Wigan Metropolitan Borough:

Minutes for Council meeting, Mar 9 2011, 7.00PM official page

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Venue: Council Chamber - Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1YN. View directions

Contact: Christine Charnock-Jones 

Items No. Item

1.

Apologies for absence

2.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the proceedings of the meeting of the Council held on 5 January 2011

The minutes are included within the separate minute book.

3.

To receive any announcements from the Mayor, Executive Leader, Members of the Executive or the Head of Paid Service that they may desire to lay before the Council. In particular:-

3(a)

Illness of former Mayoress, Mrs Agnes Brogan:

3(b)

Resignation of Dr David Smith - former Executive Director of Business Support Services:

3(c)

Retirement of Kevin Lawson - Service Director - Borough Solicitor:

3(d)

Retirement of Rodney Hill - Chief Executive of Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust:

3(e)

Mayor's Charity Update:

The total raised to date during 20010/11 is £21,111.11.

4.

To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting: See attached advice from the Service Director, Borough Solicitor PDF 26 KB

5.

Casual vacancy:

The Chief Executive to report the result of the Wigan Central Ward By Election held on Thursday, 3 March 2011.

6.

Outstanding business from the last Council meeting

There is no business to consider.

7.

To consider the incorporation of the following issues into the Policy Framework or the Budget Framework as appropriate:-

7(a)

Further issues (if any)

There is no business to consider.

8.

To consider the following constitutional issues:-

8(a)

Changes in membership/appointment of Members to Committees (if any): PDF 160 KB

Report of the Service Director – Borough Solicitor enclosed.

Additional documents:

8(b)

Appointment to Outside Bodies: PDF 182 KB

Report of the Service Director – Business Support Services enclosed.

8(c)

Appointment of Local Authority representative governors: PDF 189 KB

Report of the Corporate Director (People) enclosed.

8(d)

Quarterly monitoring of urgent items:

To report that there was one urgent item taken to Cabinet under rule 16 of the access to information rules of the constitution during the period 1 September to 31 December 2010,  which was as follows:-

 

Statutory proposal to create one primary school for Higher Folds (minute 61 refers)(key decision).

8(e)

Arrangements for the establishment of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority: PDF 394 KB

Joint report of the Chief Executive and the Service Director – Borough Solicitor enclosed. A copy of the appendix to this report can be viewed on the Council’s web site at:-

http://democracy.wigan.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CId=319&Year=2011

Additional documents:

8(f)

Further issues (if any): Review of Polling Places: PDF 135 KB

Report of the Chief Executive enclosed.

Additional documents:

9.

Questions and comments (if any) under rule 8(1)(b) in relation to the deliberations of the Cabinet and Committees as set out in the separate minute book and circulated for information only

10.

Questions (if any) under Rule 8 (1)(a)

11.

Notices of motion: PDF 120 KB

Revised report the Chief Executive and Service Director - Borough Solicitor on the competence and lawfulness of the motions enclosed.

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