Agenda

Items to be considered while the meeting is open to the public

To elect a Chairman for the forthcoming year.

To elect a Vice-Chairman for the forthcoming year.

To receive any apologies for absence.

a)    To approve as a true and correct record and sign the minutes of the ordinary meeting of Council held on 20 February 2024.

b)    To approve as a true and correct record and sign the minutes of the extraordinary meeting of Council also held on 20 February 2024.

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee or Monitoring Officer.

To receive any announcements through the Chairman.

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public.

Statements

If you would like to make a statement at this meeting on any item on this agenda, please register to do so at least 10 minutes prior to the meeting. Members of the public are encouraged to register to speak earlier.

Up to 3 speakers are permitted to speak for up to 3 minutes each on any agenda item. Statements must be relevant to the agenda item.

Questions

To receive any questions from members of the public received in accordance with the constitution. No person or organisation may submit more than two questions to the meeting. No question may be sub-divided into more than two related parts.

Those wishing to ask questions are required to give notice of any such questions in writing to the officer named above (acting on behalf of the Proper Officer) no later than 5pm on 14 May 2024 in order to be guaranteed of a written response. Questions submitted no later than 5pm on 16 May 2024 may receive a verbal response. Questions may be asked without notice if the Chairman decides that the matter is urgent.

Details of any questions received will be circulated to Members prior to the meeting and made available at the meeting and on the Council’s website.

Please contact the officer named on the first page of this agenda for further advice.

No petitions have been submitted for presentation or updating to the meeting.

To receive and note annual reports or updates from the following committees:

·       Overview and Scrutiny (including the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee, Children’s Select Committee, Environment Select Committee, Health Select Committee)

·       Audit and Governance Committee

·       Licensing Committee

·       Standards Committee

·       Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee

·       Wiltshire Police and Crime Panel

a)    Appointment of committees and review of allocation of seats on Committees to political groups;

b)    Appointment of Members to Committees, Area Boards, and to the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Authority and any other bodies;

c)    Appointment of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Committees.

To receive a report from the Director, Legal and Governance, in respect of recommendations from the Electoral Review Committee.

To consider the attached motion from Cllrs Phil Alford and Nick Botterill.

To consider a report from the Monitoring Officer on recommendations from the Standards Committee in respect of the following parts of Constitution:

Part 11A - Corporate Parenting Panel

Part 5 - Access to Information Procedure Rules

Part 7 - Cabinet Procedure Rules

Part 8 - Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules

To receive a report from the Director, Legal and Governance.

To receive a report from the Director, Legal and Governance, in respect of recommendations from the Electoral Review Committee.

a)    To receive any other appropriate announcements from or relating to the Leader, Cabinet Members, or Chairmen of Committees.

To include:

·         Updated Cabinet Member Responsibilities since the last meeting of Full Council.

b)    To consider any requests from Members in respect of S.85 of the Local Government Act 1972.

Members were required to give notice of any questions in writing to the Proper Officer on the first page of this agenda no later than 5pm nine clear working days before the meeting in order to be guaranteed a written response.

Any question received after 5pm on 7 May 2024 and no later than 5pm four clear working days before the meeting 14 May 2024, may only receive a verbal response at the meeting. Any questions received after this date will be received at the next meeting.

Questions may be asked without notice if the Chairman determines the matter is urgent.

Details of any questions received will be circulated to Members prior to the meeting and made available at the meeting and on the Council’s website.

Items during consideration of which it is recommended that the public should be excluded because of the likelihood that exempt information would be disclosed.

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