Agenda item - Review of Political Balance 2019/20

Report of the Chief Executive.

10.1      The Mayor moved the recommendations as listed in the report of the Chief Executive which had been circulated as part of the addendum papers.

10.2      RESOLVED:

(1)      That the appointment of the committees with the sizes and allocation of seats between political groups as detailed in the report and in appendix 1 to the report be approved;

(2)      That the allocation of seats as detailed in the report and appendix 2 to the report be approved;

(3)      That having received nominations for the municipal year 2019/2020 to the following Committees from the 3 political groups as detailed in appendix 2 to the report, these 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:

Policy, Resources & Growth Committee – Councillors Platts (Chair), Yates (Deputy Chair), Bell, Childs, Clare, Gibson, Janio, Mac Cafferty (OS), Moonan, and Shanks.

Children, Young People & Skills Committee – Councillors Childs (Chair), Knight (Deputy Chair), Brown, Clare, Hamilton, Hills (OS), McNair, Nield, Simson and Wilkinson.

Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee – Councillors Pissaridou (Chair), Wilkinson (Deputy Chair), Brown, Davis, Fowler, Heley, Lloyd, Robins, Wares and West (OS).

Housing & New Homes Committee – Councillors Allcock (Chair), Brennan (Deputy Chair), Atkinson, Barnett, Fowler, Gibson (OS), Heley, Hugh-Jones, Mears and Osborne.

Neighbourhoods, Inclusion, Communities & Equalities Committee – Councillors Knight (Chair), Moonan (Deputy Chair), Bagaeen, Deane, Ebel, Evans, Hill, McNair, Powell (OS) and Simson.

Tourism, Development & Culture Committee – Councillors Robins (Chair), Grimshaw (Deputy Chair), Druitt (OS), Ebel, Evans, Mac Cafferty, Mears, Nemeth, Rainey and Williams.

Audit & Standards Committee – Councillors Littman (Chair),  Appich, Hamilton, Hugh-Jones, Nemeth, Peltzer Dunn, Robins and West.

Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Deane (Chair), Barnett, Druitt, Evans, Grimshaw, Hills, Lewry, McNair, Powell and O’Quinn.

Licensing & Licensing (2003) Committee – Councillors O’Quinn (Chair), Henry (Deputy Chair), Appich, Atkinson, Bagaeen, Davis, Deane (OS), Ebel, Fowler, Hill, Lewry, Osborne, Rainey, Simson and Wares.

Planning Committee – Councillors Hill (Chair), Williams (Deputy Chair), Fishleigh, Littman (OS), Mac Cafferty, Miller, Shanks, Simson, Theobald and Yates.

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

Personnel Appeals Sub-Committee – (3 from a pool of Members with designated reps) Councillors Pissaridou, Littman and Wares.

Health & Wellbeing Board – Councillors Moonan (Chair), Appich (Deputy Chair), Bagaeen, Nield and Shanks (OS).

Asset Management Board – Councillors Williams (Chair), Gibson, Knight, Mears and West.

Corporate Parenting Board - Councillors Childs (Chair), Brown, Hamilton, Hugh-Jones and Nield.

Procurement Board – Councillors Williams (Chair), Druitt, Janio, Osborne (OS) and Pissaridou.

Strategic Delivery Board – Councillors Platts (Chair), Bell, Childs, Gibson and Mac Cafferty (OS).

Greater Brighton Economic Board – Councillors Platts and Mac Cafferty.

Great Brighton Economic Board Call-in Panel – Councillor Bell.

Orbis Joint Committee – Councillors Yates and Gibson.

Orbis Law Joint Committee – Councillor Yates

Royal Pavilion Shadow Trust Board – Councillors Robins, Mac Cafferty and A. Norman.

(4)      That in having regard to (3) above, those Members listed as Chair, Deputy Chair and Opposition Spokesperson (OS) of the respective Committees, Sub-Committees and Forums as detailed in appendix 2 to the report be agreed;

(5)      That in having regard to (2) above, an Urgency Sub-Committee for each Committee be approved in accordance with Procedure Rule 22 (such committee being politically balanced but not included in the total number of seats for the purpose of allocating seats);

(6)      That in having regard to (2) above, it be agreed that for the purpose of enabling meetings of the Personnel Appeals 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 are intended to operate as “alternative arrangements” for the pursuant to section 17 of the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990.

(7)      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 and specified below be agreed; and

(8)      That the appointment of representatives to various bodies listed in Appendix 4 of the report be agreed;