Agenda item

To consider the report of the head of legal and democratic on the appointment to those committees required to be politically balanced together with the Licensing Acts Committee, area committees and joint committees and to agree any consequential changes to the constitutionattached. 

Council considered the report of the head of legal and democratic on the appointment of those committees and joint committees which are required to be politically balanced; together with the Licensing Acts Committee, the area committees and appointments to joint bodies.

The chairman referred to the following recommendation tabled at the meeting covering these appointments and to reflect the allocation of the vacant committee positions.

That for the 2019/20 municipal year Council:

1.            appoints the committees and panels for the 2019/20 year and allocates seats to each political group as set out in the schedule circulated at the meeting;

2.            allocates a seat on the Joint Staff Committee to the Conservative Group;

3.            appoints Cheryl Briggs to the vacant seat on the Scrutiny Committee;

4.            allocates one of the Liberal Democrat Group’s seats on the Planning Committee to the Conservative Group;

5.            allocates one of the Liberal Democrat Group’s seats on the Appeals Panel to Cheryl Briggs

6.            appoints councillors and substitutes to sit on the committees and panels as set out in the schedule circulated at the meeting:

7.            appoints councillors to the Licensing Acts Committee as set out in the schedule circulated at the meeting;

8.            appoints chairs/chairmen and vice-chairs/vice-chairmen as set out in the schedule circulated at the meeting;

9.            appoints all local members representing the wards covered by the relevant area committees to those committees for the 2019/20 municipal year with the following chairs: 

·         Abingdon and North East –  Andy Foulsham 

·         Faringdon –  David Grant

·         Wantage –  Hayleigh Gascoigne

10.         appoints Paul Barrow as the council’s representative and Andy Foulsham as substitute on the Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee;

11.         appoints Neil Fawcett as the council’s representative and Ruth Molyneaux as observer substitute on the Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel;

12.         appoints Andy Cooke, Hayleigh Gascoigne and Matthew Barber to the Oxfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Panel;

13.         authorises the head of legal and democratic to make appointments to any vacant committee or panel seat and substitute positions in accordance with the wishes of the relevant group leader;

RESOLVED: to

1.    appoint the following committees and panels for the 2019/20 municipal year and to appoint the membership, substitutes and chairs/chairmen and vice-chairs/vice-chairmen as indicated to sit on them (see table below);

2.    (with no councillor voting against) allocate one of the Liberal Democrat Group’s seats on the Planning Committee to the Conservative Group;

3.    (with no councillor voting against) allocate one of the Liberal Democrat Group’s seats on the Appeals Panel to Cheryl Briggs

4.    appoint all local members representing the wards covered by the relevant area committees to those committees for the 2019/20 municipal year with the following chairs: 

·         Abingdon and North East –  Andy Foulsham 

·         Faringdon –  David Grant

·         Wantage –  Hayleigh Gascoigne

5.    appoint Paul Barrow as the council’s representative and Andy Foulsham as substitute on the Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee;

6.    appoint Neil Fawcett as the council’s representative and Ruth Molyneaux as observer substitute on the Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel;

7.    appoint Andy Cooke, Hayleigh Gascoigne and Matthew Barber to the Oxfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Panel;

8.    authorise the head of legal and democratic to make appointments to any vacant committee or panel seat and substitute positions in accordance with the wishes of the relevant group leader.