Issue - meetings

This report invites the Council to consider its non-executive and regulatory Committee arrangements for the period of July 2013 to May 2014 and associated constitutional business.

The Council considered a report inviting it to consider various constitutional and proportionality issues.

On a motion from Councillor Paul Crossley, seconded by Councillor Tim Warren, it was

RESOLVED

1.  To approve the allocation of seats on the Committees and Panels listed in Appendix 1 (such seats to be filled in accordance with the nominations made by the political groups) with the following changes

a.  Labour group to lose one seat on Development Control and one on Wellbeing Policy Development & Scrutiny

b.  Conservative group to gain one on Development Control

c.  Independent group gain one on Wellbeing Policy Development & Scrutiny

2.  To appoint to chair each committee and panel those Councillors as may from time to time be nominated by the political group to whom the chairmanship of the body is allocated;

3.  To authorise the Monitoring Officer to fill any casual vacancies in membership of all the bodies constituted and vacancy in the office of Chair of such bodies in accordance with the wishes of the political groups;

4.  To agree the revisions to the existing Petition scheme regarding petitions for debate at Council subject to the variations shown in the revised Appendix 2 (linked to these minutes);

5.  To agree that no notices of motion, councillor statements, councillor petitions or councillor questions be permitted at the Budget Council and the Annual Council Meeting and amend the Constitution accordingly;

6.  To authorise the Monitoring Officer to make and publicise any amendment to the Council’s Constitution required, or take any other necessary action, as a result of decisions taken at this meeting on this and other reports within the agenda, or otherwise as required by law.