Agenda

Council
Thursday, 19th November, 2020 7.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Town Hall, Accrington

Contact: Democratic Services Democratic Services (01254) 380116/380109/380184

Items

No.

Item

Apologies for absence

Declarations of Interest and Dispensations

Announcements

a) Mayor

b) Leader of the Council

c) Chief Executive

· Update on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Confirmation of Minutes PDF 353 KB

To confirm as correct records the Minutes of the Council meetings held on 27^th February and 17^th September 2020 (attached)

Additional documents:

Council Minutes - 17th September 2020 , item 4. PDF 339 KB

Question Time

To deal with any questions submitted under Council Procedure Rule 2.2(vi).

Review of Leisure Services Provision

To receive an update from Lyndsey Sims, Chief Executive of Hyndburn Leisure, on the review of Leisure Services provision in Hyndburn.

Urgent Decisions Taken PDF 619 KB

To receive a report on decisions taken under with Council Procedure Rule A24, the Council Urgency Procedure. The following decisions are attached:-

No.	Decision Heading	Date of Approval
(a)	Temporary amendments to the scheme of delegation – Response to the coronavirus outbreak	25^th March 2020
(b)	Proposed temporary amendment to the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules	26^th March 2020
(c)	A membership change to the appointments of Planning Committee	27^th April 2020
(d)	A Labour membership change to Planning Committee	20^th May 2020
(e)	Change to Chairmanship of Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee	29^th May 2020
(f)	Change to Vice-Chair of Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee	2^nd June 2020
(g)	Changes to Audit Committee and Planning Committee Member Appointments	10^th June 2020
(h)	New procedure rules for virtual meetings and member attendance at meetings	23^rd June 2020
(i)	Pay Policy 2020-2021	29^th June 2020
(j)	Pavement Café Licensing – Business and Planning Act 2020	24^th July 2020
(k)	Amendment to the Council’s Scheme of Delegation – implementation of legislation and regulations relating to the Covid 19 pandemic	1^st October 2020
(l)	Approval of the COVID-19 Test and Trace Support Scheme.	9^th October 2020
(m)	Proposed amendment to the Council’s Remote Meetings Procedure Rules	16^th October 2020
(n)	Approval of the National Non Domestic Rates Relief Schemes for 2020/21 – Coronavirus relief schemes provided by Government, managed and allocated by local authorities.	23^rd October 2020
(o)	Approval of the Council Tax Exceptional Hardship Scheme COVID-19 Fund appendix to the Council Tax Hardship Scheme 2018	23^rd October 2020
(p)	Amendment to the Council’s Scheme of Delegation – delegations to the newly created Head Of Environmental Health role	2^nd November 2020

Additional documents:

Decision (b) , item 7. PDF 114 KB
Decision (c) , item 7. PDF 89 KB
Decision (d) , item 7. PDF 78 KB
Decision (e) , item 7. PDF 83 KB
Decision (f) , item 7. PDF 96 KB
There are a further 20 documents.View the full list of documents for item 7.

Minutes of Cabinet PDF 370 KB

To receive the Minutes of the Cabinet meetings held on 15^th January, 12^th February and 21^st October 20209 (attached).

Rules of Debate

· The Leader of the Council will move the Minutes, the Deputy Leader of the Council will second the Minutes.

· Non-executive Members will be invited to make comment or ask questions on the Minutes (5 Minutes).

· Cabinet Members will be invited to make comments and respond to any points raised (5 Minutes).

· The Leader of the Council will be given up to 15 Minutes to respond and to answer any questions raised.

Additional documents:

Minutes of Committees PDF 175 KB

To receive the Minutes of committees, as set out below:

Rules of Debate

· The Leader of the Council will introduce the Minutes as a whole.

· Any Member may raise any issue from the Minutes; the Chair of the relevant Committee may respond (5 Minutes).

· The Leader of the Council will close the debate (5 Minutes).

Meeting (Municipal Year 2019/20)	Date
Planning Committee	25^th November 2019
O&S Resources	18^th December 2019
Licensing Sub	13^th January 2020
Planning Committee	22^nd January 2020
Standards	6^th February 2020
O&S Resources	6^th February 2020
O&S Resources	18^th February 2020
Cabinet Committee (Street Naming)	24^th February 2020
Planning Committee	26^th February 2020
Management Review Committee	2^nd March 2020
Judicial Committee (Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Licensing)	4^th March 2020
Audit Committee	9^th March 2020
Judicial Committee (Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Licensing)	18^th March 2020

Additional documents:

10.

Motions submitted on Notice PDF 81 KB

To consider any Motions for debate in accordance with Council Procedure Rule A9, as amended by Section 10 of the Remote Meetings Procedure Rules.

Agenda

CouncilThursday, 19th November, 2020 7.00 pm

Council
Thursday, 19th November, 2020 7.00 pm