Agenda

Mr Owais Khan Malik, Shahjalal Islamic Centre, will open the meeting with Prayers.

To elect a Mayor of the Borough for the Municipal Year 2025/26.

To receive notification from the incoming Mayor regarding the appointment of Deputy Mayor of the Borough for the Municipal Year 2025/26.

To receive the Mayor’s announcement regarding a Chaplain.

To receive any announcements from the newly elected Mayor as to the civic functions for 2025/26.

To receive declarations of disclosable pecuniary or non pecuniary interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from all Members of the Council.

To receive and consider any procedural motions by Members of the Council in relation to the conduct of this Meeting.  Notice of such procedural motions, received after the issuing of this Summons, will be tabled.

That the minutes of the meeting held on 27 February 2025 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

Report of the Strategic Director of Legal and Governance Services

Report of the Monitoring Officer

To receive a report from the Strategic Director of Legal and Governance Services to note the appointments to Cabinet and seek Council approval to the appointments to Committees.

To receive a report of the Strategic Director of Legal and Governance Services seeking Council approval to the Chairs of Committees for the Municipal Year 2025/26.

Report of the Strategic Director of Legal and Governance

Report of the Strategic Director of Legal and Governance

To note and confirm the dates of ordinary meetings of Council for the 2025/26 Municipal Year as set out in the Calendar of Meetings as follows:-

Thursday 18 September 2025

Thursday 27 November 2025

Thursday 26 February 2026 (Council Tax)

Wednesday 20 May 2026 (Annual)

The Council will record the meeting and will place the recording on the Council’s website.

[Note:  The questions and answers will not be reproduced in the minutes.]