Issue - meetings

Report by the Director of Law & Governance & Monitoring Officer (CC10).

The Council is required by the Local Government & Housing Act 1989 to review the political balance on its committees on an annual basis. The report sets out how the rules operate and seeks approval for adjustments which are necessary to achieve the balance across and within committees to comply with the rules.

The Council is RECOMMENDED:

(a)         to confirm the political balance on committees shown in Annex 2 to the report;

(b)         to appoint to committees the councillors and co-opted members shown in Annex 3, subject to any changes reported in any amended schedule and at the meeting; and

(c)         to note the executive appointments in Annex 3 in relation to Oxfordshire Growth Board scrutiny arrangements and advisory sub groups.

Agreed as per new circulated Annex 3 set out in the Schedule of Business, together with the following changes:

Planning & Regulation Committee – Councillor John Sanders in place of Councillor Lygo;

Consultative Committee for Uniformed Members of the Fire Service – Councillor Lygo in place of Councillor Cherry;

Teachers’ Joint Committee – Councillor Pressel in place of Councillor Turnbull;

Employees Joint consultative Committee – Councillor Price in place of Councillor Banfield.

The Council was required by the Local Government & Housing Act 1989 to review the political balance on its committees on an annual basis. The Council had before it a report which set out how the rules operate and sought approval to adjustments which were necessary to achieve the balance across and within committees to comply with the rules, together with Annex 2 confirming the political balance on the committees and Annex 3(set out in the schedule of business for the meeting), showing the membership of all committees.

Councillor Gill Sanders moved and Councillor Sibley seconded that the recommendations in the report and on the face of the Agenda be adopted.

Councillor Brighouse informed the Council of the following 4 additional changes at the Meeting:

Planning and Regulation Committee - Councillor John Sanders in place of Councillor Mark Lygo.

Consultative Committee for Uniformed Members of the Fire Service – Councillor Lygo in place of Councillor Cherry;

Teachers’ Joint Committee – Councillor Pressel in place of Councillor Turnbull;

Employees Joint consultative Committee – Councillor Price in place of Councillor Banfield.

Following debate, the motion was put to the vote and was:

RESOLVED: (nem con)

(a)         to confirm the political balance on committees shown in Annex 2 to the report;

(b)         to appoint to committees the councillors and co-opted members shown in Annex 3, subject to any changes reported in any amended schedule and at the meeting; and

(c)         to note the executive appointments in Annex 3 in relation to Oxfordshire Growth Board scrutiny arrangements and advisory sub groups.