Agenda item

The Chairman introduced a report on appointments to committees, and updated that, since publication, Swindon Borough Council had advised that Councillor Brian Ford would replace Councillor Tim Swinyard on the Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee and Investment Sub Committee.

 

The Leader moved her motion, as amended to reflect appointments from Swindon Borough Council.

 

The motion was seconded by Councillor John Thomson.

 

Councillor Ian Thorn, asked for a change to be made, that Councillor Brian Mathews be appointed to the  Environment Select Committee instead of Councillor Clare Cape.  

 

Councillor Ian Thorn also questioned the method for calculating political proportionality since one seat previously held by the Conservatives was now vacant.

 

The Monitoring Officer advised that proportionality would be reviewed once a Byelection had been held in July and that this was within the requirements of the legislation to ensure proportionality ‘so far as is reasonably practicable’ and had been an approach taken by the Council in the past.

 

Cllr Jon Hubbard raised objection to this approach.

 

The Leader advised the proposed approach was a convention however she would be open to a review of this process if considered necessary.

 

There was no further debate and the Chairman moved the motion go to the vote.

 

 

 

 

Resolved:

 

a)    To note the report and the legal requirements.

 

b)   To re-appoint the following committees in accordance with their Terms of Reference:

 

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

Investment Sub Committee

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 set out below:

 

Committee	Total Number of Places for Elected Members	Conservative Group Allocation     (66 seats)*	Liberal Democrat Group Allocation   (20 seats)	Labour Group Allocation       (3 seats)	Independent Group Allocation     (9 seats)
Strategic Planning	11	8	2	0	1
Area Planning Committees   North	11	8	3	0	0
South	11	7	1	1	2
East	8	7	0	0	1
West	11	7	3	0	1
Licensing	12	8	3	0	1
Electoral Review	10	6	2	1	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	8	3	0	2
Standards	11	8	2	0	1
Police and Crime Panel	7	5	1	0	1
Audit	11	7	2	1	1
Appeals	8	5	2	0	1
Staffing Policy	9	6	2	1	0
Officer Appointments	5	4	1	0	0
Pension Fund	5	3	1	0	1
TOTALS:	184	124 (123.918)	37 (37.551)	6 (5.663)	17 (16.898)

 

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

 

i)     To re-appoint 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 Declan Kiely)	School, Children and Young People representatives
Ms Jen Jones	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 Brian Ford	Swindon Borough Councillor (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)
Cllr Steve Allsopp.	Swindon Borough Councillor (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)
Chris Moore	Employer Representative
Diane Hall	Employer Representative
Stuart Dark	Scheme Member Observer- appointed by Unison
Mike Pankiewicz	Scheme Member Observer- appointed by Unison

 

To reappoint the Investment Sub Committee in accordance with its Terms of reference with the following co-opted members:

 

Name	Representing
Cllr Brian Ford	Swindon Borough (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)
Cllr Gordon King	Wiltshire Council member of Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee.

 

 

m)  To re-appoint the Local Pension Board under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 until the expiry of the 4 year term and to re-appoint the Chairman for a further 1 year term.

 

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

 

 

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)
Mamie Beasant	Independent co-optee
Anna Richardson	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	Jose 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