Agenda item

Report by the Solicitor to the Council and Monitoring Officer.

(a)       Appointment of Committees and Review of Allocation of Seats on Committees to Political Groups

 

(b)       Appointment to Committees

 

(c)       Appointment of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Committees

 

(d)       Appointment of Wiltshire Council Members to Serve on the Combined Fire Authority

 

The Chairman drew Councillors’ attention to the reports of the Service Director, Legal and Democratic Services which invited Council to

 

• appoint the various committees of the Council and review the allocation of seats on those committees to political groups according to their respective political strengths on the Council;

 

• make appointments to committees in accordance with such a review taking into account the wishes of the political group leaders;

 

• appoint chairmen and vice-chairmen of committees excluding the Standards and Select Committees which would be asked to make such appointments at their respective first meetings.  The Chairman explained that following this item, he would seek to adjourn the meeting over the lunch period to allow each Area Board to meet to elect its respective Chairman and Vice-Chairman.

 

• Appoint nine Wiltshire Council members to serve on the Combined Fire Authority for the ensuing year.

 

The Chairman explained that Group Leaders had been consulted on the principles of what was being proposed.

 

The Leader proposed a motion which encompassed all of the above, details of which were circulated and this was duly seconded; on being put to the vote, it was 

 

 

Resolved:

 

(a)       To note the reports and the legal requirements.

(b)       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

Organisation and Resources Select

                                    Children’s Services Select

                                    Health and Adult Social Care Select

                                    Environment Select

                                    Audit

                                    Appeals

                                    Staffing Policy

                                    Officer Appointments

                                    Pension Fund

Joint Committee for Appointment to Wiltshire Police Authority

 

(c)       To approve the aggregate number of committee places available to members of the Council being 169 and the number on each committee as follows:-

Committee	Total Number of Places for Elected Members	Conservative Group Allocation   (61 seats)	Liberal Democrat Group Allocation (24 seats)	Labour Group Allocation     (2 seats)	Independent Group Allocation   (8 seats)	Devizes Guardians Group Allocation (3 seats)
Strategic Planning	13	9	3	-	1	-
Area Planning Committees   North South East West	10  11           9 11	7            6            6            6	3 3 1 3	- 1 - -	- 1 1 2	- - 1 -
Licensing	12	8	3	-	1	-
Organisation and Resources Select	13	7	3	1	1	1
Children’s Services Select	13	9	3	-	1
Health & Adult Social Care Select	13	8	3	-	1	1
Environment Select	13	7	3	1	1	1
Audit	13	8	3	-	1	1
Appeals	9	6	3	-	-	-
Staffing Policy	9	6	2	-	1	-
Officer Appointments	5	3	1	-	1	-
Pension Fund	5	3	2	-	-	-
Joint Police Appointing Committee	7	4	2	-	1	-
Great Western Ambulance Joint Scrutiny Committee	3	2	-	1	-	-
TOTALS:	169	105	41	4	14	5

 

(d)        To appoint Area Boards, constituted as area committees as set out in paragraphs 17 to 19 of the report and within the Constitution, and to appoint those members representing electoral divisions to their respective area boards as set out in Appendix B of these minutes.

(e)         To agree to continue the proposed arrangements for any future appointments of Councillors to Health Scrutiny Joint Committees as set out in paragraph 13 of the report presented.

(f)   To approve the nominations of Group Leaders, as set out in  Appendix C 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.

(g) To appoint the Standards Committee with the terms of reference as set out in the Constitution and to reappoint the following Council members to serve until the next Annual Council meeting in 2011:-

         Councillors Fuller, Johnson, Hewson, McLennan, Clark and Carter.

(h)    To appoint the following non-elected members to the Children’s Services Select Committee:-

 

Non-Elected Voting Members	Representing
Vacancy (Reserve/substitute:  Mr C Shepperd)	Church of England
Dr M Thompson (Reserve/substitute:  Canon L. O’Driscoll)	Roman Catholic Church
Mr N Owen	Parent Governor (Secondary)
Mrs A Kemp	Parent Governor (Special)
Mrs R Ryan	Parent Governor (Primary)
Non-Elected Non-Voting Members (Up to Five)	School, Children and Young People representatives
Mrs D Dale	Further Education Representative
Mr C Dark	Secondary Schools Headteacher Representative
Mrs J Finney	Primary School Headteachers Representative
Mr J Hawkins	School Teacher Representative
Mr C King	Children & Young People's Representative

 

(i)                 To appoint the following councillors to serve on the Combined Fire Authority for 2010/11 :-

 

            Conservative (6)           Liberal Democrat (2)    Independent (1)

            Councillors                   Councillors                     Councillor 

            Peter Davis                     Howard Marshall             Christopher  Newbury

            Graham Payne              Jeff Osborn

            Mollie Groom

            Christopher Devine

            Philip Brown

            Brigadier Robert Hall

 

(j)     To appoint following Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen:-

 

Committee                                                Chairman                  Vice Chairman           

                    

Area Planning Committee – Eastern     P Brown                   C Howard                

Area Planning Committee – Northern   T Trotman                A Hill

Area Planning Committee – Southern  F Westmoreland     J Green

Area Planning Committee – Western    P Fuller                     R While

Audit Committee                                          R While                     S Parker

Licensing Committee                                W Moss                     N Phillips

Officer Appointments Committee          J Scott                       JThomson

Pension Fund Committee                        T Deane                    C Howard

Staffing Policy Committee                       A Bucknell                M Hewitt

Strategic Planning Committee                A Davis                      C Crisp

 

(k)     To note that in accordance with the Constitution the Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the Standards Committee and Select Committees will be elected at their first meeting.