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Nominations for Committees for the Municipal Year 2019/20

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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 considered a report and update paper (published on 13 May) setting out the proposed Committees and the nominations received. The Committee considered the rules on political balance set out in the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 in developing the recommendations.

In noting the Leader of the Council’s proposed changes to the Executive, Councillor Robertson requested that for ease of reference in Section 2 Part 3 of the Constitution (Executive Councillor Portfolios) should list appointments that sit with the relevant portfolio holder, for example on the board of C.I.P

Resolved to:

(i)Agree the number and size of committees, depart from proportionality on the Planning and Transport Scrutiny Committee and to note the nominations listed below-

Environment and Community Scrutiny Committee 8 (5 Labour + 3 Lib Dem)

Smart, Barnett, Hadley, Collis, Davies

Summerbell, Martinelli, Payne

Alternates – O’Reilly, Page-Croft

Planning and Transport Scrutiny Committee 9 (5 Labour + 3 Lib Dem + 1Independent)

Smart, Sheil, Hadley, Green, Baigent

Bick, McGerty, Chadwick

Hipkin

Alternates – McQueen, Bird, Lord

Housing Scrutiny Committee 8 (5 Labour + 3 Lib Dem)

Todd-Jones, Bird, Thittala, Collis, Sheil

Cantrill, Lord, Porrer

Alternates – Barnett, O’Reilly, McGerty

Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee 5 (3 Labour + 2 Lib Dem)

Davey, Baigent, Green

Bick, Dalzell

Alternates – Davies, Lab TBC, Cantrill

Civic Affairs Committee 6 (4 Labour + 2 Lib Dem)

McPherson, Sargeant, Davey, Thornburrow

Dalzell, Chadwick

Alternate – Lab TBC, Martinelli

Employment (Senior Officer) Committee 6 (4 Labour +2 Lib Dem)

Sargeant, Thornburrow, Herbert, Sheil

Bick, Nethsingha

Licensing Committee 11 (7 Labour+ 4 Lib Dem)

Bird, Thittala, McQueen, Massey, Moore, McPherson, Sargeant

Pippas, Gehring, Porrer, Summerbell

Alternates – Johnson, Page-Croft

Planning Committee 8 (5 Labour+ 3 Lib Dem)

Smart, McQueen, Green, Baigent, Sargeant

Tunnacliffe, Lord, Page-Croft

Alternates – Thornburrow, Nethsingha

Cambridge City Joint Area Committee (with County Council) 6 (4 Labour + 2 Lib Dem )

Sargeant, Smart, Massey, Robertson

Payne, Martinelli

Alternates – Bird, Lord

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority - 1 seat

Herbert

Alternate - Sargeant

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee 1 Labour + 1 Lib Dem

Price, Gehring

Alternates – Lab TBC, Summerbell

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

Lab TBC

Alternate – Lab TBC

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

Davey, Massey, Bick

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

Thornburrow, Baigent, Sargeant, Smart

Tunnacliffe, Page-Croft

Alternates- Price, Lab TBC, Porrer

(ii) Agree the nominations for Chairs and Vice Chairs as below:

	Chair	Vice Chair
Environment and Community Services	Smart	Barnett
Planning and Transport	Smart	Sheil
Housing	Todd-Jones	Bird (nb. Tenant/Leaseholder is Chair of Part 1 of the meeting)
Strategy & Resources	Davey	Baigent
Civic Affairs	McPherson	Sargeant
Licensing	Bird	Thittala
Planning	Smart	McQueen
JDCC	Thornburrow as Lead Cllr

(iii) Agree the changes to the Constitution as set out below (in capitals and struck through):

SECTION 6: OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEES

The Council shall have the following Overview and Scrutiny Committees. Their role and functions are set out in Article 6 of Part 2 of this Constitution and their procedure is governed by the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules in Part 4 of this Constitution.

Environment and Community (Scrutiny) Committee

Terms of Reference

Overview and scrutiny of the functions for which the Executive Councillors for (i) Communities (ii) CLIMATE CHANGE, Environment ~~al Services~~ and City Centre are responsible for and; (iii) the community safety responsibilities of the EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR FOR TRANSPORT AND COMMUNITY SAFETY ~~Streets and Open Spaces are responsible~~

As required by Section 19 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 to be the crime and disorder committee with the power to review or scrutinise decisions made by the Council or by the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership.

Planning and Transport (Scrutiny) Committee

Terms of Reference

Overview and scrutiny of the functions for which the Executive Councillor for (i) Planning Policy and OPEN SPACES ~~Transport~~ is responsible for and (ii) the transport responsibilities of the EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR FOR TRANSPORT AND COMMUNITY SAFETY

Report author: Gary Clift

Publication date: 01/08/2019

Date of decision: 13/05/2019

Decided at meeting: 13/05/2019 - Civic Affairs

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