2016-04-05 Post Election Meeting Agenda

POST ELECTION MEETING AGENDA                                                               5 APRIL 2016



POST ELECTION MEETING REPORTS


1                        APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY MAYOR
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




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 5
April 2016 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.

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 PA 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.

Previous Council Consideration

Nil.

Finance & Risk

The remuneration for the Deputy Mayor position is already factored into Council’s budget.



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