Lib
Dem
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Clare Aparicio Paul
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Conservative
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Neil
Bloomfield
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Conservative
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Graham Middleton
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Conservative
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Chairman
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Tiffany Osborne
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Conservative
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Gerard Tucker
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Conservative
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Vice Chairman
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Dean
Ruddle
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Conservative
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Sue
Steele
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Conservative
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Derek Yeomans
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Conservative
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Minutes:
The Chairman asked for Members
to consider each recommendation individually and it was resolved
that:-
Recommendation (1) – to note the appointment of Leader of
the Council
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RESOLVED:
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that
Council noted that it appointed Councillor Ric Pallister as Leader
of the Council for a period of four years, starting on the day of
his election (May 2015) and ending on the day of the post 4-year
Council election annual meeting (May 2019).
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Recommendation (2) – to note the appointment of Deputy
Leader of the Council
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RESOLVED:
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that
Council noted that it appointed Councillor Jo Roundell Greene as Deputy Leader of the
Council to hold office (subject to Article
7.03) until the end of the term of office of the Leader (May
2019).
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Recommendation (3) - Appointment of Membership and establishment
of District Executive Committee
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RESOLVED:
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that the
Leader appointed the following Members and Portfolio
responsibilities for 2018/19;
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Ric Pallister
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Lib
Dem
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Leader: Strategy & Policy (including Strategic Housing, LSP, HR, Efficiency agenda,
Performance, Private Sector Housing,
oversight of Civil Contingencies)
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Jo
Roundell Greene
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Lib
Dem
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Deputy
Leader: Environment & Economic Development and
Transformation: (including Economic Development, Regeneration,
Streetscene, Waste &
Recycling)
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Peter
Seib
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Lib
Dem
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Finance
& Legal Services
(including Strategic Car Parking Income, Revenues
& Benefits, Strategic Asset Management,
Procurement, South West Audit
Partnership
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Sylvia Seal
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Lib
Dem
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Leisure
& Culture: (including Sport,
Countryside, Arts, Health & Well-Being, Third Sector,
Operational Housing & Welfare)
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Henry
Hobhouse
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Lib
Dem
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Property
and Climate Change and Income Generation: (including Strategic Transport, Property &
Engineering, ICT, GIS, Carbon
Management)
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Angie Singleton
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Lib
Dem
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Strategic Planning (Place Making) (including Development Management,
Spatial Planning, Area Development, Market Town Investment Group,
Licensing)
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Val
Keitch
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Lib
Dem
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Area West Chair (Environmental Health,
Health and Safety, Democratic Services and Member Development,
Equalities and Diversity)
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Graham
Middleton
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Cons
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Area North Chair (Waste and Recycling
and Tourism)
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Nick
Weeks
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Cons
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Area East Chair (Civil Contingencies
and Heritage, Building Control and Listed Buildings)
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Peter
Gubbins
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Lib
Dem
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Area South Chair (Yeovil Town Centre
Regeneration, Community Safety and
Crematorium)
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Recommendation (4) – Re-establishment of
member level bodies for 2018/19
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RESOLVED:
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that the
following member-level bodies be re-established for
2018/19:
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Area Committees (geographical representation)
Scrutiny Committee (14 members)
Audit Committee (10 members)
Regulation Committee (14 members)
Licensing Committee (15 members)
Appointments Committee (8 members)
Standards Committee (6 District Council members plus 5
co-optees)
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Recommendation (5) - Appoint Members to Member-Level
Bodies
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RESOLVED:
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that the
memberships of the bodies established as in recommendation (4) be
approved as follows for 2018/19 having regard to the principles of
political balance as set out in the report and giving effect to the
wishes of the party political groups:
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Area North Committee
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13 members (exempt from political
balance)
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Adam
Dance
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Lib
Dem
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Stephen Page
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Lib
Dem
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Crispin Raikes
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Lib
Dem
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Jo
Roundell Greene
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Lib
Dem
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Sylvia Seal
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Lib
Dem
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Clare Aparicio Paul
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Conservative
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Neil
Bloomfield
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Conservative
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Graham Middleton
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Conservative
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Chairman
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Tiffany Osborne
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Conservative
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Gerard Tucker
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Conservative
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Vice Chairman
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Dean
Ruddle
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Conservative
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Sue
Steele
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Conservative
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Derek Yeomans
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Conservative
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11. |
Report of Executive Decisions PDF 95 KB
Minutes:
The report of
Executive Decisions was noted.
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12. |
Audit Committee PDF 83 KB
Minutes:
Councillor Derek
Yeomans, Chairman of the Audit Committee, presented the report of
the Committee.
The report of the Audit
Committee was noted.
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Scrutiny Committee PDF 174 KB
Minutes:
Councillor Sue
Steele, Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee, presented the report of
the Committee.
The report of the
Scrutiny Committee was noted.
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14. |
Motions
There were no Motions submitted by
Members.
Minutes:
There were no
Motions submitted by Members.
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15. |
Questions Under Procedure Rule 10
There were no
questions submitted under Procedure Rule 10.
Minutes:
There were no
questions submitted under Procedure Rule 10.
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16. |
Date of Next Meeting PDF 18 KB
Minutes:
Members
noted that the next scheduled meeting of the Full Council was a
reserve date of 21st June 2018.
Unless
there was any urgent business to progress on this date, the next
scheduled meeting of the Full Council would take place on
Thursday, 19th July 2018 in the Council Chamber,
Council Offices, Brympton Way, Yeovil
commencing at 7.30 p.m.
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17. |
Exclusion of Press and Public PDF 72 KB
Decision:
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RESOLVED:
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That
the following item be considered in Closed Session by virtue of the
Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A under Paragraph 3:
Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any
particular person (including the authority holding that
information).
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Minutes:
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RESOLVED:
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That
the following item be considered in Closed Session by virtue of the
Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A under Paragraph 3:
Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any
particular person (including the authority holding that
information).
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18. |
Budget for Chard Regeneration Programme and Yeovil Regeneration Programme (Confidential)
Decision:
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RESOLVED:
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That Full Council agreed the recommendations of the
report.
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Reason:
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To
deliver on the regeneration priority projects within the Council
Plan and meet the needs of the towns and communities in which the
regeneration is to take place.
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(Voting: 36 in favour, 10
against, 3 abstentions)
Minutes:
The Portfolio
Holder for Environment and Economic Development
advised that the proposals would finance the Chard Regeneration
Scheme and the Yeovil Regeneration Scheme which were both specific
objectives in the Council Plan.
The Chief Executive
outlined the finance proposed and the possible schemes to
regenerate the towns and advised that a commercial approach would
be taken to fund the schemes to minimise the borrowing and net cost
to the Council.
During the
following discussion, the Director for Commercial Services and Income Generation,
Leader and Section 151 officer answered Members questions on points
of detail, and, at the conclusion of the debate, the majority of
Members were content to confirm the recommendations of the
report.
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RESOLVED:
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That Full Council agreed the recommendations of the
report.
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Reason:
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To
deliver on the regeneration priority projects within the Council
Plan and meet the needs of the towns and communities in which the
regeneration is to take place.
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(Voting: 36 in favour, 10
against, 3 abstentions)
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