Venue: Council Chamber - County Hall, Llandrindod Wells
Contact: Stephen Boyd 01597 826374
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Election of Chair To elect a Chair for the ensuing year. Minutes: County Councillor Dai Davies was nominated by Montgomeryshire.
RESOLVED that County Councillor Dai Davies be elected Chair for the ensuing year.
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Apologies To receive apologies for absence. Minutes: There were no apologies for absence.
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to items to be considered on the agenda. Minutes: All Members declared a personal but non prejudicial interest in relation to Members’ Salaries, Allowances and Expenses pursuant to paragraph 12 (2) (b)(iv) of the Code of Conduct.
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Returning Officer's Report - Election of County Councillors PDF 63 KB To receive the report of the Returning Officer on County Councillors elected. Minutes: Council received details of the Councillors elected on 4th May, 2017.
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Election of Executive Leader To elect the Executive Leader of Council. Minutes: County Councillor Rosemarie Harris was nominated. Following a ballot it was
RESOLVED that County Councillor Rosemarie Harris be elected to the office of Executive Leader of Powys County Council.
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Executive Leader Announcements To receive notification from the Leader as to those Councillors appointed to the Cabinet and the portfolios they will hold. Minutes: The Leader advised that the Independent Group would be working with the Conservative group to form a Cabinet. She would advise of the appointments to the Cabinet in the coming days.
The Chair advised that he was changing the running order of the agenda to take the reports on Trefeglwys Community Council and Members’ Salaries, Allowances and Expenses next then adjourn Council for the Shire Committees to meet and for group leaders to meet and finalise their appointments to committees.
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Trefeglwys Community Council PDF 60 KB To consider the report of the Principal Elections Officer. Additional documents: Minutes: Council was advised that no candidates had come forward to stand for Trefeglwys Community Council at the elections on 4th May 2017. Until an election was held on 29th June 2017, it was proposed that the County Councillors for Blaen Hafren, Caersws, Llanidloes and Llandinam act as temporary members.
The recommendation was moved by County Councillor TJ Van-Rees and seconded by County Councillor MC Alexander and passed by 68 votes to 0 with 1 abstention.
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Members' Salaries, Allowances and Expenses PDF 130 KB To consider the report of the Strategic Director – Resources. Minutes: Council considered the report of the Strategic Director – Resources on Members’ Salaries, Allowances and Expenses together with the Schedule of Members’ Remuneration. The salaries, allowances and fees that are payable to Members and Co-Opted Members of the Council had been set in accordance with statute, regulations and annual report of the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales (IRPW).
The recommendation was moved by County Councillor TJ Van-Rees and seconded by County Councillor JM Williams and passed by 68 votes to 0 with 1 abstention.
The Chair advised that he was adjourning the meeting for the Shire Committee meetings to take place to consider nominations for the Vice-Chair and Assistant Vice-Chair of Council. Council adjourned at 11.15 a.m. and reconvened at 1.09 p.m. County Councillor PC Pritchard left the meeting.
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Allocations, Elections and Appointments required to be made at the Annual Meeting PDF 121 KB To consider the report of the Solicitor to the Council. Additional documents:
Minutes: DCouncil considered the report of the Solicitor to the Council on the allocations and appointments to be made to committees and outside bodies.
Appointments to Shire Committees
The recommendation in 5.3 of the report to appoint members to Shire Committees was moved by County Councillor MC Alexander and seconded by County Councillor KM Roberts-Jones and passed by 68 votes to 1 with 0 abstentions.
Appointments to the Standards Committee
The recommendation in paragraph 5.5 of the report on appointments to the Standards Committee was moved by County Councillor KM Roberts-Jones and seconded by County Councillor MC Alexander and was passed by 67 votes to 0 with 0 abstentions.
Appointments of County Councillors to the Standards Committee
The following members had been nominated by the political groups:
Council confirmed that it was content for the Solicitor to the Council to accept nominations and approve appointments to the Standards Committee in accordance with the wishes of the political groups once the nomination from the Independent Group was confirmed.
Appointment of Co-Opted Members to Scrutiny Committee B
The following nominations had been received for co-opted members to serve on Scrutiny Committee B when considering education matters:
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Election of Vice-Chair To elect a Vice-Chair for the ensuing year. Minutes:
County Councillor David Meredith was nominated by Brecknockshire.
RESOLVED that County Councillor David Meredith be elected Vice-Chair for the ensuing year.
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Election of Assistant Vice-Chair To elect an Assistant Vice-Chair for the ensuing year. Minutes: County Councillor Beverley Baynham was nominated by Radnorshire.
RESOLVED that County Councillor Beverley Baynham be elected Assistant Vice-Chair for the ensuing year.
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