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 Climate Emergency Advisory Committee, 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 Climate Emergency Advisory Committee, Licensing Acts Committee, the area committees and appointments to joint bodies.

The chair referred to the following recommendation, circulated prior to the meeting, covering these appointments and to reflect the allocation of the vacant committee positions.

That for the 2021/22 municipal year Council:

1.            appoints the committees and panels for the 2021/22 year and allocate seats to each political group as set out in the schedule circulated prior to the meeting;

2.            appoints Cheryl Briggs to the Appeals Panel and General Licensing Committee;

3.            allocates one of the Liberal Democrat Group’s seats on the Planning Committee to Cheryl Briggs;

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

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

6.            appoints councillors to the Climate Emergency Advisory Committee as set out in the schedule circulated prior to the meeting;

7.            appoints chairs and vice-chairs as set out in the schedule circulated prior to the meeting;

8.            appoints all local members representing the wards covered by the relevant area committees to those committees for the 2021/22 municipal year with the following chairs: 

·         Abingdon and North East – Andy Foulsham 

·         Faringdon – David Grant

·         Wantage – Hayleigh Gascoigne

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

10.         appoints Neil Fawcett as the council’s representative and Jenny Hannaby as substitute on the Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel;

11.         appoints Andy Cooke, Jenny Hannaby and Matt Barber to the Oxfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Panel;

12.         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 2021/22 municipal year and to appoint the membership, substitutes and chairs and vice-chairs as indicated to sit on them (see table below);

2.    (with no councillor voting against) appoint Cheryl Briggs to the Appeals Panel and General Licensing Committee;

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

4.    appoint all local members representing the wards covered by the relevant area committees to those committees for the 2021/22 municipal year with the following chairs: 

·         Abingdon and North East – Andy Foulsham 

·         Faringdon – David Grant

·         Wantage – Hayleigh Gascoigne

5.    appointPaul 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 Jenny Hannaby as substitute on the Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel;

7.    appoint Andy Cooke, Jenny Hannaby and Matt 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.