Issue - meetings
Committee Appointments Made under Delegated Authority
Meeting: 31/01/2024 - Council (Item 128)
128 Committee Appointments Made under Delegated Authority 
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Purpose:
For Council to ratify and note the appointments made to committees under delegated authority following the Council meeting on 27 September 2023 where Council reviewed the political proportionalities on committees and agreed to change the structure of overview and scrutiny committees.
Recommendations:
That Council Resolves to:
- Ratify and note the appointments to committees made by the Monitoring Officer in accordance with the wishes of political groups.
- Appoint one Liberal Democrat member to the Constitution Working Group, increasing the size of the working group to 7 members (nominated member to be confirmed at the meeting).
- Note that there is currently one vacant Liberal Democrat seat on the Miscellaneous Licensing Sub-Committee (for appointment by the Licensing Committee) but that all other vacancies on Committees and Sub-Committees have been filled.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Councillor Andy Graham, Leader of the Council, introduced the report, which allowed Council to ratify and note the appointments made to committees under delegated authority, following the a recent meeting of Council on 27 September 2023, where political proportionalities on committees were reviewed, and where changes to the structure of overview and scrutiny committees were agreed.
The Leader stated the following changes from the Liberal Democrats group:
- Councillor David Melvin had been nominated to the Constitution Working Group;
- Councillor Julian Cooper had been nominated to the Miscellaneous Licensing Sub-Committee.
Councillor Michele Mead, Leader of the Opposition, advised Council that Councillor Thomas Ashby had been appointed to replace Councillor Dean Temple on the Council’s Constitution Working Group.
Councillor Andy Graham proposed that Council agree the recommendations as listed on the report, with the nominations and Member appointments noted. This was seconded by Councillor Alaric Smith, was put to a vote, and was unanimously agreed by Council.
Council Resolved to:
1. Ratify and note the appointments to committees made by the Monitoring Officer in accordance with the wishes of political groups.
2. Appoint one Liberal Democrat member (Councillor David Melvin) to the Constitution Working Group, increasing the size of the working group to 7 members;
3. Note that Councillor Julian Cooper was nominated to the vacant seat on the Miscellaneous Licensing Sub-Committee (for later appointment by the Licensing Committee).