Issue - meetings

Subject to the recommendations in the Agenda Item 6, to allocate committee seats for 2020/21.

In accordance with the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, the Political Composition of the groups is as below:-

Please see supplementary paper attached.

Further to the Council’s immediately preceding two resolutions, the Council received nominations from Group Leaders regarding Option C (as per the supplementary report paper) and the Chair advised that in respect of Option C the following updates had been received from the Independent Group Leader:-

·       Overview and Scrutiny Committee (1) nominations  - Cllrs Hocking and Patch; and

·       Strata Joint Scrutiny Committee nomination - Cllr Orme.

The recommendation for the committee seat allocations as per Option C and with the said updates was proposed by the Leader and seconded by Cllr H Cox.

RESOLVED that the nominations to allocate committee seats for 2020/21 as per Option C (subject to the updates from the Independent Group Leader) be approved.

A Roll Call was taken.

Voting for

Councillors Bullivant, Clarance, Colclough, Connett, H Cox, D Cox, Dewhirst, Eden, Evans, Foden, Goodman-Bradbury, Gribble, Hayes, G Hook, J Hook, Jeffrey, Jeffries, Jenks, Keeling, Kerswell, MacGregor, Morgan, Nutley, Nuttall, Parker-Khan, Peart, L Petherick, Phipps, Purser, Rollason, Russell, Swain, Taylor, Thorne, Tume, Wrigley, Parker and J Petherick

(Total: 39)

Abstain

Councillors Daws, Hocking, Mullone and Patch

(Total: 4)

Absent

Councillors Bradford and Cook

(Total: 2)

Apologies

Councillors Austin and Orme

(Total: 2)

Subject to the recommendations in Agenda Item 10, to allocate committee seats for 2020/21.

In accordance with the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, the Political Composition of the groups is as below:-

Option A – status quo:-

Option B – Change to merge Licencing Act Committee 2003 and Regulatory & Appeal Committee only to form Licensing and Regulatory Committee of 11 Members - all other Committees to remain as status quo:-

Option C – Two Overview & Scrutiny Committees of 13 Members, Planning Committee reduced to 17 Members, Licensing & Regulatory Committee 11 Members (as per option B above) - all other committees remain as status quo:-

Not politically balanced:-

The 2020/21 nominations received by the Democratic Services will be reported to or otherwise made at the AGM.

This item was adjourned to a meeting of Annual Council on 3 September 2020.