Issue - meetings

This report invites the Council to consider its non-executive and regulatory Committee arrangements for the Council Year May 2017 to May 2018 and associated annual business.

The Council considered a report inviting them to consider the non-executive and regulatory Committee arrangements for the Council Year May 2017 to May 2018 and associated annual business.

On a motion from Councillor Tim Warren, seconded by Councillor Dine Romero, it was unanimously

RESOLVED to

1.  Approve the structure for non-executive and regulatory decision making and Policy Development & Scrutiny working (set out in current form in appendix 3);

2.  Accordingly, appoint those bodies with membership, terms of reference and delegated powers as set out in the Constitution, noting the revisions outlined in paragraphs 5.3 (and with any necessary amendments arising from this meeting);

3.  Approve the allocation of seats on those Committees and Panels (such seats to be filled in accordance with the nominations made by the political groups);

4.  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;

5.  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;

6.  Determine the bodies on which co-opted and independent members are to have seats  as either voting or non-voting members and appoint such members accordingly (current arrangements are set out in Appendix 1);

7.  Authorise the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the Chairs of the Policy Development & Scrutiny Panels, to constitute and support any required Panel joint working as outlined in section 7;

8.  Note the arrangements for the conduct of Cabinet business and the urgent decisions that have been taken in the last municipal year, as set out in section 8;

9.  Instruct the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with Group Leaders, to make appointments on non-executive outside bodies and note that the Leader or Cabinet Members will do so for executive outside bodies, where such vacancies arise, and note the future intentions regarding reporting annually to Council as outlined in section 9;

10.Approve the amendment to the non-executive procedure rules in the Constitution as outlined in section 10;

11.Note the calendar of meeting dates that has been prepared up to May 2019 which is available on the Council’s website;

12.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.