2020-04-17 Post Election Meeting Agenda

POST ELECTION MEETING AGENDA                                                       17 APRIL 2020


REPORTS
1     APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY MAYOR


Author            Chief Executive Officer, Brett de Chastel
                  CEO’s Office

Index             ECM/ Subject/ Councillors / Mayor – Governance and Administration

Attachments       Nil.


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Nil.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Post Election Meeting dated 17
April 2020 and appoint Councillor __________ as Deputy Mayor in accordance with Section 175
of the Local Government Act 2009.


REPORT
Section 175 of the Local Government Act 2009 (the Act) requires that Council resolve to appoint a
Deputy Mayor from its Councillors at the Post Election meeting.

Section 175 - Post-election meetings
(1)   A local government must hold a meeting within 14 days after—
      (a)   the conclusion of each quadrennial election; and
      (b)   the conclusion of a fresh election of its councillors.
(2)   The local government must, by resolution, appoint a deputy mayor from its councillors (other
      than the mayor)—
      (a)   at that meeting; and
      (b)   at the first meeting after the office of the councillor who is the deputy mayor becomes
            vacant.

Other than the requirement for such an appointment, the Act and Local Government Regulation
2012 are silent with regard to the process.

It is proposed that the process for the appointment of the Deputy Mayor commence with the Mayor
calling for nominations. Should there be only a single nomination the Mayor would call for a motion
proposing the election of the nominated individual and the motion would then be considered.

In the event of more than one nomination, it is proposed that the preferred nominee be selected
by means of an exhaustive secret ballot, with the Chief Executive Officer and EA to the CEO acting
as Returning Officers. Once the preferred nominee has been identified, the Chief Executive Officer
will inform the Council of the successful nominee’s name and the ballot papers destroyed. The
Mayor would then call for a motion proposing the appointment of the identified individual and the
motion be put.



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