Agenda and minutes

The Mayor paid tribute to the 70^th Anniversary of D Day and the Battle of Normandy.

Resolved:- That Councillor Barry Dodson be elected Chairman of the Rotherham Borough Council for the ensuing Municipal Year and that he be entitled to the style of Mayor by virtue of Section 245(1) of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

Mover:- Councillor Lakin                          Seconder:- Councillor Ali

 

Councillor Dodson thereupon made and subscribed the statutory declaration of acceptance of office.

Resolved:- That  the Council  tender its  sincere  thanks to  Councillor John Foden for the  excellent manner in  which he has  carried out  all his duties as Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. 

 

And that the best thanks of this Council be recorded for the kind and admirable way in which Mrs. Kath Foden performed the duties of Mayoress.

 

 Mover:-  Councillor Sims              Seconder:-  Councillor Johnston

Resolved:- That Councillor Maggi Clark be elected Vice-Chairman of the Rotherham Borough Council for the ensuing Municipal Year and that she be entitled to the style of Deputy Mayor by virtue of section 245(1) of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

Mover:-  Councillor Kaye                           Seconder:-  Councillor Sims

The Mayor referred to the recent death of the former Democratic Services Manager, Lewis South.  A minute’s silence was held as a mark of respect.

Resolved:- That the minutes of the meetings of the Council held on 16^th April, 2014, be approved for signature by the Mayor.

 

Mover:-  Councillor Stone                               Seconder:-  Councillor Lakin

(1)  The Chief Executive submitted the following petitions which had been referred to the appropriate Directorates for consideration:-

 

·                Containing 1,123 signatures from Rawmarsh Children’s Centre Petition supporting the campaign against the closure of Rawmarsh Children’s Centre. 

·                Containing 172 signatures to save the Arnold Centre as it was believed this is centre of excellence and strongly urge the Council NOT to close the centre. 

·                Containing 27 signatures from Thrybergh/Dalton Children’s Centre supporting the request to keep Thrybergh/Dalton Children’s Centre open and the current staff working within it safe.

·                Containing 32 signatures calling on Rotherham Borough Council to prohibit the culling of badgers on Council-owned land and invest in vaccination programmes locally.

·                Containing 54 letters of representation relating to the amalgamation of Thorpe Hesley Infant and Junior Schools.

     

(2) The Chief Executive submitted apologies for absence from Councillors Ellis, J. Hamilton, N. Hamilton and Whelbourn.

The Leader reported on his appointments to the Cabinet, with portfolios and delegated powers as regards executive functions, as follows, with the exception of International Links moving from the Communities and Cohesion portfolio to that of Business Growth and Regeneration:-

 

The Cabinet	Councillor
Deputy Leader	Lakin
Planning, Highways and Street Scene Services	Smith
Communities and Cohesion	Hussain
Education and Public Health Services	Rushforth
Adult Social Care	Doyle
Safe and Attractive Neighbourhoods	McNeely
Finance	Wyatt
Business Growth and Regeneration	Beck

                                                                                              

 

Approval of Revised Terms of Reference for the Local Plan Steering Group

Minute No. C233 (Pages 139-140C)

 

Area Assembly & Area Assembly Co-ordinating Group Meetings

Minute No. C244 (Pages 147-148C)

 

Market Franchise Rights Policy 2014

Minute No. 258 (Pages 158-160C)

Resolved:-  That the reports and minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet (Section C) (pages 135C to 161C) be adopted.

 

Mover:-  Councillor Stone                               Seconder:-  Councillor Lakin

Resolved:-  That the reports and minutes of the meeting of the Staffing Committee (Section V) (pages 3V to 4V) be adopted.

 

Mover:-  Councillor Stone                               Seconder:-  Councillor Gilding

There are none.

There are none.

The Director of Legal and Democratic Services submitted details of the new membership arrangements in respect of Overview and Scrutiny Select Commissions and the membership allocations to committees, boards and appointments to outside bodies for the forthcoming year.

 

Resolved:-  (1)  That the membership number for each of the Overview and Scrutiny Select Commissions to twelve members be approved.

 

(2)   That the following arrangements be approved:-

 

Cabinet Advisers:-

 

Leader and Deputy Leader – Councillor Gosling (Senior Adviser) together with Councillor Sims and Councillor Beaumont (Safeguarding)

Planning, Highways and Street Scene Services – Councillor Clark (Senior Adviser) together with Councillor Swift

Communities and Cohesion – Councillor Wallis (Senior Adviser) together with Councillor Astbury

Education and Public Health Services – Councillor Lelliott (Senior Adviser) together with Councillor Roche

Adult Social Care – Councillor Pitchley (Senior Adviser) together with Councillor Andrews

Safe and Attractive Neighbourhoods – Councillor Roddison (Senior Adviser) together with Councillor Godfrey

Finance – Councillor Buckley (Senior Adviser) together with Councillor Tweed

Business Growth and Regeneration – Councillor Whysall (Senior Adviser) together with Councillor Sansome

 

Area Assemblies:-
	Chairman	Vice-Chairman
Wentworth North (Hoober, Wath, Swinton)	J. Hamilton	Sansome
Rotherham North (Keppel, Wingfield, Rotherham West)	Johnston	Sims
Rotherham South (Rotherham East, Boston Castle, Sitwell)	Dodson	Wallis
Wentworth South (Rawmarsh, Valley, Silverwood)	N. Hamilton	Currie
Rother Valley West (Brinsworth/Catcliffe, Rother Vale, Holderness)	Swift	Buckley
Rother Valley South (Dinnington, Anston/Woodsetts, Wales)	Havenhand	Dalton
Wentworth Valley (Maltby, Hellaby, Wickersley)	Ellis	Godfrey

 

REGULATORY BOARDS

 

Standards Committee:-

 

Councillor Finnie

Councillor Godfrey

Councillor Gosling (Chairman)

Councillor Middleton

Councillor Pitchley

Councillor Sansome

Councillor Sims (Vice-Chairman

Councillor Tweed

 (8)

 

Independent Members:-

 

Mr. I. Daines

Mr. P. Edler

Ms. J. Porter

 

Parish Council Representatives:-

 

Councillors D. Bates, D. Rowley and R. Swann.

 

 

Licensing Board:-

 

Councillor Andrews

Councillor Beck

Councillor Buckley

Councillor Cutts

Councillor Dalton (Chairman)

Councillor Dodson

Councillor Doyle

Councillor Ellis

Councillor Foden (Vice-Chairman)

Councillor Hamilton, J.

Councillor Hamilton, N.

Councillor Havenhand

Councillor McNeely

Councillor Parker

Councillor Reeder

Councillor Reynolds

Councillor Roddison

Councillor Sangster

Councillor Sharman

Councillor Sims

Councillor Swift

(21)

 

Licensing Committee:-

 

Councillor Andrews

Councillor Beck

Councillor Cutts

Councillor Buckley

Councillor Dalton (Chairman)

Councillor Doyle

Councillor Foden (Vice-Chairman)

Councillor Hamilton, J.

Councillor Hamilton, N.

Councillor Havenhand

Councillor McNeely

Councillor Parker

Councillor Reeder

Councillor Sangster

Councillor Swift

 (15)

 

Planning Board:-

Councillor Astbury

Councillor Atkin (Chairman)

Councillor Currie

Councillor Dodson (Vice-Chairman)

Councillor Godfrey

Councillor Kaye

Councillor Middleton

Councillor Pitchley

Councillor Roddison

Councillor Russell

Councillor Smith

Councillor Turner

Councillor Tweed

Councillor M. Vines

Councillor Whysall

 (15)

 

Substitutes:-  Councillors Beaumont (Wentworth Valley), Vacancy (Rother Valley South), Councillor Sims (Rotherham North), Vacancy (Rotherham South), Lelliott (Rother Valley West), Sansome (Wentworth North) and N. Hamilton (Wentworth South).

 

Audit Committee:-

 

Councillor Cowles

Councillor Kaye (Vice-Chairman)

Councillor Sangster (Chairman)

Councillor Sharman

Councillor Sims

(5)

 

 

SELECT COMMISSIONS

 

Overview and Scrutiny Management Board:-

 

Councillor Ahmed

Councillor Currie

Councillor Hoddinott

Councillor Middleton

Councillor Parker

Councillor Read

Councillor Russell

Councillor Sims

Councillor Steele (Vice-Chairman)

Councillor C. Vines

Councillor Watson

Councillor Whelbourn (Chairman)

(12)

 

Health:-

 

Councillor Dalton

Councillor Havenhand

Councillor Hoddinott (Vice-Chairman)

Councillor Hunter

Councillor Jepson

Councillor Kaye

Councillor Pitchley

Councillor Steele (Chairman)  ...  view the full minutes text for item 13.

The Returning Officer reported that the persons indicated below had been elected a Member of the Council at the election held on 22nd May, 2014:-

 

Forename(s)	Surname	Ward	Elected Candidate	Valid Votes
Josephine Anne	Burton	Anston & Woodsetts	Elected	1339
Charles David	Foulstone	Anston & Woodsetts		251
Bernard	Froggatt	Anston & Woodsetts		1308
Josephine Margaret	Taylor	Anston & Woodsetts		555
Total Valid Votes				3453
Christopher James Edward	Bingham	Boston Castle		118
Christian Carl Backer	Kramer	Boston Castle		424
Raisah Jan	Mahmood	Boston Castle		267
Rose Margaret	McNeely	Boston Castle	Elected	1428
Mohammed	Meharban	Boston Castle		136
Peter Gerard John	Short	Boston Castle		1267
Total Valid Votes				3640
Alan	Buckley	Brinsworth & Catcliffe	Elected	1651
Julie	Turner	Brinsworth & Catcliffe		1611
Total Valid Votes				3262
Jacqueline Margaret	Falvey	Dinnington		1195
Ian Kenneth	Finnie	Dinnington	Elected	1293
David	Smith	Dinnington		579
Total Valid Votes				3067
Janet Martin	Mallinder	Hellaby		1150
Omar	Mehban	Hellaby		552
Richard Arthur John	Turner	Hellaby	Elected	1825
Total Valid Votes				3527
David Henry	Gee	Holderness		226
Hilda Landells	Jack	Holderness		557
Paul	Marshall	Holderness		100
Michael James	Naughton	Holderness		361
Gerald	Smith	Holderness	Elected	1064
John	Wilkinson	Holderness		1061
Total Valid Votes				3369
Michael John	Pallant	Hoober		1151
Brian	Steele	Hoober	Elected	1362
Brian Eastwood	Taylor	Hoober		377
Total Valid Votes				2890
Ian Colin	Barron	Keppel		1258
David	Cutts	Keppel	Elected	1658
Michael	Robinson	Keppel		426
Total Valid Votes				3342
Michael	Conlon	Maltby		524
Roger	Jarvis	Maltby		1120
Amy Louise	Rushforth	Maltby	Elected	1183
Total Valid Votes				2827
Beryl Charlotte	Brown	Rawmarsh		227
Jayne Christine	Elliot	Rawmarsh		1220
Caven	Vines	Rawmarsh	Elected	1563
Total Valid Votes				3010
Neil	Adshead	Rother Vale		177
Gregory	Reynolds	Rother Vale	Elected	1444
Richard Scott	Russell	Rother Vale		1097
Total Valid Vote				2718
Shaukat	Ali	Rotherham East	Elected	1460
Timothy Michael	Jones	Rotherham East		1240
Richard William	Pennycate	Rotherham East		236
Total Valid Votes				2936
Jahangir	Akhtar	Rotherham West		1528
Sarah Kiran	Mahmood	Rotherham West		217
Marilyn	Marshall	Rotherham West		248
Maureen	Vines	Rotherham West	Elected	1567
Total Valid Votes				3560
James	Gelder	Silverwood		425
Martyn Lawton	Parker	Silverwood	Elected	1672
Patricia Anne	Russell	Silverwood		1133
Total Valid Votes				3230
Allen	Cowles	Sitwell	Elected	1776
Naveen	Judah	Sitwell		223
Tajamal	Khan	Sitwell		1084
Anne	Middleton	Sitwell		1101
Total Valid Votes				4184
Stephen Handel	Jones	Swinton		286
Robert Eric	Sanderson	Swinton		1405
Stuart James	Sansome	Swinton	Elected	1464
Total Valid Votes				3155
Dave	Pickering	Valley		1387
Kathleen Ann	Reeder	Valley	Elected	1572
Total Valid Votes				2959
Lucie Helen	Brittain	Wales		601
Dennis	Flynn	Wales		1108
Jennifer	Whysall	Wales	Elected	2386
Total Valid Votes				3095
Alan	Atkin	Wath	Elected	1558
Brian Albert	Bailey	Wath		1409
Linda Elizabeth	Higgins	Wath		303
Total Valid Votes				3270
Brian	Cutts	Wickersley		1482
Susan	Ellis	Wickersley	Elected	1685
Alex Alan John	Walker	Wickersley		392
Total Valid Votes				3559
Keith	Goulty	Wingfield		1161
Lee James	Hunter	Wingfield	Elected	1552
Kenneth Rodney	Marshall	Wingfield		204
Total Valid Votes				2917

 

Consideration was given to the revised Constitution, including the Scheme of Delegation of Powers to Members and Officers and Standing Orders, which had been updated to include some minor changes as referred to in the report. 

 

Changes to the Scheme as regards executive functions may be made by the Leader and these would be reported to all Members

 

Resolved:- That the revised Constitution, Scheme of Delegation of Powers for Members and Officers and Standing Orders for 2014/15 be approved.

 

Mover:-  Councillor Stone                          Seconder:-  Councillor Lakin