Issue - items at meetings - Appointment of Committees for the Council Year 2016/17

Appointment of Committees for the Council Year 2016/17

The Head of Law and Governance has submitted a report inviting Council to appoint committees for the Council year 2016/17 and members to serve on these.

Council is recommended to:

1. note the arrangements for determining Political Groups and achieving political balance within the Political Governance arrangements;

2. appoint the bodies as currently defined within the Council’s constitution and included in the table at paragraph 9 of this report;

3. agree the nominations to committees made by political groups and attached within a document circulated separately;

4. appoint a member to the Joint Oxfordshire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee;

5. agree that all members of Council will form the pool of members able to observe on appeals and some grievances; and

6. authorise the Head of Law and Governance to make any changes to the constitution as a consequence of these decisions.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Head of Law and Governance submitted a report and supplementary paper which invited Council to appoint Committees for the Council Year 2016/17 and appoint councillors to these.

Council resolved to:

1. note the arrangements for determining Political Groups and achieving political balance within the Political Governance arrangements;

2. appoint the bodies as currently defined within the Council’s Constitution and included in the table in the report;

3. agree the nominations to committees made by political groups and attached within a document circulated separately (and as shown below);

4. agree that the Labour nomination to the Licensing and Gambling Acts Committee, listed as a vacancy, be made by the Leader of the Council on this occasion;

5. appoint Councillor Pressel to the Joint Oxfordshire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee;

6. agree that all members of Council will form the pool of members able to observe on appeals and some grievances; and

7. authorise the Head of Law and Governance to make any changes to the Constitution as a consequence of these decisions.

Committee membership

Committee		Labour		Liberal Democrat		Green
Licensing and Gambling Acts Committee		Farida Anwar Mary Clarkson Colin Cook Van Coulter James Fry Chewe Munkonge Dee Sinclair Dan Iley-Williamson Nigel Chapman Tom Hayes vacancy (subsequently confirmed as Councillor Pressel)		Angie Goff Tom Landell-Mills Liz Wade		Ruthi Brandt
Oxfordshire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee		Susanna Pressel
Appeals		All members of Council
General Purposes and Licensing Committee		Mary Clarkson Colin Cook Van Coulter Rae Humberstone Ben Lloyd-Shogbesan Farida Anwar Jamila Azad		Liz Wade Tom Landell Mills		Ruthi Brandt
Appointments Committee		Pat Kennedy Bob Price Gill Sanders Ed Turner		Andrew Gant
Audit and Governance Committee		Van Coulter James Fry Michele Paule Chewe Munkonge Marie Tidball		Jean Fooks		David Thomas
Standards Committee		Louise Upton James Fry Susanna Pressel Gill Sanders Mike Rowley		Liz Wade		Dick Wolff
East Area Planning Committee	David Henwood Van Coulter Mary Clarkson Ben Lloyd-Shogbesan Nigel Chapman Sian Taylor Michele Paule		Ruth Wilkinson		Dick Wolff
West Area Planning Committee	Colin Cook Alex Hollingsworth Bob Price John Tanner Louise Upton Jennifer Pegg Marie Tidball		Jean Fooks Tom Landell-Mills
Planning Review Committee	James Fry Pat Kennedy Ed Turner Farida Anwar Chewe Munkonge Dee Sinclair Sajjad Malik		Steve Goddard		Ruthi Brandt
Scrutiny Committee	Van Coulter Jennifer Pegg James Fry Tom Hayes David Henwood Nigel Chapman Sian Taylor Jamila Azad Marie Tidball		Andrew Gant Ruth Wilkinson		Craig Simmons
Disciplinary Committee	Van Coulter Susanna Pressel Bob Price		Liz Wade

Issue - meetings

Issue - meetings

Appointment of Committees for the Council Year 2016/17

Meeting: 16/05/2016 - Council (Item 10)