Agenda item - Review of Political Balance and Appointment of Committees, Sub-Committees, Forums and Outside Bodies.

Report of the Chief Executive (copy attached).

6.1             The Mayor moved that:

(i)     For the municipal year 2010/2011 the following Committees and Sub?Committees be constituted and appointed to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of the Council and the number of Members and allocation of seats to the Party Groups (apart from co-opted Members) as detailed in appendix 1 to the report and as specified below be agreed:

(ii)     That the membership of the committees and sub-committees as detailed in appendix 2 to the report be agreed;

Governance Committee – Councillors Oxley (Chairman), Simpson (Deputy Chairman), Brown, Elgood, Fallon-Khan, Mears, Mitchell, Randall, Simson and Taylor.

Audit Committee – Councillors Hamilton (Chairman), Watkins (Deputy Chairman), Drake, Harmer-Strange, Kitcat, A Norman, Oxley, Simpson, Smith and Taylor.

Licensing & Licensing (2003) Committee – Councillors Cobb (Chairman), Lepper (Deputy Chairman), Harmer-Strange, Hawkes, Hyde, Kitcat, Marsh, Older, Phillips, Pidgeon, Simson, C Theobald, Watkins, West and Wrighton.

Planning Committee – Councillors Hyde (Chairman), C Theobald (Deputy Chairman), Alford, Carden, Cobb, Davey, Hamilton, Kennedy, McCaffery, Simson, Smart and Steedman.

Overview & Scrutiny Commission – Councillors Mitchell (Chairman), Pidgeon (Deputy Chairman), Bennett, Cobb, Elgood, Kennedy, Morgan, Older, Peltzer Dunn and Wakefield-Jarrett.

Adult Social Care & Housing Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Meadows (Chairman), Wrighton (Deputy Chairman), Allen, Janio, Kemble, Older, Pidgeon and Phillips.

Children & Young People Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Older (Chairman), McCaffery (Deputy Chairman), Davis, Duncan, Hyde, Phillips, A Norman and Smart.

Culture, Tourism & Enterprise Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Kennedy (Chairman), Drake (Deputy Chairman), Davis, Harmer-Strange, Marsh, Randall, C Theobald and Turton.

Environment & Community Safety Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Morgan (Chairman), Janio (Deputy Chairman), Davis, Drake, A Norman, Rufus, Smart and West.

Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Peltzer Dunn (Chairman), Allen (Deputy Chairman), Barnett, Harmer-Strange, Hawkes, Kitcat, Marsh and Rufus.

Licensing 2003 Sub-Committee (3 from the parent committee with designated reps) – Councillors Cobb (Chairman), Lepper, Watkins and West.

Personnel Committee – (3 from a pool of Members with designated reps) Councillors Pidgeon, Marsh and Wrighton.

Standards Committee – (6 Councillors and 6 Independent Members) Councillors Carden, Lepper, Harmer-Strange, Steedman, C Theobald and Watkins.

Dr Wilkinson (Chairman), Ms Carter, Mr Rhodes, Mrs Scott, Mr Janse van Vuuren and 1 vacancy.

Housing Management Consultative Committee – Councillors Caulfield (Chairman), Allen, Barnett, Fryer, Mears, Pidgeon, Randall, Simson and Simpson.

Community Safety Forum – Councillors Simson (Chairman), Barnett, Carden, Duncan, Hyde, Janio, Morgan, Phillips, Watkins and Young.

(iii)    That in having regard to (ii) above, those Members listed as Chairman, Deputy Chairmen and Opposition Spokesperson of the respective Committees, Sub-Committees and Forums as detailed in appendix 2 to the report be agreed;

(iv)    (a) That with regard to (i) above and subject to (b) and (c) below, all Members of the Council be appointed as Substitute Members of each Committee of the Council in accordance with Standing Orders.

         (b) That no Member may act as a Substitute Member of the Planning Committee or the Personnel Committee unless he/she has received the appropriate training to enable them to serve on the respective Committee.

         (c)  There are restrictions on membership of the Overview & Scrutiny Committees as set out in the Overview & Scrutiny Procedure rules.

(v)         That the existing co-optees on the Planning Committee, the Children & Young People’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee and the Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee be re-appointed, providing that the Overview & Scrutiny Commission may appoint additional non-voting co-optees to the Children & Young People’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee and the Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee;

(vi)       That in having regard to (ii) above, an Urgency Sub-Committee for each Committee be approved in accordance with Procedure Rule 22; 

(vii)     That those appointments listed in appendix 3 to the report being the responsibility of the Executive and as such made by the Leader of the Council be noted as detailed below:

(viii)   That the appointments of representatives to the list of Outside Bodies as detailed in appendix 4 to the report and specified below be agreed: