Agenda

Please note: Robing for Councillors will take place from 9.30 am in the Dame Ellen Terry Suite

Please be seated in the Cathedral by 10.45 am (with the exception of Councillors who are in the civic procession)

Apologies

Correspondence and Announcements of the Lord Mayor

Election of the Chair of the Council (being the Lord Mayor of the City)

Vote of thanks to the Retiring Lord Mayor

Election of the Vice-Chair of the Council (being the Deputy Lord Mayor of the City)

Election of the Leader of the Council

To receive a report of the Leader of the Council on the appointment of the Deputy Leader, composition of the Cabinet and allocation of Executive Functions within the Cabinet and to approve new posts PDF 62 KB

Confirmation of Minutes - of the meetings held on 19th March 2013 PDF 34 KB

Additional documents:

• Minutes - 19-03-13 Ordinary Meeting , item 8. PDF 86 KB
• Appendix to Minutes - 19-03-13 , item 8. PDF 22 KB

Declarations of Interest

To establish the Licensing and Regulatory Committee, Planning Committee, Health and Wellbeing Board, Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee, Scrutiny Boards, Audit and Procurement Committee, an Ethics Committee, and such other Committees as the Council considers appropriate to deal with matters which are neither reserved to the Council nor are executive functions as set out in Part 3, Table 1 of the Constitution. This also includes the appointment of the Chair and Deputy Chair of those bodies PDF 93 KB

To decide the size and Terms of Reference for those Boards and Committees (as set out in the Constitution) PDF 6 KB

To decide the allocation of seats to political groups in accordance with the political balance rules PDF 16 KB

To receive nominations and appoint Councillors to serve on each Scrutiny Board and Committee PDF 6 KB

To receive nominations and appoint to Outside Bodies PDF 103 KB

To approve a programme of ordinary meeting of the Council, Cabinet, Scrutiny Board, Committees and Advisory Panels for 2013/14, including the date and time of the next Annual Meeting and agree the scheme of delegation as set out in Part 3 of the Constitution PDF 57 KB

To consider changes to the Constitution, including Members' Allowances, and those consequential changes arising from the Annual Meeting decisions and appointments PDF 97 KB