Agenda
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For those Councillors who wish to attend, prayers will be held at 12:55pm before the commencement of the meeting. Please be seated by 12:50pm. |
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Public Open Forum
The public open forum will commence at 1.00 p.m. and the following formal business of the Council will commence at 1.30 p.m. or whenever the public open forum ends, if earlier. Additional documents: |
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Apologies for absence
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Disclosure of Interests
Members are asked to disclose any interests in matters for consideration at the meeting. Additional documents: |
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Minutes of the meeting held on 26 January 2023
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Communications (including Chairman's Announcements)
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Budget Proposals for 2023/24 and indicative budgets for 2024/25 and 2025/26
The Council is required to set a balanced budget and agree the level of Council Tax for 2023/24 and this report contains a summary of the proposals that have been considered for inclusion. The proposals were considered and scrutinised in detail by the Budget Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 9 January 2023. The budget proposals were considered by Cabinet on 10 January and 7 February 2023 and the final proposals are included in this report. Additional documents: |
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Pay Policy Statement 2023-2024
This statement summarises current policies and arrangements already in place relating to pay – as such the Pay Policy Statement is one of fact. The Pay Policy Statement is presented each year to Council as part of the budget setting and approval process.
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Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF) Update
To seek approval from Council to accept the grant from the Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF) which has been made available from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. If accepted the funding will support the delivery through the purchase of 21 new homes in the District to meet short, medium and long-term housing need. Additional documents: |
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Appointment of Deputy Electoral Registration Officers
To consider the appointment of three Deputy Electoral Registration Officers Additional documents: |
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Proposed Amendments to the Constitution
This report provides Full Council with an opportunity to consider recommendations from the Constitution Committee meeting held on 14 February 2023.
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Proposed Amendments to the Constitution - referred item
This report provides Full Council with an opportunity to consider recommendations from the Constitution Committee meetings held in October and December 2022.
This business has been referred from the 26 January meeting of Full Council as there was not adequate time to hear the item at that meeting. Additional documents: |
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Community Governance Review for Grantham
To report the outcome of the additional consultation exercise undertaken and consider recommendations from the Community Governance Review Working Group regarding the proposed creation of a Parish Council for Grantham. Additional documents: |
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Members' Open Questions
A 45-minute period in which members may ask questions of the Leader, Cabinet Members, the Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the Overview and Scrutiny Committees and opposition group leaders excluding the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Planning Committee, Licensing and Alcohol, Entertainment and Late Night Refreshment Licensing Committees and Governance and Audit Committee. Additional documents: |
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Notices of Motion
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Councillor Amanda Wheeler
The UK’s current voting system (known as First Past the Post) originated when land-owning aristocrats dominated parliament and voting was restricted to property-owning men.
Currently in Europe, only the UK and authoritarian Belarus still use the archaic single-round FPTP for general elections. Meanwhile, internationally, Proportional Representation (PR) is used to elect parliaments in more than 80 countries. These countries tend to be more equal, freer and greener. Under PR, MPs and Parliaments better reflect the age, gender and protected characteristics of local communities and the nation. MPs better reflecting their communities leads to improved decision-making, wider participation and increased levels of ownership of decisions taken.
Proportional Representation ensures all votes count, have equal value, and those seats won match votes cast.
PR would also end minority rule. In 2019, 43.6% of the vote produced a government with 56.2% of the seats and 100% of the power.
PR is already used to elect the parliaments and assemblies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. So why not Westminster?
South Kesteven District Council therefore resolves to write to Government calling for a change in our outdated electoral laws to enable Proportional Representation to be used for general elections.
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Councillor Phil Dilks
To ensure members of the public, councillors and council officers can have confidence that the highest standards of probity and integrity are followed and that any alleged breaches of the Codes of Conduct are dealt fairly, impartially and in a timely manner:
Council resolves to: 2. Adopt the latest Local Government Association’s Guidance on Handling Alleged Breaches of the Code of Conduct, including the process for undertaking hearings, in its entirety.
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Close of meeting
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