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

Report of the Chief Executive (copy attached).

7.1             The Mayor moved that:

(i)           The allocation of seats as detailed in the report and in appendix 1 to the report be approved;

(ii)         For the municipal year 2011/2012 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:

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

Governance Committee – Councillors Littman (Chair), A Norman (Deputy Chair), Kennedy, J Kitcat, Mitchell, Morgan, Oxley, Powell, Randall and G Theobald.

Audit Committee – Councillors Hamilton (Chair), Follett (Deputy Chair), Jarrett, Mitchell, A Norman, Pissaridou, Sykes, G Theobald, Wakefield and Wealls.

Licensing & Licensing (2003) Committee – Councillors Deane (Chair), Cobb, Duncan, Hyde, A Kitcat, Lepper, Marsh, Pidgeon, Rufus, Simson, Sykes, C Theobald, Turton and West.

Planning Committee – Councillors MacCafferty (Chair), Hyde (Deputy Chair), Carden, Cobb, Davey, Farrow, Hamilton, Hawtree, Kennedy, Summers, C Theobald and Wells.

Overview & Scrutiny Commission – Councillors Mitchell (Chair), Janio (Deputy Chair), Brown, Follett, Littman, Morgan, K Norman, Powell, Rufus and Summers.

Adult Social Care & Housing Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Councillors K Norman (Chair), Phillips (Deputy Chair), Buckley, Gilbey, Jones, Smith, Turton and Wealls.

Children & Young People Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Powell (Chair), Lepper (Deputy Chair), Bennett, Brown, Jones, A Kitcat, Pissaridou and Wealls.

Culture, Tourism & Enterprise Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Brown (Chair), Marsh (Deputy Chair), Deane, Farrow, Hawtree, Hyde, A Kitcat and C Theobald.

Environment & Community Safety Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Morgan (Chair), Sykes (Deputy Chair), Buckley, Cobb, Gilbey, Janio, Jones and Littman.

Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Rufus (Chair), C Theobald (Deputy Chair), Barnett, Bennett, Follett, Marsh, Phillips and Turton.

Licensing 2003 Sub-Committee (3 from the parent committee with designated reps) – Councillors Deane (Chair), Simson and Lepper.

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

Standards Committee – (6 Councillors and 6 Independent Members) Councillors J Kitcat, Lepper, Littman, A Norman, Phillips and Wells.

Dr Wilkinson (Chair), Mr J Bustard, Mr P Cecil, Mr G Rhodes, Mr P Rose and 1 vacancy.

Housing Management Consultative Committee – Councillors Wakefield (Chair), Duncan, Farrow, Peltzer Dunn, Pidgeon, Randall, Robins, Summers and Wells.

Community Safety Forum – Councillors Duncan (Chair), Barnett, Carden, Deane, Janio, MacCafferty, Morgan, Pidgeon, Robins and Summers.

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

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

(vi)       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:

7.2       The motion was carried.