Agenda

Annual Meeting, Council - Thursday, 21st May, 2026 11.00 am

Venue: St Mary's Guildhall - Pt 1 - link: https://youtube.com/live/8EmZP8Sm7uo?feature=share . Pt 2 - Webcast link below

Contact: Carolyn Sinclair/Suzanne Bennett, Governance Services email: carolyn.sinclair@coventry.gov.uk/suzanne.bennett@coventry.gov.uk

Media

Items
No.	Item
	Part One Additional documents: Webcast
1.	Apologies Additional documents: Webcast for 1.
2.	Correspondence and Announcements of the Lord Mayor Additional documents: Webcast for 2.
3.	Election of the Chair of the Council (being the Lord Mayor of the City) Additional documents: Webcast for 3.
4.	Vote of thanks to the retiring Lord Mayor Additional documents: Webcast for 4.
5.	Election of the Vice-Chair of the Council (being the Deputy Lord Mayor of the City) Additional documents: Webcast for 5.
	Part Two Additional documents: Webcast
6.	Election of the Leader of the Council Additional documents: Webcast for 6.
7.	To receive a report of the Leader of the Council on the composition of the Cabinet, the appointment of Deputy Cabinet Members, the allocation of Executive Function within the Cabinet and the membership of the Coventry Shareholder Committee PDF 286 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 7.
8.	Minutes PDF 291 KB To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 24 March 2026. Additional documents: Webcast for 8.
9.	Return of Persons Elected as Councillors for the City on 7 May 2026 PDF 115 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 9.
10.	Declarations of Interest Additional documents: Webcast for 10.
11.	Matters Left for Determination by the City Council PDF 154 KB Report of the Director of Law, Governance and Safer Communities Additional documents: 11. Appendix 1 - Proportionality , item 11. PDF 135 KB Webcast for 11.
12.	To establish the Audit and Procurement Committee, Ethics Committee, Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Health and Wellbeing Board, Licensing and Regulatory Committee, Planning Committee, Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee, Scrutiny Boards and such other Bodies as the Council considers appropriate to deal with matters which are neither reserved to the Council nor are executive functions as set out in the Constitution. This also includes the appointment of the Chair and Deputy Chair of those bodies and approval to the Terms of Reference for those bodies as set out in the Constitution (or circulated where not set out in the Constitution) Additional documents: Webcast for 12.
13.	To receive nominations and appoint to Outside Bodies Additional documents: Webcast for 13.
14.	To approve a programme of ordinary meetings of the Council, Cabinet, Scrutiny Boards and Committees for 2026/27 including the time and date of the next Annual Meeting PDF 138 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 14.
15.	To agree the Scheme of Delegation as set out in the Constitution Additional documents: Webcast for 15.
16.	If required, to consider any further amendments to the Constitution or any other matters arising from the Annual Meeting decisions and appointments Additional documents: Webcast for 16.