Meeting documents

Apologies were received from Cllr D Loveridge.

Those joining the meeting but not in the room were also recorded separately.

Apologies were received from Cllr N Taylor and Cllr D Loveridge.

The Vice-Chair advised that line with legal requirements and planning for the meeting, the meeting is being held face to face but with attendance limited to 17 Councillors. Other Members are able to join online and participate at the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 36.

Details of all Members’ interests in District, Town and Parish Councils can be viewed on the Council Website at

County Councillors membership of Town, City, Parish or District Councils and this will be displayed in the meeting room (Where relevant).

The Statutory Register of Member’s Interests can be inspected via request to the Democratic Service Team.

There were no new declarations of interest made.

There were no new declarations of interest made.

Council is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The Minutes of the meeting held on 23 February 2022 were accepted as a true and accurate record, subject to 2 amendments to Minute 25, and were signed by the Vice Chair of the meeting.

The Minutes of the meeting held on 23 February 2022 were accepted as a true and accurate record, and were signed by the Vice Chair of the meeting subject to the following 2 minor amendments being made to Minute 25 (Report of the Leader and Cabinet): -

·         second paragraph, third  ...  view the full minutes text for item 38.

To receive a report by the Chair of Council.

The Vice Chair, Cllr Clayton presented the Chair of Somerset County Council Information Sheet No. 15 which had been circulated and published with the agenda and provided details of the activities and events attended since the report to the Council on 23 February 2022. He advised that he had attended  ...  view the full minutes text for item 39.

(see explanatory notes attached to agenda)

This item includes the presentation of petitions. Details of any public questions / petitions submitted will be included in the Chair’s Schedule which will be made available to the members and to the public at the meeting.

There were no public questions received by the published submission deadline.

To consider a report with recommendations by the Monitoring Officer.

The recommendations relate to approving the accuracy of minutes of various Committee meetings held in late 2021 and early 2022.

Proposed by Councillor Fothergill and Seconded by Councillor Revans, the Council RESOLVED:

1)    Agreed the accuracy of the 8 sets of minutes attached to the report as Appendices A to H.

2)    Agreed that the Vice Chair of Council signs a copy of each of the 8 sets of Committee minutes on behalf of their respective Committee Chair. 

3)    Authorised the Monitoring Officer to take forward the implementation of the recommendations above and ensure accurate records are kept.

The Council considered a report by the Monitoring Officer, which set out proposals for Council to agree the accuracy of six sets of Committee minutes that were unable to be formally agreed under the Advisory Board model the Council implemented in January 2022 (Minute 18 refers) and now required formal  ...  view the full minutes text for item 41.

To consider report following consultation with the HR Advisory Board.

The recommendations relate to Chief Officers’ pay awards for 2021/22.

The Council considered the report from the Chief Executive and Director of HR and Organisational Development which related to the recommendations relating to Chief Officers’ pay awards for 2021/22, following consultation with the HR Policy Committee (Advisory Board) on 5 April 2022.

Proposed by Councillor Chilcott and Seconded by Councillor Revans, the Council RESOLVED to approve the Chief Executive and Chief Officers pay award proposal of 1.75%, in line with Green Book pay award, to be backdated to April 2021.

The Council considered a report by the Chief Executive and Director of HR and Organisational Development which related to the recommendations relating to Chief Officers’ pay awards for 2021/22, following consultation with the HR Policy Committee (Advisory Board) at its meeting on 5 April 2022.

At that meeting, Officers prepared  ...  view the full minutes text for item 42.

Concluding remarks by the Chair of the Council.

The Vice Chair, Cllr Clayton made some concluding remarks at the end of the quinquennium and thanked Members for attending the meeting and wished them well in the forthcoming elections. The Leader, Cllr Fothergill thanked Cllr Clayton for his work and for chairing the meeting in the absence of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 43.