Agenda item

Report of the Director of Corporate Services (DSFRA/18/13) attached.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Corporate Services (DSFRA/18/13) on appointments to the Authority’s committees and to outside bodies for the forthcoming (2018-19) municipal year.  Amongst other things, the report identified the following issues:

·         a proposed amendment to the Terms of Reference for the Resources Committee to reflect the additional provision to be included in Financial Regulations (see also Minute DSFRA/5 above);

·         a proposed clarifying amendment (in relation to the granting of dispensations) to the Terms of Reference of the Standards Committee; and

·         a proposal to increase the size of the Standards Committee from five to seven Members.

Committee Terms of Reference incorporating the proposed revisions highlighted above were appended to the report.  A draft, populated Schedule of Appointments was tabled at the meeting.

Councillor Redman moved, with Councillor Trail BEM seconding:

(a).      that membership of the Standards Committee be increased from five to seven members;

(b).      that the populated draft Schedule of Appointments as tabled at the meeting, and amended to reflect revised preferences expressed at the meeting, be approved; and

(c).      that, subject to the above, the recommendations in report DSFRA/18/13 (modified as required by earlier decisions of the Authority) be approved.

This was put to vote and declared CARRIED, unanimously, whereupon it was

RESOLVED

(a)       that membership of the Standards Committee be increased from five to seven Members;

(b)       that, in accordance with Standing Orders (as revised), appointments be made to Committees etc. for the forthcoming (2018-19) municipal year as shown below, the term of office to be until the Authority’s Annual Meeting in 2019:

Audit & Performance Review Committee

Councillors Bowyer, Clayton, Healey MBE, Mathews, Napper, Saywell and Wheeler.

Chief Fire Officer’s Appraisals Panel

Councillors Randall Johnson, Best, Hannaford and Vijeh.

Community Safety & Corporate Planning Committee

Councillors Colthorpe, Eastman, Ellery, Prowse, Radford, Redman and Trail BEM.

Human Resources Management & Development Committee

Councillors Best, Bown, Clayton, Hannaford, Peart, Thomas and Vijeh.

Resources Committee

Councillors Biederman, Coles, Drean, Greenslade, Hendy, Peart and Radford.

Standards Committee

Councillors Bown, Drean, Ellery, Prowse, Redman, Thomas and Trail BEM.

Capital Programme Working Party

Councillors Bown, Greenslade, Healey and Wheeler

Equality & Diversity Member Champion

Councillor Redman.

Climate Change & Sustainability Member Champion

Councillor Clayton.

Local Pensions Board

Councillor Greenslade

(c)       that, in accordance with Standing Orders (as revised), Chairs and Vice-Chairs be appointed to the following standing Committees as indicated, the term of office to be until the Authority’s Annual Meeting in 2019 (NOTE:  proposers and seconders indicated in brackets):

Audit & Performance Review Committee

Chair:  Councillor Healey MBE (prop. Cllr. Napper; 2^nd Cllr. Clayton)

Vice-Chair:  Councillor Napper (prop. Cllr. Wheeler; 2^nd Cllr. Clayton)

Chief Fire Officer’s Appraisals Panel

Chair:  Councillor Randall Johnson (prop. Cllr. Redman; 2^nd Cllr. Peart)

Vice-Chair:  Councillor Vijeh (prop. Cllr. Redman; 2^nd Cllr. Peart)

Community Safety & Corporate Planning Committee

Chair:  Councillor Redman (prop. Cllr. Colthorpe; 2^nd Cllr. Trail BEM)

Vice-Chair:  Councillor Eastman (prop. Cllr. Colthorpe; 2^nd Cllr. Trail BEM)

Human Resources Management & Development Committee

Chair:  Councillor Bown (prop. Cllr Hannaford; 2^nd Cllr. Clayton)

Vice-Chair:  Cllr. Vijeh (prop. Cllr Hannaford; 2^nd Cllr. Clayton)

Resources Committee

Chair:  Councillor Coles (prop. Cllr. Biederman; 2^nd Cllr. Peart)

Vice-Chair:  Councillor Greenslade (prop.  Cllr. Biederman; 2^nd Cllr. Peart)

Standards Committee

Chair:  Councillor Thomas (prop. Cllr. Bown; 2^nd Cllr. Ellery)

Vice-Chair:  Councillor Ellery (prop. Cllr. Thomas; 2^nd Cllr. Bown).

(d)       that the appointment of Mr. David Watson as the Authority’s Independent Person as required by the procedures introduced by the Localism Act 2011, for a further twelve months until the Authority’s Annual Meeting in 2019, be confirmed;

(e)       that appointments be made to Outside Bodies as shown for the forthcoming (2018-19) municipal year, the term of office to be until the Authority’s Annual Meeting in 2019 unless otherwise indicated:

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION (LGA)

(i)        Fire Commission

Authority Chair and Councillor Coles.

(ii)       General Assembly

Authority Chair (exercising 2 Service and 1 Corporate votes); Councillors Bown, Redman and Wheeler (each exercising 1 Service vote).

SOUTH WEST COUNCILS

Authority Chair.

SOUTH WEST PROVINCIAL COUNCIL

Councillor Bown.

(f)        that, in relation to the Terms of Reference of the Resources Committee:

(i)         the proposed revision identified in paragraph 2.4 of report DSFRA/18/13 be approved; and

(ii)        the clarifying amendment identified at paragraph 2.5 of the report be endorsed;

(g)       that the proposed revisions to the Terms of Reference of the Standards Committee as identified in paragraphs 2.7 and 2.11 of the report be approved;

(h)       that, subject to (d) and (e) above, the Terms of Reference to Committees etc. as set out at Appendix B to this report be endorsed.

(SEE ALSO MINUTES DSFRA/4 AND DSFRA/5 ABOVE)

(NOTE:  The Authority adjourned for fifteen minutes – from 11.45 to 12.00hours – between confirming membership of Committees etc. for the 2018-19 municipal year and the subsequent appointment of Chairs and Vice-Chairs to Committees).