Agenda and minutes

ANNUAL COUNCIL, Council - Tuesday, 23rd May, 2023 6.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, 13 Church Street, Clitheroe, BB7 2DD

Items

No.

Item

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence from the meeting were received on behalf of Councillor M Peplow

ELECTION OF MAYOR FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 2023/24

Minutes:

The Mayor invited nominations for the office of Mayor for the municipal year 2023/2024. Councillor Louise Edge proposed and Councillor Robin Walsh seconded the motion that Councillor Mark Hindle be elected to the office of Mayor for the municipal year 2023/2024.

RESOLVED:

That Councillor Mark Hindle be elected to the office of Mayor for the municipal year 2023/2024.

Councillor Stuart Hirst invested Councillor Mark Hindle as Mayor with the ceremonial chain of office. Councillor Stuart Hirst then invested Tracey Whistlecraft as Mayoress. The Mayor (Councillor Mark Hindle) then took the chair and signed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office and made a speech accepting the office of Mayor. The Mayor (Councillor Mark Hindle) presented Councillor Stuart Hirst and Elaine Hirst with badges to commemorate their successful term of office.

ELECTION OF DEPUTY MAYOR FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 2023/24

Minutes:

The Mayor invited nominations for the office of Deputy Mayor for the municipal year 2023/2024. Councillor Robin Walsh proposed and Councillor Richard Newmark seconded the motion that Councillor Louise Edge be elected to the office of Deputy Mayor for the municipal year 2023/2024.

RESOLVED:

That Councillor Louise Edge be elected to the office of Deputy Mayor for the municipal year 2023/2024. Councillor Louise Edge was invested as Deputy Mayor by the Mayor with the ceremonial chain of office. Phillip Edge was invested as Mayor Consort by the Mayor.

Prayers

Minutes:

PRAYERS The Mayor’s Chaplain, Rev Carolyn Woodcock said prayers upon the deliberations of the Council.

TO DETERMINE THE COMMITTEE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 2023/24 PDF 77 KB

Report of the Chief Executive to follow

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Leader, Councillor Stephen Atkinson made a short speech welcoming Councillors, acknowledging the result of the recent Council elections and highlighting the priorities for the Council in the forthcoming municipal year. He then proposed the recommendations outlined in the report regarding committee arrangements for the municipal year 2023/2024 relating to the:

· number of committees and their terms of reference;

· call in procedure;

· timetable of meetings;

· number of seats of each committee;

· allocation of seats to all councillors;

· representation on Parish Councils’ Liaison committee;

· appointment of an Emergency committee;

· approval of the updated documents in the Council’s Constitution

The proposal was seconded by Councillor Simon Hore.

RESOLVED:

That the Committee arrangements for 2023/2024 as set out in section 4 of the report of the Chief Executive be approved.

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS PDF 38 KB

Minutes:

Councillor Stephen Atkinson proposed and Councillor Simon Hore seconded the Conservative Group nominations for the appointment of Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committees of the Council for the municipal year 2023/2024, which were as follows:

Committee	Chair	Vice-Chair
Community Services	Richard Newmark	Jan Alcock
Planning and Development	Sue Bibby	Stella Brunskill
Health and Housing	Stuart Hirst	Tony Austin
Personnel	Rosie Elms	Steve Farmer
Licensing	Ian Brown	Stella Brunskill
Policy and Finance	Stephen Atkinson	Simon Hore
Accounts and Audit	Robin Walsh	Stuart Hirst
Economic Development	David Birtwhistle	Stephen Atkinson
Emergency Committee	Stephen Atkinson	Simon Hore

The Leader of the Opposition, Councillor Stewart Fletcher, proposed an amendment to the appointment of Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committees of the Council for the municipal year 2023/2024 which was as follows:

Committee	Chair	Vice-Chair
Community Services	Malcolm Peplow	Stewart Fletcher
Planning and Development	Mark French	Simon O’Rourke
Health and Housing	Mary Robinson	John Atherton
Personnel	Karl Barnsley	Lee Jameson
Licensing	Simon O’Rourke	Lee Street
Policy and Finance	Stewart Fletcher	Lee Jameson
Accounts and Audit	Michael Graveston	Gaye McCrum
Economic Development	David Birtwhistle	Jonathan Hill
Emergency	Stewart Fletcher	Lee Jameson

This amendment was seconded by Councillor Mark French.

The matter was then debated and a recorded vote was taken on Councillor Fletcher’s Chairman/Vice Chairman amendment.

Councillor	For	Against	Abstain	Apologies
J Alcock		X
S Atkinson		X
T Austin		X
John Atherton		X
Karl Barnsley	X
D Brocklehurst		X
S Bibby		X
D Birtwhistle				X
I Brown		X
S Brunskill		X
R Corney	X
S Cowman		X
L Edge – Deputy Mayor		X
R Elms		X
S Farmer		X
S Fletcher	X
M French	X
M Graveston	X
G Hibbert	X
J Hill	X
M Hindle –Mayor		X
S Hirst		X
S Hore		X
K Horkin		X
L Jameson	X
G McCrum	X
H McFall		X
R Newmark		X
A Wilkins-Odudu	X
S O’Rourke	X
D O’Rourke	X
M Peplow				X
R Ray	X
M Robinson	X
J Rogerson		X
G Scott		X
K Spencer	X
L Street			X
N Stubbs	X
R Walsh		X

The amendment was lost, so the original motion stood. A recorded vote was then taken on the Conservative Group’s nominations for the appointment of Chairman and Vice Chairman.

Councillor	For	Against	Abstain	Apologies
J Alcock	X
S Atkinson	X
T Austin	X
John Atherton	X
Karl Barnsley		X
D Brocklehurst	X
S Bibby	X
D Birtwhistle			X
I Brown	X
S Brunskill	X
R Corney		X
S Cowman	X
L Edge	X
R Elms	X
S Farmer	X
S Fletcher		X
M French		X
M Graveston		X
G Hibbert		X
J Hill		X
M Hindle –Mayor	X
S Hirst	X
S Hore	X
K Horkin	X
L Jameson		X
G McCrum		X
H McFall	X
R Newmark	X
A Wilkins-Odudu		X
S O’Rourke		X
D O’Rourke		X
M Peplow				X
R Ray		X
M Robinson		X
J Rogerson	X
G Scott	X
K Spencer		X
L Street			X
N Stubbs		X
R Walsh	X

The substantive motion was carried. ... view the full minutes text for item 6.

MEMBERSHIP ON COMMITTEES PDF 65 KB

Minutes:

Councillor Stephen Atkinson proposed and Councillor Simon Hore seconded that the membership on the committees of the Council for the municipal year 2023/2024 be as outlined on the list circulated at the meeting.

RESOLVED: That the membership on committees be approved as follows:

COMMUNITY SERVICES (15)

CONSERVATIVE	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT	LABOUR	INDEPENDENT GROUP	GREEN	INDEPENDENT
Jan Alcock	Stewart Fletcher	Karl Barnsley	John Atherton	Malcolm Peplow
Stephen Atkinson	Mary Robinson	Lee Jameson	Lee Street
Stella Brunskill	Simon O’Rourke
Sophie Cowman
Rosie Elms
Ricky Newmark
Gary Scott

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (15)

CONSERVATIVE	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT	LABOUR	INDEPENDENT GROUP	GREEN	INDEPENDENT
Tony Austin	Mark French	Karl Barnsley	Jim Rogerson		Ian Brown
Sue Bibby	Simon O’Rourke	Kieren Spencer
Derek Brocklehurst	Stewart Fletcher	Nick Stubbs
Stella Brunskill
Louise Edge
Simon Hore
Kevin Horkin

HEALTH AND HOUSING (15)

CONSERVATIVE	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT	LABOUR	INDEPENDENT GROUP	GREEN	INDEPENDENT
Jan Alcock	Donna O’Rourke	Rachael Ray	John Atherton		Ian Brown
Stephen Atkinson	Mary Robinson	Aaron Wilkins-Odudu
Tony Austin	Jonathan Hill	Nick Stubbs
Rosie Elms
Steve Farmer
Stuart Hirst
Charles McFall

PERSONNEL (9)

CONSERVATIVE	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT	LABOUR	INDEPENDENT GROUP	GREEN	INDEPENDENT
Sue Bibby	Donna O’Rourke	Karl Barnsley	David Birtwhistle
Rosie Elms	Ryan Corney	Lee Jameson
Steve Farmer
Simon Hore

LICENSING (15)

CONSERVATIVE	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT	LABOUR	INDEPENDENT GROUP	GREEN	INDEPENDENT
Derek Brocklehurst	Simon O’Rourke	Kieren Spencer	Jim Rogerson	Malcolm Peplow	Ian Brown
Stella Brunskill	Donna O’Rourke	Michael Graveston	Lee Street
Steve Farmer	Gaynor Hibbert
Ricky Newmark
Gary Scott
Robin Walsh

POLICY AND FINANCE

CONSERVATIVE	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT	LABOUR	INDEPENDENT GROUP	GREEN	INDEPENDENT
Stephen Atkinson	Mark French	Aaron Wilkins-Odudu	David Birtwhistle	Gaye McCrum
Sue Bibby	Stewart Fletcher	Lee Jameson	Jim Rogerson
Louise Edge	Gaynor Hibbert
Stuart Hirst
Simon Hore
Kevin Horkin
Ricky Newmark

ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT (11)

CONSERVATIVE	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT	LABOUR	INDEPENDENT GROUP	GREEN	INDEPENDENT
Tony Austin	Stewart Fletcher	Lee Jameson	Lee Street	Gaye McCrum
Stuart Hirst	Jonathan Hill	Michael Graveston
Charles McFall
Ricky Newmark
Robin Walsh

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

CONSERVATIVE	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT	LABOUR	INDEPENDENT GROUP	GREEN	INDEPENDENT
Jan Alcock	Stewart Fletcher	Rachael Ray	David Birtwhistle	Malcolm Peplow
Stephen Atkinson	Jonathan Hill	Michael Graveston
Sophie Cowman	Ryan Corney	Aaron Wilkins-Odudu
Louise Edge
Rosie Elms
Stuart Hirst
Robin Walsh

PARISH COUNCIL LIAISON

CONSERVATIVE	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT	LABOUR	INDEPENDENT GROUP	GREEN	INDEPENDENT
Derek Brocklehurst	Mary Robinson	Karl Barnsley	David Birtwhistle	Malcolm Peplow
Sophie Cowman	Simon O’Rourke	Nick Stubbs
Kevin Horkin	Gaynor Hibbert
Charles McFall
Gary Scott
Robin Walsh

EMERGENCY

CONSERVATIVE	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT	LABOUR	INDEPENDENT GROUP	GREEN	INDEPENDENT
Stephen Atkinson	Stewart Fletcher	Lee Jameson
Simon Hore

REPRESENTATION ON OUTSIDE BODIES PDF 93 KB

Minutes:

Councillor Stephen Atkinson proposed and Councillor Simon Hore seconded that the Representatives on Outside Bodies for the municipal year 2023/2024 be as outlined on the list circulated at the meeting.

RESOLVED:

That the Representatives on Outside Bodies be approved as follows:

ORGANISATION	NUMBER OF VACANCIES	NOMINATIONS	PARENT COMMITTEE	NO. OF REPORTS
Armed Forces Champion	1	Lee Street	Policy & Finance	1
Forest of Bowland AONB Advisory Committee	1	Rosie Elms	Planning & Development	1
Hanson Cement Liaison Committee	3	Kevin Horkin Stewart Fletcher + Labour Group Nomination	Health & Housing	2
Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Council for Voluntary Services	1	Richard Newmark	Policy & Finance	1
Longridge Social Enterprise Company Ltd	1	Labour Group Nomination	Community Services	1
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust	1	Stuart Hirst	Health & Housing	1
NW Employer’s Organisation	1 + 1 substitute	Rosie Elms Sue Bibby	Personnel	2
Rural Services Network	1	Louise Edge	Planning & Development	1
Ribble Valley Community Safety Partnership	3	Stewart Fletcher Tony Austin + Labour Group Nomination	Policy & Finance	1
Ribble Valley Sports & Recreation (Roefield Leisure Centre)	2	Ian Brown Simon O’Rourke	Community Services	1
Tarmac Liaison Committee	2	Ian Brown Simon O’Rourke	Health & Housing	2
ORGANISATION	NUMBER OF VACANCIES	NOMINATIONS	PARENT COMMITTEE	NO. OF REPORTS
Police & Crime Panel	1	Jan Alcock	Policy & Finance	2
Lancashire Waste Partnership	1	Tony Austin	Community Services	1
LGA General Assembly	2	Stephen Atkinson Stewart Fletcher	Policy & Finance	1
Langho Football Club	1	Steve Farmer	Community Services	1
Salesbury & Copster Green Commons Management Committee	3	Sue Bibby Stuart Hirst Louise Edge	Community Services	1
Whalley Educational Foundation Trust	1	Mark Hindle	Policy & Finance	1