Agenda item

(See pages 5 - 17 of the main agenda)

 

The nominations for chairs and vice chairs of committees and the nominations to the Local Government Association General Assembly were circulated.  As there were no contested positions the Mayor moved to the vote on the nominations.

 

Substantive  – 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 Stephanie Cryan

 

Chief Whip  Councillor Sarah King

 

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP

 

Leader  Councillor Anood Al-Samerai

 

Deputy Leader  Councillor Damian O’Brien

 

Chief Whip  Councillor David Hubber

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP

 

Leader/Chief Whip  Councillor Michael Mitchell

 

Deputy Leader  Councillor Jane Lyons

 

2.  That the division of seats and percentage allocation of each political group on the council as set out in the report at Table 1, be noted.

 

3.  That the following committees and community councils for the coming municipal year 2017-18 be established.

 

Ordinary Committees - Total number of seats 29

 

Committee	Total	Lab	Lib Dem	Con
Committee 1 Appointments Committee	7	6	1	0
Committee 2 Planning Committee	8	5	2	1
Committee 3 Audit, Governance and Standards Committee	7	5	2	0
Committee 4 Corporate Parenting Committee	7	6	1	0
Total	29	22	6	1

 

Other committees - Total number of seats 29

 

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

 

Community councils

 

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

 

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 38 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 following committees and community councils:

 

  APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE

 

Chair - Councillor Peter John

Vice chair – Vacant

 

AUDIT, GOVERNANCE AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE

 

Chair - Councillor Paul Fleming

Vice chair – Councillor James Barber

 

CORPORATE PARENTING COMMITTEE

 

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

Vice chair – Vacant

 

LICENSING COMMITTEE

 

Chair - Councillor Renata Hamvas

Vice chair - Councillor Adele Morris

 

OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

Chair - Councillor Gavin Edwards

Vice chair - Councillor Ben Johnson

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE

 

Chari - Councillor Nick Dolezal

Vice Chair - Councillor Lorraine Lauder

 

COMMUNITY COUNCILS

 

Bermondsey and Rotherhithe

 

Chair - Councillor Bill Williams

Vice chair - Councillor Lucas Green

 

Borough, Bankside and Walworth

 

Chair - Councillor Eleanor Kerslake

Vice chair - Councillor Samantha Jury-Dada

 

Camberwell

 

Chair - Councillor Kieron Williams

Vice chair - Councillor Octavia Lamb

 

Dulwich

 

Chair - Councillor Jon Hartley

Vice chair - Councillor Anne Kirby

 

Peckham and Nunhead

 

Chair - Councillor Sunil Chopra

Vice chair - Councillor Sandra Rhule.

 

Note: Any outstanding appointments will be referred to the first meeting of the respective committee in the 2016/17 municipal year.

 

Establishment of the council’s panels

 

7.  That the following council panels be established:

 

Panels - Total number of seats 18

 

Panel	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
Total	18	12	4	2

 

Appointments of chair to constitutional steering panel and voluntary bodies appointment panel

 

8.  That Councillor Sarah King be appointed chair of the Constitutional Steering Panel and Councillor Barrie Hargrove 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 55 - 57 of the report.

 

Appointments to Local Government Association (LGA) General Assembly

 

10.  That the three representatives and allocation of the seven votes to representatives to attend the LGA General Assembly be as follows:

 

Representative	No. of votes	Group
Councillor Peter John	3	Labour
Councillor Stephanie Cryan	3	Labour
Councillor Adele Morris	1	Liberal Democrat