Agenda item

(See pages 5 – 17 of the main agenda)

 

The Mayor stated that in accordance with council assembly procedure rule 2.11(2), this being an officer report, the recommendations set out in the report were deemed to have been moved, and were subject to amendment only.  She announced that she intended to consider each recommendation where a decision was needed separately. 

 

The Mayor stated that two nominations had been received for the position of chair of the overview and scrutiny committee, Councillors Gavin Edwards and Rosie Shimell.  No further nominations were forthcoming, therefore the nominations were put to the vote and council assembly appointed Councillor Gavin Edwards as chair of the overview and scrutiny committee for the municipal year 2015/16.

 

The substantive motion was put to the vote and declared to be carried.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.  That the appointment of political group leaders, deputies and whips be noted as follows:

 

LABOUR GROUP

 

Leader  Councillor Peter John

 

Deputy Leader  Councillor Ian Wingfield

 

Chief Whip  Councillor Dan Garfield

 

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP

 

Leader  Councillor Anood Al-Samerai

 

Deputy Leader  Councillor David Noakes

 

Chief Whip  Councillor David Hubber

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP

 

Leader  Councillor Michael Mitchell

 

Deputy Leader  Councillor Jane Lyons

 

Chief Whip  Councillor Michael Mitchell

 

2.  That the division of seats and percentage allocation of each political group on the council be noted as follows:

 

Table 1: Division of seats

 

Group	Total	%
Labour	48	76.19
Liberal Democrat	13	20.64
Conservative	2	3.17
Total	63	100.00

 

3.  That the following committees and community councils be established for the coming municipal year 2015/16:

 

Table 2: Ordinary Committees - Total number of seats 35

 

Committee	Total	Lab	Lib Dem		Con
Committee 1 Appointments Committee	7	6		1	0
Committee 2 Planning Committee	8	5		2	1
Committee 3 Standards Committee	7	5		2	0
Committee 4 Audit and Governance Committee	6	5		1	0
Committee 5 Corporate Parenting Committee	7	6		1	0
Total	35	27		7	1

 

Table 3:  Other committees - Total number of seats 26

 

Committee	Total	Lab	Lib Dem	Con
Overview and Scrutiny Committee	11	8	3	0
Licensing Committee	15	11	3	1

 

Table 4: Community councils

 

1.	Bermondsey and Rotherhithe
2.	Borough, Bankside and Walworth
3.	Camberwell
4.	Dulwich
5.	Peckham and Nunhead

 

Note: The membership of community councils is set out in Article 8 of the constitution (see paragraph 46 of the report).

 

Health and wellbeing board

 

4.  That the health and wellbeing board be established as a committee of the council under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 with the membership set out in paragraph 42 of the report. 

 

5.  That it be noted that the local authority membership is nominated by the leader of the council.  In accordance with committee procedure rules, the board is chaired by the leader.

 

Appointment of chairs and vice chairs

 

6.  That the following be appointed as chairs and vice chairs for the committees and community councils outlined below:

 

  APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE

 

Chair - Councillor Peter John

Vice chair – Councillor Ian Wingfield

 

AUDIT AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

 

Chair - Councillor Paul Fleming

Vice chair - Councillor James Barber

 

CORPORATE PARENTING COMMITTEE

 

Chair -  Councillor Victoria Mills (Appointment of cabinet member for children and schools formally noted)

Vice chair - Councillor Eliza Mann

 

LICENSING COMMITTEE

 

Chair - Councillor Renata Hamvas

Vice chair - Councillor Adele Morris

 

OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

Chair - Councillor Gavin Edwards

Vice chair - Councillor Rosie Shimell

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE

 

Chari - Councillor Nick Dolezal

Vice Chair - Councillor Sarah King

 

Standards Committee

 

Chair - Councillor Chris Gonde

Vice chair - Councillor David Hubber

 

COMMUNITY COUNCILS

 

Bermondsey and Rotherhithe

 

Chair - Councillor Bill Williams

Vice chair - Councillor Sunny Lambe

 

Borough, Bankside and Walworth

 

Chair - Councillor Martin Seaton

Vice chair - Councillor Eleanor Kerslake

 

Camberwell

 

Chair - Councillor Kieron Williams

Vice chair - Councillor Chris Gonde

 

Dulwich

 

Chair - Councillor Jon Hartley

Vice chair - Councillor Charlie Smith

 

Peckham and Nunhead

 

Chair - Councillor Johnson Situ

Vice chair - Councillor Cleo Soanes.

 

Establishment of the council’s panels

 

7.  That the following council panels be established (see paragraph 57 of the report):

 

Table 5: Panels - Total number of seats 18

 

Committee	Total	Lab	Lib Dem	Con
Council assembly business panel	5	3	1	1
Constitutional steering panel	5	3	1	1
Pensions advisory panel	3	2	1	0
Voluntary bodies appointment panel	5	4	1	0

 

8.  That Councillor Dan Garfield be appointed chair of the Constitutional Steering Panel and Councillor Ian Wingfield be appointed chair of the Voluntary Bodies Appointment Panel.

 

Urgency committee

 

9.  That the role of the urgency committee between a municipal election and the annual meeting of council assembly, as agreed by council assembly on 26 March 2014, be noted as set out in paragraphs 59 – 60 of the report.

 

Appointments to Local Government Association General Assembly

 

10.  That the three councillors listed below be appointed as the representatives to attend the LGA General Assembly (see paragraph 61 of the report ), with the following votes:

 

Representative	No. of votes	Group
Councillor Peter John	3	Labour
Councillor Ian Wingfield	1	Labour
Councillor Anood Al-Samerai	1	Liberal Democrat