Agenda item

Report by the Director of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer

The Council is required by the Local Government & Housing Act 1989 to review the political balance on its committees on an annual basis.

Note that Annex 2 will be circulated with the Schedule of Business on the day before the Council meeting.

Council is RECOMMENDED

a)              To decommission the Horton Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Horton HOSC);

b)              To appoint the committees and committee positions listed in Schedule 1 in Annex 1 continuing with the existing terms of reference; and

c)              To appoint members to the committees of the Council as listed at Schedule 1 in Annex 2.

or

d)              To appoint the committees and committee positions, including Horton HOSC, listed in Schedule 2 in Annex 1 continuing with the existing terms of reference; and

e)              To appoint members to the committees of the Council as listed at Schedule 2 in Annex 2.

f)                To note the review of political balance of committees to reflect the current formation of the political groups.