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Appointments to the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Report by Ian Gibbons, Director of Legal and Democratic Services (and Monitoring Officer)

Minutes:

The above items were considered together under one motion.

 

At the invitation of the Chairman, the Leader of the Council, Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE, presented the proposals for the appointments required for the municipal year 2018/19, which had been developed in consultation with all group leaders. In moving her motion, the Leader also announced to Council the changes made to her Cabinet and Portfolios appended to these minutes.

 

Following the opportunity for comments and questions, and upon being put to a recorded vote, the meeting;

 

Resolved

 

a)    To note the report and the legal requirements, subject to the recent change of the political composition of Swindon Borough Council.

 

b)   To re-appoint the following committees with the terms of reference as set out in the Constitution:

 

Appeals Committee

Area Planning Committees: Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western

Audit Committee

Children’s Select Committee

Electoral Review Committee

Environment Select Committee

Health Select Committee

Health and Wellbeing Board

Licensing Committee

Officer Appointments Committee

Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee

Pension Fund Committee

Police and Crime Panel

Staffing Policy Committee

Standards Committee

Strategic Planning Committee

 

c)     To re-appoint those Area Boards, constituted as area committees as set out in paragraphs 13 to 15 and Appendix 1 of the report presented and within the Constitution, to comprise the Unitary Councillors for that area.

 

d)     To re-appoint the Local Pension Board established under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 and consequent amendments to the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013 with the terms of reference as set out in the Constitution.

 

e)     To approve a scheme of committee places which sets out the number of seats available to members of the Council and to political groups as follows:

 

 

 

 

Committee

Total Places for Elected Members

Conservative Group Allocation

 

 

(68 seats)

Liberal Democrat Group Allocation

 

(20 seats)

Labour Group Allocation

 

 

(3 seats)

Independent Group Allocation

 

 

(7 seats)

Strategic Planning

11

8

2

0

1

Northern Area Planning

11

8

3

0

0

Southern Area Planning

11

7

1

1

2

Eastern Area Planning

8

7

0

0

1

Western Area Planning

11

7

3

0

1

Licensing

12

8

3

0

1

Overview and Scrutiny Management

15

10

3

1

1

Children’s Select

13

9

3

0

1

Environment Select

13

8

3

1

1

Health Select

13

9

3

0

1

Standards

11

8

2

0

1

Electoral Review

10

6

2

1

1

Police and Crime Panel

7

5

2

0

0

Audit

11

8

2

1

0

Appeals

8

5

2

0

1

Staffing Policy

9

6

2

1

0

Officer Appointments

5

4

1

0

0

Pension Fund

5

4

1

0

0

TOTALS

184

 

127

(127.673)

38

(37.551)

6

(5.663)

13

(13.143)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f)     To appoint councillors to serve on those 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 (as attached).

 

g)   To appoint substitute members (to a maximum of four per group) to the committees referred to in (A) above (as attached).

 

h)   To appoint those councillors representing electoral divisions to their respective area boards as set out in Appendix 1 of the report

 

i)     To note the decision of the Standards Committee to appointment four non-voting co-opted members until May 2021 as follows:

 

Mr Richard Baxter

Mr Philip Gill MBE

Mr Michael Lockhart

Miss Pam Turner

 

j)     Re-appoint the following persons as Independent Persons each for a four-year term (until 2021):

 

                        Mr Tony Drew

                        Mrs Caroline Baynes

                        Mr Stuart Middleton          

 

k)    To reappoint the following non-elected members to the Children’s Select Committee:

 

Non-Elected Voting Members

Representing

Vacancy

Church of England

Dr Mike Thompson

Clifton Diocese Roman Catholic Church

Vacancy

Parent Governor (Secondary- maintained)

Vacancy

Parent Governor (Secondary – academy)

Vacancy

Parent Governor (Special Educational Needs)

Vacancy

Parent Governor (Primary)

Non-Elected Non-Voting Members

Representing

Maisy Humphrey

(Sub Karl Smithson)

School, Children and Young People representatives

Vacancy

Further Education Representative

Miss Sarah Busby

Secondary Schools Head Teacher Representative

Miss Tracy Cornelius

Primary School Head Teacher Representative

Mr John Hawkins

School Teacher Representative

 

l)      To re-appoint the following co-opted members to the Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee:

 

Name

Representing

Cllr Tim Swinyard

Swindon Borough Councillor (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)

Cllr Steve Allsopp.

Swindon Borough Councillor (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)

Linda Stuart

 

 

 

Employer Representative

Diane Hall

Employer Representative

Stuart Dark

Scheme Member Observer- appointed by Unison

Mike Pankiewicz

Scheme Member Observer- appointed by Unison

 

m)   To re-appoint the Local Pension Board under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 and consequent amendments to the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013 with the terms of reference as set out in the Constitution:

 

Name

Representing

Howard Pearce

Independent Chairman

David Bowater

Scheme Member Representative

Barry Reed

Scheme Member Representative

Mike Pankiewicz

Scheme Member Representative

Sarah Holbrook

Employer Member Representative

Cllr Richard Britton

Employer Member Representative

Vacancy

Employer Member Representative

 

And to note that the decision to appoint to the vacant position of Employer Member Representative will be taken at the meeting of Council in July 2018.

 

n)     To re-appoint the following co-opted members to the Police and Crime Panel:

 

Name

Representing

Cllr Alan Bishtop

Swindon Borough Council (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)

Cllr Caryl Sydney Smith

Swindon Borough Council (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)

Cllr Junab Ali

Swindon Borough Council (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)

Cllr Abdul Amin

Swindon Borough Council (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)

Cindy Creasy

Independent co-optee

Chris Henwood

Independent co-optee

 

o)     To appoint Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the following meetings:

 

Committee

Chairman

Vice-Chairman

Area Planning Committee – Eastern

Mark Connolly

Paul Oatway

Area Planning Committee – Northern

Tony Trotman

Peter Hutton

Area Planning Committee – Southern

Fred Westmoreland

Richard Britton

Area Planning Committee – Western

Christopher Newbury

Jonathon Seed

Audit Committee

Richard Britton

Stewart Dobson

Health and Wellbeing Board (Chairman only)

Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE

na

Licensing Committee

Peter Hutton

Josie Green

Officer Appointments

Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE

John Thomson

Pension Fund Committee

Tony Deane

Roy While

Staffing Policy Committee

Allison Bucknell

Tony Jackson

Standards Committee

Paul Oatway

Howard Greenman

Strategic Planning Committee

Fleur de Rhé-Philipe

Derek Brown

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

 

q)     To note that the Appeals Committee does not meet as a formal committee. However, three members who have undergone appropriate training are drawn from its membership to form Appeal Panels to consider and determine various types of appeals. No appointment of chairman or vice-chairman to the committee is therefore necessary. Each panel when convened will elect its own chairman.

 

r)      That Council appoint the following 6 members to serve as Council representatives on the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority:

 

Conservatives (4)

Liberal Democrat (1)

Independent (1)

Peter Hutton

Bob Jones

Ernie Clark

Christopher Newbury

 

 

Paul Oatway QPM

 

 

Pip Ridout

 

 

 

 

Admin Note: A record of the vote is appended to these minutes.

 

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