Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Chief Executive seeking Council’s approval to the appointment of Chairs and Vice-Chairs, membership and substitute members of Council committees and Joint Committees and other relevant bodies, forums and panels, in accordance with Standing Order 27(i).

Members are asked to note that the full lists of appointments have now been attached as part of a republished agenda on 29 April 2021.

Appointments that are not constitutionally made by Full Council (including the notification of appointment(s) of the Deputy Leader and to Cabinet and any Cabinet Committees) will also be circulated prior to the meeting, for Members to note.

AGREED

(1)        The appointments of members, co-opted members and substitutes to Council Committees and Outside Bodies for the 2021-2022 Municipal Year, as detailed within Appendix 1 of the report.

(2)    The appointments of Chairs and Vice Chairs to Council Committees for the 2021-2022 Municipal Year, as detailed within Appendix 1 of the report.

(3)    To approve:

(a)    The reappointment of the following as Independent Persons with effect from 1 May 2021:

·             William Goh & Kier Hopley for a 4 year term of office (subject to confirmation at the Annual Council each year);

·             Nigel Shock for a 1 year term of office;

(b)    the appointment of the following as independent co-opted members on the Audit & Standards Advisory Committee for a 4 year term of office, with effect from 1 May 2021 (subject to confirmation at the Annual Council each year):

·             Javid Ansari & Mark Mills

(c)    the reappointment of David Ewart as independent chair of the Audit & Standards Advisory Committee and Pension Board for a 2 year term of office ending on 31 July 2023.

(4)    To note the appointments:

(a)        of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committees and Joint Executive Committees and their respective Chairs and Vice Chairs for the 2021-2022 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 2 of the report.

(b)       to be confirmed by the General Purposes Committee for the 2021-2022 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 3 of the report.

(c)    to be confirmed by Licensing Committee for the 2021-2022 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 4 of the report.

The Mayor then invited Councillor M Butt, as Leader of the Council, to introduce the report from the Chief Executive.

Councillor M.Butt advised the report set out the nominations for appointments to Committees, Joint Committees, Forums, Panels, Outside Bodies and nomination for Chairs and Vice Chairs, where necessary, for the 2021/21 municipal year.

As no members indicated that they wished to speak on the item the Mayor once again put the recommendations in the report straight to a vote and they were unanimously declared CARRIED.

It was therefore RESOLVED:

(1)      To agree or where appropriate confirm the proposed appointments of Members, Co-Opted Members and substitutes to Council Committees and Outside Bodies as set out in Appendix 1 of the report.

(2)      To agree the proposed appointment of Chairs/Vice Chairs to Council Committees as set out in Appendix 1 of the report for the 2021-2022 municipal year.

(3)      To agree:

(a)     the re-appointment (as detailed in section 3.4 of the report) of the following three Independent Persons with effect from 1 May 2021:

·                William Goh and Keir Hopley for a four year term of office, subject to confirmation by Full Council each year; and

·                Nigel Shock for a one year term of office;

(b)     the appointment of the following two new Independent co-opted members on the Audit & Standards Advisory Committee – Javid Ansari & Mark Mills for a four year term of office, subject to confirmation by Full Council each year, with effect from 1 May 2021 (as detailed in section 3.5 of the report);

(c)     the re-appointment of Mr David Ewart as independent chair of both the Audit & Standards Advisory Committee and Pension Board for a two-year term of office ending on 31 July 2023.

(4)      To note the appointments

(a)      Notified by the Leader of the Council in relation to Cabinet and Cabinet Committees and their respective Chairs/Vice-Chairs, as set out in Appendix 2 of the report for the 2021-22 Municipal Year.

(b)      To be confirmed by General Purposes Committee, as set out in Appendix 3 of the report for the 2021-22 Municipal Year.

(c)      To be confirmed by the Licensing Committee, as set out in Appendix 4 of the report for the 2021-22 Municipal Year.

(The full list of appointments can be found as part of the appendices to the main report republished prior to the meeting).

To receive a report from the Chief Executive seeking Council’s approval to the appointment of Chairs and Vice-Chairs, membership and substitute members of Council committees and Joint Committees and other relevant bodies, forums and panels, in accordance with Standing Order 27(i).

Members are asked to note that the full list of Full Council appointments will be circulated prior to the meeting (now attached).

Appointments that are not constitutionally made by Full Council (including the notification of appointment(s) of the Deputy Leader and to Cabinet and any Cabinet Committees) will also be circulated prior to the meeting, for Members to note.

AGREED

(1)       The proposed appointments of Members, Co-opted Members and substitutes to Council Committees and Outside Bodies for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year, as detailed within Appendix 1 of the report, subject to the following change:

(a)       Councillor Mitchell-Murray to replace Councillor Donnelly-Jackson as a full member of the Audit & Standards Advisory Committee & Audit and Standards Committee with Councillor Donnelly-Jackson replacing Councillor Mitchell-Murray as a substitute member on both bodies.

(2)     The proposed appointments of Chairs and Vice Chairs to Council Committees for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year, as detailed within Appendix 1 of the report.

(3)     To approve the extension of the term of office for the Council’s three Independent Persons and Independent co-opted member on the Audit & Standards Advisory Committee (following their terms of office having expired) to the Annual Council meeting in May 2021, for the reason detailed in section 3.4 of the report

(4)     To note the appointments:

(a)       of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committees and Joint Executive Committees and their respective Chairs and Vice Chairs for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 2 of the report.

(b)       to be confirmed by the General Purposes Committee for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 3 of the report.

(c)       to be confirmed by Licensing Committee for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 4 of the report.

The Mayor then moved on to invite the Leader to introduce the report from the Chief Executive, which Councillor Muhammed Butt advised set out the nominations for appointments to Committees, Joint Committees, Forums, Panels, Outside Bodies and nomination for Chairs and Vice Chairs, where necessary, for the 2020-2021 municipal year.

In introducing the report, Councillor Muhammed Butt drew members’ attention to a change in membership on the Audit & Standards Advisory and main Committee, with Councillor Mitchell Murray replacing Councillor Donnelly-Jackson as a full member on the Committee and Councillor Donnelly-Jackson becoming an alternate member.

Having invited contributions from any other members who wished to speak, the Mayor noted the comments from Councillor Mitchell-Murray thanking the Leader and officers for confirming the change in membership on the Audit & Standards Advisory and main Committee.

As no other Members indicated that they wished to speak and the Leader advised he did not wish to exercise his right of reply, the Mayor put the recommendations in the report to a vote and they were declared CARRIED.

It was therefore RESOLVED that:

(1)        The proposed appointments of members, co-opted members and substitutes to Council Committees and Outside Bodies for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year, as detailed within Appendix 1 of the report, subject to the following change:

(a)        Councillor Mitchell-Murray to replace Councillor Donnelly-Jackson as a full member of the Audit & Standards Advisory Committee & Audit and Standards Committee with Councillor Donnelly-Jackson replacing Councillor Mitchell-Murray as a substitute member on both bodies.

(2)    The proposed appointments of Chairs and Vice Chairs to Council Committees for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year, as detailed within Appendix 1 of the report.

(3)    To approve the extension of the term of office for the Council’s three Independent Persons and Independent co-opted member on the Audit & Standards Advisory Committee (following their terms of office having expired) to the Annual Council meeting in May 2021, for the reason detailed in section 3.4 of the report.

(4)    To note the appointments:

(a)        of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committees and Joint Executive Committees and their respective Chairs and Vice Chairs for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 2 of the report.

(b)        to be confirmed by the General Purposes Committee for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 3 of the report.

(c)    to be confirmed by Licensing Committee for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 4 of the report.

(The full list of appointments can be found as part of the appendices to the supplementary papers which was circulated before the meeting).

To receive a report from the Chief Executive seeking Council’s approval to the appointment of Chairs and Vice-Chairs, membership and substitute members of Council committees and Joint Committees and other relevant bodies, forums and panels, in accordance with Standing Order 27(i).

Members are asked to note that the full list of Full Council appointments will be circulated prior to the meeting.

Appointments that are not constitutionally made by Full Council (including the notification of appointment(s) of the Deputy Leader and to Cabinet and any Cabinet Committees) will also be circulated prior to the meeting, for Members to note.

AGREED

(1)     The proposed appointments of Members, Co-Opted Members and substitutes to Council Committees and Outside Bodies for the 2019-2020 Municipal Year, as detailed within Appendix 1 of the report.

(2)     The proposed appointments of Chairs and Vice Chairs to Council Committees for the 2019-2020 Municipal Year, as detailed within Appendix 1 of the report.

(3)     To approve:

(a)      The re-appointment of Mr David Ewart as independent chair of both the Audit & Standards Advisory Committee and Pensions Board for a two-year term of office.

(b)      Robert Wheeler replacing Euton Stewart as GMB Scheme Member representative and Chris Bala replacing Trevor Dawson as Pension Scheme Member representative on the Pensions Board.

(c)      The appointment of Dinah Walker as a parent governor co-opted (voting) member on the Community and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee, for a three-year term of office.

(4)     To note the appointments:

(a)      of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committees and Joint Executive Committees and their respective Chairs and Vice Chairs for the 2019-2020 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 2 of the report.

(b)      to be confirmed by the General Purposes Committee for the 2019-2020 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 3 of the report.

(c)      to be confirmed by Licensing Committee for the 2019-2020 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 4 of the report.

The Mayor then moved on to invite the Leader to introduce the report from the Chief Executive, which Councillor M Butt advised set out the nominations for appointments to Committees, Joint Committees, Forums, Panels, Outside Bodies and nomination for Chairs and Vice Chairs, where necessary, for the 2019-2020 municipal year.

No Members indicated that they wished to speak and the proposed recommendations in the report were therefore put to a vote by show of hand and declared CARRIED.

It was therefore RESOLVED that:

(1)      the proposed appointments of Members, co-opted Members and substitutes to Council Committees, Joint Committees, Panels, Forums and Outside Bodies for the 2019-2020 municipal year be agreed, as detailed in Appendix A of the report;

(2)      the proposed appointments of Chairs and Vice Chairs to Council Committees, Joint Committees, Panels and Forums for the 2019-2020 municipal year be agreed, as detailed in Appendix A of the report;

(3)    Council confirm the following:

(a)        the re-appointment of Mr David Ewart as independent chair of both the Audit and Standards Advisory Committee and Pension Board for a two-year term of office effective from 11 July 19;

(b)    the appointment of Robert Wheeler as a replacement for Euton Stewart (following his retirement) as GMB Scheme Member representative on the Pension Board and to Chris Bala replacing Trevor Dawson (following his term of office having expired) as the Pension Scheme Member representative on the Pension Board;

(c)    the appointment of Dinah Walker as a Parent Governor co-opted (voting) member on the Community and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee for a three-year term of office effective from 1 May 2019.

(4)      Council note the appointments:

(a)    notified by the Leader of the Council in relation to the Cabinet and Cabinet Committees and their respective Chairs/Vice-Chairs for the 2019-20 municipal year, as set out in Appendix B of the report;

(b)    to be confirmed by the General Purposes Committee to their Sub Committees for the 2019-20 municipal year, as set out in Appendix C of the report;

(c)    to be confirmed by the Licensing Committee to their Sub Committees for the 2019-20 municipal year, as set out in Appendix D of the report.

(The full list of appointments can be found as part of the appendices to the supplementary paper which was circulated before the meeting).