Agenda item

1.    To consider the appointment and allocation of seats on Committees and associated bodies for the next Municipal Year.

2.    To agree the Council’s Policy Framework for 2015/16 as set out in Paragraph 6.1.

The Council considered a report (Agenda Item 11) concerning the appointment and allocation of seats on Committees and associated bodies for the next Municipal Year and the report also sought to agree the Council’s Policy Framework for the 2015/16 Municipal Year.

MOTION: Proposed by Councillor Gordon Lundie and seconded by Councillor Emma Webster:

“That the Council:

1.        Notes that under Paragraph 8 of the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990, notice has been received that the Members set out in paragraph 1.1 of the report are to be regarded as Members of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat Groups respectively;

2.        Agrees to the appointment of the various Committees and to the number of places on each as set out in paragraph 2.2 (Table A);

3.        Agrees to the allocation of seats to the Political Groups in accordance with section 15(5) of the Local Government Act 1989 as set out in paragraph 3.4 (Table B);

4.        The number of substitutes on Committees and Commissions be as set out in paragraph 4.1 (Table C);

5.        In respect of the District and Area Planning Committees, the substitute Members are all drawn from Members representing Wards within the Committee’s area who are not appointed to the Committee.  Where substitutes attend the District Planning meeting they need to be drawn from the same Area Planning meeting as the Member they are substituting for;

6.        Approves the appointment of Members to the Committees as set out in Appendix A and in accordance with the wishes of the Political Groups;

7.        In accordance with Regulation 4, Schedule 3 of the Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000, and the Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2008, agrees the Council’s Policy Framework for 2015/16 be as set out in paragraph 6.1 and that any appropriate amendments be made to the Council’s Constitution should this be necessary;

8.        In accordance with Regulation 5, Schedule 4 of the Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000, approves that all other plans, policies and strategies requiring approval and not included in the approved Policy Framework be delegated to the Council’s Executive;

9.        Agrees that Paragraph 2.6.5 of Article 6, setting out the Executive Portfolios, be amended to reflect any changes made by the Leader of the Council at the Annual Council meeting;

10.     The appointment of two non voting co-opted Parish/Town Councillors be made to the Standards Committee;

11.     The appointment of two Parish/Town Councillors and two independent members be made to the Standards Committee’s Advisory Panel;

12.     Appoint two Independent Persons;

13.     Agree to the membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board as set out in paragraph 9.1;

14.     Authority be delegated to the Monitoring Officer to make any changes required to the Constitution as a result of the appointments to Committees;

15.     Agrees to consider whether or not it would be appropriate to merge the Governance and Audit and Standards Committees at the July 2015 Council meeting.”

The Motion was put to the meeting and duly RESOLVED.