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.
Minutes:
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. This provided for the Liberal Democrat Group to take the vacant seats on the Planning Committee and Scrutiny Committee, the Conservative Group taking the vacant seat on the Joint Staff Committee and the non-group councillor taking the vacant seat on the Appeals Panel. The Liberal Democrat Group allocated one of its seats on the Planning Committee, General Licensing Committee and Licensing Acts Committee to the non-group councillor and one of its seats on the Scrutiny Committee to the Conservative Group.
That for the 2022/23 municipal year Council
1. appoints the committees and panels for the 2022/23 year and allocate seats to each political group as set out in the schedule circulated prior to the meeting;
2. appoints councillors and substitutes to sit on the committees and panels as set out in the schedule circulated prior to the meeting:
3. appoints councillors to the Licensing Acts Committee as set out in the schedule circulated prior to the meeting;
4. appoints councillors to the Climate Emergency Advisory Committee as set out in the schedule circulated prior to the meeting;
5. appoints chairs and vice-chairs as set out in the schedule circulated prior to the meeting;
6. appoints all local members representing the wards covered by the relevant area committees to those committees for the 2022/23 municipal year with the following chairs:
· Abingdon and North East – Andy Foulsham
· Faringdon – David Grant
· Wantage – Hayleigh Gascoigne
7. appointsPaul Barrow as the council’s representative and Andy Foulsham as substitute on the Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee;
8. appoints Neil Fawcett as the council’s representative and Helen Pighills as substitute on the Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel;
9. appoints Samantha Bowring, Andy Cooke and Nathan Boyd to the Future Oxfordshire Partnership Scrutiny Panel;
10. 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: (with no councillor voting against) to
1. appoint the following committees and panels for the 2022/23 municipal year and to appoint the membership, substitutes and chairs and vice-chairs as indicated to sit on them (see table below);
Scrutiny Committee, 9 Members |
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Conservative (2) |
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Jerry Avery |
Nathan Boyd (Chair) |
Ron Batstone (Vice-Chair) |
Ben Mabbett |
Eric de la Harpe |
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Hayleigh Gascoigne |
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David Grant |
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Max Thompson |
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Patrick O’Leary |
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Preferred substitutes |
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Liberal Democrat (7) |
Conservative (3) |
Paul Barrow |
Elaine Ware |
Samantha Bowring |
Janet Shelley |
Andy Foulsham |
Simon Howell |
Alison Jenner |
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Diana Lugova |
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Rob Maddison |
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Sarah Medley |
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Joint Scrutiny Committee, 5 Members |
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Liberal Democrat (3) |
Conservative (1) |
Non-group councillor (1) |
Andy Cooke |
Nathan Boyd (Co-Chair) |
Cheryl Briggs |
Amos Duveen |
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David Grant |
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Preferred substitutes |
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Liberal Democrat (3) |
Conservative (3) |
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Alison Jenner |
Simon Howell |
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Andy Foulsham |
Ben Mabbett |
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Max Thompson |
Elaine Ware |
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Joint Audit and Governance Committee, 4 Members |
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Liberal Democrat (3) |
Conservative (1) |
Amos Duveen |
Simon Howell |
Andy Foulsham (Co-Chair) |
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Mike Pighills |
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Preferred substitutes |
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Liberal Democrat (3) |
Conservative (3) |
Andy Cooke |
Nathan Boyd |
Eric de la Harpe |
Ben Mabbett |
Alison Jenner |
Elaine Ware |
Community Governance and Electoral Issues Committee, 6 Members |
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Liberal Democrat (5) |
Conservative (1) |
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Paul Barrow |
Janet Shelley |
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Ron Batstone (Chair) |
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Alison Jenner |
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Sarah Medley (Vice-Chair) |
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Mike Pighills |
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Preferred substitutes |
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Liberal Democrat (5) |
Conservative (3) |
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Rob Maddison |
Simon Howell |
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Patrick O’Leary |
Ben Mabbett |
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Max Thompson |
Elaine Ware |
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Diana Lugova |
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Richard Webber |
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Joint Staff Committee, 3 Members |
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Liberal Democrat (2) |
Conservative (1) |
Debby Hallett |
Elaine Ware |
Emily Smith |
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Substitutes |
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The Leader may be substituted by another Cabinet member. Other members of the committee may be substituted by any other member of the council. |
General Licensing Committee, 12 Members |
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Liberal Democrat (9) |
Conservative (2) |
Non-group councillor (1) |
Jerry Avery |
Eric Batts |
Cheryl Briggs |
Paul Barrow |
Ben Mabbett |
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Ron Batstone (Vice-Chair) |
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Margaret Crick |
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Debby Hallett |
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Alison Jenner (Chair) |
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Patrick O’Leary |
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Val Shaw |
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Richard Webber |
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NO SUBSTITUTES |
Licensing Acts Committee, 12 Members |
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Liberal Democrat (9) |
Conservative (2) |
Non-group councillor (1) |
Jerry Avery |
Eric Batts |
Cheryl Briggs |
Paul Barrow |
Ben Mabbett |
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Ron Batstone (Vice-Chair) |
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Margaret Crick |
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Debby Hallett |
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Alison Jenner (Chair) |
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Patrick O’Leary |
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Val Shaw |
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Richard Webber |
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NO SUBSTITUTES |
Appeals Panel, 3 Members |
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Liberal Democrat (2) |
Non-group councillor (1) |
Paul Barrow |
Cheryl Briggs |
Alison Jenner (Chair) |
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PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES |
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Liberal Democrat (3) |
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Val Shaw |
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Richard Webber |
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Debby Hallett |
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Climate Emergency Advisory Committee, 7 Members |
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Liberal Democrat (6) |
Conservative (1) |
David Grant |
Eric Batts |
Hayleigh Gascoigne (Chair) |
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Eric de la Harpe (Vice Chair) |
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Alison Jenner |
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Bob Johnston |
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Catherine Webber |
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Preferred substitutes |
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Liberal Democrat (6) |
Conservative (3) |
Ron Batstone |
Nathan Boyd |
Amos Duveen |
Ben Mabbett |
Andy Foulsham |
Elaine Ware |
Rob Maddison |
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Sarah Medley |
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Mike Pighills |
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2. appoints all local members representing the wards covered by the relevant area committees to those committees for the 2022/23 municipal year with the following chairs:
· Abingdon and North East – Andy Foulsham
· Faringdon – David Grant
· Wantage – Hayleigh Gascoigne
3. appointsPaul Barrow as the council’s representative and Andy Foulsham as substitute on the Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee;
4. appoints Neil Fawcett as the council’s representative and Helen Pighills as substitute on the Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel;
5. appoints Samantha Bowring, Andy Cooke and Nathan Boyd to the Future Oxfordshire Partnership Scrutiny Panel;
6. 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.
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