The Councillors will take their allotted seats.

The Mayor, accompanied by the Deputy Mayor, the Mayor’s Chaplain and the Chief Executive, will enter the Council Chamber. The Mace will be placed in position by the Macebearer.

A Motion will then be proposed and seconded for the election of a Mayor for the ensuing Municipal Year.

All Councillors may vote on this motion.

The retiring Mayor will notify the Mayor Elect of his appointment and enquire whether he is willing to make the required declaration.

The declaration, which will be read by the Chief Executive, will be made and subscribed and the retiring Mayor will then invest the newly elected Mayor with the chain of office.

The new Mayor will then take the Chair and invite the retiring Mayor to address the Council.

A vote of thanks to the retiring Mayor will then be moved and seconded.

The new Mayor will address the Council.

The retiring Mayor, Celia Hodges, presiding.

Moved by Councillor True and seconded by Councillor Knight:

“That Councillor David Marlow be elected as Mayor for the 2010/11 Municipal Year or until his successor becomes entitled to act as Mayor.”

Motion put to the vote and declared to be CARRIED.

Councillor Marlow signed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office and was invested with the Chain of Office.

The Mayor, Councillor Marlow, presiding.

The retiring Mayor was invited to address the meeting. She congratulated Councillor Marlow on his election as Mayor. She informed the meeting of a recent visit to Konstanz in Germany, which was twinned with Richmond upon-Thames. Representatives from Konstanz’s twin towns in France (Fontainbleau), Italy (Lodi) and the Czech Republic (Tabor) had also been present during the visit. The Mayor displayed a plate which had been presented to the borough by the representatives from Lodi. The Mayor then thanked the Mayor’s Support Officer, Leanne Corneille and the Macebearer and Chauffeur, John Carpenter for their hard work throughout the year. She also thanked Chauffeurs John Brooker and Mike Potts and expressed her gratitude to Democratic Services, and to all those within the Council who had assisted with mayoral events. The retiring Deputy Mayor, Councillor Khosa was thanked for all his work and for carrying out his duties with great enthusiasm. The retiring Mayor summarised her engagements during the year, which included meeting members of the Royal family, international students, people working as volunteers within the borough, and citizens of the borough of all ages. She reported that during the mayoral year, £20,530.97 had been raised for SPEAR and The River Thames Boat Project, which had been her charities. She thanked the members of the Council for their support throughout the year.

The Leader Elect thanked the retiring Mayor and the retiring Deputy Mayor on behalf of the Council, for the first class service that they had provided to the borough. The Leader of the Opposition also expressed gratitude on behalf of the Council for the hard work of the retiring Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and their consorts.

The retiring Mayor and her consort were presented with Mayoral Badges.

The Mayor, Councillor Marlow, announced that the Mayoress would be Jane Marlow. He announced that the charity which he would be supporting for the year would be The Shooting Star Children’s Hospice.

The Mayor welcomed all new Councillors to the Council.

The Mayor will appoint and invest the Deputy Mayor with the chain of office.

The Mayor appointed Councillor Rita Palmer as Deputy Mayor.

The Deputy Mayor’s Consort would be Adrian Palmer.

The Mayor will announce the appointment of the Mayor’s Chaplain.

The Mayor announced that his Chaplain would be Reverend Peter Bustin.

It was confirmed that the Civic Services would be held on Sunday 30 May at 11.30am at Mary’s Church, Twickenham.

Members are asked to declare any interests in matters for consideration at the meeting.

The Mayor reminded all Members that although all had a personal interest in item 11c (Members Allowances Scheme), paragraph 10(2)(iv) of the Code of Conduct provided that a Member may regard himself or herself as not having a prejudicial interest in the matter.

There were no other declarations of interest.

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Council held on 27 April 2010 attached.

The minutes of the meeting held on 27 April 2010 were taken as read and were approved as a correct record.

To elect the Leader of the Council.

Report attached.

Motion moved by Councillor Samuel and seconded, to elect Councillor True as Leader of the Council in accordance with the recommendation set out in the report.

RESOLVED:

That Councillor Nicholas True, Member for East Sheen and Leader of the Conservative Group be elected Leader of the Council of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

Report attached.

RESOLVED:

That the Leader of the Council’s appointments of Deputy Leader and other Members of the Cabinet as set out below be noted.

Councillor Geoffrey Samuel as Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources;

Councillor Christine Percival as Strategic Cabinet Member for Education, Youth & Children’s Services;

Councillor Paul Hodgins as Cabinet Member for Schools;

Councillor Nicola Urquhart as Cabinet Member for Adult Services, Health & Housing;

Councillor Virginia Morris as Strategic Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning;

Councillor Clare Head as Cabinet Member for Traffic;

Councillor Pamela Fleming as Strategic Cabinet Member for Community Development;

Councillor Tony Arbour as Cabinet Member for Performance.

Report to follow.

RESOLVED:

1)      That the existing Co-ordination, Finance and Performance Commission be abolished and its replacement by a Finance and Performance Overview and Scrutiny Committee, chaired by a Member of the Opposition, be agreed and any consequential amendments to the Constitution be agreed and delegated to the Chief Executive.

2)      That although the Constitution currently requires that only one Chair of a Scrutiny Committee be offered to the Opposition, that it be agreed that the Opposition be given half the Chairs of Scrutiny Committees and that the Constitution be amended accordingly.

3)      That the establishment of four Overview and Scrutiny Committees; Finance and Performance Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Health, Housing and Adult Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee with ten members on each and an Education and Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee and an Environment, Sustainability and Community Overview and Scrutiny Committee with nine members on each be agreed and the Councillor appointments, including the Chairman and Vice-chairman, to the Overview and Scrutiny Committees as notified by the Group Leaders and as set out below, be agreed.

Finance and Performance Overview & Scrutiny Committee – 10 Members of the Council (6 Cons + 4 LD)

Education and Children’s Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Members of the Council (5 Cons + 4 LD)

Environment, Sustainability and Community Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 9 Members of the Council (5 Cons + 4 LD)

Health, Housing and Adult Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee – 10 Members of the Council (6 Cons + 4 LD)

4)      That an Audit Committee, Planning Committee, Statutory Accounts Committee, Regulatory Committee, Licensing Sub-Committee, Appeals Sub-Committee, Pupil and Student Support Appeals Panel, Appointments Committee, Pension Fund Committee and Education Appeals Panel as detailed below and in paragraphs 3.8 to 3.13 of the report, be appointed for the 2010/11 Municipal Year and the appointments, including the Chairman and Vice-chairman, as notified by the Group Leaders be agreed.

Audit Committee – 5 Members of the Council (3 Cons + 2 LD)

Planning Committee – 23 Members (12 Cons + 11 LD)

 Statutory Accounts Committee – 4 Members of the Council (2 Cons + 2 LD)

Regulatory Committee – 15 Members of the Council (8 Cons + 7 LD)

Pupil and Student Support Appeals Panel – 4 Members of the Council (2 Cons + 2 LD)

Appointments Committee –  7, 5 or 3 Members of the Council to be nominated as required

Pension Fund Committee – 5 Members of the Council (3 Cons + 2 LD)

5)      That the membership of each Licensing Sub-Committee be three Members drawn solely from the membership of the Regulatory Committee.

6)      That the full membership of the Council form the ‘pool’ for the Appeals Sub-Committee.

7)      That an Investigating and Disciplinary Committee, Appeals Committee (Chief Officers) and Remuneration Committee be appointed as set out below.

Investigating and Disciplinary Committee – 4 Members of the Council including at least 1 Cabinet Member (2 Cons + 2 LD)

Appeals Committee (Chief Officers) – 4 Members of the Council including at least 1 Cabinet Member (2 Cons + 2 LD)

Remuneration Committee – 3 Members of the Council (2 Cons + 1 LD)

8)      That although by Law the Standards Committee is not included in the political balance calculation the Councillor appointments to the Standards Committee and Sub-Committees, as set out below and as notified by the Group Leaders be agreed.

Standards Committee – 4 Members of the Council (2 Cons + 2 LD)

Standards Assessment Sub-Committee – 3 Members of the Standards Committee

Standards Review Sub-Committee – 2 Other Members of the Standards Committee

Standards Hearing Sub-Committee – Members of Standards Committee

9)      Where appointments are not notified at the time of the Annual Meeting they be delegated to the Chief Executive for confirmation after consultation with the Group Leaders.

Report to follow.

This item be DEFERRED.

Report attached.

RESOLVED:

(1)   The programme of Council meetings for the 2010/11 Municipal Year as set out below be approved.

(2)   The Schedule of Meetings attached to the report as Appendix A be noted.

Council Meetings: 2010-11

6 July 2010

14 September 2010

19 October 2010

23 November 2010

25 January 2011

1 March 2011

5 April 2011

The next Annual Council meeting would be held on 17 May 2011.

Attached

Report attached.

RESOLVED:

(1)   That the petitions scheme appended to the report be adopted.

(2)   That any consequential amendments to the Constitution as a result of adopting the scheme be delegated to the Head of Democratic Services.

(3)   That the scheme be reviewed, in particular the introduction of e-petitions, by May 2011.

Report attached.  

RESOLVED:

(1) That the changes to the Constitution (relating to Part 4) as set out in Appendix A of the report be agreed.

Report to follow.

Members noted that the Special Responsibility Allowances Table would be corrected to reflect the resolution on appointments above.

RESOLVED:

That, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Members’ Allowances (England) Regulations 2003, the Members’ Allowances Scheme for 2010/11 as set out in the Appendix to the report be agreed.

To receive any announcements from the Mayor, Leader, Members of the Cabinet or the Head of Paid Service.

There were no announcements.