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C1/21

Councillor Ray Glindon and former Councillor Joan Bell

Minutes:

Members observed a minute’s silence following the recent passing of Councillor Ray Glindon, who had represented Battle Hill Ward from 2004-2006 and Camperdown ward from 2007-2021 and had been Cabinet Member for Finance from 2013-2021 and former Councillor Joan Bell who had represented Monkseaton ward from 1994-2004 and Monkseaton North ward from 2004-2012 and had been Chair of the Council from 2007-2008.

C2/21

Election of Chair

Minutes:

The following nomination was received for the Office of Chair of the Council for the ensuing year:

 

Nominee                                Proposer                                Seconder

 

Councillor D Drummond        Councillor N Craven              Councillor W Samuel

 

The nomination was approved by 46 votes to 0 votes.

 

Resolved that Councillor D Drummond be, and is hereby elected, Chair of the Council for the ensuing year and until the acceptance of Office by a successor.

 

C3/21

Declaration of Acceptance of Office – Chair

Minutes:

The Chair made the formal declaration of acceptance of Office in pursuance of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

 

 

(Councillor D Drummond in the Chair).

C4/21

Election of Deputy Chair

Minutes:

The following nomination was received for the Office of Deputy Chair of the Council for the ensuing year:

 

Nominee                               Proposer                       Seconder

 

Councillor P Oliver               Councillor P Earley       Councillor Janet Hunter

 

The nomination was approved by 46 votes to 0 votes.

 

Resolved that Councillor P Oliver be, and is hereby elected, Deputy Chair of the Council for the ensuing year and until the acceptance of Office by a successor.

C5/21

Declaration of Acceptance of Office – Deputy Chair

Minutes:

The Deputy Chair made the formal declaration of acceptance of Office in pursuance of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

 

C6/21

Vote of thanks to retiring Chair

Minutes:

A vote of thanks for the retiring Chair, Councillor W Lott, was moved by Councillor B Pickard and seconded by Councillor C Johnson.

 

In response, Councillor W Lott stated it had been a honour to represent the Council as its civic head, providing the opportunity to go into the community and experience first-hand various projects and voluntary activity.

 

The last year had been unprecedented and she stated she had been overwhelmed seeing the community coming together to support each other in a time in need.

 

She was not only proud to be a representative of the borough but also being a part of it.

 

In the time served as Chair of the Council she had met many wonderful people and attended some fantastic events such as the Friendship Games and Citizenship Ceremonies.

 

She also stated she had been impressed by the young people of the borough and their dedication and commitment. Their achievements had been remarkable from activities such as swimming, dancing, volunteering and fund raising. 

 

With regards to her two nominated charities Great North Air Ambulance and Operation Veteran had both received in excess of £8,500 each in the first year. In the second year Operation Veteran had received a further £6,000.

 

She thanked officers for all their support during her time as Chair of the Council.

 

The vote of thanks was approved.

C7/21

Declarations of Interest

You are invited to declare any registerable and/or non-registerable interests in matters appearing on the agenda, and the nature of that interest.

 

You are also invited to disclose any dispensation in relation to any registerable and/or non-registerable interests that have been granted to you in respect of any matters appearing on the agenda.

Minutes:

There were no Declarations of Interest reported.

C8/21

Minutes

Minutes:

Resolved that the minutes of the Council meeting held on 18 March 2021 be taken as read and confirmed and signed by the Chair.

C9/21

Municipal Elections - 6 May 2021 - Return of Councillors pdf icon PDF 180 KB

Minutes:

The Council received the following return of Councillors elected on 6 May 2021.

 

WARD

NAME

Battle Hill

Carl Johnson

Benton

Pat Oliver

Camperdown

Jim Allan

Chirton

Hannah Johnson and John Stirling 

Collingwood

Debbie Cox

Cullercoats

Linda Arkley

Howdon

John Hunter

Killingworth

Gary Bell

Longbenton

Eddie Darke

Monkseaton North

Jane Shaw

Monkseaton South

Naomi Craven

Northumberland

Jim Montague

Preston

Liam Bones and Cath Davis

Riverside

Frank Lott

St Mary’s

Judith Wallace and George Westwater

Tynemouth

Christopher Johnston

Valley

Tommy Mulvenna

Wallsend

Gary Madden

Weetslade

Anthony McMullen

Whitley Bay

Sandra Graham

 

The Chair welcomed the newly elected and re-elected Members.

C10/21

Address by the Elected Mayor - Cabinet Composition and Delegation Scheme pdf icon PDF 216 KB

Minutes:

 

The Elected Mayor addressed the Chamber, expressing her sorrow at the passing of her close colleague Ray Glindon who had served on her Cabinet as Cabinet Member of Finance.

 

She also paid tribute to three outgoing Cabinet Members who had asked to stand down from their positions and thanked Councillors M Hall, G Bell and

B Pickard for their service.

 

The Cabinet would consist of 9 Councillors and the Elected Mayor, as shown below.

 

Cabinet Member

Cabinet Portfolio

Key Areas of Responsibility

 

Norma Redfearn

Elected Mayor

Overall Strategic Policy Direction

National and Regional Engagement

Leadership within the North of Tyne Combined Authority

Devolution

Leadership of the North Tyneside Strategic Partnership

Law and Democracy

Councillor Carl Johnson

Deputy Mayor

Delivery and presentation of Strategic Policy Direction

Regeneration and Economic Development

Corporate Strategy (including Customer Service and the Engie Partnership)

Planning and Strategic Transport

Delivery of the Investment Programme

Councillor Martin Rankin

Cabinet Member responsible for Finance and Resources

Finance, ICT and HR

Audit, Assurance and Risk

Asset and Property Management

Procurement and Supply Chain (including the Capita and Engie Partnerships)

Delivery of the Investment Programme

Councillor Anthony McMullen

Cabinet Member responsible for Adult Social Care

Adult Social Care and Safeguarding

Carers Champion

Older People’s Champion

Councillor Sarah Day

Cabinet Member responsible for Culture, Sport and Leisure

Culture, Tourism and Events

Leisure and Sport

 

Councillor Karen Clark

 

Cabinet Member responsible for Public Health and Wellbeing

 

Health and Wellbeing

Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and Health and Wellbeing Strategy

Public Health

Tackling Inequalities

Councillor Steve Cox

Cabinet Member responsible for Housing

Housing Strategy

Housing Management

Housing Investment

Affordable Homes Programme

Councillor Sandra Graham

 

Cabinet Member responsible for Environment

 

A Green North Tyneside

Waste Management

Environmental and Local Transport Services (including roads, pavements, parking, and the Capita Partnership)

Cycling Champion

Councillor Carole Burdis

Cabinet Member responsible for Community Safety and Public Protection

 

Community Safety and Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour

Public Protection (including Capita Partnership)

Emergency Planning and Business Continuity

Councillor Peter Earley

 

Cabinet Member responsible for Children, Young People and Learning

Children, Young People and Learning

Safeguarding

Employment and Skills

 

Details of the Mayor's proposed approach to managing executive decision making, which included her delegation scheme of executive decision making to Cabinet Members, had also been circulated to Members.

 

The following decisions would be delegated to Cabinet Members in 2021/22:

 

a)         approving the Authority’s response to government consultation papers;

b)         approval of service specific plans;

c)         debt write off up to £50,000 in relation to Council Tax, Business Rates, Sundry Debts and Housing Benefit Overpayments (Cabinet Member with responsibility for Finance and Resources);

d)         to approve responses to regional strategies that impact on the Borough;

e)         to determine Traffic Regulation Orders where any objections are not withdrawn (Cabinet Member with responsibility for Environment);

f)          to consider any representations received in relation to the proposed construction of road humps and thereafter determine if road humps should be installed (Cabinet Member with responsibility for Environment);

g)         to consider any representations received in relation to proposals  ...  view the full minutes text for item C10/21

C11/21

Leaders of Political Groups

To receive verbal reports as to the appointment of leaders of the individual political groups.

Minutes:

1.    It was reported that N Redfearn, Elected Mayor had been appointed as Leader of the Labour Group.

 

2.    It was reported that Councillor S Brockbank had been appointed as Leader of the Conservative Group.

C12/21

Deputy Leaders of Political Groups

To receive verbal reports as to the appointment of deputy leaders of the individual political groups.

Minutes:

1.    It was reported that Councillor C Johnson had been appointed as Deputy Leader of the Labour Group

 

2.    It was reported that Councillor G Westwater had been appointed as Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group.

 

C13/21

Annual Review of the Constitution pdf icon PDF 230 KB

To consider proposed amendments to the Constitution and associated documents.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Council received a report on the annual review of the Constitution and associated documents undertaken by the Monitoring Officer.

 

The report contained recommendations on proposed amendments to the Financial Regulations and Officer Delegation Scheme, to ensure they continued to be fit for purpose and provided a framework which ensured the efficient discharge of the Authority’s business by allowing for decision making at the appropriate level.

 

The Financial Regulations had been reviewed to reflect organisational changes, changes in personnel and legislative changes that had occurred since the previous version that was approved in 2013.

 

The key changes to the Officer Delegation Scheme comprised statutory duties to provide support for people vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism through a local panel; and to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism; and a new environmental protection enforcement duty in relation to plastic straws, cotton buds and stirrers.

 

The Constitution Task Group had considered the proposed changes to the Financial Regulations and Officer Delegation Scheme that had been received for consideration as part of the latest annual review, and the changes had been approved by the Task Group and were attached as Appendix 1 to the report.

 

The Constitution and associated documents would continue to be kept under review and updated to reflect any changes in the organisational structure of the Council or any legislative changes. The Council had previously authorised the Head of Law and Governance, in consultation with the Chair of the Constitution Task Group, to make such changes when the power remained unaltered and these did not need to be reported to Council.

 

It was moved by Councillor F Lott and seconded by Councillor C Johnson that:

 

The Council approve the proposed changes to the Financial Regulations and Officer Delegation Scheme set out in Appendix 1 to the report and refer

the approved changes to the Elected Mayor for her consent in accordance with Article 15 of the Constitution.

 

The motion, on being put to the meeting, was approved by 54 votes to 0 votes.

C14/21

Annual Appointments 2021/22 pdf icon PDF 256 KB

To consider the appointment of Committees/Sub Committees; the allocation of seats on Committees/Sub Committees to Political Groups; the appointment of Chairs and Deputy Chairs of Committees/Sub Committees; and the appointment of representatives to serve on outside bodies that exercise non-executive functions for the 2021/22 Municipal Year.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Council was requested to consider the appointment of committees and sub committees, Chairs and Deputy Chairs of those committees/sub committees, the allocation of seats to political groups on those committees/sub committees, the appointment of co-opted members on the Audit Committee and the appointment of representatives to serve on outside bodies that exercised non-executive functions for the 2021/22 Municipal year.

 

It was moved by Councillor C Johnson and seconded by Councillor C Burdis that:

 

(1)  The following committees/sub committees be appointed for the 2021/22 municipal year on the basis of the number of seats indicated

 

 

Committee/Sub-Committee

No of Seats

Overview, Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee

15

Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing Sub-Committee

12

Children, Education and Skills Sub-Committee

12

Culture and Leisure Sub Committee

12

Economic Prosperity Sub-Committee

12

Environment Sub-Committee

12

Finance Sub-Committee

7

Housing Sub Committee

12

Appointments and Disciplinary Committee

7

Audit Committee

9

(7 elected/2 independent)

Licensing Committee

15

Planning Committee

11

Regulation and Review Committee

18

Standards Committee

9

Health and Well Being Board

See Resolution 6 below

 

(2)  the allocation of seats on committees/sub committees to political groups represented on the Council be as follows, and the Head of Law and Governance be informed of nominations of members to each committee/sub-committee by 12 noon on Friday 21 May 2021

 

total seats

Committee

Labour

Conservative

Overview and Scrutiny

15

13

2

Finance Sub Committee

7

6

1

Economic Prosperity Sub Committee

12

10

2

Adult, Social Care, Health and Well Being Sub Committee

12

10

2

Children, Education and Skills Sub Committee

12

10

2

Culture and Leisure Sub Committee

12

10

2

Environment Sub Committee

12

10

2

Housing Sub Committee

12

10

2

Audit Committee

7

6

1

Licensing Committee

15

13

2

Planning Committee

11

9

2

Regulation and Review Committee

18

15

3

Appointments and Disciplinary Committee

7

6

1

Standards Committee

9

8

1

Totals

161

136

25

(Note: The Elected mayor is not included in these figure as she did not wish to take up any committee seats).

 

(3) the following nomination of chairs and deputy chairs of committees/sub committees for the 2021/22 municipal year be approved:

 

 

Committee/Sub Committee

 

Chair

Deputy Chair

1.

 

Overview, Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee

 

Janet Hunter

Jim Allan

2.

 

Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing Sub-Committee

 

Joe Kirwin

Jim Montague

3.

 

Children, Education and Skills Sub-Committee

 

Matthew Thirlaway

Hannah Johnson

 

4.

Culture and Leisure Sub-Committee

 

Julie Cruddas

 

Margaret Hall

5.

Economic Prosperity Sub-Committee

 

Matt Wilson

 

Joan Walker

6.

Environment Sub-Committee

Brian Burdis

 

Linda Bell

 

Committee/Sub Committee

 

Chair

Deputy Chair

7.

Finance Sub-Committee

 

Debbie Cox

Naomi Craven

8.

Housing Sub-Committee

Andy Newman

Erin P. Leonard

 

9.

Health and Wellbeing Board

 

Karen Clark

Muriel Green

10.

Licensing Committee

 

Steven Phillips

Paul Richardson

11.

Planning Committee

 

Willie Samuel

Trish Brady

12.

 

Regulation and Review Committee

Tommy Mulvenna

John Hunter

13.

Standards Committee

 

Frank Lott

Wendy Lott

 

 

(4) the appointment of Mr Kevin Robinson and Mr Malcolm Wilkinson as the two co-opted members on the Audit  ...  view the full minutes text for item C14/21

C15/21

Annual Report of Overview and Scrutiny 2020/21 pdf icon PDF 310 KB

To consider a summary report of the work undertaken by the various scrutiny committees during 2020/21.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Council received the Annual Scrutiny Report which summarised the work undertaken by Overview and Scrutiny and its key achievements during 2020/21

 

In presenting the report, the Chair of the Overview, Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee for 2020/21, Councillor S Graham stated that it had not been a normal year for anyone due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. 

 

Scrutiny members, along with all members and officers of the authority, had to quickly adapt to new ways of working, including a move to virtual and live-streamed meetings.

 

Over the year, Scrutiny had played an important role in scrutinising the response of the local authority to the pandemic, as well as reflecting the views of local residents in relation to the public health crisis and the continued provision of essential services across the borough. 

 

Councillor Graham thanked all of the Members, co-opted members, officers, and representatives of partner organisations for their support and contributions to the scrutiny process over the past year. 

 

The Council received the report.

 

 

 

 

C16/21

Annual Report of Standards Committee 2020/21 and 2019/20 pdf icon PDF 320 KB

To consider a report which summarises the work undertaken by the Standards Committee during 2020/21 and 2019/20.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Council received the Annual Report of the Standards Committee which summarised the work undertaken by the Committee during 2020/21.

 

In presenting the report, the Chair of the Standards Committee for 2020/21, Councillor M Rankin stated that the work of the Committee had reduced over the last year due to the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic.  The Committee had met on two occasions in 2020/21 and one occasion to consider applications for dispensations under the Code of Conduct. 

Due to the pandemic, it had not been possible to submit the Standards Committee Annual Report 2019-20 to Annual Council in May 2020 and it was therefore being submitted to this meeting, alongside the Annual Report for 2020-21.

The Council received the report.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C17/21

Chair's Announcements (if any)

Minutes:

The Chair offered his congratulations to those members that were new or re-elected to the Council following the recent elections.

 

He also stated that his nominated charities would be SPARCS, a charity that provided a range of accessible and affordable activities for autistic people and those with related conditions and their families within the local community and the Cat and Dog Shelter at Benton.

C18/21

Mayor's Announcements (if any)

Minutes:

The Elected Mayor congratulated those members who had been elected and re-elected to the Council following the recent elections. She was honoured to be re-elected as Mayor for the third time and she stated that many people had contributed to the Council’s success.

 

She stated that she would continue to lead a listening Council that put its residents at the heart of the decision making.

 

She thanked the retiring Chair Councillor Wendy Lott and her consort Councillor Frank Lott for their hard work over the last two years, through some very difficult times. She stated that through all the difficulties the Chair had continued to raise a lot of money for her charities.

 

She thanked the Council’s hard-working employees, stating that many had put their lives at risk over the last year to save people and deliver essential services. She stated that every employee she had met had continued to deliver the services with a smile on their face.

 

She finally thanked the Chief Executive and his Strategic Leadership Team in ensuring the delivery of services throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.