Agenda item

The Chairman clarified that agenda items 9a, 9b and 9c would all be taken together and that the proposals were to be circulated in an agenda supplement and were displayed at the meeting. The Committee allocations had been prepared following agreement by Group Leaders.

Councillor Richard Clewer, Leader of the Council, proposed the combined appointment motions This was seconded by the Deputy Leader, Councillor Laura Mayes.

The motion was then put to the vote, and it was,

Resolved:

a)    To note the report and the legal requirements.

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

·       Strategic Planning Committee

·       Area Planning Committees: Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western

·       Licensing Committee

·       Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee

·       Children’s Select Committee

·       Environment Select Committee

·       Health Select Committee

·       Standards Committee

·       Audit and Governance Committee

·       Staffing Policy Committee

·       Officer Appointments Committee

·       Electoral Review Committee

·       Appeals Committee

·       Wiltshire Police and Crime Panel (joint with Swindon Borough Council)

·       Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee (joint with Swindon Borough Council)

·       Health and Wellbeing Board

c)    To re-appoint those Area Boards, constituted as area committees under item 9a paragraphs 14 – 16 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. 

e)    To appoint members to the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Authority, in accordance with the guidance set out in the report.   

f)      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 9a (Appendix 3)

g)    To appoint councillors to serve on those committees in accordance with the agreed scheme of allocations (as set out in Agenda Supplement 2), until the next occasion membership is reviewed under the provisions of the Local Government & Housing Act 1989.

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

i)      To appoint those councillors representing electoral divisions to their respective area boards as set out 9b Appendix 1.

j)      To note that following delegation by Full Council the Standards Committee appointed the following persons as non-voting co-opted members of the Standards Committee for the remainder of the council term:

·       Gordon Ball

·       Kathy Barnes

·       Joanne Cetti

·       Julie Phllips

k)    To note that Council appointed the following persons as Independent Persons each for a four year term from May 2021:

·       Tony Drew

·       Damian Kearney

·       Patricia Bunch

l)                To note the following non-elected members of the Children’s Select Committee.

m)  To note the following co-opted members of the Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee:

n)    To note the membership of the Local Pension Board under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 until the expiry of the 4 year term

o)    To note the following co-opted members to the Police and Crime Panel:

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

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

r)      To note that the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee, the Scrutiny Select Committees, the Police and Crime Panel, Electoral Review Committee, 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.

s)    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. Each panel when convened will elect its own chairman.