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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber - Council Chamber

Contact: Democratic Services 

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Items
No. Item

1.

Declarations of interest

Minutes:

None.

2.

Public Questions

Minutes:

None.

3.

Receipt of petitions

Minutes:

County Councillor Su McConnel presented a petition opposing the use of tarmac/asphalt and cattle grids at Castle meadows, Abergavenny.  It sought that MCC adopt alternative sustainable drainage systems and environmentally friendly surfacing materials, and source a suitable alternative to cattle grids.

 

County Councillor Emma Bryn presented a petition on behalf of residents of the Wyesham community to call for the repair and maintenance of the play equipment and remedial drainage of the Community Play Area at Tudor Road, Underhill, Wyesham.

 

4.

To elect a Leader of the County Council and to receive notification of Leader delegations (appointments to Cabinet)

Minutes:

County Councillor Paul Griffiths nominated County Councillor Mary Ann Brocklesby as Leader of the Council for the year 2022/23.  This was seconded by County Councillor Rachel Garrick.

 

There were no further nominations and upon being put to a vote County Councillor Mary Ann Brocklesby was appointed Leader.

 

County Councillor Brocklesby thanked Council and outlined the appointments to Cabinet as:

 

County Councillor Paul Griffiths - Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Economy and Sustainable Livelihoods.

County Councillor Rachel Garrick – Cabinet Member for Resources.

County Councillor Martyn Groucutt – Cabinet Member for Education.

County Councillor Tudor Thomas – Cabinet Member for Social Care, Safeguarding and Accessible Health Services.

County Councillor Sara Burch – Cabinet Member for Inclusive and Active Communities.

County Councillor Catrin Maby – Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Environment.

County Councillor Catherine Fookes – Cabinet Member for Equalities and Engagement.

 

Opposition Group Leaders congratulated the Leader and looked forward to working with the new administration.

 

County Councillor Jane Lucas left the meeting at 14:16 pm

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Representation of Political Groups pdf icon PDF 123 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chief Officer for People and Governance and Monitoring Officer presented the report for Council to review the representation of different political groups on the bodies to which the Council makes appointments.

 

Upon being put to the vote Council resolved to accept the recommendation:

 

That the Council accepts the report (and appendices) as a review under Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and to initially allocate ordinary committees with the numbers as indicated below as a fair representation:

 

6.

Appointments to Committees pdf icon PDF 232 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chief Officer for People and Governance and Monitoring Officer presented the report in order to appoint committees together with their membership and terms of reference in accordance with the Council’s Constitution.

 

Council were required to elect a Chair of Democratic Services Committee for the year 2022/23.

 

Upon being put to a vote Council resolved to accept the recommendations:

 

That the committees be appointed together with their membership as set in the report, and their terms of reference attached as appendices.

 

That Council appoints County Councillor David Jones as Chair of Democratic Services Committee.

7.

Appointments to Outside Bodies pdf icon PDF 9 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chief Officer for People and Governance and Monitoring Officer presented the report to appoint representatives to serve on outside bodies.

 

Group Leaders submitted the representations.

 

Following a vote County Councillor Emma Bryn was appointed as representative to the Welsh Book Council. 

 

A vote was undertaken to appoint representatives to the Living Levels Partnership Board.  County Councillors Catrin Maby and Frances Taylor were appointed.

 

It was requested that a further report be brought to a future meeting to address any vacancies.

 

Council resolved to accept the recommendations:

 

That the Council make appointments to the outside bodies set out in the attached schedule, with the exception of joint committees listed in Category B, which are Cabinet appointments.

 

 

P:\Local Democracy\Democratic Serv\Staff\Outside bodies\2022\FInal Representation on outside bodies May 2022.doc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.

Constitution Review pdf icon PDF 237 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chief Officer for People and Governance and Monitoring Officer presented the report for Council to consider the updated MCC Constitution.

 

County Councillor Rachel Garrick highlighted that ‘26.5.2 Other Delegations’ requires updating.

 

Council resolved to accept the recommendation:

 

Full Council approve the reviewed and updated Constitution.

9.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting of County Council held on 3rd March 2022 pdf icon PDF 458 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of County Council held on 3rd March 2022 were approved.