Agenda item

To consider the report of the head of legal and democratic services on the appointment to those committees required to be politically balanced together with the Community Grants Panel, Licensing Acts Committee and joint committees and to authorise any consequential changes to the constitution(attached). 

Council considered the report of the head of legal and democratic services on the appointment of those committees and joint committees which are required to be politically balanced together with the Community Grants Panel, the Licensing Acts Committee 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 2017/18 municipal year Council:

1.     appoints the committees and panels for the 2017/18 year and allocate seats to each political group as set out in the schedule circulated at the meeting;

2.     allocates the vacant seat on the Scrutiny Committee, the Joint Scrutiny Committee and the Community Governance and Electoral Issues committee to the Opposition Forum Group;

3.     allocates a vacant seat on the Community Grants Panel to the Opposition Forum Group;

4.     allocates the vacant seat on the Appeals Panel to Paul Harrison;

5.     appoints councillors and preferred substitutes to sit on the committees and panels as set out in the scheduled circulate at the meeting;

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

7.     appoints councillors to the Community Grants Panel as set out in the schedule circulated at the meeting;

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

9.      appoints Nigel Champken-Woods as the council’s representative on the Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Lorraine Hillier as substitute;

10.  appoints Ian White as the council’s representative on the Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel;

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

12.  authorises the head of legal and democratic services to amend the constitution as necessary to reflect the arrangements set out in this report.

RESOLVED: to

1.    appoint the following committees, joint committees and panels for the 2017/18 year and to appoint the membership, substitutes and chairmen as indicated to sit on them:

2.    (with no councillor voting against) to allocate the vacant seat on the Scrutiny Committee, the Joint Scrutiny Committee and the Community Governance and Electoral Issues Committee to the Opposition Forum Group;

3.    (with no councillor voting against) to allocate the vacant seat on the Community Grants Panel to the Opposition Forum Group;

4.    (with no councillor voting against) to allocate the vacant seat on the Appeals Panel to Paul Harrison;

5.    appoint Nigel Champken-Woods as the council’s representative on the Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Lorraine Hillier as substitute;

6.    appoint Ian White as the council’s representative on the Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel;

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

8.    authorise the head of legal and democratic services to amend the constitution as necessary to reflect the arrangements set out in this report.