Agenda

To receive apologies and to be notified of the attendance of substitutes.

Members are requested to declare the existence and nature of any disclosable pecuniary interest and/or other interest in any item on the agenda.

The Council is asked to confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 1 March 2023.

The Council is requested to elect the Leader of the Council by resolution.

The Council is requested to note the Members chosen as Leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the Leader and Deputy Leaders of any other group.

To note appointments to the Cabinet and Committees of the Cabinet by the Leader in accordance with the schedule laid before the Meeting.

1.            Appointments to Committees/Overview & Scrutiny Committee/etc.

To make appointments in accordance with the schedule to be laid before the meeting.

2.         The Council is asked to NOTE that either the Leader of the Council or another Councillor being their nominated representative, and either the Leader of the Opposition or another Councillor being their nominated representative, have the right to attend any of the Council’s Committees, which are not scrutiny Committees, as ex-officio Members and to speak but not vote at it provided that such nominated representatives may not be in attendance at the same meeting as their respective Leaders, unless they have been appointed as a Member of that Committee or are acting as a substitute for a named Member.

To appoint representatives on outside bodies in accordance with the schedule to be laid before the meeting.

To agree the Scheme of Delegation.