Agenda item - Review of Political Balance and Appointment of Committees, Sub-Committees, Joint Committees, Forums, Panels and Outside Bodies 2015/16.

Report of the Chief Executive (copy attached).

10.1      The Mayor moved that:

(i)        The allocation of seats as detailed in the report and in appendix 1 to the report be approved;

(ii)      For the municipal year 2015/2016 the following Committees and Sub?Committees be constituted and appointed to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of the Council and the number of Members and allocation of seats to the Party Groups (apart from co-opted Members) as detailed in appendix 1 to the report and as specified below be agreed:

(iii)     That the membership of the committees and sub-committees as detailed in appendix 2 to the report and set out below be agreed;

Policy & Resources Committee – Councillors Morgan (Chair), Hamilton (Deputy Chair), Bewick, Janio, Mac Cafferty, Mitchell, A. Norman, Sykes, G. Theobald and Wealls.

Children, Young People & Skills Committee – Councillors Bewick (Chair), Chapman (Deputy Chair), Barradell, Brown, Daniel, Knight, Marsh, Phillips, Taylor and Wealls.

Economic Development & Culture Committee  – Councillors Morgan (Chair), Robins (Deputy Chair), Druitt, Greenbaum, Morris, Nemeth, O’Quinn, Peltzer Dunn, C. Theobald and Yates.

Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee – Councillors Mitchell (Chair), Barradell (Deputy Chair), Atkinson, Greenbaum, Janio, Miller, Nemeth, Robins, C. Theobald and West.

Housing & New Homes Committee  – Councillors Meadows (Chair), Hill (Deputy Chair), Atkinson, Barnett, Gibson, Lewry, Mears, Miller, Moonan and Phillips.

Neighbourhoods, Communities & Equalities Committee – Councillors Daniel (Chair), Moonan (Deputy Chair), Barnett, Bell, Gibson, Hill, Horan, Lewry, Littman and Simson.

Licensing & Licensing (2003) Committee – Councillors Marsh (Chair), Horan (Deputy Chair), Allen, Bell, Cobb, Deane, Gilbey, Lewry, Moonan, O’Quinn, Page, Simson, C. Theobald, Wares and West.

Planning Committee – Councillors Cattell (Chair), Gilbey (Deputy Chair), Barradell, Hamilton, Inkpin-Leissner, Littman, Mac Cafferty, Miller, Morris, Peltzer Dunn, C. Theobald and Wares.

Audit & Standards Committee – Councillors A. Norman (Chair), Chapman, Cobb, Druitt, Morris, Robins, Sykes and Taylor.

Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Simson (Chair), Allen, Bennett, Deane, Marsh, K. Norman, O’Quinn, Page, Penn and Wares.

Licensing 2003 Sub-Committee (3 from the parent committee with designated reps) – Councillors Marsh (Chair), Simson and Deane.

Personnel Committee – (3 from a pool of Members with designated reps) Councillors O’Quinn, Simson and Littman.

Greater Brighton Board – Councillors Morgan and G. Theobald.

Great Brighton Board Call-in Panel – Councillor Mac Cafferty.

Health & Wellbeing Board – Councillors Yates (Chair), Barford, Mac Cafferty, K. Norman and G. Theobald.

Corporate Parenting Board  - Councillors Gilbey (Chair), Bell, Bennett, Chapman and Knight.

Procurement Board – Councillors Meadows (Chair), Miller, Robins, Sykes and Wealls.

(iv)    That in having regard to (iii) above, those Members listed as Chair, Deputy Chair and Opposition Spokesperson of the respective Committees, Sub-Committees and Forums as detailed in appendix 2 to the report be agreed;

(v)      That in having regard to (ii) above, an Urgency Sub-Committee for each Committee be approved in accordance with Procedure Rule 22;

(vi)     That in having regard to (ii) above, it be agreed that for the purpose of enabling meetings of the Personnel Appeal Panel (sub-committee) to be convened without disproportionate difficulty, the make-up of such panels need not be politically balanced although every effort would be taken to achieve it and that it also be agreed that:

(a)       Although the Panel has the Members referred to in Appendix 2 as its standing Members, where any of the 3 Members is not available, any Member of the Council who has received appropriate training shall be eligible to sit on the Panel;

(b)       The Head of Democratic Services be authorised to set up the Panel, as and when needed with the permanent Members or, where any of them is not available, by including any other eligible Member of the Council, having regard to the need, where possible, to secure cross party representation;

(c)       The above arrangements and those set out in paragraph 2.5 of the report (and (v) above), are intended to operate as “alternative arrangements” for the pursuant to section 17 of the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990.

(vii)    That the appointment of representatives to various bodies listed in Appendix 2 of the report be agreed;

(viii)  That the appointment of the various Lead Members’ roles and the designated Members listed against those roles as detailed in Appendix 3 to the report be agreed; and

(ix)     That the appointments of representatives to the list of Outside Bodies as detailed in appendix 4 to the report and specified below be agreed:

10.2    The motion was carried.