Agenda item

Council assembly is asked to establish committees, panels and related matters for the coming municipal year 2023-24 and to appoint up to three representatives to attend the Local Government Association General Assembly.

The nominations for chairs and vice chairs of committees and the nominations to the Local Government Association General Assembly were circulated. 

 

Council assembly noted an amendment to the membership of planning small applications committee – Councillor Richard Livingstone in place of Councillor Victoria Mills.

 

Council assembly also noted an administrative error in the membership of the west central area multi ward forum, which should include Councillors Naima Ali and Ellie Cumbo.

 

There were four contested positions.

 

The position of chair of overview and scrutiny committee was put to the vote, and it was agreed that Councillor Ian Wingfield be appointed chair of overview and scrutiny committee.

 

The position of vice chair of planning committee B was put to the vote, and it was agreed that Councillor Kath Whittam be appointed vice chair of planning committee B.

 

The position of community champion for North-west multi-ward area was put to the vote, and it was agreed that Councillor Joseph Vambe be appointed community champion for North-east multi-ward area.

 

The position of community champion for North-east multi-ward area was put to the vote, and it was agreed that Councillor Bethan Roberts be appointed community champion for North-east multi-ward area.

 

The substantive motion was carried.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.  That council assembly noted the appointment of political group leaders, deputies and whips.

 

LABOUR GROUP

 

Leader  Councillor Kieron Williams

Deputy Leader  Councillor Jasmine Ali

Chief Whip  Councillor Maggie Browning

 

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP

 

Leader  Councillor Victor Chamberlain

Deputy Leader  Councillor Rachel Bentley

Chief Whip  Councillor Jane Salmon

 

2.  That council assembly noted the political balance of the council as follows:

 

Group	Members	%
Labour	52	82.54
Liberal Democrat	11	17.46
Total	63	100.00

 

3.  That council assembly noted that there is no change to proportionality and the allocation of seats on committees and panels as agreed by council assembly on 21 May 2022 except for changes to the planning committee as set out in the report.

 

4.  That council assembly established the following committees for the coming municipal year 2023-24 and noted the amended calendar of planning committee meetings for the 2023-24 municipal year as shown at Appendix 1 of the report.

 

Table 2: Ordinary Committees - Total number of seats 42

 

Committee	Total	Lab	Lib Dem
Committee 1 Appointments Committee	7	6	1
Committee 2 Planning Committee A	7	6	1
Committee 3 Planning Committee B	7	6	1
Planning (Smaller Applications) Committee	7	5	2
Committee 4 Audit, Governance and Standards Committee	7	6	1
Committee 5 Corporate Parenting Committee	7	6	1
Total	42	35	7

 

Table 3: Other committees - Total number of seats 26

 

Committee	Total	Lab	Lib Dem
Overview and Scrutiny Committee	11	9	2
Licensing Committee	15	12	3
Total	26	21	5

 

Table 4: Multi-ward areas

 

1.	North-west
2.	North-east
3.	West-central
4.	East-central
5.	South

 

Health and wellbeing board

 

5.  That the health and wellbeing board be established as a committee of the council under the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

 

6.  That it be noted that the leader of the council nominates the local authority membership. In accordance with committee procedure rules, the leader chairs the board.

 

Appointment of chairs and vice chairs

 

7.  That council assembly appointed chairs and vice chairs for the following committees:

 

Committees

 

·  Appointments committee

Chair: Councillor Kieron Williams

Vice-chair: Councillor Jasmine Ali

 

·  Planning committee A

Chair: Councillor Richard Livingstone

Vice-chair: Councillor Kath Whittam

 

·  Planning committee B

Chair: Councillor Richard Livingstone

Vice-chair: Councillor Kath Whittam

 

·  Planning small applications committee

Chair: Councillor Cleo Soanes

Vice-chair: Councillor Jane Salmon

 

·  Audit, governance and standards committee

Chair: Councillor Barrie Hargrove

 

·  Corporate parenting committee

Chair: Councillor Jasmine Ali

 

·  Overview and scrutiny committee

Chair: Councillor Ian Wingfield

Vice-chair: Councillor Irina von Wiese

 

·  Licensing committee

Chair: Councillor Renata Hamvas

 

Note:

All outstanding appointments will be referred to the first meeting of the respective committees in the 2023-24 municipal year.

 

Appointment of community champions

 

8.  That council assembly appointed community champions for the following multi-ward areas:

 

COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS

 

	Councillor	Multi-ward area
1.	Joseph Vambe	North-west
2.	Bethan Roberts	North-east
3.	Jason Ochere	West-central
4.	Sabina Emmanuel	East-central
5.	Andy Simmons	South

 

DEPUTY COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS

 

	Councillor	Multi-ward area
1.	Sam Dalton	North-west
2.	Cassandra Brown	North-east
3.	Naima Ali	West-central
4.	Reggie Popoola	East-central
5.	Charlie Smith	South

 

Establishment of the council’s panels

 

9.  That council assembly established the following council panels (see paragraph 53 of the report):

 

Table 5: Panels - Total number of seats 16

 

Panel	Total	Lab	Lib Dem
Council assembly business panel	4	3	1
Constitutional steering panel	4	3	1
Pensions advisory panel	3	2	1
Voluntary bodies appointments panel	5	4	1
Total	16	12	4

 

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

 

10.  That council assembly appoints a chair to the following panels:

 

·  Constitutional steering panel: Councillor Maggie Browning

·  Voluntary bodies appointments panel: Councillor Stephanie Cryan

 

Urgency committee

 

11.  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 and 56 of the report.

 

Appointments to Local Government Association (LGA) General Assembly

 

12.  That council assembly appointed three representatives and allocates the seven votes to representatives to attend the LGA General Assembly.

 

Councillor Kieron Williams      3

Councillor Jasmine Ali    3

Councillor Victor Chamberlain  1

 

Other appointments to joint committees/outside bodies

 

13.  That council assembly noted the cabinet and other committees will make appointments to all other outside committees and bodies for the municipal year 2023-24 as required by part 3Q of the constitution.