Agenda item

This report invites Council to consider its non-executive and regulatory committee arrangements for the Council year May 2013 to May 2014 and associated annual business.

The Council considered a report inviting its approval for the non-executive and regulatory committee/Panel arrangements for the Council year May 2013 to May 2014.

In moving the motion (as circulated at the meeting), Councillor Paul Crossley thanked those Members who were not continuing in post as Cabinet Members and Group Leaders, for the dedicated service they had given to those roles.  This was seconded by Councillor Dave Dixon and supported by Councillors Tim Warren, John Bull and Bryan Chalker.

It was then

RESOLVED to

1.  Approve the structure for non-executive and regulatory decision making and Policy Development & Scrutiny working (set out in its current form in appendix 3) and revised political proportionality (as attached at amended Appendix 2);

2.  Appoint those bodies with membership, terms of reference and delegated powers as set out in the Constitution (with an amendment to the Terms of Reference for the Wellbeing PDS Panel on page 30 of the appendix, 4^th bullet point, to remove the words ‘recommend to full Council whether to’);

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 (current arrangements are as set out in appendix 1);

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.  Note the Terms of Reference of the Health & Wellbeing Board, approved by the Board on 30th April 2013 (and attached within Appendix 3), and formally appoint the Board, as described in section 10 of this report;

7.  Note the resolution of the Licensing Committee to appoint one Sub-Committee, and their views on how this would operate, as set out in paragraphs 5.3 and 5.4 and accordingly approve, with no Member voting against, a pool of six Members in such proportions as Group Leaders may determine, from whom a Sub-Committee of three Members will constituted;

8.  Agree the bodies on which co-opted members are to have seats as either voting or non-voting members and appoint such members accordingly as set out in revised Appendix 2);

9.  Approve the appointment of the Independent Persons with responsibility for supporting the Standards Committee, as set out in section 8;

10.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;

11.Confirm the current Member Champions in post for the roles set out in Section 9 and authorise the Chief Executive, in consultation with Group Leaders, to review the number and remits of the roles, and appoint members to fill such revised roles in accordance with the wishes of Group Leaders;

12.Authorise the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with Group Leaders, to make appointments on such outside bodies as are for the Council (rather than Cabinet) such to fill;

13.Note the arrangements for the conduct of Cabinet business and the report of a special urgency decision taken by Councillor Paul Crossley as set out in section 11;

14.Note the calendar of meeting dates that has been prepared up to May 2015 which is available on the Council’s website; and

15.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.

[Notes:

1.  The underlined wording in resolution 2 above was proposed by Councillor Vic Pritchard and accepted by the mover and seconder of the motion.

2.  The resolutions above were carried with all in favour except for one abstention from Councillor Brian Webber.]