Agenda item

To appoint Members to Committees, Consultative Forums and Working Parties and to nominate Chairs and Vice-Chairs of Committees as set out in the attached schedule.

Please note the schedule will be supplied as a supplement to the agenda when it is available.

9.1           The Council considered the Schedule of Appointments to Committees, Consultative Forums and Working Groups, and nominations for Chairs and Vice Chairs for the municipal year 2015-16 (see Appendix 1). The appointment of Chairs and Vice Chairs to committees would be made at the first meeting of each committee.

9.2           Councillor James moved the motion set out in the schedule, subject to the inclusion of Councillors Tracey and Randle as named substitutes for the Conservative Group in respect of the Planning Committee.

9.3           Councillor Dallimore seconded the motion.

9.4           Councillor Haigh moved an amendment to appoint Councillor Hampson as Vice Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

9.5           Councillor James accepted the amendment.

9.6           Councillor Brown moved an amendment to appoint Councillor McLellan to the vacant position on the Licensing and Enforcement Committee and to replace Councillor Field on the Constitutional and Electoral Working Group.

9.7           Councillor James accepted the amendment.

9.8           RESOLVED –

(1)        The schedule of appointments of Members to Committees, Consultative Forums and Working Groups for 2015/16 be approved, subject to:

(i)              the inclusion of Councillors Tracey and Randle as named substitutes for the Conservative Group in respect of the Planning Committee.

(ii)             The appointment of Councillor McLellan to the vacant position on the Licensing and Enforcement Committee and to replace Councillor Field on the Constitutional and Electoral Working Group.

(2)        In respect of the above, the Council, in accordance with Council Procedure Rules, appoint all Members as named deputies for all those meetings (with the exception of Cabinet, Planning Committee and Licensing and Enforcement Committee) to which the Member has not been appointed.

(3)        That the nominations for Chair and Vice Chair of Committees, as set out in the schedule, be noted and that each Committee at its first meeting in the new municipal year 2015/16 confirms and appoints its Chair and Vice Chair.