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Decision Maker: Council
Made at meeting: 28/04/2021 - Council
Decision published: 04/05/2021
Effective from: 28/04/2021
Decision:
Councillor R B Evans nominated Councillor R F Radford for election as Chairman of the District Council for the year 2021/2022. This nomination was seconded by Councillor R J Dolley.
RESOLVED that Councillor R F Radford be elected Chairman of the Mid Devon District Council for the Municipal Year 2021/2022
In accordance with Section 83 of the Local Government Act 1972, Councillor R F Radford then made a Declaration of Acceptance of Office.
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Decision Maker: Council
Made at meeting: 28/04/2021 - Council
Decision published: 04/05/2021
Effective from: 28/04/2021
Decision:
The Chairman MOVED:-
“THAT the Council agree the existing scheme of delegations as set out in Part 3 of the Constitution.
Upon a vote being taken the MOTION was declared to have been CARRIED.
Decision Maker: Council
Made at meeting: 28/04/2021 - Council
Decision published: 04/05/2021
Effective from: 28/04/2021
Decision:
Councillor Mrs N Woollatt MOVED, seconded by Councillor C R Slade
“THAT the current incumbents be carried forward from the previous year’
Upon a vote being taken the MOTION was declared to have been CARRIED.
Outside Appointments 2021/22
Outside Body |
Representative/s |
Appointment Length |
Blackdown Hills AONB Partnership |
Cllr S J Clist |
Annual |
Broadpath Landfill Liaison Committee |
Cllr R B Evans |
Annual |
Building Control Joint Committee |
The Leader
Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Regeneration
|
Annual |
Business Forum Mid Devon |
Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Regeneration
|
Annual |
Culm Garden Village Delivery Board |
The Leader
Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Regeneration
|
Annual |
Council for the Protection of Rural England Devon Area Executive Committee
|
TO BE REMOVED |
Bi-annual (last appointed in May 2019) |
Cullompton Town Team (2 Members)
|
Cllr Mrs E M Andrews VACANT |
Annual |
Devon Districts Forum / Devon Local Government Steering Group
|
Leader |
Annual |
Devon Historic Buildings Trust |
Cllr G Barnell |
Annual |
Devon Rail Forum
|
Cllr J M Downes |
Annual |
Gypsy and Traveller Forum (3 Members) |
|
Annual |
Heart of the South West Joint Committee |
Leader |
Annual |
Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership Joint Scrutiny Committee
|
Cllr C J Eginton |
Annual |
INVOLVE – Voluntary Action in Mid Devon |
Cllr B A Moore |
Annual |
Mid Devon Highways and Traffic Orders Committee (hosted by DCC) (2 Members)
|
Cllr J Cairney Cllr L J Cruwys |
Bi-annual (Last appointed in May 2019) |
OkeRail Forum
|
Cllr J M Downes |
Annual |
South West Councils |
Leader |
Annual |
South West Councils Employers Panel |
Cabinet Member for the Working Environment and Support Services
|
Annual |
3 Rivers Developments Limited |
Delegated to the Cabinet to agree a Member for this post.
|
Annual |
The Chairman MOVED,
“THAT Members be appointed to the new outside bodies in accordance with the list below”
Upon a vote being taken the MOTION was declared to have been CARRIED and the following appointments APPROVED.
Outside Body |
Representative/s |
Appointment Length |
Most Sparsely Populated Councils Group (part of the RSN Rural Services Network)
(Cllr Mrs M E Squires is the official representative)
|
Deputy – Cllr R J Dolley
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4 years until May 2023
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Plastic Free Tiverton
|
Cllr Mrs S Griggs |
4 years until 2023 |
Tiverton Town Centre Partnership
(3 Tiverton Town Members required)
|
Cllr B Holdman Cllr W Burke Cllr Mrs C Daw |
Annual |
Decision Maker: Council
Made at meeting: 28/04/2021 - Council
Decision published: 04/05/2021
Effective from: 28/04/2021
Decision:
The Council had before it Tables setting out the proposed allocation of seats on Committees and other Council bodies.
Arising thereon:-
Appointment of Committees, Policy Development Groups, certain Working Groups and other Council Bodies
The Chairman MOVED THAT,
(a) The Council approve the allocation of seats on Committees and other Council Bodies as shown at Appendix 1;
(b) Members be appointed to Committees, Policy Development Groups, certain Working Groups and other Council Bodies in accordance with the names notified to the Chief Executive by each of the Political Groups represented on the Council, to give effect to the approved allocation of seats in (a) above;
(c) The Chief Executive be authorised to make changes to the membership of Committees, Policy Development Groups, certain Working Groups and other Council Bodies as may be notified to him from time to time by the relevant Political Group to which those seats have been allocated by the Council;
(d) The remaining seats to be filled by ungrouped Members shall be so filled in accordance with the current membership of committees and other bodies shown at Appendix 2.
Upon a vote being taken, the MOTION was declared to have been CARRIED.
Decision Maker: Council
Made at meeting: 28/04/2021 - Council
Decision published: 04/05/2021
Effective from: 28/04/2021
Decision:
Councillor L D Taylor nominated Councillor F W Letch for election as Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee. The nomination was seconded by Councillor S J Clist.
Councillor R L Stanley nominated Councillor B G J Warren for election as Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee. The nomination was seconded by Councillor A Wilce.
Upon a vote being taken:
It was then:-
RESOLVED that Councillor B G J Warren be elected Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee for the Municipal Year 2021/2022.
Decision Maker: Council
Made at meeting: 28/04/2021 - Council
Decision published: 04/05/2021
Effective from: 28/04/2021
Decision:
The Leader MOVED, seconded by Councillor Mrs E M Andrews:-
“That Councillor R J Dolley be elected as Vice Chairman of the Council for the Municipal Year 2021/2022”.
RESOLVED that Councillor R J Dolley be elected Vice Chairman of Mid Devon District Council for the Municipal Year 2021/2022
In accordance with Section 83 of the Local Government Act, 1972, Councillor R J Dolley then made a Declaration of Acceptance of Office and thanked the Council for having elected him as its Vice Chairman.
Decision Maker: Council
Made at meeting: 28/04/2021 - Council
Decision published: 04/05/2021
Effective from: 28/04/2021
Decision:
The Leader presented the report of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 8 April 2021.
1. Revised Schedule of Meetings (Minute 362)
The Leader MOVED
THAT the recommendations of the Cabinet as set out in Minute 362 be NOTED, this was AGREED.
Decision Maker: Council
Made at meeting: 28/04/2021 - Council
Decision published: 04/05/2021
Effective from: 28/04/2021
Decision:
(1) Motion 567 – (Councillors: J Wright and Miss E Wainwright, R Dolley and Mrs C P Daw – 18 December 2020)
The following motion had been referred to the Environment Policy Development Group for consideration and report:
This Council:
The Environment Policy Development Group at its meeting on 9 March 2021 considered the Motion and following discussion RECOMMENDED to Council that the Motion should be supported with the following amendment to the final bullet point to state:
· Requests that future budgets be created and ring-fenced for developing our climate work - through a mixture of funding bids; income generation; prioritisation; partnerships; and 'spend to save' schemes.
In accordance with Procedure Rule 16.5, Councillor J Wright sought consent of the Council (which was agreed) to amend the motion to include the word ‘future’ as recommended by the Environment Policy Development Group
Following discussion and upon a vote being taken, the MOTION (as amended) was declared to have been CARRIED.
(2) MOTION 571 (COUNCILLOR A WILCE – 5 MARCH 2021)
That the Meeting Protocol is updated to specifically state that:
1) The primary objective of the Protocol shall be, so far as is practicable
'to ensure that the rights of members (and members of the public) shall not be diminished simply because the meeting is being held online and not face-to-face'.
and
2) The host of any meeting is the Chairman and the Officer's role as 'host' is solely administrative.
The MOTION was MOVED by Councillor A Wilce and seconded by Councillor Mrs N Woollatt.
In accordance with Procedure Rule 14.4, the Chairman of the Council had ruled that the matter be discussed at this meeting.
Following discussion and upon a vote being taken the MOTION was declared to have been CARRIED.