Agenda item

To consider recommendations to the Council, details of which are set out in the attached items as 7A, 7B, 7C and 7D.

 

Full reports are available on the website as listed below: 

 

	Cabinet/Committee	Date	Item
A	Joint Governance Committee	28 July 2022	(i)   Audit Committee with Independent Non-Voting Members   (ii)  Conferment of Honorary Alderman – Sean McDonald and Robert Smytherman
B	Joint Governance Committee	27 September 2022	Modernising and Updating the Councils’ Constitutions
C	Joint Strategic Committee	11 October 2022	(i)  Our Plan – The new Corporate Plan for Adur & Worthing Councils   (ii)Investing for our Future – Capital Strategy 2023/26
D	Worthing Joint Strategic Sub-Committee	11 October 2022	Public Space Protection Orders – Dog Control

 

Council had, before it, recommendations from the Joint Governance Committee, the Joint Strategic Committee and the Worthing Joint Strategic Sub-Committee.

 

Extracts of these minutes had been circulated as items 7A(i) & (ii), 7B, 7C(i) & (ii) and 7D.

 

Item 7A(i)                   Joint Governance Committee - 28 July 2022

 

Audit Committee with Independent Non-Voting Members

 

The Vice-Chair of the Joint Governance Committee, Cllr Hermitage, proposed the recommendations from the meeting held on 28 July 2022. The proposal was seconded by Councillor Dr Beccy Cooper and following a vote (For 34, Against 0, Abstentions 0):

 

Resolved: That Worthing Borough Council

 

1.    Approved the change of the name of the Councils’ Joint Governance Committee to the Joint Audit and Governance Committee;

 

2.    Approved the appointment of two Independent co-opted Persons to the Committee to assist with the Councils’ with the audit function.

 

Item 7A(ii)      Joint Governance Committee - 28 July 2022

 

Conferment of Honorary Alderman - Sean McDonald and Robert Smytherman

 

The Vice-Chair of the Joint Governance Committee, Cllr Dan Hermitage, proposed the recommendation from the Joint Governance Committee meeting held on 28 July 2022.

 

It was noted that the Joint Governance Committee had approved the nominations (rather than approved the granting) for Honorary Aldermanship of the Borough of Worthing to former Mayors Sean McDonold and Robert Smytherman and that the vote on this item was 5 in favour, 0 against and 11 abstentions.

 

The proposal was seconded by Councillor Kevin Jenkins and following a vote (For 28, Against 0, Abstentions 6):

 

Resolved: That Worthing Borough Council approved that a special meeting of the Council be arranged under section 249(1) of the Local Government Act for the specific purpose of conferring the title of ‘Honorary Alderman’ to Sean McDonald and Robert Smytherman.

 

Item 7B           Joint Governance Committee - 27 September 2022

 

Modernising and Updating the Councils’ Constitutions

 

The Vice-Chair of the Joint Governance Committee, Cllr Dan Hermitage, proposed the that the recommendations from the Joint Governance Committee meeting held on 27 September 2022 be amended to include the following additional wording:-

 

‘that the new constitution be implemented from the 1st November 2022 to allow for the constitution to be checked, formatted and published on the Councils’ website’.

 

The proposal was seconded by Councillor Dr Beccy Cooper.

 

Cllr Jenkins proposed an amendment in relation to Council Procedure Rule 12.1(d), ‘that Council invites the Monitoring Officer to review CPR 12.1(d) to find parity in regards to the rotation of questions and bring back a proposal in relation to it’.   

 

The proposed amendment was seconded by Cllr Steve Waight and unanimously supported by Council.

 

Councillors thanked the Monitoring Officer and the Working Group for all of their work over the summer drafting the revised constitution.

 

The proposal, as amended, was supported following a vote (For 33, Against 0, Abstentions 1).

 

Resolved: That Worthing Borough Council approved the revised Constitution and that it be implemented from the 1st November 2022.

 

Item 7C(i)       Joint Strategic Committee - 11 October 2022

 

Our Plan - The new corporate plan for Adur & Worthing Councils

 

The Leader proposed the recommendations from the Joint Strategic Committee meeting held on 11 October 2022.

 

The proposal was seconded by Councillor Sam Theodoridi and supported following debate and a vote (For 25, Against 0, Abstentions 9):

 

Resolved: That Worthing Borough Council approved ‘Our Plan’ as the core strategic document for the next three years.

 

Item 7C(ii)      Joint Strategic Committee - 11 October 2022

 

Investing for our future - Capital Strategy 2023/26

 

The Leader proposed the recommendations from the Joint Strategic Committee meeting held on 11 October 2022.

 

The proposal was seconded by Councillor John Turley and supported following debate and a vote (For 25, Against 0, Abstentions 9):

 

Resolved: That Worthing Borough Council approved the Capital Strategy for 2023/26.

 

Item 7D           Worthing Joint Strategic Sub-Committee - 11 October 2022

 

Public Space Protection Orders - Dog Control

 

The Leader proposed the recommendations from the Worthing Joint Strategic Sub-Committee meeting held on 11 October 2022.

 

The proposal was seconded by Councillor Vicki Wells and supported following debate and a vote (For 31, Against 0, Abstentions 3):

 

Resolved: That Worthing Borough Council approved the amendments to the PSPO as detailed in section 6.1 through to 6.6.