Annual Meeting of Council

Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Campbell Park Parish Council held on Tuesday the 13TH May 2008, at the Oldbrook Centre, Oldbrook Boulevard, commencing at 7.00pm           
 The Chair opened the meeting and welcomed the new councillors. 
01/08Election of Chair
 
  • Cllr J Goss was proposed by Cllr Dudhill and seconded by Cllr Pafford
  • Cllr I Fraser was proposed by Cllr J Turner and seconded by Cllr L Harris 
  • In accordance with item 9 of the Standing Orders of Council a  ballot was held which resulted in:-  
  • 9 votes for Cllr Goss 9 votes for Cllr Fraser 
  • Cllr M Petchey, used his casting vote and Cllr J Goss was duly declared Chairman.
02/08Election of Vice Chair
 
  • Cllr I Fraser was proposed by Cllr Dudhill and seconded by Cllr O’Rourke
  • Cllr T Turner was proposed by Cllr Pafford but declined the nomination.
    There being no other nominations Cllr Fraser was duly declared Vice Chairman. 
03/08Members Present
 
  • Cllr Michelle Dudhill
  • Cllr Colin Ennew
  • Cllr Angela Fairgrieve
  • Cllr Tom Fraser
  • Cllr Isabella Fraser
  • Cllr John Goss
  • Cllr Larry Harris
  • Cllr John Harris
  • Cllr Mike Johnson 
  • Cllr Katherine Kent
  • Cllr Dierdre O’Rourke
  • Cllr David Pafford
  • Cllr Amanda Peers
  • Cllr Martin Petchey
  • Cllr Mikki Thomas
  • Cllr Tanya Turner
  • Cllr James Turner
  • Cllr Hugh Walmsley 
 All Members present signed the Attendance Register. 
 

In attendance:-

  • W T Dawson, Parish Manager/Clerk to Council
  • E W Webb, PA/Administration Officer                 
04/08Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Council – 15th May 2007
 The minutes having already been approved were for information only and were duly noted.   
05/08Apologies for Absence
 Cllr Danny Conway – annual leave 
06/08Chair’s Report
 The outgoing Chair presented his report and thanked the Councillors and staff for their work over the last year.    Cllr Pafford on behalf of Council formally thanked Cllr Petchey for his work as Chair over the last 2 years. 
07/08Committee Structure /Membership of Standing Committees
 

Council resolved that:-            

I.      The Personnel Committee be retained;          

II.      The Projects Committee be retained with projects being delegated to time-limited Member/Officer Working Groups, membership of which is not restricted to Projects Committee;       

III.      Member representation on the Joint Consultative Body be determined by the Personnel Committee;       

IV.      The Parish Manager/Clerk’s Appraisal Panel –

Cllr Petchey proposed and Cllr Pafford seconded that the panel comprise the Chair of Council and the Chair of Personnel to serve for one year. 

A recorded vote being requested, Cllrs Pafford, Kent, Fairgrieve,   Harris, Walmsley, Johnson, Petchey, T Turner, Ennew, Thomas, Dudhill and Goss voted in favour of the proposal

Cllrs T Fraser, J Turner and Harris voted against the proposal

Cllrs O’Rourke and Peers abstained;          

V.      A Working Group comprising of all Chair and the Parish Manager/Clerk be set up to examine and make appropriate recommendations on the principle of delegating powers to standing committees to determine matters;        

VI.      Membership of Committees as schedule attached. The matter of the Clerk’s Finance Support Group was withdrawn by the Parish Manager/Clerk and will be discussed further by the Finance & Administration Committee. 

 Cllr I Fraser left the meeting temporarily at 7.15, half way through the above item. 
08/08Representatives to Outside Bodies
 

It was resolved that Council:            

I.      representation of CPPC on outside bodies be as detailed on the attached schedule;          

II.      Members will report to Council, at regular intervals, on the work of the outside organisations at which they represent CPPC. 

09/08Closure of Meeting 
 The Chairman thanked everyone for their attendance and declared the meeting closed.