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Appointment of Members to the Council's Committees, including substitute members

 

 

Meeting: 22/05/2024 - Council (Item 10.)

10. Appointment of Members to the Council's Committees, including Substitute Members pdf icon PDF 78 KB

Purpose:

To establish the Council’s committees for the 2024/25 Civic Year and appoint members to committees and working groups:

  • To establish the Council’s committees as defined in Part 3C of the Council’s Constitution, for the Civic Year 2024/25;
  • To establish the allocation of seats to political groups based on political proportionality;
  • To appoint members to the Council’s committees, working groups external committees for the Civic Year 2024/25;

 

Recommendations:

That Council resolves to:

  1. Agree to establish the Council’s Committees as defined in Part 3 of the Council’s Constitution, for the Civic Year 2024/25;
  2. Determine that, in accordance with Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (“the Act”), the Council shall continue to apply the political balance provisions under the Act to committees as shown in Annex A;
  3. Agree to reduce the size of the Audit and Governance Committee to 11 Councillors (from 17);
  4. Agree to include a rule in the Constitution (Part 3C) that no Members of the Executive will sit on the Audit and Governance Committee;
  5. Authorise officers to undertake a recruitment exercise for up to 2 Independent Persons to become non-elected Members of the Audit and Governance Committee;
  6. Appoint councillors to serve on the Council’s committees, working groups and external committees, as set out in Annex B (to follow) for a term of office expiring at the next Annual Meeting of the Council;
  7. Note the arrangements for substitute members set out in part 5 of the report.

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