PERIODIC
ELECTORAL REVIEW AND 21 March 2001
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT SUB-COMMITTEE (7.15 – 7.20pm)
PRESENT: Councillors Howarth (Chair),
Bagnall, Bradnack, James, C Rosenstiel and Taylor
FOR THE
INFORMATION OF THE COUNCIL
01/q/07 MINUTES
The
minutes of the meetings held on 13 December 2000 and 24 January 2001 were
confirmed as correct records and signed by the Chair.
01/q/08 APOLOGIES
There
were no apologies for absence.
01/q/09 DECLARATIONS
OF INTEREST
There
were no declarations of interest.
01/q/10 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
No members of the public wished to address the
Sub-Committee.
01/q/11 HOW A 36 MEMBER COUNCIL WILL
OPERATE
This item had been considered by the Periodic
Electoral Review Working Party.
01/q/12 PERIODIC
ELECTORAL REVIEW
The
Sub-Committee considered the recommendations of the Periodic Electoral Review
Working Party meeting held immediately before the Sub-Committee meeting, and
Resolved (with no votes against) that
1) The County Research Group forecasts for 2006 be accepted, subject to a measure of the confidence level in the forecasts being provided by the County Council.
2) The
data produced by the GIS system following updating to reflect the 2006
forecasts be accepted.
3) Officers continue to work on all the schemes currently being considered.
4) The
timetable for consultation be endorsed.
5)
The proposed
methods of consultation and the list of consultees be accepted, subject to
steps being taken to ensure that all households in the city receive the
consultation leaflet.
Action by: Chief Executive, Director of Environment and
Planning, Electoral Services Manager
01/q/13 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2000 – IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW STRUCTURES
The Director of Central Services presented an agenda item which recommended a revised timetable for the implementation of the new political structures required by the Local Government Act 2000.
Resolved (with no votes against) to recommend to City Board that, for the reasons set out on the agenda, the preferred date for implementing the Council’s new political structures be May 2002.
01/q/14 DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS
The Director of Central
Services presented for approval a timetable for future meetings of the
Sub-Committee and the Periodic Electoral Review Working Party.
Resolved (with no votes against) that the following
timetable for future meetings be approved:
To
consider further work on the PER schemes and to decide which one(s) to consult
the public on.
Informal feedback session for members of
the Sub-Committee only on issues raised in the Stage 2 consultation about
how the new political management arrangements will work.
Thursday 7 June, 6.00pm PER/LGA Sub-Committee only
To consider key issues around how the new constitution will work, having had time to reflect on the feedback, and give officers a steer on the final drafting of the Council’s outline proposals to submit to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR).
Note: In view of Parliament’s decision to
postpone the local elections from 3 May to 7 June, the meeting scheduled for 7
June was subsequently rearranged to take place on Monday 11 June at 6.00pm.
The meeting closed at 7.20pm.
CHAIR