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Independent Person and Deputy
Council is requested to confirm the appointment of Mr Sean Brady as the Council’s Independent Person and Mr Robert Bennett as the Council’s Deputy Independent Person for the Municipal Year 2016/17.
Minutes:
Resolved (unanimously) to:
i.
Recommend that Council confirm the appointment of Mr Sean Brady as the Council’s Independent Person and Mr
Robert Bennett as the Council’s Deputy Independent Person.
Nominations for Honorary Councillors
The Committee will consider any nominations
if put. The requirements to be satisfied are set out below:
1)
No person shall be eligible normally for election
as an Honorary Councillor unless s/he has served as a Councillor at least 10
years (or a person who has been Mayor, for 8 years) whether continuously or
not.
2)
Application for election as an Honorary Councillor shall
be made either by the applicant him/herself or by some member of the Council on
his/her behalf. Such application shall be submitted to the Chief Executive for
consideration by the Civic Affairs Committee of the Council. It shall be in the
discretion of the Civic Affairs Committee to make or withhold a recommendation
to the Council. The names of those applicants who are not recommended by the
Civic Affairs Committee shall not be recorded in the report of that Committee
to the Council.
3)
Election to the position of Honorary Councillor
shall be by a resolution of the Council passed on the recommendation of the
Civic Affairs Committee by not less than two-thirds of the members present and
voting thereon at a meeting of the Council, the summons to which contains
special notice that included in the business to be transacted is the election
of an Honorary Councillor.
4)
An Honorary Councillor shall be entitled to the
following rights and privileges –
a)
In civic processions, Honorary Councillors shall
take precedence immediately after serving Councillors and shall have precedence
amongst themselves according to the number of years service on the Council.
b)
On request to receive a copy of the Council
summons, together with Council and Committee minutes.
c)
At each meeting of the Council to have a seat in a
block reserved for the use of Honorary Councillors.
d)
The use, in common with members of the Council, of
the Members’ Rooms in the Guildhall.
e)
To be invited, where circumstances permit, to those
civic functions to which all members of the Council are invited.
f)
To receive a copy of the Diary and Year Book issued
by the Council.
g)
On death, to have a flag flown above the Guildhall
at half-mast.
Minutes:
Resolved: (unanimously) to recommend to Council the appointment of the
following former Councillors as Honorary Councillors.
· Catherine Smart
· Sian Reid
Nominations For Chairs And Vice Chairs of Scrutiny & Regulatory Committees
The
Civic Affairs Committee is requested to make nominations for the positions
listed below for the consideration of Council on 26 May.
Scrutiny
Committees
·
Strategy & Resources
·
Community Services
·
Environment
·
Housing Scrutiny (Chair is a Councillor, the Vice Chair
is a tenant/leaseholder)
Regulatory
Committees
·
Civic Affairs
·
Employment Appeals Sub
·
Licensing
·
Planning
·
Joint Development Control Committee (Spokesperson)
Minutes:
The Committee received nominations for Chairs and Vice
Chairs of Scrutiny and Regulatory Committees. It was noted that there were 2
nominations for Vice-Chair of Licensing Committee.
Resolved (unanimously)
to:
i.
Agree the nominations for Chairs and Vice Chairs
of Scrutiny and Regulatory Committees as below:
Committee |
Labour Nominations |
Liberal Democrat
Nominations |
||
Chair |
Vice Chair |
Chair |
Vice |
|
Community Services |
Sinnott |
Ratcliffe |
||
Environment |
Perry |
Gawthrope |
||
Housing |
Todd-Jones |
Bird |
||
Strategy & Resources |
Sarris |
Barnett |
||
Planning |
Hipkin |
Blencowe |
||
Joint Development Control
(City Lead) |
Blencowe |
|||
Licensing |
Bird |
Benstead |
Pippas |
|
Civic Affairs |
McPherson |
Benstead |
||
Employment Appeals Sub |
Price |
|||
Development Plan Scrutiny
Committee |
Sarris |
Gawthrope |
Nomination For Committees For The Municipal Year 2016/17
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 Committee allocations by party 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 set out below.
The Committee noted the nominations.
Resolved
(unanimously) to:
i.
Recommend to Council to agree the number and
size of committees and to note the nominations listed below.
SCRUTINY COMMITTEES
COMMUNITY SERVICES |
NOMINATION(S) |
CURRENT NUMBERS (1) =Alternate |
PROPOSED
NAMES OF NOMINATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE |
|
Labour LD Independent & Green |
4 (1) 2 (1) 1 7 Total |
Sinnott, Ratcliffe, Smart, Bird Barnett (Alt) Austin, O’Connell Nethsingha (Alt) Gillespie |
ENVIRONMENT |
NOMINATION(S) |
CURRENT NUMBERS (1) =Alternate |
PROPOSED
NAMES OF NOMINATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE |
|
Labour LD |
4 (1) 2 (1) 6 Total |
Gawthrope, Perry, Ratcliffe, Sargeant Smart (Alt) Bick, Gehring Adey (Alt) |
HOUSING |
NOMINATION(S) |
CURRENT NUMBERS (1) =Alternate |
PROPOSED
NAMES OF NOMINATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE |
|
Labour LD Independent & Green |
5 (1) 2 (1) 1 (1) 8 Total |
Todd-Jones, Bird, Gawthrope, Moore, Smart Perry (Alt) Avery, Page-Croft Moore (Alt) Holland |
STRATEGY & RESOURCES |
NOMINATION(S) |
CURRENT NUMBERS (1) =Alternate |
PROPOSED
NAMES OF NOMINATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE |
|
Labour LD |
4 (1) 2(1) 6 Total |
Sarris, Barnett, Baigent, Sinnott Abbott (Alt) Cantrill, Bick Gehring (Alt)
|
REGULATORY COMMITTEES
*Council will need to
agree a departure from proportionality rules
PLANNING |
NOMINATIONS(S) |
CURRENT NUMBERS (1) =Alternate |
PROPOSED
NAMES OF NOMINATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE |
|
Labour LD Independent & Green |
4 (1) 3 (1) 1 (1) 8 Total |
Blencowe, Gawthrope, Hart, Smart Bird (Alt) Pippas, Tunnacliffe, Nethsingha Holt (Alt) Hipkin |
JOINT
DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE |
NOMINATIONS |
CURRENT NUMBERS (2)= Alternate |
PROPOSED
NAMES OF NOMINEES TO THE COMMITTEE |
|
Labour LD |
4 (2) 2 (2) 6 Total |
Blencowe, Baigent, Bird, Price, Gawthrope (Alt) Smart (Alt) Holt, Tunnacliffe T.Moore (Alt) |
LICENSING |
NOMINATIONS |
CURRENT NUMBERS (1)= Alternate |
PROPOSED
NAMES OF NOMINEES TO THE COMMITTEE |
|
Labour LD Independent & Green |
7 (1) 4 (1) 1 12 Total |
Benstead, Bird, Ratcliffe, Gawthrope, McPherson, O’Reilly,
Sinnott TBC (Alt) Adey, Holt, T.Moore, Pippas Page-Croft (Alt) TBC |
OTHER COMMITTEES
CIVIC AFFAIRS |
NOMINATIONS |
CURRENT NUMBERS (1)= Alternate |
PROPOSED
CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS |
|
Labour LD |
4 (1) 2 (1) 6 Total |
McPherson, Benstead, Gawthrope, Robertson Ratcliffe (Alt) Holt, Cantrill Adey (Alt) |
EMPLOYMENT APPEALS SUB |
NOMINATIONS |
CURRENT NUMBERS (1)= Alternate |
PROPOSED
CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS |
EMPLOYMENT APPEALS SUB |
Labour LD |
5 3 8 Total |
Price, Gawthrope, Bird, Blencowe Holt, T.Moore, Adey |
|
|
||
COMMITTEE/SUB
COMMITTEE |
NOMINATIONS |
CURRENT NUMBERS (1)= Alternate |
PROPOSED
CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS |
JOINT AREA COMMITTEE (with County Council) |
Labour LD |
4(1) 2(1) 6 Total |
Blencowe, Baigent, Bird, Robertson TBC (Alt) Tunnacliffe, Adey Cantrill (Alt) |
|
|
|
|
COMMITTEE/SUB
COMMITTEE |
NOMINATIONS |
CURRENT NUMBERS |
PROPOSED
CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS |
CITY DEAL ASSEMBLY |
Labour LD |
2 1 |
Price, Baigent Bick |
Constitutional Changes
The Committee will consider any updates (if required) following the elections on 5 May.
Report to follow week commencing 9 May 2016 (if required).
Minutes:
The Committee noted the Leaders approval of the following
Councillors to the Executive and noted the revisions made to the Executive Councillor
Portfolios. The Opposition Spokes were noted.
The Executive |
Opposition Spokes |
|
Leader & Exec Cllr
for Strategy & Transformation |
Lewis Herbert |
Bick |
Exec Cllr for City Centre
& Public Places |
Carina O’Reilly |
Austin |
Exec Cllr for Finance and
Resources |
Richard Robertson |
Cantrill |
Exec Cllr for Housing and
Deputy Leader |
Kevin Price |
Avery |
Exec Cllr for Environment
& Waste |
Peter Roberts |
Gehring |
Exec Cllr for Planning
Policy & Transport |
Kevin Blencowe |
Bick |
Exec Cllr for Communities |
Richard Johnson |
O’Connell |
Changes to Executive
Councillor Responsibilities
The Leader of the Council made the following changes to portfolios for
2016/17.
1)
From
Executive Councillor for Strategy & Transformation (Leader of the Council)
to Executive Councillor for Finance & Resources:
The development, implementation and
monitoring of the Council’s plans, policies and strategies relating to:
·
corporate implementation of improvements and efficiency reviews within
the City Council, and the development and monitoring of core performance
indicators and targets
The
exercise of the Council’s functions and the delivery of services including
·
Business Transformation – internal service reviews
The development, implementation
and monitoring of the Council’s plans, policies and strategies relating to:
·
Corporate and support services under “Functions and Services” below.
·
Procurement (at a strategic level - oversight of individual procurement
exercises will remain with the portfolio-holder for the relevant service area).
Corporate and Other Services
·
The main Guildhall Reception and switchboard services [deleted as repeats previous bullet]
·
Council strategy to expand trading activities and additional income
generation opportunities, including responsibility for those which do not fall
within the remit of another Executive Councillor.
Customer Services and ICT
·
Delivery
of quality customer services and the customer access centre
·
Corporate
telephony and IT systems to support joined up customer service delivery.
·
The corporate
delivery of front line services to Council customers through the Council’s
reception areas and telephone services
[also clarification of the Leader’s
responsibilities for transformation. Now
reads:
·
Leading Business Transformation, working with the Executive Councillor
for Finance and Resources; specific responsibility for leading
externally-facing shared services, trusts, service reviews and joint projects
involving other councils and organisations or which involve the
responsibilities of more than one other Executive Councillor]
[also minor heading changes e.g. “Customer Services” under Exec Cllr for
Finance and Resources clarified to “Customer Services and ICT”; and addition of
discrete heading to cover “Trading Services” – actual wording, transferred from
Leader’s portfolio, remains unchanged]
2)
From
Executive Councillor for Finance & Resources to the Executive Councillor
for Communities
·
The Sharing Prosperity
Fund and the Anti-Poverty Strategy, including the powers and duties of the
Council in respect of issues of welfare, disadvantage and provision of
opportunities for individuals and communities in the City, including provision
of advice relating to citizens’ legal rights and responsibilities, welfare
benefits, money advice, employment and immigration.
3)
From
the Executive Councillor for City Centre & Public Places to the Executive
Councillor for Housing (as a Deputy Leader function)
·
Council communications
and consultation strategy and delivery, including the Council’s website.
4)
From
the Executive Councillor for City Centre & Public Places to the Executive
Councillor for Environment & Waste
The exercise of the Council’s functions and the
delivery of services including
·
Policy and management of moorings
Resolved (unanimously):
i.
To note the changes to the Executive portfolios.
(A clean set of the Executive portfolios is attached for information).