Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, Wallasey Town Hall

Items
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21.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members of the Council are asked to consider whether they have any disclosable pecuniary interests and/or any other relevant interest, in connection with any matter to be debated or determined at this meeting and, if so, to declare it and state the nature of such interest.

 

Minutes:

The Members of the Council were invited to consider whether they had any disclosable pecuniary and/or any other relevant interest in connection with any matters to be determined at this meeting and, if so, to declare it and state the nature of such interest.

 

No such declarations were made.

 

 

22.

CIVIC MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS

To receive the Civic Mayor's announcements and any apologies for absence.

 

Minutes:

The Civic Mayor noted that apologies had been received from Councillors Ron Abbey, Phil Brightmore, John Hale, Paul Hayes, Andrew Hodson, Kathy Hodson, and Louise Reecejones.

 

23.

CONFERMENT OF THE TITLE OF HONORARY ALDERMAN pdf icon PDF 53 KB

The Council is requested to consider the following recommendation from the Licensing and General Purposes Committee at its meeting on 25 May, 2016 (Minute No. 4 refers):

 

That the Council be recommended to confer the title of Honorary Alderman on former Councillors Harry Smith and Pat Williams in accordance with Section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

(The minute and the report are attached).

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Council considered the recommendation from the Licensing and General Purposes Committee held on 25 May 2016 (minute 4 refers) in relation to the conferment of the title of Honorary Alderman to former Councillors Harry Smith and Pat Williams, in accordance with Section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

It was resolved:

 

That the Council be recommended to confer the title of Honorary Alderman on former Councillors Harry Smith and Pat Williams in accordance with Section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

An amendment moved by Councillor G. Watt, seconded by Councillor L. Rowlands proposed that the conferment of Honorary Alderman to those named within the report be taken as a separate vote.

 

In response to a Members’ question, the Head of Legal and Member Services advised the Council that the amendment was lawful;

 

Prior to the vote on the amendment put by Councillor G Watt, Councillor Jeff Green and five Conservative Members rose to request a ‘card vote’.

 

A ‘card vote’ was then taken and the Council divided as follows:

 

For the motion (23) Councillors T Anderson, B Berry, C Blakeley, E Boult,  A Brighouse, D Burgess-Joyce, C Carubia, P Cleary, Mrs W Clements,  D Elderton, G Ellis, P Gilchrist, J Green, S Kelly, I Lewis, D Mitchell, T Pilgrim, C Povall, L Rennie, L Rowlands, A Sykes, GCJ Watt and  S Williams.

 

Against the motion (35) Councillors A Davies, G Davies, P Davies, W Davies, P Doughty, S Foulkes, T Johnson, AER Jones, C Jones, Tony Jones,  B Kenny, A Leech, A McLachlan, M McLaughlin, J McManus, C Meaden,  B Mooney, C Muspratt, T Norbury, M Patrick, D Realey, D Roberts,  PA Smith, W Smith, C Spriggs, J Stapleton, P Stuart, M Sullivan, T Usher,  J Walsh, W Ward, S Whittingham, I Williams, KJ Williams and J Williamson.

 

One abstention – Councillor P Hackett.

 

A vote was then on the Substantive Motion proposed by Councillor P Davies, seconded by Councillor G Davies.

 

Resolved- (40:17) (Two abstentions) that the title of Honorary Alderman on former Councillors Harry Smith and Pat Williams be conferred in accordance with Section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972.