Agenda item

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

Members are asked to note that the full list of appointments have been attached.

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

(Agenda republished to include this item on 18 May 2022)

Council RESOLVED :

(1)      To approve the appointments of members, co-opted members and substitutes to Council Committees and Outside Bodies for the 2022-2023 Municipal Year, as detailed within Appendix 1 of the report.

(2)     To approve the appointments of Chairs and Vice Chairs to Council Committees for the 2022-2023 Municipal Year, as detailed within Appendix 1 of the report.

An amendment moved by Councillor Kansagra at the meeting seeking to appoint a Conservative Group member as Chair of Kingsbury & Kenton Brent Connects was, on being put to the vote, declared LOST.

(3)     To note the appointments:

(a)      of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committees and Joint Executive Committees and their respective Chairs and Vice Chairs for the 2022-2023 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 2 of the report.

(b)      to be confirmed by the General Purposes Committee for the 2022-2023 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 3 of the report.

(c)     to be confirmed by Licensing Committee for the 2022-2023 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 2022/23 Municipal Year.  Following the decision taken as part of the Annual Review of the Constitution in relation to the vice –chair arrangements on scrutiny he confirmed that the Labour Group had nominated Councillor Collymore as Vice-Chair of the Community & Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee and Councillor Long as Vice-Chair of the Resources & Public Realm Scrutiny Committee.

The Mayor then opened the debate inviting other members to speak on the report, with the following contributions made.

Councillor Kansagra in highlighting the increase in Conservative Group members within Kenton and Kingsbury wards moved an amendment to the proposed membership of Brent Connects – Kingsbury & Kenton seeking to allocate the Chair of that body to a member of the Conservative Group.

Councillor Mistry also spoke in support of the proposed amendment moved by Councillor Kansagra, highlighting the need to recognise the increase in Conservative group members across both wards and mandate she felt this provided for those members in seeking to represent both areas.

As no further members indicated they wished to speak the Mayor then invited Councillor M.Butt to exercise his right of reply in relation to the debate on the report.

In summing up Councillor M.Butt again highlighted what he felt had been the clear mandate provided for the new Administration as a result of the local election, which he advised would be reflected and exercised to its fullest extent within the membership on each Council body and to ensure all local communities continued to be represented fairly.  As a result he advised the Labour Administration were not minded to support the amendment moved by the Conservative Group in relation to membership of Brent Connects – Kingsbury & Kenton.

The Mayor thanked members for their contributions during the debate and moved on to put the amendment and recommendations within the report to the vote.

On putting the amendment moved by Councillor Kansagra regarding the chair of Brent Connects – Kingsbury & Kenton to the vote this was declared LOST.

The substantive recommendations, as set out in the report and detailed below, were then put to the vote and declared CARRIED.

Council therefore RESOLVED:

(1)        To approve the appointments of members, co-opted members and substitutes to Council Committees and Outside Bodies for the 2022-2023 Municipal Year, as detailed within Appendix 1 of the report

(2)    To approve the appointments of Chairs and Vice Chairs to Council Committees for the 2022-2023 Municipal Year, as detailed within Appendix 1 of the report, subject to:

(a)    Councillor Collymore being appointed as Vice-Chair of the Community & Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee; and

(b)    Councillor Long being appointed as Vice-Chair of the Resources & Public Realm Scrutiny Committee

(3)    To note the appointments:

(a)        of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committees and Joint Executive Committees and their respective Chairs and Vice Chairs for the 2022-2023 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 2 of the report.

(b)       to be confirmed by the General Purposes Committee for the 2022-2023 Municipal Year, as detailed in Appendix 3 of the report.

(c)    to be confirmed by Licensing Committee for the 2022-2023 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 main report republished prior to the meeting)