Agenda, decisions and minutes
Venue: Council Chamber, Council Offices, Brympton Way, Yeovil.
Contact: Angela Cox, Democratic Services Specialist - 01935 462148 Email: angela.cox@southsomerset.gov.uk
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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:
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:
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:
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:-
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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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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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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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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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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Chairman's Engagements PDF 76 KB Minutes: The list of Chairman’s engagements was noted. |
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Strategic Development and Regeneration in South Somerset District Council PDF 487 KB Decision:
(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:-
· 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. · 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).
(Voting: 31 in favour, 14 against, 5 abstentions) |
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Appointment of Member Level Bodies 2018/19 PDF 273 KB Decision:
Recommendation (1) – to note the appointment of Leader of the Council
Recommendation (2) – to note the appointment of Deputy Leader of the Council
Recommendation (3) - Appointment of Membership and establishment of District Executive Committee
Recommendation (4) – Re-establishment of member level bodies for 2018/19
Recommendation (5) - Appoint Members to Member-Level Bodies
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
Recommendation (2) – to note the appointment of Deputy Leader of the Council
Recommendation (3) - Appointment of Membership and establishment of District Executive Committee
Recommendation (4) – Re-establishment of member level bodies for 2018/19
Recommendation (5) - Appoint Members to Member-Level Bodies
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Report of Executive Decisions PDF 95 KB Minutes: The report of Executive Decisions was noted. |
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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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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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Motions There were no Motions submitted by Members. Minutes: There were no Motions submitted by Members. |
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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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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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Exclusion of Press and Public PDF 72 KB Decision:
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Budget for Chard Regeneration Programme and Yeovil Regeneration Programme (Confidential) Decision:
(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.
(Voting: 36 in favour, 10 against, 3 abstentions) |