Agenda item

Report (to follow) by the Service Director, Law and Governance.

The Chairman took the above items recorded at minute no.s 33 (a) – (c) and 34 together giving Councillors an opportunity to comment on individual items.

 

The Chairman drew attention to the report of the Service Director, Legal

and Democratic Services which invited Council to review the allocation of seats on committees to political groups according to their respective political strengths on the Council. Council was also asked to make appointments to committees in accordance with such a review and to appoint chairmen and vice-chairmen of committees excluding the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee, Scrutiny Select Committees and the Police and Crime Panel which would be asked to make such appointments at their respective first meetings.  The proposals also included the new requirement to appoint a Health and Wellbeing Board, the proposed terms of reference of which were presented. The Leader also drew attention to the need to appoint non-elected voting and non-voting members to the Children’s Services Select Committee.

 

The Leader proposed a motion which encompassed all of the above, details of which were circulated which was duly seconded. It was noted that Group Leaders had been consulted on the principles of what was being proposed.

 

Cllr Jon Hubbard proposed an amendment to the terms of reference of the Health and Wellbeing Board to include that voting members of the board representing Wiltshire Council are appointed according to political balance and that the Board should elect its chair at its first meeting and that chair should be independent of the Council.

 

A discussion ensued on the amendment during which Cllr Helena McKeown declared an interest in this item by virtue of her membership of a medical committee.

 

The principles of membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board were debated in terms of ensuring appropriate Council representation as well as ensuring those appointed would be able to provide the right levels of experience and knowledge required. On being put to the vote, the amendment was LOST.

 

During further debate, it was proposed and accepted that only job titles rather than names for the 3 Acute Hospitals Trusts representatives within the non-voting members of the Health and Wellbeing Board be included to allow for any future changes.

 

It was also agreed to add a representative from Wessex Local Medical Committee and a representative from the opposition group on the Council to the non-voting members of the Health and Wellbeing Board. Cllr Ian Thorn was nominated by Cllr Hubbard for this position as opposition group leader (liberal democrat). This resulted in Ian Thorn being deselected from the Health Select Committee creating a liberal democrat vacancy on that Committee.

 

The Leader explained that due to the constitutional requirement to have two Cabinet members on the Staffing Policy committee, Cllrs Bill Moss and Howard Greenman would be replaced on that committee by herself and Cllr Stuart Wheeler.

 

The Leader’s motion incorporating the acceptance of the above mentioned points was put to the vote and it was

 

Resolved:

 

1.    To note the reports and the legal requirements.

 

2.    To appoint the following committees with the terms of reference as set out in the Constitution:-

 

            Strategic Planning

            Area Planning – East, North, South and West

            Licensing

            Standards

            Staffing Policy

            Overview and Scrutiny Management

            Children’s Select

            Environment Select

            Health Select

            Audit

            Appeals

            Officer Appointments

            Pension Fund

            Police and Crime Panel

 

3.    To appoint those Area Boards, constituted as area committees as set out within the Constitution, and to appoint those members representing electoral divisions to their respective area boards as set out in Appendix 2.

4.    To approve the aggregate number of committee places available to members of the Council being 174 and the number on each committee as follows:

 

Committee	Total Number of Places for Elected Members	Conservative Group Allocation     ( 58   seats)	Liberal Democrat Group Allocation   (27 seats)	Labour Group Allocation       (  4 seats)	Independent Group Allocation     (  8 seats)	UKIP         ( 1  seat)
Strategic Planning	11	7	3	-	1	-
Area Planning Committees   North South East West	11 11          8 11	7          6          7          6	4 2 - 3	- 2 - -	-            1            1            2	- - - -
Licensing	12	7	4		1	-
Overview and Scrutiny Management	13	7	4	1	1	-
Children’s Select	13	7	4	1	1	-
Environment Select	13	7	4	1	1	-
Health Select	13	7	4	1	1	-
Standards	12	7	3	1	1	-
Police and Crime Panel	7	4	2	-	1	-
Audit	12	7	3	-	1	1
Appeals	8	5	3	-	-	-
Staffing Policy	9	5	3	-	-	1
Officer Appointments	5	3	1	-	1	-
Pension Fund	5	4	1	-	-	-
TOTALS:	174	103	48	7	14	2

 

5.    To formally appoint the Health and Wellbeing Board with the

 

(i)            terms of reference as set out in paragraph 4 to Appendix 2 to the report presented and the

(ii)          following membership and voting arrangements:-

Voting members

 

·                The Leader of the Council and Executive representatives with responsibility for Children, Adults and Public Health – J Scott, L Mayes, K Humphries and J Milton

 

·                4 representatives from the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) - Dr Stephen Rowlands (Chair of CCG), Dr Helen Osborn (Chair of WWYKD Group), Dr Toby Davies (Chair of SARUM Group), Dr Simon Burrell (Chair of NEW Group)

 

·                1 representative from Healthwatch – Christine Graves

 

·                1 Police and Crime Commissioner – Angus MacPherson

 

·                1 NHS England representative – Debra Elliott

Non-voting members

 

·                Wiltshire Council officers with statutory responsibility for Children, Adults and Public Health services – Carolyn Godfrey and Maggie Rae, Corporate Directors

 

·                Deborah Fielding (Chief Officer) or Simon Truelove (Chief Accountable Officer)

 

·                3 Acute Hospital Trusts representatives ( Salisbury Hospital FT, Great Western Hospital FT and Bath RUH FT – Chief Executive or Chairman)

 

·                1 South West Ambulance Service (SWAS) representative – Ken Wenman

 

·                1 Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP) representative – Ian Tully

 

·                Wiltshire Police Chief Constable – Patrick Geenty

 

·                Representative from Wessex Local Medical Committee

 

·                Representative from the Opposition Group on the Council

 

(iii)         Leader of the Council being the chairman.

6.    To confirm that in accordance with the current Constitution, the power of referral to the Secretary of State in relation to the reconfiguration of services continues to be delegated to the Health Select Committee.

7.    To approve the nominations of Group Leaders, as set out in the  Appendix 3 for the appointment of councillors and substitutes, to serve on committees in accordance with the agreed scheme of committee places, until the next occasion membership is reviewed under the provisions of the Local Government & Housing Act 1989 and subject to the amendments detailed above.

8.    To enable more effective usage of the substitute scheme all Groups be entitled to appoint up to four substitutes where it has a councillor on a committee, and that the Constitution be amended accordingly.

9.    To appoint the following non-voting members to the Standards Committee for the period referred to in paragraph 8 of the report presented.

Mr John Scragg
Miss Pam Turner
Mr Paul Neale
Mr Philip Gill MBE, JP

 

10.To appoint the following non-elected members to the Children’s Select Committee:-

 

Non-Elected Voting Members	Representing
Vacancy	Church of England
Dr M Thompson	Clifton Diocese Roman Catholic Church
Vacancy	Parent Governor (Secondary)
Mrs A Kemp	Parent Governor (Special Educational Needs)
Mr K Brough	Parent Governor (Primary)
Non-Elected Non-Voting Members (Up to Five)	School, Children and Young People representatives
Mrs D Dale	Further Education Representative
Vacancy	Secondary Schools Headteachers’ Representative
Vacancy	Primary School Headteachers’ Representative
Mr J Hawkins	School Teacher Representative
Mr K House	Children & Young People's Representative

 

11.To appoint the following Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen:-

 

Committee                                                   Chairman                   Vice Chairman       

Strategic Planning Committee                A Davis                      J Green        

Area Planning Committee – Eastern   C Howard                   M Connolly

Area Planning Committee – Northern T Trotman                  P Hutton

Area Planning Committee – Southern F Westmoreland      C Devine

Area Planning Committee – Western    C Newbury               R While

Licensing Committee                                P Ridout                    D Allen

Standards Committee                               J Johnson                J Noeken

Audit Committee                                         T Deane                    S Parker

Staffing Policy Committee                       A Bucknell                J Smale

Officer Appointments Committee          J Scott                       J Thomson

Pension Fund Committee                        T Deane                    C Howard

 

12.To note that the existing the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee, the Select Committees and the Police and Crime Panel will be asked to elect their respective Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen at their first meeting following the annual meeting of council.

 

13.To appoint the following councillors to serve on the Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority for 2013/14:-

 

Conservative (5)                 Liberal Democrat (3)          Independent (1)

 

            C Devine                               P Edge                                  Mr Clark

            G Payne                                H Marshall

            M Groom                               B Jones

            C Newbury                                                              

            B Wayman