Eastleigh Borough Council Council Meeting

There was no public participation on this occasion.

The Mayor had attended 17 events since Mayor Making in May.  Highlights included:

·  A visit to Shakespeare Infant school;

·  A performance of The Little Mermaid by Blue Butterfly at the Rose Theatre;

·  Meeting the Friends of In Touch;

·  Wetwheels in Hamble where they were treated to rides on a high speed RIB and a T Model Ford;

·  Shakespeare Junior School’s Summer Fayre;

·  Afternoon tea and cake at the Chandler’s Ford Care Home Open Day;

·  Winning the Mayors challenge at the Ferny Croft Scouts activity centre;

·  An evening with the Royal British Legion’s Poppy sellers;

·  Stories told by Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award winners in the Great Hall at Winchester;

·  Revelry on the Rec;

·  A concert by the Southampton Youth Wind band;

·  A performance of Oliver by Norwood Primary and Pre-School;

·  Supporting the Basingstoke Mayor at their service of dedication; and

·  Attended the Lord Lieutenants reception for new Mayors

Reports and photos for each Civic outing could be found on the Mayor’s Blog on the Borough Council website.

The Mayor thanked the Deputy Mayor and past mayors for attending events that he was unable to attend.

There was a full diary of events coming up including the Eastleigh Mela on Sunday 21 July, Eastleigh Late Summer Festival on 31 August, The Point’s Open Day on 7 September, Eastleigh Pride on 14 September and Eastleigh Pumpkin Festival on 12 October.  The Mayor would be inviting local ward Councillors to attend events in their wards from now on.

The Mayor congratulated the new Members of Parliament: for Eastleigh, Councillor Liz Jarvis and for Hamble Valley, Paul Holmes.

The Mayor concluded his announcements with the sad news that one of the Citizens of Honour, Devan Kandiah, passed away in May.  Devan was well known and respected across the Borough and he has left an enormous legacy with his work for Eastleigh Lions, Age Concern and Fair Oak Squash Club.  A minute’s silence was observed.

There were no declarations of interest in relation to items of business on the agenda.

RESOLVED -

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 20 May 2024 be agreed as a correct record.

The Leader thanked everyone for their forbearance in the rearranging of diaries to support the meetings being held in July rather than June to accommodate the general election.

The Leader congratulated the new Members of Parliament for Eastleigh, Liz Jarvis, and Hamble Valley, Paul Holmes and looked forward to working with them.

The Leader was also hopeful that the change in government would result in a more settled period for local government with genuine devolution because local decisions were better than central decisions; as evidenced by the Local Area Committee model operated by the Council.

Consideration was given to the report of the Service Director – Governance and Support (Monitoring Officer).

RESOLVED –

That Council:

(1)  approved the appended Modern Slavery Statement for 2023/24; and

(2)  agreed that a signed copy is displayed on the Council's website and Home Office Modern Slavery Statement Registry.

Consideration was given to the report of the Service Director – Governance and Support (Monitoring Officer).

RESOLVED -

That Council noted the contents of the report and the situations during 2023/24 when the powers delegated to the Leader and Chief Executive to make special urgency/urgent/emergency decisions were exercised. sideration was given to the report of the Service Director – Governance and Support (Monitoring Officer).

Consideration was given to the report of the Democratic Services Manager.

RESOLVED –

That Council approved the appointment of Stefan Hargrave as the Independent Co-opted Member to the Audit and Resources Committee for a two year term.

There were Councillors’ questions as set out in the Agenda, and supplementary questions were answered by the Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment.

RESOLVED -

That the Minutes of the following meetings be received: