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Nominations For Committees For The Municipal Year 2014/15

Decision Maker: Civic Affairs

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To consider nominations for committees for the municipal year 2014/15.

Decisions:

The committee considered a paper setting out the proposed size of committees, the allocations by party and the nominations received.  The Committee considered the rules on political balance set out in the Local Government & Housing Act 1989 in developing the recommendations set out below.

 

Councillor Pitt updated the committee on Liberal Democrat Group’s nominations. 

 

Councillor Hipkin updated the committee on the Independent/Conservative Group’s nominations.

 

In response to a question from Councillor Pitt the Head of Legal Services confirmed that arrangements for filming and photography at the Area Joint Committee (AJC) would be governed by the County Council’s protocol.

 

Councillor Herbert spoke in support of a smaller AJC committee and agreed to raise this at future meetings of the AJC.

 

Resolved (unanimously) to:

 

       i.          Recommend to Council to agree to the number and size of committees and to note the nominations as listed below:

 

 

SCRUTINY

COMMITTEE

 

NOMINATION(S)

NUMBERS

(1) =Alternate

PROPOSED CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS

Community Services

(Currently meets: Thursdays at 1.30pm)

 

 

Liberal Democrats

 

 

Labour

 

 

 

3 (1)

 

 

 

5 (1)

 

 

 

8 Total

 

Reiner, Reid, Austin (Alt: tbc)

 

 

Moghadas, Sarris, Bird, Sinnott, Ratcliffe

(Alt: Robertson)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCRUTINY

COMMITTEE

 

NOMINATION(S)

NUMBERS

(1) =Alternate

PROPOSED CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS

Environment

(Currently meets: Tuesdays at 5pm)

Liberal Democrats

 

 

Labour

 

 

 

 

3 (1)

 

 

 

5 (1)

 

 

8 Total

Pitt, Smart, Moore (Alt: tbc)

 

 

Gawthrope, Robertson, Ratcliffe, Perry, Smart

(Alt: Sinnott)

 

 

 


SCRUTINY

COMMITTEE

NOMINATION(S)

 

NUMBERS

(1) =Alternate

PROPOSED CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS

Strategy & Resources

(Currently meets: Mondays at 5pm)

Liberal Democrats

 

Labour

 

 

 

 

3 (1)

 

 

5 (1)

 

 

8 Total

 

 Bick, Smith, Cantrill (Alt: tbc)

 

Robertson, Benstead, Sinnott, Smart, Baigent

(Alt: Sarris)

 

 

SCRUTINY

COMMITTEE

 

NOMINATION(S)

NUMBERS

(1) =Alternate

PROPOSED CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS

Housing

(Currently meets: Tuesdays at 5.30pm)

 

 

 

Liberal Democrats

 

Labour

 

 

 

 

 

Indep/Cons

 

 

2 (1)

 

 

5 (1)

 

 

 

 

 

1 (1)

 

 

8 Total

 

Blackhurst, Avery (Alt: tbc)

 

Todd-Jones, Birtles, Bird, Baigent, Robertson

(Alt: Gawthrope)

 

Holland

(Alt: Hipkin)

 

 

REGULATORY COMMITTEES

 

COMMITTEE/SUB COMMITTEE

NOMINATIONS

NUMBERS

(1)= Alternate

PROPOSED CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS

PLANNING

(Currently meets: Wednesdays at 9.30am)

 

 

Liberal Democrat

 

 

Labour

 

 

 

 

Indep/Cons

 

3 (1)

 

 

 

4 (1)

 

 

 

 

1 (1)

 

8 Total

 

Avery, Smart, Tunnicliffe (Alt: tbc)

 

Blencowe, Gawthrope, Dryden, Hart

(Alt: Bird)

 

Hipkin

(Alt: Holland)

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMITTEE/SUB COMMITTEE

NOMINATIONS

NUMBERS

(1)= Alternate

PROPOSED CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS

JOINT DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE

(Currently meets: Tuesdays/Wednesdays or Thursdays at 10am)

 

Liberal Democrat

 

Labour

 

 

2 (2)

 

 

4 (2)

 

6 Total

 

Avery, Smart (Alt: tbc)

 

Blencowe, Robertson, Dryden, Price, (Alts: Gawthrope and Herbert)

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMITTEE/SUB COMMITTEE

 

NOMINATIONS

NUMBER

(1)= Alternate

PROPOSED CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS

LICENSING

(Currently meets: Mondays at 10am)

 

 

 

 

Liberal Democrat

 

 

Labour

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indep/Cons

4 (1)

 

 

 

7 (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 (1)

 

 

12 Total

 

Austin, Bick, Pippas, Smith (Alt: tbc)

 

Benstead, Owers, Sinnott, Gawthrope, McPherson, O’Reilly, Bird (Alt: Baigent)

 

Meftah (Alt:Holland)

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER COMMITTEES

 

 

COMMITTEE/SUB COMMITTEE

NOMINATIONS

NUMBER

(1)= Alternate

PROPOSED CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS

CIVIC AFFAIRS

 

Liberal Democrat

 

Labour

 

 

2(1)

 

 

4 (1)

 

 

6 Total

Cantrill, Pitt

(Alt: Bick)

 

Benstead, Hart, McPherson, Robertson

(Alt: Moghadas)

 

 

 

COMMITTEE/SUB COMMITTEE

 

NOMINATIONS

NUMBERS

(1)= Alternate

PROPOSED CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS

EMPLOYMENT APPEALS SUB

 

 

Liberal Democrat

 

Labour

 

 

 

 

Indep/Cons

 

 

2

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

1

 

8 Total

 

Pippas, Smart

 

 

Birtles, Gawthrope, Price, Bird, Blencowe

 

Hipkin

 

 

COMMITTEE/SUB COMMITTEE

 

NOMINATIONS

NUMBERS

(1)= Alternate

PROPOSED CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS

AREA JOINT COMMITTEE (AJC)

Liberal Democrat

 

Labour

 

 

 

2

 

 

4

 

6 Total

 

Smart + 1 tbc

 

 

Blencowe, Robertson, O’Reilly, Ratcliffe

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report author: Antoinette Jackson

Publication date: 16/06/2014

Date of decision: 02/06/2014

Decided at meeting: 02/06/2014 - Civic Affairs

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