Agenda item

Establishment Of Council Committees In 2015/16 And Appointment Of Members To Serve On Those Committees

Report of the Chief Executive.

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED: On the motion of Councillor Pat Midgley, seconded by Councillor David Baker, that the City Council:-

 

 

 

(a)       notes the political proportionality framework and the illustrative example of how this may be applied in 2015/16, as set out in the report circulated with the agenda for this meeting;

 

(b)       agrees that the terms of reference of Council Committees in 2015/16 be as currently set out in the Constitution;

 

(c)        (i) approves the sizes of individual committees to be subject to proportional balance and the initial allocation of seats to political groups on individual committees before final adjustment, as set out in the report, with the exception of the Planning and Highways Committee which is to be established with 15 seats in 2015/16 (not 12 seats as indicated in the report); (ii) notes that the larger size of the Planning and Highways Committee results in the total number of seats across all politically proportionate committees being raised to 153 seats, with a revised initial allocation of seats to political groups on individual committees before final adjustment as set out below:-

 

Proportional Seat Allocations to Political Groups in 2015/16

Committee

Labour

Lib
Dem

Green

UKIP

Total

Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee

13

4

1

1

19

CYP&FS Scrutiny Cttee

10

3

1

1

15

E&EW Scrutiny Cttee

10

3

1

1

15

HC&ASC Scrutiny Cttee

10

3

1

1

15

S&SC Scrutiny Cttee

10

3

1

1

15

Planning and Highways Cttee

10

3

1

1

15

Licensing Cttee

10

3

1

1

15

Audit Cttee

5

2

0

0

7

Admissions Cttee

5

2

0

0

7

Senior Officer Employment Cttee

10

3

1

1

15

Appeals and Collective Disputes Cttee

10

3

1

1

15

Total Initial Allocation

103

32

9

9

153

Overall Political Balance Requirement

108

31

7

7

153

Adjustments Required

+5

-1

-2

-2

 

 

Labour                           153 x 70.24%           =       107.47            (107)   +1        = 108

Liberal Democrat          153 x 20.24%           =         30.97            (  30)   +1        =   30

Greens                           153 x 4.76%             =           7.28            (    7)               =     7

UKIP                               153 x 4.76%             =           7.28            (    7)               =     7

                                                                                                            (151)                  (153)

            (iii) agrees that, in order to ensure that each political group has the required number of seats overall in comparison to the total number of seats available on all Committees to reflect their composition on the Council as a whole, (A) the Liberal Democrat Group’s adjustment of one seat be from the Admissions Committee, with the seat being allocated to the Labour Group, (B) the Green Group’s adjustment of two seats be from the Planning and Highways Committee and the Licensing Committee, with those two seats being allocated to the Labour Group and (C) the UKIP Group’s adjustment of two seats be from the Economic and Environmental Wellbeing Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee and the Senior Officer Employment Committee, with those two seats being allocated to the Labour Group; and (iv) approves the appointment of Members to all Council Committees to reflect the arrangements now agreed and the wishes of the political groups, in accordance with the schedule circulated at the meeting (and including substitutes where appropriate), and, for the purposes of Council Procedure Rule 25.4, the consent of the Council be given in any case where a Member chooses not to be appointed to serve on any Scrutiny or Regulatory Committee;

 

(d)       agrees to disapply proportionality to the Senior Officer Employment Sub-Committees and the Appeals and Collective Disputes Sub-Committees for the reasons set out in paragraph 3.2.3 of the report, and to the Standards Committee for the reasons set out in paragraph 3.3.2 of the report;

 

(e)       notes that the effect upon the Special Responsibility Allowance element of the budget for Members’ Allowances of the establishment of Council Committees for 2015/16 and the appointments proposed to be made later this day to the positions of Chairs of those Committees, is an increase of £5,268 over a full year (excluding modest on-costs dependant on the individual circumstances of the Members affected), due to the payment of an additional Band C allowance for a 2nd Chair of the Planning and Highways Committee, with that cost to be met from within the cash limit for the Members’ Allowances budget through management actions to contain expenditure over the course of the year; and

 

(f)        determines that in the event of any changes to the political composition of the Council occurring during the course of the Municipal Year, political proportionality be reviewed by the Council as soon as practicable thereafter.

 

 

MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL COMMITTEES 2015/16

 

 

 

 

Title/Post

Labour

Liberal Democrat

Green/UKIP/ Other

 

 

 

 

Scrutiny and Policy Development Committees:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Overview & Scrutiny Management Committee

(Chair = Lead Member for Scrutiny; membership includes the Chairs and Deputy Chairs of the 4 Scrutiny and Policy Development Committees)

Cllrs Tony Damms, Bob Johnson, Cate McDonald, Pat Midgley, Chris Rosling-Josephs, Jack Scott and Geoff Smith (6 vacancies)

Cllrs Sue Alston, Ian Auckland, Steve Ayris and Cliff Woodcraft

Cllr Sarah Jane Smalley;

Cllr John Booker

 

 

 

 

(2) Children, Young People and Family Support

Cllrs Nasima Akther, Steve Jones, Mohammed Maroof, Karen McGowan, Pat Midgley, Chris Peace, Lynn Rooney, Chris Rosling-Josephs, Ian Saunders, and Jack Scott

Cllrs Katie Condliffe, Colin Ross and Cliff Woodcraft

Cllr Brian Webster;

Cllr John Booker;

Jules Jones (Parent Governor Representative - to 31/7/15),
Gillian Foster,
Joan Stratford (Diocese Reps) Alison Warner (School Governor Representative)

 

 

 

 

(3) Economic and Environmental Wellbeing

Cllrs Lewis Dagnall, Gill Furniss, Neale Gibson, Julie Gledhill, Ibrar Hussain, Bob Johnson, Helen Mirfin-Boukouris, Ray Satur, Steve Wilson and Paul Wood (1 vacancy)

Cllrs Ian Auckland, Joe Otten and Martin Smith

Cllr Robert Murphy

 

 

 

 

 

(4) Healthier Communities & Adult Social Care

Cllrs Jenny Armstrong, George Lindars-Hammond, Cate McDonald,  Anne Murphy, Peter Price, Jackie Satur, Geoff Smith, Garry Weatherall, Joyce Wright (1 vacancy)

Cllrs Sue Alston, Katie Condliffe and Shaffaq Mohammed

Cllr Brian Webster;

Cllr Pauline Andrews;

Alice Riddell and Helen Rowe (HealthWatch Representatives) (Observers)

 

 

 

 

(5) Safer and Stronger Communities

Cllrs David Barker, John Campbell, Richard Crowther, Sheila Constance,  Tony Damms, Tony Downing, Denise Fox, Sioned-Mair Richards, Roy Munn and Zoe Sykes

Cllrs Steve Ayris, Penny Baker and Richard Shaw

Cllr Aodan Marken;

Cllr Keith Davis

 

 

 

 

Scrutiny Committee Substitute Members:-

(5 vacancies)

(5 vacancies)

Cllrs Aodan Marken, Rob Murphy, Sarah Jane Smalley and Brian Webster;

Cllrs Pauline Andrews, John Booker, Jack Clarkson and Keith Davis

 

 

 

 

Statutory/Regulatory Committees:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planning and Highways Committee:-

Cllrs Nasima Akther, Tony Damms, Adam Hurst,  Ibrar Hussain, Alan Law, Bryan Lodge, Peter Price, Peter Rippon, Chris Rosling-Josephs and Joyce Wright (1 vacancy)

Cllrs David Baker, Roger Davison and Denise Reaney

Cllr Jack Clarkson

 

 

 

 

 

Planning and Highways Committee Substitute Members:-

(5 vacancies)

(5 vacancies)

Cllr John Booker

 

 

 

 

Licensing Committee

Cllrs David Barker, Nikki Bond, Neale Gibson, Diane Hurst, George Lindars-Hammond, Anne Murphy, Josie Paszek, Mick Rooney, Geoff Smith and Zoe Sykes (1 vacancy)

Cllrs Vickie Priestley, Denise Reaney and Cliff Woodcraft

Cllr Jack Clarkson

 

 

 

 

Audit Committee

Cllrs John Campbell, Tony Damms, Steve Jones and Sioned-Mair Richards (1 vacancy)

Cllrs Rob Frost and Joe Otten

Rick Plews (extended to 17th May 2016) and Elizabeth Stanley (to 17th May 2017) (Independent Co-optees)

 

 

 

 

Admissions Committee

(Substitute Members to be appointed by the Chief Executive in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Portfolio Member or Opposition Spokesperson, as appropriate)

Cllrs Nasima Akther, Anne Murphy, Chris Peace, Sioned-Mair Richards and Ian Saunders (1 vacancy)

 

Cllr Andrew Sangar

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Officer Employment Committee

Cllrs Leigh Bramall, Isobel Bowler, Ben Curran, Julie Dore, Jackie Drayton, Jayne Dunn, Terry Fox, Mazher Iqbal and Mary Lea and (2 vacancies)

Cllrs David Baker, Penny Baker and Colin Ross

 

Cllr Robert Murphy

 

 

 

 

 

Appeals and Collective Disputes Committee

Cllrs Tony Damms, Tony Downing, Neale Gibson, Ibrar Hussain, Bryan Lodge, Cate McDonald, Pat Midgley, Peter Rippon, Jackie Satur and Geoff Smith

Cllrs David Baker and Vickie Priestley (1 vacancy)

Cllr Sarah Jane Smalley;

Cllr Pauline Andrews

 

 

 

 

Standards Committee

Cllrs Ben Curran, Alan Law, Mary Lea, Bryan Lodge and Pat Midgley

Cllrs Penny Baker, Vickie Priestley and Colin Ross

John Atkinson, Alan Casbolt and Edward Fleming (Independent co-optees) and 1 Parish/Town Council co-optee (to be selected from a pool of 3 representatives)

Standards Committee Substitute Members:-

(2 vacancies)

Cllrs David Baker and Andrew Sangar

 

 

 

 

 

Health and Wellbeing Board

Cllrs Julie Dore, Jackie Drayton, Mazher Iqbal and Mary Lea

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independent Remuneration Panel

 

 

Abtisam Mohammed (to 6/2/18), David Baldwin (to 6/2/19), Lynda Hinxman (to 6/2/16) and Mark Power (to 6/2/17)

 

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