Agenda item

The Chairman referred Council to the various items on the agenda on appointments – numbered 12 (a), (b) and (c), and 13, reports on which were presented.  He explained that unless anyone had any comments to make on the individual items, he intended to take them together.  The Chairman noted that Group Leaders had been consulted on the principles of what was being proposed.

 

In relation to item 12 (a) – Appointment of Committees, the Chairman reminded Councillors on the Pewsey and Tidworth Area Committee that they had been convened to meet on the rising of this meeting in order to elect its chairman and vice-chairman and establish the Pewsey Area Board and Tidworth Area Board. It was noted that all Area Boards would be asked to elect their respective chairmen and vice-chairmen at their first meeting in accordance with the arrangements set out in the constitution.

 

The Deputy Leader moved a composite motion as circulated in respect of the appointments noting a correction in the member proposed as vice-chairman of Standards Committee being Councillor Paul Oatway and this was duly seconded.

 

On being put to the vote, the Deputy Leader’s motion was CARRIED and it was;

 

Resolved:

 

(a)      To note this report and the legal requirements.

(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

·       Environment Select Committee

·       Health Select Committee

·       Health and Wellbeing Board

·       Licensing Committee

·       Officer Appointments

·       Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee

·       Pension Fund Committee

·       Police and Crime Panel

·       Staffing Policy Committee

·       Standards Committee

·       Strategic Planning Committee

 

(c)            To appoint those Area Boards, constituted as area committees as set out in paragraphs 12 to 14 and Appendix 1 of the report presented and within the Constitution, to comprise the Unitary Councillors for that area (updated to include newly elected members).

(d)    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	TotalNumberofPlacesforElectedMembers	ConservativeGroupAllocation     ( 61 seats)	LiberalDemocratGroupAllocation   (21seats)	LabourGroupAllocation       (4 seats)	IndependentGroupAllocation     (10seats)	UKIP         (1 seat)
StrategicPlanning	11	7	3	-	1	-
AreaPlanning	11	8	2	-	1	-
Committees
North
South	11	6	2	2	1	-
East	8	7	-	-	1	-
West	11	7	2	-	2	-
Licensing	12	8	2	-	2	-
OverviewandScrutinyManagement	15	8	4	1	2	-
Children’sSelect	13	8	3	1	1	-
EnvironmentSelect	13	7	4	1	1	-
HealthSelect	13	7	3	1	2	-
Standards	11	7	3	-	1	-
PoliceandCrime Panel	7	4	2	-	1	-
Audit	11	7	2	-	1	1
Appeals	8	5	1	1	1	-
StaffingPolicy	9	5	2	-	1	1
OfficerAppointments	5	3	1	-	1	-
PensionFund	5	4	1	-	-	-
TOTALS:     Vacancy	174     1	108	37	7	18	2

 

e)       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.

 

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

 

g)       To appoint those councillors representing electoral divisions to their respective area boards as set out in Appendix 2 to this report.

 

h)       To reappoint the following co-opted non-voting members to the Standards Committee for their remaining term of office until the unitary and parish elections in May 2017:

 

·       Mr Philip Gill MBE, JP

 

i)                To extend the term of appointment of following the three current  Independent Persons for a further year until the Annual Meeting of the new Council in May 2017 and to note that a recruitment process would be undertaken in advance of that date to recommend appointments to these positions:

 

·       Mr Stuart Middleton

·       Mrs Caroline Baynes

·       Mr Colin Malcolm

 

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

 

Non-Elected Voting Members	Representing
Mrs L Swainston	Church of England
Dr M Thompson	Clifton Diocese Roman Catholic Church
Vacancy	Parent Governor (Secondary- maintained)
Vacancy	Parent Governor (Secondary – academy)
Mrs A Kemp	Parent Governor (Special Educational Needs)
Mr K Brough	Parent Governor (Primary)
Non-Elected Non-Voting Members (Up to Five) James Wilkins	School, Children and Young People representatives
Ms Cathy Shahrokni	Further Education Representative
Miss S Busby	Secondary Schools Headteacher Representative
Miss T Cornelius	Primary School Headteachers Representative
Mr J Hawkins	School Teacher Representative

 

k)     To appoint the following Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen:-

 

Committee                                              Chairman             Vice Chairman      

 

Strategic Planning Committee                A Davis                T Trotman  

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         J Knight

Licensing Committee                                P Ridout            D Allen

Standards Committee                              J Johnson         P Oatway

Audit Committee                                       T Deane             R Britton

Staffing Policy Committee                        A Bucknell         J Smale

Officer Appointments Committee             J Scott                        J Thomson

Pension Fund Committee                         T Deane             C Howard

Health and Wellbeing Board                     J Scott                delegated to the

                                                                                                 Board

 

l)    To note that the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee, the Select Committees, Area Boards 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.

 

m) To appoint 10 members to serve as Council representatives on the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority as detailed below:

 

 

Conservative (6)	Lib Dem (2)	Independent (1)	Labour (1)
C Devine	P Edge	E Clark	R Rogers
G Payne	B Jones
M Groom
C Newbury
B Wayman
J Knight