Agenda item

Constitution of Committees, Political Balance, Appointments to Committees, Panels and Boards

Minutes:

 

NUMBER AND SIZE OF COMMITTEES

 

It was proposed by the Chairman, seconded by the Vice-Chairman and Members agreed the number of committees and the number of Members to serve on those committees as shown in table 2 of the report, namely

 

 

Committee

Number of Members

Planning Committee

14

Licensing Board

13

Overview and Scrutiny Panel

14

Governance and Audit Committee

13

General Purposes Committee

10

Boundary and Electoral Arrangements Working Party

6

Constitutional Review Working Party

4 (+2 independent)

Joint Transportation Board*

7 (+1 parish)

Standards Committee**

8 (+ 4 independent, + 3 parish)

 

 

PROPORTIONALITY

 

It was proposed by the Chairman, seconded by the Vice-Chairman and Members agreed that the proportionality between groups for committees, panels and boards for 2019/20 shown at tables 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the report be adopted.

 

NOMINATION OF MEMBERS TO SERVE ON COMMITTEES

 

The nominations of Members to serve on committees were as follows:

 

Planning Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Tomlinson

1

Duckworth

1

Taylor

1

Garner

2

Coleman-Coole

2

Hopkinson

2

Dennis

3

J Bayford

3

Albon

4

Hart

4

Keen

5

Stevens

5

Huxley

6

Towning

 

Planning Committee (pool of substitute Members)

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Moore

1

Everitt

1

Rusiecki

1

Roper

2

Scott

2

Campbell

2

S. Piper

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

 



Licensing Board

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Bambridge

1

Currie

1

Potts

1

Wing

2

Rogers

2

Green

3

Dexter

3

Ara

4

M Saunders

4

Scobie

5

Wright

5

Hopkinson

6

Moore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overview & Scrutiny Panel

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Wright

1

Campbell

1

L Piper

1

Roper

2

Boyd

2

Everitt

2

Rusiecki

3

Moore

3

Constantine

4

Savage

4

Whitehead

5

Scott

5

Albon

6

Tomlinson

 

Governance and Audit Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Day

1

Crittenden

1

S PIper

1

Garner

2

Dexter

2

Moore

3

Boyd

3

Yates

4

Kup

4

Farrance

5

Scott

5

Campbell

6

Shrubb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Governance and Audit Committee (Pool of Substitute Members)

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

1

Whitehead

1

Potts

1

Roper

2

2

Currie

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

 

General Purposes Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

R Bayford

1

Campbell

1

Braidwood

2

Ashbee

2

Everitt

3

Bambridge

3

Rawf

4

Day

4

Ovenden

5

Saunders

 

Boundaries and Electoral Arrangements Working Party

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Parsons

1

Currie

1

S. Piper

2

Savage

2

Green

3

Stevens

 

 

Constitutional Review Working Party

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

Independent Members

(non Councillors) *

1

Stevens

1

Hopkinson

1

Dennis

1

Sexton

2

Tomlinson

2

Vacant

NOTE: * drawn from the Independent Members of the Standards Committee

 

Standards Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

Independent Members

(non Councillors) *

 

1

Kup

1

Campbell

1

Braidwood

1

Sexton

2

Dexter

2

Duckworth

2

Vacant

3

Fellows

3

Crittenden

3

Vacant

4

J Bayford

4

Vacant

 

Joint Transport Board

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

M Saunders

1

Scobie

1

Taylor

2

Fellows

2

Farrance

3

Hart

3

Keen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

East Kent Services Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

R Bayford

 

2

Ashbee

 

 

 

 

 

ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN TO COMMITTEES, PANELS AND BOARDS FOR THE 2019/20 MUNICIPAL YEAR

 

 

It was proposed by the Chairman, seconded by the Vice-Chairman and Members agreed to elect those nominated for chairmen and vice chairmen as shown in the Members notes, namely;

 

 

Position to be Filled

Councillor

Chairman of the Council

Cllr Savage

Vice Chairman of the Council

Cllr Wright

Chairman of the Planning Committee

Cllr Tomlinson

Vice Chairman of the Planning Committee

Cllr Coleman-Cooke

Chairman of the Licensing Board

Cllr Bambridge

Vice Chairman of the Licensing Board

Cllr Rogers

Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel

Cllr Campbell

Vice Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel

Cllr Wright

Chairman of the Governance and Audit Committee

Cllr Day

Vice Chairman of the Governance and Audit Committee

Cllr Dexter

Vice Chairman of the Joint Transportation Board

Cllr M Saunders

 

 

STANDARDS COMMITTEE AND CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW WORKING PARTY 

 

It was proposed by the Chairman, seconded by the Vice-Chairman and Members agreed that Dr Jonathan Sexton be appointed Chairman of the Standards Committee and Constitutional Review Working Party for the ensuing year.

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