Issue - meetings

Report by the Director of Law & Governance & Monitoring Officer.

The Council is RECOMMENDED to:

a)              note how the rules operate and approve necessary adjustments to achieve the balance across and within Committees to comply with the rules.

b)              appoint Councillors to the scrutiny and other committees of the Council listed in Annex 3 as required by any changes necessary as a result of applying the proportionality rules, and subject to any changes on the nomination of the political groups.

Council noted the revised report and Annexes 2 & 3 and the recommendations were agreed.

Council noted the following appointments notified by the political group leaders:

BOB HOSC:

Cllr Elphinstone to replace Cllr Edosomwan

Corporate Parenting Committee:

Cllr Brighouse and Cllr Lygo appointed

Future Oxfordshire Partnership Scrutiny Panel:

Cllr Hicks to replace Cllr Baines

Horton HOSC:

Cllr Levy has replaced Cllr van Mierlo

People OSC:

Cllr Edosomwan to replace Cllr O’Connor

Performance & Corporate Services OSC:

Cllr Hicks to replace Cllr O’Connor

Place OSC:

Cllr Coles to replace Cllr Baines

Oxfordshire County Council & Teachers' Joint Committee:

Cllr Pressel to replace Cllr Brighouse

Cllr Levy replaces Cllr van Mierlo on BOB HOSC and Horton HOSC

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 for adjustments which were necessary to achieve the balance across and within committees to comply with the rules.

The Council also had before it Annex 2 which set out the political balance on the committees and Annex 3 showing the membership of all committees, together with a number of additional changes set out in the Schedule of Business for the meeting.

The Chair noted that a revised report was included in the Schedule of Business at Page 9 along with revised Annexes 2 and 3.  Annexes 1 and 4 remained unchanged.

The Future Oxfordshire Partnership Scrutiny Panel should not have been included in the list of committees contributing to the calculations on political balance.  The change did not affect the final number of seats for each political group.   Also Annex 3 had been corrected to show Councillor Mallon as Chair of the Place Overview & Scrutiny Committee and the Corporate Parenting Committee as having 9 places.

Councillor Felix Bloomfield moved and Cllr Alison Rooke seconded that the recommendations set out in the report be adopted. Council noted the revised report and Annexes 2 & 3 and the recommendations were agreed.

RESOLVED (nem con) to:

a)              note how the rules operate and approve necessary adjustments to achieve the balance across and within Committees to comply with the rules.

b)              appoint Councillors to the scrutiny and other committees of the Council listed in Annex 3 as required by any changes necessary as a result of applying the proportionality rules, and subject to any changes on the nomination of the political groups.

Council also noted the following appointments notified by the political group leaders:

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire West Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee:

Cllr Elphinstone to replace Cllr Edosomwan

Corporate Parenting Committee:

Cllr Brighouse and Cllr Lygo appointed

Future Oxfordshire Partnership Scrutiny Panel:

Cllr Hicks to replace Cllr Baines

Horton Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee:

Cllr Levy has replaced Cllr van Mierlo

People Overview & Scrutiny Committee:

Cllr Edosomwan to replace Cllr O’Connor

Performance & Corporate Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee:

Cllr Hicks to replace Cllr O’Connor

Place Overview & Scrutiny Committee:

Cllr Coles to replace Cllr Baines

Oxfordshire County Council & Teachers' Joint Committee:

Cllr Pressel to replace Cllr Brighouse

Two further changes not in the Schedule:

Cllr Levy to replace Cllr van Mierlo on Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire West Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee and Horton Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee