Agenda item

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 2014/15, as set out in the report circulated with the agenda for this meeting;

(b)         agrees that the terms of reference of Council Committees in 2014/15 be as currently set out in the Constitution, but that the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee becomes subject to proportional balance, whilst its membership is still to include the Chairs and Deputy Chairs of the other 4 Scrutiny and Policy Development Committees (as described in paragraph 3.1.2 of the report), and authority be given for consequential amendments to be made to the Constitution accordingly;

(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; (ii) 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 Labour Group’s adjustment of one seat be from the Licensing Committee, with the seat being allocated to the UKIP Group, (B) the Liberal Democrat Group’s adjustment of two seats be from the Admissions Committee and the Appeals and Collective Disputes Committee, with those two seats being allocated to the UKIP Group and (C) the Green Group’s adjustment of two seats be from the Children, Young People and Family Support Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee and the Planning and Highways Committee, with those two seats being allocated to the UKIP Group; and (iii) 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 2014/15 and the appointments proposed to be made later this day to the positions of Chairs of those Committees, is an increase of £2,688 over a full year (£2,240 + 20% NI & Superannuation costs - actual savings depend on the individual circumstances of the Members affected), due to the payment of a 2^nd Chair of Licensing Committee allowance (£5,268.63pa) instead of a Deputy Chair of Licensing Committee allowance (3,027.95pa), with that cost being offset by much larger savings accruing to the 2014/15 Members’ Allowances budget as a result of regulatory changes to Members’ pensions entitlement; 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 2014/15

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 Denise Fox, Gill Furniss, Alan Law, Bryan Lodge, Cate McDonald, Pat Midgley, Mick Rooney, Jackie Satur and Chris Weldon (4 vacancies)

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

Cllr Sarah Jane Smalley

(2) Children, Young People and Family Support

Cllrs Nasima Akther, Mike Drabble, Gill Furniss, Talib Hussain, Karen McGowan, Sioned-Mair Richards, Ian Saunders and Stuart Wattam (1 vacancy)

Cllrs Colin Ross, Diana Stimely and Cliff Woodcraft

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 Neale Gibson, Ibrar Hussain, Steve Jones, Alf Meade, Cate McDonald, Helen Mirfin-Boukouris, Ray Satur, Steve Wilson and Paul Wood

Cllrs Ian Auckland, Joe Otten and Martin Smith

Cllr Rob Murphy

(4) Healthier Communities & Adult Social Care

Cllrs Jenny Armstrong, Olivia Blake, John Campbell, Qurban Hussain, Anne Murphy, Mick Rooney, Jackie Satur, Philip Wood and Joyce Wright

Cllrs Sue Alston, Katie Condliffe and Denise Reaney

Cllr Brian Webster;

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

(5) Safer and Stronger Communities

Cllrs David Barker, Sheila Constance, Richard Crowther, Bryan Lodge, George Lindars-Hammond, Roy Munn, Josie Paszek, Lyn Rooney and Chris Weldon

Cllrs Steve Ayris, Simon Clement-Jones and Richard Shaw

Cllr Sarah Jane Smalley

Scrutiny Committee Substitute Members:-

Cllrs John Campbell, Pat Midgley, Peter Price and Geoff Smith and 1 vacancy

Cllrs Penny Baker and Joe Otten

Cllrs Rob Murphy, Sarah Jane Smalley and Brian Webster;

Cllrs Pauline Andrews, John Booker and Jack Clarkson

Statutory/Regulatory Committees:-

Planning and Highways Committee:-

Cllrs Nasima Akther, Tony Downing, Terry Fox, Ibrar Hussain, Bob Johnson, Alan Law, Peter Price, Tim Rippon and Joyce Wright

Cllrs David Baker, Roger Davison and Denise Reaney

 Cllr Jack Clarkson

Planning and Highways Committee Substitute Members:-

Cllrs Tony Damms, Jayne Dunn and Bryan Lodge and 2 vacancies

Cllrs Joe Otten and Andrew Sangar

 1 UKIP vacancy

Licensing Committee

Cllrs Jenny Armstrong, David Barker, Olivia Blake, Nikki Bond, Neale Gibson, George Lindars-Hammond, Anne Murphy, Josie Paszek, Geoff Smith and Stuart Wattam

Cllrs Vickie Priestley, Denise Reaney and Cliff Woodcraft

Cllr Jillian Creasy;

Cllr Jack Clarkson

Audit Committee

Cllrs John Campbell, Helen Mirfin-Boukouris, Sioned-Mair Richards and Ray Satur

Cllrs Rob Frost and Joe Otten

Rick Plews (to 19^th May 2015) and Elizabeth Stanley (to 17^th 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 Olivia Blake, Sioned-Mair Richards, Chris Rosling-Josephs and Ian Saunders and 1 vacancy

Cllr Andrew Sangar

Cllr Pauline Andrews

Senior Officer Employment Committee

Cllrs Leigh Bramall, Isobel Bowler, Ben Curran, Julie Dore, Jackie Drayton, Harry Harpham, Mazher Iqbal, Mary Lea and Jack Scott (2 vacancies)

Cllrs David Baker, Penny Baker and Colin Ross

Cllr Rob Murphy

Appeals and Collective Disputes Committee

Cllrs Terry Fox, Denise Fox, Neale Gibson, Cate McDonald, Pat Midgley and Geoff Smith and 5 vacancies

Cllrs David Baker and Vickie Priestley

Cllr Jillian Creasy;

1 UKIP vacancy

Standards Committee

Cllrs John Campbell, 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 – Councillors Malcolm Glover, Andy Bainbridge and Nigel Owen)

Standards Committee Substitute Members:-

Cllrs Talib Hussain and Peter Price

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 6/2/15), Lynda Hinxman (to 6/2/16) and Mark Power (to 6/2/17)