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. 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);

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.