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.

Council is asked to confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 6 March 2024.

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

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

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 agree the Scheme of Delegation.

The Council is asked to NOTE the removal of Chris Laxton-Kane from the Directors of the Board of Liberty Leisure Limited and RESOLVE that Daniel Gammons, Business Development Manager, Liberty Leisure Limited, be appointed to the Board.

Governance Audit and Standards Committee – 18 March 2024

Amendments to the Constitution

The Committee considered amendments to the Constitution regarding Portfolio Holders’ Responsibilities in relation to the Council’s Complaints Service and note the position on members to the Planning Committee and Bramcote Bereavement Joint Services Committee

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO), in association with the Housing Ombudsman (HO), issued a draft Joint Complaint Handling Code in October 2023. The aim of the Code was to introduce consistency in the way that both bodies deal with complaints.

Recommendation

RECOMMENDED to Council that the amendments to the Terms of Reference within the Constitution for the Portfolio Holder for Resources and Personnel Policy be approved.

To 'make' (adopt) the Chetwynd: The Toton and Chilwell Neighbourhood Plan, following a successful referendum result on 2 May 2024.