Agenda and minutes

Extraordinary Meeting, Full Council - Wednesday, 22nd March, 2017 7.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber - Hammersmith Town Hall. View directions

Contact: Kayode Adewumi Tel: 020 8753 2499

Items
No.	Item
	Audio recording of the meeting MP3 22 MB Click the title above to listen to a recording of the meeting.
1.	Minutes PDF 254 KB To approve and sign as an accurate record the minutes of the Council Meeting held on 22 February 2017. Minutes: RESOLVED That the minutes of the Council Meeting held on 22 February 2017were confirmed and signed as an accurate record.
2.	Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Ali Hashem, Hannah Barlow, Lisa Homan, Caroline Needham, Charlie Dewhirst, Harry Phibbs, Alex Karmel, Michael Adam, Marcus Ginn, Caroline Ffiske, Frances Stainton, Nicholas Botterill, and Viya Nsumbu.
3.	Mayor's/Chief Executive's Announcements Minutes: The Mayor noted that this was the last Council meeting of the Chief Executive, Nigel Pallace. Nigel joined the Council 25 years ago as the Assistant Director for Development Services. He worked as the Director of Environment, then Executive Director of Transport and Technical Services before becoming Chief Executive. Nigel worked on many projects that shaped the landscape of the borough including Westfield London. The Mayor, on behalf of the whole Council, thanked Nigel for his service to the borough and wished him all the best for the future. The Leader of the Council, Councillor Stephen Cowan, and the Leader of the Opposition, Councillor Greg Smith, made speeches thanking Nigel for his contributions to the borough.
4.	Declarations of Interests If a Councillor has a disclosable pecuniary interest in a particular item, whether or not it is entered in the Authority’s register of interests, or any other significant interest which they consider should be declared in the public interest, they should declare the existence and, unless it is a sensitive interest as defined in the Member Code of Conduct, the nature of the interest at the commencement of the consideration of that item or as soon as it becomes apparent. At meetings where members of the public are allowed to be in attendance and speak, any Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest or other significant interest may also make representations, give evidence or answer questions about the matter. The Councillor must then withdraw immediately from the meeting before the matter is discussed and any vote taken. Where Members of the public are not allowed to be in attendance and speak, then the Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest should withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is under consideration. Councillors who have declared other significant interests should also withdraw from the meeting if they consider their continued participation in the matter would not be reasonable in the circumstances and may give rise to a perception of a conflict of interest. Councillors are not obliged to withdraw from the meeting where a dispensation to that effect has been obtained from the Audit, Pensions and Standards Committee. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest.
5.	Items for Discussion/Committee Reports
5.1	Appointment of the Head of Paid Service PDF 167 KB The Council is asked to approve that Ms Kim Dero is appointed as the Chief Executive for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham on an interim basis. Minutes: 7.15pm – The report and recommendations were formally moved for adoption by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Stephen Cowan. Speeches on the report were made by Councillors Stephen Cowan, Michael Cartwright, Sue Fennimore, and Max Schmid (for the Administration) - and Councillors Greg Smith, Joe Carlebach, and Andrew Brown (for the Opposition). The report and recommendations were then put to the vote: FOR UNANIMOUS AGAINST 0 NOT VOTING 0 7.43pm – RESOLVED 1. That Ms Kim Dero be appointed to act as the Interim Chief Executive for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham with effect from 1st April 2017. 2. That Ms Kim Dero be appointed to act as the Head of Paid Service for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham with effect from the same date. 3. That the appointment of Ms Kim Dero as the Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer, be approved.
5.2	Appointment of the Monitoring Officer PDF 91 KB The Council is asked to approve that Rhian Davies is appointed as the Monitoring Officer for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham on an interim basis. Additional documents: Appendix A - Delegations, Roles, and Responsibilities , item 5.2 PDF 145 KB Minutes: 7.43pm – The report and recommendations were formally moved for adoption by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Stephen Cowan. Councillor Stephen Cowan made a speech on the report (for the Administration) before it was put to the vote: FOR UNANIMOUS AGAINST 0 NOT VOTING 0 7.47pm – RESOLVED 1. That Rhian Davies be appointed as the Council’s interim Monitoring Officer from 22nd March 2017. 2. That the amendments to the Officers’ Scheme of delegation to reflect the role and responsibilities of the Monitoring Officer attached as appendix A, be approved.