Agenda item
Appointment of Committees
To consider the report and allocate committee seats to political groups and determine appointments to committees.
Please note that the council may be asked under this item to approve alternative arrangements to strict political proportionality for appointments to committees and other bodies in accordance with Regulation 20 of the Local Government (Committee and Political Groups) Regulations 1990.
Minutes:
The purpose of this report was to set out those matters reserved to Council at its Annual Meeting:
1. To establish the allocation of seats to political groups based on proportionality and to agree arrangements for making the necessary adjustments to proportionality based on appointments to individual Committees.
2. To make appointments to Committees for the Civic Year 2022/23
3. To make appointments to the positions of Chair and Vice Chair of Committees for the Civic Year 2022/23
The Council noted that the list of Members appointed to committees had been issued as a supplementary addition to Annex A
Members of Committees
Planning and Licensing Committee (11 seats)
Liberal Democrats (6 seats) Councillor Ray Brassington,, Councillor Patrick Coleman, Councillor Dilys Neill, Councillor Mark Harris, Councillor Gary Selwyn, Councillor Clive Webster
Conservatives (4 seats) Councillor Sue Jepson, Councillor Stephen Hirst, Councillor Stephen Trotter, Councillor Julia Judd
Green Party (1 seat) Councillor Andrew Maclean
Overview and Scrutiny Committee (10 seats)
Liberal Democrats (5 seats) Councillor Claire Bloomer, Councillor Patrick Coleman, Councillor Roly Hughes, Councillor Nigel Robbins, Councillor Gary Selwyn,
Conservatives (4 seats) Councillor Stephen Andrews, Councillor Gina Blomefield, Councillor Richard Norris, Councillor David Cunningham
Independent (1 seat) Councillor Nikki Ind
Audit Committee (7 seats)
Liberal Democrats (4 seats) Councillor Nigel Robbins, Councillor Nick Maunder, Councillor Gary Selwyn, Councillor Patrick Coleman
Conservatives (3 seats) Councillor Tony Berry, Councillor Ray Theodoulou, Councillor Tom Stowe
Performance and Appointments Committee (Statutory Officers) (7 seats)
Liberal Democrats (4 seats) Councillor Joe Harris, Councillor Mike Evemy, Councillor Jenny Forde, Councillor Gary Selwyn
Conservatives (3 seats) Councillor Tony Berry, Councillor Ray Theodoulou, Councillor Sue Jepson
RESOLVED: The Council agreed to establish the allocation of seats to political groups based on proportionality and to agree arrangements for making the necessary adjustments to proportionality based on appointments to individual Committees and to make appointments to Committees for the Civic Year 2022/23 as listed above.
Voting Record: For 30, Against 0, Abstentions 0, Absent 4,
Members of Working Groups
Constitution Working Group
Liberal Democrats (4 seats) Councillor Joe Harris, Leader of the Council, Councillor Mike Evemy, Deputy Leader of the Council, Councillor Lisa Spivey, Councillor Patrick Coleman
Conservatives (2 seats) Councillor Stephen Andrews, Councillor Ray Theodoulou
Independent (1 seat) Councillor Nikki Ind
Capital Programme Investment Board
Liberal Democrats (3 seats) Councillor Tony Dale, Councillor Mike Evemy, Deputy Leader of the Council, Councillor Gary Selwyn
Conservatives (2 seats) Councillor Stephen Andrews, Councillor Ray Theodoulou
Leisure Working Group
Liberal Democrats (4 seats) Councillor Jenny Forde, Councillor Gary Selwyn, Councillor Juliet Layton, Councillor Nick Maunder
Conservatives (4 seats) Councillor Stephen Andrews, Councillor Tom Stowe, Councillor Richard Norris, Councillor Stephen Hirst
Independent (1 seat) Councillor Nikki Ind
RESOLVED: The Council agreed to make appointments to Working Groups for the Civic Year 2022/23 as listed above.
Voting Record – For 30, Against 0, Abstentions 0, Absent 4,
Chairs of Committees
Audit Committee
Chair: Councillor Nigel Robbins
Vice-Chair: Councillor Nick Maunder
Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Chair: Councillor Stephen Andrews
Vice-Chair: Councillor Gary Selwyn
Performance and Appointments Committee (Statutory Officers)
Chair: Councillor Joe Harris, Leader of the Council
Vice-Chair: Councillor Mike Evemy, Deputy Leader of the Council
Planning and Licensing Committee
Chair: Councillor Ray Brassington
Voting Record – For 30, Against 0, Abstentions 0, Absent 4,
The Vice-Chair of the Council invited nominations for the office of Vice-Chair of the Planning and Licensing Committee
Councillor Evemy, the Deputy Leader of the Council, proposed Councillor Coleman, and this was seconded by Councillor Coxcoon.
Councillor Jepson proposed Councillor Judd, and this was seconded by Councillor Hirst.
Voting Record – For Councillor Coleman 17, For Councillor Judd 13,
RESOLVED: The Council elected Councillor Coleman as Vice-Chair of Planning and Licensing Committee
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