Agenda item

 

(a)        (i) To appoint the following Committees and Sub-Committees for the 2017/2018

     Municipal Year:

 

 

Committee/Sub-Committee                                                   No. of Members

 

Audit                                                                                       (5)

Community Leadership and Partnerships                        (11)

Corporate Management                                                       (8)

Council Tax                                                                           (5)

Human Resources                                                                (14)

Licensing and Registration                                                 (15)

Local Plan                                                                              (15)

Planning                                                                                 (11)

Service Development and Delivery                                    (8) 

Standards                                                                              (7)

General Purposes Sub-Committee                                                (8) 

 

Note: The membership of the above Committees and Sub-Committee is subject to the Rules of Political Proportionality (Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989)

 

And,

 

(ii) To appoint the ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ Premises and Personal Licences Sub-Committees

     and their Members for the 2017/2018 Municipal Year (three members each) and

 

(iii) To appoint the Town and Parish Councils Standards Sub-Committee (three

      members)

 

Notes: (1) The three Premises/Personal Licences Sub-Committees are not subject to the Rules of Political Proportionality and their membership must be chosen from the membership of the Licensing Committee; and

 

            (2) The Town and Parish Councils Standards Sub-Committee is not subject to the Rules of Political Proportionality and its membership must be chosen from the membership of the Standards Committee.

 

(b)       To Elect a Chairman of each of the above Committees and Sub-Committees (except the Town and Parish Councils Standards Committee) and Appoint a Vice-Chairman of each of the above Committees and the General Purposes Sub-Committee

 

(a)       (i) Appointment of Committees and Sub-Committee subject to the Widdicombe Rules

 

The Council had before it a schedule of Members that it was proposed should serve on each of the Council’s Committees and Sub-Committee, which were subject to the Widdicombe Rules.

 

It was moved by Councillor Stock, seconded by Councillor G V Guglielmi and:

 

RESOLVED that the Committees and Sub-Committee of the Council, subject to the Widdicombe Rules be, and are, hereby appointed for the 2017/2018 municipal year and that their membership be as set out hereunder:

 

Audit Committee

 

Councillors Alexander, Bucke, Coley, Hones and Poonian

 

Community Leadership and Partnerships Scrutiny Committee

 

Councillors Amos, Baker, Broderick, Fairley, I J Henderson, Land, Newton, Pemberton, Poonian, Scott and Yallop

Corporate Management Committee

 

Councillors Baker, Chittock, Nicholls, Parsons, Scott, Steady, Stephenson and Whitmore

 

Council Tax Committee

 

Councillors Bray, Cawthron, Chittock, Miles and Nicholls

 

Human Resources Committee

 

Councillors Amos, Bennison, B E Brown, Callender, Calver, Chapman, Cossens, Davis, Ferguson, Massey, King, Nicholls, Porter and Skeels Snr

 

Licensing and Registration Committee

 

Councillors Amos, B E Brown, M Brown, Bucke, Bush, Callender, Cossens, V E Guglielmi, J Henderson, Raby, Skeels Jnr, Watson, White, Whitmore and Winfield

 

Local Plan Committee

 

Councillors Bray, Broderick, G V Guglielmi, I J Henderson, Land, Newton, Nicholls, Platt, Porter, Skeels Snr, Stephenson, Stock, Turner, Watson and Yallop

 

Planning Committee

 

Councillors Alexander, Baker, Bennison, Cawthron, Everett, Fairley, Fowler, Heaney, Hones, McWilliams and White

           

Service Development and Delivery Scrutiny Committee

 

Councillors Bush, Chapman, Fowler, Griffiths, V E Guglielmi, Miles, Pemberton and Skeels Jnr

 

Standards Committee

 

Councillors Davis, Heaney, J Henderson, Honeywood, Nicholls, Steady and Whitmore

 

General Purposes Sub-Committee

 

Councillors M Brown, Cossens, V E Guglielmi, J Henderson, Massey, Watson, White and Winfield

 

(a)       (ii) Appointment of the Premises/Personal Licences Sub-Committees

 

The Council had before it a schedule of Members that it was proposed should serve on the Premises/Personal Licences Sub-Committees, which were not subject to the Widdicombe Rules.

 

It was moved by Councillor Stock, seconded by Councillor G V Guglielmi and:

 

RESOLVED that the Premises/Personal Licences Sub-Committees be, and are, hereby appointed for the 2017/2018 municipal year and that their membership be as set out hereunder:

 

Premises/Personal Licences Sub-Committee ‘A’

 

Councillors V E Guglielmi, Whitmore and Winfield

 

Premises/Personal Licences Sub-Committee ‘B’

 

Councillors Callender, Watson and White

 

Premises/Personal Licences Sub-Committee ‘C’

 

Councillors Cossens, J Henderson and Skeels Jnr

 

(a)    (iii) Appointment of the Town and Parish Councils Standards Sub-Committee

 

It was moved by Councillor Stock, seconded by Councillor G V Guglielmi and:

 

RESOLVED that the Town and Parish Councils Standards Sub-Committee be, and is, hereby appointed for the 2017/2018 municipal year and that its membership be as set out hereunder:

 

Councillors Heaney, Nicholls and Steady

 

(b)    Election of a Chairman of each of the above Committees and Sub-Committees (except the Town and Parish Councils Standards Committee) and Appoint a Vice-Chairman of each of the above Committees and the General Purposes Sub-Committee

 

It was moved by Councillor Stock, seconded by Councillor G V Guglielmi and:

 

RESOLVED that the Chairmen and, where appropriate, the Vice-Chairmen of the following Committees and Sub-Committees be and are elected respectively for the 2017/2018 municipal year as follows:

 

Committee/Sub-Committee	Chairman	Vice-Chairman
Audit Community Leadership and Partnerships  Corporate Management Council Tax Human Resources Licensing and Registration Local Plan Planning Service Development and Delivery Standards General Purposes Sub-Committee Premises/Personal Licences Sub-Committee ‘A’ Premises/Personal Licences Sub-Committee ‘B’ Premises/Personal Licences Sub-Committee ‘C’	Coley Fairley Steady Miles Callender Cossens Stock White Griffiths Heaney V E Guglielmi V E Guglielmi White Cossens	Poonian Baker Baker Bray Chapman Callender Turner Heaney V E Guglielmi Honeywood Cossens n/a n/a n/a

 

The Leader of the Council (Councillor Stock) placed on record his thanks to the Committee Services Manager (Ian Ford) for his work and due diligence in carrying out the political proportionality review of Committee seats for the Annual Meeting of the Council together with the several such reviews that he had undertaken during the preceding municipal year.

 

Members showed their appreciation for Ian Ford’s efforts with a round of applause.