Agenda and minutes

The Lord Mayor welcomed those present to the meeting.

Film crew and guests

The Lord Mayor noted that there were a number of media representatives who were filming the meeting and reporting on it, as well as some guests of the Lord Mayor. He welcomed them to the meeting but asked that they allow the Council to undertake its business without influence or interruption.

The Lord Mayor invited Members to declare any interests they might have in the business on the agenda not already declared in their register of interests.

There were no relevant declarations.

To consider the following motion submitted by Councillor Nangreave

“To remove the Elected Mayoral model and replace it with a Committee system of governance”

The Lord Mayor introduced the item, noting that it was an important night for local democracy, and he asked that Members recognise the gravity of the meeting and behave accordingly. He noted that the procedures may become complex, and he asked Members to follow them correctly and he would guide the meeting as necessary. He also asked that the proceedings be conducted in a respectful manner focussing on considerations of governance models rather than personal matters.

Moved by Councillor Nangreave, seconded by Councillor Patel:

To remove the Elected Mayoral model and replace it with a Committee system of governance.

AMENDMENT

Moved by Councillor Kitterick, seconded by Councillor Willmott:

“That having duly considered the thousands of requests of the people in the city to change Leicester City Council’s system of governance and with due regard to the alternate models of governance that are available –

(i)         approval be given to change the Council’s model of governance to the committee system of governance as provided for in section 9B and Part 1A Chapter 3 of the Local Government Act 2000 (as amended);

The committees to be established under such a system as follows

There will be 8 policy committees each consisting of at least 10 members of the council, which will align with how council teams and budgets work, and with our strategic aims.  The committee membership will be reflective of the political composition of the elected councillors in line with available guidance.  They are:

1. Strategy and Resources Policy Committee
2. Adult Health and Social Care Policy Committee
3. Communities, Parks and Leisure Policy Committee
4. Economic Development and Skills Policy Committee
5. Education, Children and Families Policy Committee
6. Housing Policy Committee
7. Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee
8. Waste and Street Scene Policy Committee

(ii)           delegated authority be given to the City Barrister to undertake all steps required to give effect to this decision under the Local Government Act 2000 as amended; and

(iii)          a report from the City Barrister be submitted to the next Full Council meeting on the implementation of the decision”

Following the debate, the Lord Mayor put the amendment to a vote.

Under Council Procedure Rule 29 of the Council’s Constitution, three Councillors requested a recorded vote.

For the amendment:

Councillors Bajaj, Chamund, Crewe, Joshi, Khan, Kitterick, Master, Modhwadia, Nangreave, O’Donnell, Patel, Pickering, Porter, Rahman, Rae Bhatia, Sangster, Solanki, Thalukdar, Valand, Westley and Willmott

Against the amendment:

Councillors Aldred, Ali, Aqbany, Barton, Batool, Byrne, Cank, Cassidy, Clair, Clarke, Cole, Cutkelvin, Dawood, Dempster, Fonseca, Gee, Halford, Hunter, Malik, March, Moore, Myers, Pantling, Pickering, Riyait, Russell, Kaur Saini, Singh Johal, Singh Sandhu, Soulsby (City Mayor), Waddington and Whittle.

The Lord Mayor declared that the amendment was lost.

Under Council Procedure Rule 26 (a) (iii) of the Councils Constitution, the City Mayor moved, seconded by Councillor Clair that the question now be put, in relation to the original motion, which would cause the original motion to be voted on without further debate.

The Lord Mayor put the motion, that the question now be put  ...  view the full minutes text for item 80.

There being no other business, the Lord Mayor declared the meeting closed at 7.35pm.