Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 18th April 2023.

The Minutes of the meeting held on 18th April 2023 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair. 

To receive from Members declarations as to disclosable pecuniary, other registerable and non-registerable interests in relation to any Agenda item. See Notes below.

No declarations were received.

i.  To confirm those Members appointed to hold executive responsibilities for the 2023/24 Municipal Year, as determined by the Executive Leader.

ii.  To confirm the appointment of any Cabinet Assistant(s) for the 2023/24 Municipal Year, as determined by the Executive Leader.

iii.  To note the appointment of Executive Councillors as Ex-Officio Members as follows:

o  Executive Councillor with responsibility for employment matters – Employment Committee.

o  Executive Councillor with responsibility for Development Management and Planning Enforcement – Development Management Committee.

o  Executive Councillor with responsibility for Regulatory Services – Licensing and Protection Committee/Licensing Committee.

a)  that the executive responsibilities for the Municipal Year 2023/24 be allocated as follows:

b)  that Executive Councillors be appointed to serve as ex-officio Members of the following:

To appoint four Members to serve on the Hinchingbrooke Country Park Joint Group.

Cambridgeshire County Council separately appoint 1 Member to serve on this Group.

RESOLVED

  that Councillors M L Beuttell, C A Lowe, D J Shaw and S L Taylor be appointed to serve on the Hinchingbrooke Country Park Joint Group for the ensuing Municipal Year.

To appoint seven Members to serve on the Local Plan Advisory Group (LPAG) (formerly known as the Development Plans Policy Advisory Group).

The Terms of Reference for the LPAG were revised and approved by the Cabinet on 21st March 2023 where it was agreed that the membership of LPAG would consist of:

·  the Executive Member with responsibility for planning policy

·  up to six other Members (the Advisory Group must be politically proportionate)

Please note that membership of the Advisory Group is not restricted to Members who have experience of sitting on the Development Management Committee.

A Sub-Group of the Cabinet that is exercising any decision-making powers delegated to it by the Cabinet must include only Cabinet Members. Those whose Terms of Reference are merely advisory can include non-Cabinet Members.

RESOLVED

  that Councillors E R Butler, S J Corney, L Davenport-Ray, D B Dew, C M Gleadow, J Neish and T D Sanderson be appointed to serve on the Local Plans Advisory Group for the ensuing Municipal Year.

To appoint six cross party Members to the Member Development Working Group.

RESOLVED

  that Councillors T D Alban, M L Beuttell, S W Ferguson, P A Jordan, R Martin and T D Sanderson be appointed to serve on the Member Development Working Group for the ensuing Municipal Year.

To appoint 3 Members to serve on the London-Luton Airport Working Group.

RESOLVED

  that Councillors S W Ferguson, N J Hunt and R J West be appointed to serve on the London-Luton Airport Working Group for the ensuing Municipal Year.

To appoint to the Shared Services Joint Group.

RESOLVED

  that the Executive Councillor for Corporate & Shared Services be appointed to serve on the Shared Services Joint Group for the ensuing Municipal Year.

To note the membership of the Treasury and Capital Management Group as follows:

·  the Executive Leader

·  the Deputy Executive Leader

·  the Executive Councillor with responsibility for capital activity and treasury management

Note: Other Members can be co-opted onto this Group at the discretion of the Executive Leader.

RESOLVED

  to note that the Executive Leader, Deputy Executive Leader and Executive Councillor for Finance & Resources form the membership of the Treasury and Capital Management Group.

To appoint a Shareholder Representative to act on behalf of the Council as Shareholder of the Council’s Local Authority Trading Company.

RESOLVED

that the Executive Councillor for Corporate & Shared Services be appointed as Huntingdonshire District Council Ventures Ltd – Shareholder Representative for the ensuing Municipal Year.