Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence from Councillors.

Councillors are requested to declare any interests on items included in this agenda. Please refer to the workflow on the preceding page for guidance.

Declarations received will be reported at the meeting.

Councillors are asked to nominate and elect the Chair of the Council until the next Annual Council.

Councillors are asked to nominate and elect the Vice-Chair of the Council until the next Annual Council.

The Council is asked to consider and approve the review of the political balance of the Council, the allocation of seats on Committees to each political group, the appointment of Councillors on Committees and appointment of outside bodies as part of the annual review.

(The final version of this report needs to be informed by the decision of Council in relation to the review of the Overview and Scrutiny function and therefore will be circulated to Members at the meeting. It is likely that a short adjournment will be required to work on the allocation of seats with political group leaders.)

The Council is asked to consider and approve the schedule of meetings for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 municipal years and any associated issues.

This report seeks Council’s approval of the Scheme of Members’ Allowances for 2022-23 Municipal Year, which will need to include any changes applicable following the changes to the Overview and Scrutiny function.

At the time of writing this report, the final outcome of the changes to the Overview and Scrutiny function were not known and therefore Council will be advised at the meeting of any consequential changes.

The deadline for questions to be submitted to the Monitoring Officer is 29 April 2022