Agenda item - Review of Political Balance and Appointment of Committees, Sub-Committees, Joint Committees, Boards, Panels & Outside Bodies 2016/17.

Report of the Chief Executive (copy attached).

10.1.        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 2016/2017 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:

 

Committee/Sub-Committee	Seats	Labour & Co-operative	Conservative	Green
Policy, Resources & Growth	10	4	4	2
Children, Young People & Skills	10	5	3	2
Economic Development & Culture	10	5	3	2
Environment, Transport & Sustainability	10	4	4	2
Housing & New Homes	10	4	4	2
Neighbourhoods, Communities & Equalities	10	4	4	2

 

Audit & Standards Committee	8	3	3	2
Licensing*	15	6	6	3
Planning	12	6	4	2
Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee	10	4	4	2
Personnel Sub-Committee	3	1	1	1
Total	108	46	40	22

 

Licensing 2003 Act* - has the same membership as Licensing and does not come into the equation for the allocation of seats

15

6

6

3

 

Other Bodies: Which do not come into the equation for the allocation of seats
Health & Wellbeing Board	5	2	2	1
Corporate Parenting Board	5	2	2	1
Procurement Board	5	2	2	1
Strategic Delivery Board	5	2	2	1

 

Urgency Sub-Committees

3

1

1

1

 

Joint Committees
Greater Brighton Board	2	1	1
Orbis Joint Committee	1	1

 

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

 

Policy & Resources Committee – Councillors Morgan (Chair), Hamilton (Deputy Chair), Bewick, Janio, Mac Cafferty, Mitchell, A. Norman, Sykes, G. Theobald and Wealls.

 

Children, Young People & Skills Committee – Councillors Bewick (Chair), Chapman (Deputy Chair), Barradell, Brown, Daniel, Knight, Penn, Phillips, Taylor and Wealls.

 

Economic Development & Culture Committee – Councillors Robins (Chair), Cattell (Deputy Chair), Allen, Druitt, Greenbaum, Morris, Nemeth, O’Quinn, Peltzer Dunn and C. Theobald.

 

Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee – Councillors Mitchell (Chair), Barradell (Deputy Chair), Atkinson, Deane, Greenbaum, Janio, Miller, Robins, G. Theobald and Wares.

 

Housing & New Homes Committee – Councillors Meadows (Chair), Hill (Deputy Chair), Atkinson, Barnett, Bell, Druitt, Gibson, Lewry, Mears and Moonan.

 

Neighbourhoods, Communities & Equalities Committee – Councillors Daniel (Chair), Moonan (Deputy Chair), Bell, Gibson, Hill, Horan, Lewry, Littman, K. Norman and Simson.

 

Audit & Standards Committee – Councillors A. Norman (Chair), Chapman, Cobb, Druitt, Morris, Robins, Sykes and Taylor.

 

Licensing & Licensing (2003) Committee – Councillors O’Quinn (Chair), Horan (Deputy Chair), Bell, Cattell, Cobb, Deane, Gilbey, Hyde, Lewry, Moonan, Morris, Page, Phillips, Simson and Wares.

 

Planning Committee – Councillors Cattell (Chair), Gilbey (Deputy Chair), Barradell, Bennett, Hyde, Inkpin-Leissner, Littman, Mac Cafferty, Miller, Moonan, Morris and C. Theobald.

 

Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Simson (Chair), Allen, Bennett, Cattell, Deane, Knight, Marsh, O’Quinn, Peltzer Dunn and Taylor.

 

Licensing 2003 Sub-Committee (3 from the parent committee with designated reps) – Councillors O’Quinn (Chair), Wares and Deane.

 

Personnel Appeals Sub-Committee – (3 from a pool of Members with designated reps) Councillors O’Quinn, Simson and Littman.

 

Health & Wellbeing Board – Councillors Yates (Chair), Barford, Brown, K. Norman and Page.

 

Corporate Parenting Board - Councillors Gilbey (Chair), Bell, Bennett, Chapman and Knight.

 

Procurement Board – Councillors Meadows (Chair), Miller, Robins, Sykes and Wealls.

 

Strategic Delivery Board – Councillors Morgan (Chair), Mac Cafferty, Mitchell, Nemeth and G. Theobald.

 

Greater Brighton Board – Councillors Morgan and G. Theobald.

 

Great Brighton Board Call-in Panel – Councillor Mac Cafferty.

 

Orbis Joint Committee – Councillor Hamilton.

 

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

 

(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 in having regard to (ii) above, it be agreed that for the purpose of enabling meetings of the Personnel Appeal Panel (sub-committee) to be convened without disproportionate difficulty, the make-up of such panels need not be politically balanced although every effort would be taken to achieve it and that it also be agreed that:

 

(a)   Although the Panel has the Members referred to in Appendix 2 as its standing Members, where any of the 3 Members is not available, any Member of the Council who has received appropriate training shall be eligible to sit on the Panel;

 

(b)   The Head of Democratic Services be authorised to set up the Panel, as and when needed with the permanent Members or, where any of them is not available, by including any other eligible Member of the Council, having regard to the need, where possible, to secure cross party representation;

 

(c)    The above arrangements and those set out in paragraph 2.5 of the report (and (v) above), are intended to operate as “alternative arrangements” for the pursuant to section 17 of the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990.

 

(vii)       That the appointment of representatives to various bodies listed in Appendix 2 of the report be agreed;

 

(viii)      That the appointment of the various Lead Members’ roles and the designated Members listed against those roles as detailed in Appendix 3 to the report and specified below be agreed; and

 

	Lead Member
1	Leader		Councillor Morgan
2	Finance & Resources		Councillor Hamilton
3	Adult Social Care		Councillor Barford
4	Children, Young People & Skills		Councillor Bewick
5	Culture, Tourism & Leisure		Councillor Robins

 

6	Economic Growth		Councillor Morgan
7	Environment, Transport & Sustainability		Councillor Mitchell
8	Health & Wellbeing		Councillor Yates
9	Housing & New Homes		Councillor Meadows
10	Mental Health		Councillor Penn
11	Neighbourhoods, Communities & Equality		Councillor Daniel
12	Planning Strategy		Councillor Cattell
13	Private Rented Sector		Councillor Hill
14	Rough Sleeping		Councillor Moonan
15	Schools		Councillor Chapman

 

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

 

	Name of Organisation	Term of Office	Appointments 2016/17
1	Education Trusts Committee	Annual	Cllrs Brown, Chapman, Knight, Marsh and Taylor.
2	Interreg	Annual	Morgan
3	Members Advisory Group on Grants (MAG)	Annual	Hamilton, Littman and Simson.
4	The Brighton Fund	Annual	Deane, Meadows, Moonan, A. Norman and West (Mayor).
5	Arts & Creative Industries Commission	Annual	Greenbaum, Morris and Peltzer Dunn.
6	Brighton & Hove Connected	Annual	Mac Cafferty, Morgan and G. Theobald.
7	Brighton & Hove Music Trust	Annual	Allen, Mac Cafferty and A. Norman.
8	East Sussex Pension Board	Annual	Allen
9	Local Government Association	Annual	Mac Cafferty, Mitchell, Morgan and G. Theobald.
10	Race ground Trustees / Race Ground Company	Annual	Hamilton and C. Theobald.

 

10.2       The motion was carried.