Council - Monday 19 May 2025, 6:30pm - Rother District Council Meeting Webcasts

Council
Monday, 19th May 2025 at 6:30pm 

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Monday, 19th May 2025 at 6:30pm

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  1. 1 The Chair (Councillor Thomas) to take the Chair.
  2. 2 To receive apologies for absence.
  3. 3 The Chair to announce first business to be the election of Chair of the Council for the ensuing year. A councillor to move that Councillor Andrew Mier be elected as Chair of the Council. To be seconded. The Chair to ask if there are any other nominations. If there is more than one nomination there will be a ballot in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 17.4(a).
  4. 4 If there is only one nomination, the Chair to put that nomination to the meeting and subsequently to declare the Councillor elected.
  5. 5 The retiring Chair and the elected Chair to retire to the Chair's Room.
  6. 6 The elected Chair to take the Chair and the retiring Chair to take the seat reserved for them.
  7. 7 The Chair to read and sign the Declaration of Acceptance of Office.
  8. 8 The Chair to thank the Council for their election.
  9. 9 The Chair to seek nominations for the appointment of Vice-Chair of the Council. A councillor to move that Councillor Mark Legg be appointed Vice-Chair of the Council. To be seconded. The Chair to ask if there are any other nominations. If there is more than one nomination there will be a ballot in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 17.4(a).
  10. 10 If there is only one nomination, the Chair to put that nomination to the meeting and subsequently to declare the Councillor appointed.
  11. 11 The Chair to invest the Vice-Chair with the Badge of Office.
  12. 12 The Vice-Chair to take the seat on the right of the Chair.
  13. 13 The Vice-Chair to read and sign the Declaration of Acceptance of Office.
  14. 14 The Vice-Chair to thank the Council for their appointment.
  15. 15 To approve as a correct record and to authorise the Chair to sign the Minutes of the Council meetings held on 24 February and 19 March 2025.
  16. 16 Chair's Communications.
  17. 17 The following vote of thanks to the retiring Chair for past services to be moved and seconded:
  18. 18 The Chair to put the motion to the Council for approval.
  19. 19 The retiring Chair to reply to the vote of thanks.
  20. 20 The Leader of the Council to confirm that Councillors Christine Bayliss and Teresa Killeen have been appointed as Deputy Leaders of the Council.
  21. 21 The Leader of the Council to confirm that Cabinet will comprise the Leader and the following eight other Members with the following portfolios:
  22. 22 The Leader of the Council to confirm that Councillors Field and Timpe have been reappointed as the Council's representatives on the Joint Waste and Recycling Committee with Councillors Killeen and Rathbone Ariel as substitutes.
  23. 23 The Leader of the Council to confirm that Councillors Clark and Gray have been re-appointed as Cabinet Spokespersons on Older Persons and Promoting Liveable Neighbourhoods (Cycling/ walking) respectively and that Councillor Byrne remains the Armed Forces Champion and becomes a Cabinet Spokesperson for the Armed Forces.
  24. 24 The Leader of the Council to confirm that Councillors Bayliss, Jeeawon, Killeen, Oliver, Osborne and Thomas have been appointed as Members of the Property and Service Investment and Disposal Panel.
  25. 25 To consider and approve as detailed at Appendix 1:
  26. 26 Disclosure of Interests and Dispensations - To receive any disclosures by Members of disclosable pecuniary interests / other registerable interests / non-registerable interests in matters on the agenda and the nature of any interest and details of any dispensations obtained. Members are reminded of the need to repeat their declaration immediately prior to the commencement of the item in question.
  27. 27 To receive the report of the Cabinet on matters for determination by the full Council at its meetings held on 7 April and 12 May 2025, as under:
  28. 28 To receive the report of the Audit Committee on matters for determination by the full Council at its meeting held on 24 March 2025, as under:
  29. 29 To receive the report of the Human Resources Committee on matters for determination by full Council at its meeting held on 14 April 2025, as under:
  30. 30 To receive the report of the Chief Executive on the Appointment of Representatives to Outside Bodies.
  31. 31 To receive the Annual Report of the Member Development Task Group
  32. 32 To receive the Annual Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee submitted in accordance with Article 6 of the Constitution.
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