Agenda

Members and Officers are invited to make any declarations of pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial interests that they may have in relation to items on this agenda, and are reminded that they should re-declare their interest before consideration of the item or as soon as the interest becomes apparent.

Members and Officers should make their declaration by stating:

a)  the item they have the interest in

b)  whether it is a pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial interest

c)  the nature of the interest

d) if it is a pecuniary or prejudicial interest, whether they will be exercising their right to speak under Question Time

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on 9 May 2024, which will be circulated separately to the agenda.

To deal with business not otherwise specified in the Council summons which, in the opinion of the Chairman of the Council (in consultation with the Chief Executive), is business of such urgency as to require immediate attention by the Council.

In accordance with Part 3 [2.0 – Full Council, Paragraph 13 and Part 5, Section 1, Council Procedure Rule 20.9 of the Constitution, to appoint Councillor James Walsh as Chair of the Council for the ensuing year.

The newly elected Chair will then make and subscribe the statutory declaration of acceptance of office.

To propose a vote of thanks to Councillor Alison Cooper for the services rendered by her as Chair of the Council during the last year.

In accordance with Part 3 [2.0 – Full Council], Paragraph 13 and Part 5, Section 1, Council Procedure Rule 20.9 of the Constitution, to appoint a Vice-Chair of the Council for the ensuing year.

The newly elected Vice-Chair will then make and subscribe the statutory declaration of acceptance of office.

To receive such announcements as the Chair may desire to lay before the Council.

To appoint the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council in accordance with Article 6 of the Constitution.

Following consultation with Group Leaders, the Council is asked to make appointments to its Service Committees, Regulatory Committees, the Standards Committee, and other Working Parties and Panels including the confirmation of the Chair and Vice-Chair where relevant.

The Appendix to this report setting out the Committee Memberships for 2024/25 will be circulated separately.

In order to effectively represent the District of Arun, Councillors, need to be aware of matters which impact both Arun, as a District, as well as the organisation itself. There are a number of key external organisations with are independent of the Council to which the Council make appointments in order that it can create and maintain effective partnerships with those organisations and their members.

This report is set out in Appendix 1 [to be circulated separately] and following consultation and agreement with the Group Leaders, the Council’s appointment to Outside Bodies for 2024-2025 are listed which the Council is asked to approve.

There are no appointments to confirm to this meeting.

To note the appointment of other Group Leaders, which will be circulated separately to the agenda.