Venue: Council Chamber - Shire Hall, Gloucester. View directions
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Apologies for absence |
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Election of Chair To elect the Chair of the Council for the 2023-24 Civic Year
Following the election, the Chair will make the Declaration of Acceptance of Office and sign the Roll of Members as Chair. |
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Election of the Vice Chair To elect the Vice Chair of the Council for the 2023-24 Civic Year.
Following the election, the Vice Chair will make the Declaration of Acceptance of Office and sign the Roll of Members as Vice- Chair. |
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To confirm and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 22 March 2023. |
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Declarations of Interest Please declare any disclosable pecuniary interests or personal interests that you may have relating to any specific matters which may be discussed at the meeting. |
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Announcements Please see the briefing note, which does not accompany this agenda but will be circulated prior to the meeting. |
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Up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item.
To answer any written public questions about matters which are within the powers and duties of the County Council.
The closing date for receipt of questions was 10am on Monday, 15 May 2023.
However, questions that relate to reports on the agenda may be submitted up to 10am on Wednesday, 17 May 2023.
Please send questions to the Chief Executive marked for the attention of Stephen Bace (email stephen.bace@gloucestershire.gov.uk)
Questions received and proposed responses do not accompany this agenda but will be circulated prior to the meeting.
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To consider the report of the Head of Democratic Services.
TO FOLLOW |
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Corporate Parenting Cllr Stephen Davies, Cabinet Member for Children’s Safeguarding and Early Years to present the Corporate Parenting report. |
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Petitions To receive any petitions from members without discussion |
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The Council’s Constitution provides for a maximum of two hours for debate on motions. The time limit for member speeches is three minutes and the time limit for proposing a motion is five minutes.
In accordance with Procedural Rule 10.2 in Part 4 of the Council Constitution, the Chief Executive has prepared a short accompanying note for each motion in respect of any implications for climate change, resources, human rights and any other pertinent factors they may wish to include in accordance with the Council’s Policy Framework.
Gloucestershire biodiversity week
Proposed: Cllr David Gray Seconded: Cllr Chloe Turner
In 2019, this council declared a climate change emergency and committed to a carbon action plan. We believe that in addition to reducing our carbon outputs, ensuring the resilience of our ecosystem is essential to maintaining a healthy planet.
Council notes:
Therefore, Council resolves to:
We in turn commit to lead by example and follow good biodiversity practices when choosing our Highways Local schemes, supporting Parish and Town councils and other community groups. We also endeavour to pursue a biodiversity net gain on council land wherever possible, including opportunities for offsetting credits for supply to developers under the Gloucestershire Climate and Nature Fund. To emphasise the importance biodiversity in our corporate decision making, we will include ecological impact assessments alongside climate change implications assessments in cabinet reports.
Gloucestershire County Council to enshrine being a Care Leaver as a Protected Characteristic Proposed: Cllr Rebecca Halifax Seconder: Cllr Ben Evans
This Council Notes:
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Up to 45 minutes is allowed for this item.
To answer any written member questions about matters which are within the powers and duties of the County Council.
The closing date for receipt of questions was 10am on Monday, 15 May 2023.
However, questions that relate to reports on the agenda may be submitted up to 10am on Wednesday, 17 May 2023.
Please send questions to the Chief Executive marked for the attention of Stephen Bace (email stephen.bace@gloucestershire.gov.uk)
Questions received and proposed responses do not accompany this agenda but will be circulated prior to the meeting.
As background information, the Cabinet Decisions for the meeting held on 29 March 2023 can be found at:
https://glostext.gloucestershire.gov.uk/mgDelegatedDecisions.aspx?bcr=1&DM=117C
Cabinet Member Decision statements for the period 11 March 2023 to 5 May 2023 can be found at:
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Constitution Committee Additional documents: |
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Appointment to Outside Body To appoint a member to the Severn Estuary Partnership. |
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Calendar of Meetings for 2024 To approve the calendar of meetings for 2024. |