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Committee Appointments and Constitutional Changes for Annual Council

Decision Maker: Civic Affairs

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To consider the proposed Committee allocations by party and the nominations received. Also to consider the nominations for Chairs and Vice Chairs of Scrutiny and Regulatory Committees.

The committee will recommend to Council to agree the number and size of committees, agree to depart from proportionality on Planning Committee, and to note the nominations.

Decisions:

The Committee received a report on the appointments to committee’s and Chair’s/Vice Chair’s.

 

It was noted that on the Cambridge Joint Area Committee that this Municipal Year the Green party would take a seat and the Lib Dems would have a seat but that for the following Municipal Year the Lib Dems would take this seat back so they would have two seats.

 

Resolved: (unanimously) to recommend to Council:

 

i.               Appointments to city council committees and joint partner bodies below:

 

Environment and Communities Scrutiny Committee 8 (5 Labour + 2 Lib Dem + 1 Green)

 

Pounds, Nestor, Swift, Divkovic, TBC

 

Payne, Hauk

 

Glasberg

 

Alternates – Griffin, Sheil, Martinelli, Flaubert, Tong

 

Planning and Transport Scrutiny Committee 8 (5 Labour + 2 Lib Dem + 1 Green)

 

Nestor, Baigent, Swift, Griffin, Divkovic

 

Porrer, Bick

 

Clough

 

Alternates – Pounds, Todd-Jones, Lee, Lokhmotova, Bennett

 

Housing Scrutiny Committee 9 (6 Labour + 2 Lib Dem + 1 Green)

 

Griffin, Robertson, Gawthrope Wood, Baigent, Swift, Thittala

 

Martinelli, Lee

 

Tong

 

Alternates: Nestor, Pounds, Young, Porrer, Bennett

 

Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee 8 (5 Labour + 2 Lib Dem + 1 Green)

 

Robertson, Gawthrope Wood, Sheil, Baigent, Todd-Jones

 

Bick, Young

 

Bennett

 

Alternates – Lab TBC, Lab TBC, Porrer, Martinelli, Clough

 

Civic Affairs Committee 6 (4 Labour + 1 Lib Dem +1 Green)

 

McPherson, Gawthrope Wood, Sheil, Robertson

 

Young

 

Bennett

 

Alternate – Holloway, Bick, Clough

 

Employment (Senior Officer) Committee 6 (4 Labour + 1 Lib Dem + 1 Green)

 

Davey, Carling, Gilderdale, Moore

 

Bick

 

Bennett

 

Alternates: Labour TBC, Porrer, Clough

 

Licensing Committee 10 (6 Labour + 3 Lib Dem + 1 Green)

 

McPherson, Bird, Moore, Griffin, Pounds, Wade

 

Blackburn-Horgan, Young, Lib Dem TBC

 

Clough

 

Alternates – Davey, Lib Dem TBC, Bennett

 

Planning Committee 9 (6 Labour + 2 Lib Dem + 1 Green)

 

Smart, Baigent, Thornburrow, Gilderdale, Carling, Dryden

 

Porrer, Lokhmotova

 

Bennett

 

Alternates – Nestor, Todd-Jones, Flaubert, Young, Howard

 

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority - 1 seat

 

A.Smith

 

Alternate - Davey

 

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2 Labour

 

Lab TBC, Lab TBC

 

Alternate – Lab TBC

 

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Audit and Governance Committee 1 Labour + one alternate

 

S.Smith

 

Alternate – Lab TBC

 

Greater Cambridge Partnership Joint Assembly 3 (2 Labour + 1 Lib Dem)

 

S.Smith, Thornburrow, Bick

 

Joint Development Control Committee - Cambridge Fringes 6 (4 Labour+ 2 Lib Dem)

 

S.Smith, Baigent, Smart, Thornburrow

 

Porrer, Flaubert,

 

Alternates – Gilderdale, Nestor, Young, Lokhmotova

 

Cambridge Joint Area Committee 6 (4 Labour + 1 Lib Dem + 1 Green)

 

Thornburrow, Robertson, Baigent, Moore

 

Young

 

Bennett

 

Alternates – Carling, Lab TBC, Martinelli, Tong

 

ii.             Nominations for Chairs and Vice-Chairs 2024/25

 

Environment and Communities Services

Chair - Pounds

Vice-Chair – Nestor

 

Planning and Transport

Chair – Nestor

Vice-Chair – Baigent

 

Housing

Chair – Griffin

Vice-Chair (nb. Tenant/Leaseholder is Chair of Part 1 of the meeting) - Robertson

 

Strategy and Resources

Chair – Robertson

Vice-Chair – Gawthrope Wood

 

Civic Affairs

Chair - McPherson

Vice-Chair – Gawthrope Wood

 

Licensing

Chair - McPherson

Vice-Chair - Bird

 

Planning

Chair - Smart

Vice-Chair (Labour) – Baigent

Vice-Chair (Lib Dem) - Porrer

 

JDCC

Chair – S.Smith

 

 

 

Report author: Dan Kalley

Publication date: 19/06/2024

Date of decision: 13/05/2024

Decided at meeting: 13/05/2024 - Civic Affairs

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