Agenda

Annual Meeting, Council - Thursday 15th May, 2025 6.30 pm

Venue: Town Hall, Bootle

Contact: Debbie Campbell  Democratic Services Manager

Items
No. Item

1.

Election of Mayor for 2025/26

2.

Apologies for Absence

3.

Declarations of Interest

Members are requested at a meeting where a disclosable pecuniary interest or personal interest arises, which is not already included in their Register of Members' Interests, todeclare any interests that relate to an item on the agenda.

 

Where a Member discloses a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, he/she must withdraw from the meeting room, including from the public gallery, during the whole consideration of any item of business in which he/she has an interest, except where he/she is permitted to remain as a result of a grant of a dispensation.

 

Where a Member discloses a personal interest he/she must seek advice from the Monitoring Officer or staff member representing the Monitoring Officer to determine whether the Member should withdraw from the meeting room, including from the public gallery, during the whole consideration of any item of business in which he/she has an interest or whether the Member can remain in the meeting or remain in the meeting and vote on the relevant decision.

 

4.

Election of Deputy Chair for 2025/26

5.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 457 KB

Minutes of the meeting held on 24 April 2025

6.

Mayor's Communications

7.

Leader of the Council

To note that in accordance with the provisions in Paragraph 4 of Chapter 5 in the Council Constitution, the Council, at its meeting held on 18 January 2024 appointed Councillor Atkinson as Leader of the Council for the remainder of a period of four years until the Adjourned Annual Council Meeting in May 2027, or until such time as her term of office expires.

8.

Cabinet and Deputy Leaders of the Council pdf icon PDF 181 KB

Report of the Leader of the Council to be published prior to the meeting

9.

Appointment of Committees and Sub-Committee 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 183 KB

Report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer to be published prior to the meeting

Additional documents:

10.

Appointment of Representatives on the Merseyside Joint Authority Bodies 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 184 KB

Details of the proposed representation on the Merseyside Joint Authority bodies for 2025/26 to be published prior to the meeting

11.

Dates of Council Meetings 2025/26

To note that the Council meetings scheduled to be held during the Municipal Year 2025/26 are as follows:

 

·       26 June 2025 (Extraordinary Meeting – Freedom of the Borough – Sefton CVS

·       10 July 2025

·       11 September 2025

·       13 November 2025

·       15 January 2026

·       26 February 2026 (Budget Meeting)