Issue - meetings

This report asks the Council to agree:

a) the establishment and membership of Committees;

b) appointments to External Organisations;

c) the appointment of Council Champions.

On the proposition of Councillor Bettison OBE, Leader of the Council, seconded by Councillor Birch, it was:

RESOLVED that:

(i)         the establishment of ordinary committees, their size and allocation of seats, agreeing a local variation to the proportionality rules, as set out in paragraph 6 of the report;

(ii)        the establishment of the Licensing and Safety Committee and the Overview and Scrutiny Commission, their size and allocation of seats as set out in paragraph 6 of the report;

(iii)       the establishment of Appointment Committees as required as set out in paragraph 6 of the report;

(iv)       the membership of each committee, in accordance with political group(s) wishes;

(v)        appointments to external organisations;

(vi)       the appointment of Council Champions, in accordance with Part 1 Section 7 of the Constitution be as set out below:

Commuters’ Champion – Cllr Atkinson

Large Business Champion – Cllr Bhandari

Small Business Champion – Cllr Wade

Older People’s Champion – Cllr Ms Gaw

Voluntary Sector Champion – Cllr MJ Gibson