Issue - meetings

The Council is asked to consider and approve the review of the political balance of the Council, the allocation of seats on Committees to each political group and the appointment of Councillors to Committees.

The Leader of the Council presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'B' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

The Council was asked to consider and approve the review of the political balance of the Council, the allocation of seats on Committees to each political group and the appointment of Councillors to Committees.

The Leader of the Council outlined the proposed changes as detailed in the report.  She reported on the proposal to replace Councillor Parrish on the Licensing Committee and remove a Liberal Democrat member on the Planning Committee which would be allocated to the Conservative Group. She reported on the Investigation and Disciplinary Committee and the membership as set out in the Constitution which by default included the Leader of the Council.  The Leader of the Council reported that she had approached the non-aligned Members for expressions of interests and had received a request for further information at this stage.  She highlighted that the membership of the Committee still needed to be resolved.

RESOLVED that:

(a) the revised political balance of the Council, as set out in Table 1 of this report, be approved;

(b) the allocation of seats to each political group, as set out in Table 2 of this report, be approved, subject to any changes;

(c) the appointment of Councillors to Committees and Boards taking into account the membership, as detailed in Table 3 and any nominations submitted by political groups, be approved acknowledging that the membership of the Investigation of Disciplinary Committee still needs to be resolved.

Voting: Unanimous