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The rules on
political balance set out in the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 will be applied
to both scrutiny and regulatory committee composition so that, once the size of
committees has been determined, the division of seats among the political
groups on the Council will be automatic and the Council must appoint those
members which each political group puts forward for its seats.
In considering the
allocation of committee places to political groups, the Council is legally
required to take into account the following principles:
(1) That the
controlling group should have a majority of seats on each committee
(2) That the total
number of committee places allocated to each political group must be in
proportion to the number of members of that group on the Council.
(3) That on each
committee the number of places allocated to each political group must be in
proportion to the number of members of that group on the Council.
The order of
precedence of these principles is the order in which they are given - i.e. (1)
takes highest priority, then (2) then (3).
Minutes:
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 |
