A Motion of No Confidence, signed by 15 Councillors, calling for the removal of the Leader of the Council from office, and the removal from the Executive of Councillor SM Edwards, on being voted upon in a secret paper ballot, was declared lost with twenty-two Members voting in favour and twenty-seven against the Motion.
Council RESOLVED that Councillor RMA Manning be elected Leader of the Council, to serve a term of office ending on the date of the Annual Council Meeting following the date of his normal retirement as a Councillor, the relevant date of retirement to follow the Local Elections in 2012.
Council NOTED the names of the members appointed by the Leader to the Cabinet, their names and their Portfolios, along with the Leader of the Council’s Scheme of Delegation of Executive Functions.
(Both documents are attached)
Council RESOLVED:
(a) That the Leader and Cabinet form of governance proposed in paragraph 5 of the report and required under Sections 11 and 14 of the Local Government Act 2000 as amended, be implemented with effect from the commencement of the Annual Council Meeting on 21 May 2009;
(b) That the corresponding changes to the Constitution set out in the recommendations of the Constitution Review Working Party set out at paragraph 9 and Appendices A-E of the report be agreed.