Agenda item

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

Minutes:

NUMBER AND SIZE OF COMMITTEES

 

It was proposed by the Chair, seconded by the Vice-Chair 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

12

Overview and Scrutiny Panel

14

Governance and Audit Committee

12

General Purposes Committee

12

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

 

Councillor S Piper proposed and Councillor Ashbee seconded option B.

 

CouncillorEveritt proposed and Councillor Albon seconded option C.

 

Upon being put to the vote option B was agreed.

 

 

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

Albon

1

Rusiecki

1

Garner

2

Coleman-Cooke

2

Keen

3

J. Bayford

3

Pat Moore

4

Hart

4

Hopkinson

5

Paul Moore

5

Crittenden

6

Scott

7

Wright

 

Planning Committee (pool of substitute Members)

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Dexter 

1

Everitt

1

Braidwood

1

Vacant

2

Towning

2

Whitehead

3

Vacant

3

Scobie

4

Vacant

4

Currie

5

Vacant

5

Vacant

6

Vacant

7

Vacant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Licensing Board

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Bambridge

1

Ara

1

Potts

1

Wing

2

Rogers

2

Scobie

3

Dexter

3

Huxley

4

M Saunders

4

Green

5

Shrubb

6

Wright

 

 

 

 

Overview & Scrutiny Panel

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

R Bayford

1

Currie

1

L Piper

1

Austin

2

Boyd

2

Keen

2

S Piper

3

Coleman-Cooke

3

Pat Moore

4

Paul Moore

4

Huxley

5

Rattigan

6

Scott

7

Tomlinson

 

Governance and Audit Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Boyd

1

Pat Moore

1

Braidwood

1

Garner

2

Dexter

2

Duckworth

3

Kup

3

Hopkinson

4

Rugh

4

Whitehead

5

Shrubb

6

Towning

 

Governance and Audit Committee (Pool of Substitute Members)

Conservative

   Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Rattigan

1

Yates

1

Vacant

1

Vacant

2

Scott

2

Everitt

3

Vacant

3

Vacant

4

Vacant

4

Vacant

5

Vacant

6

Vacant

 

General Purposes Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Ashbee

1

Albon

1

S Piper

1

Wing

2

R Bayford

2

Everitt

3

Dexter

3

Rawf

4

D Saunders

4

Ovenden

5

M Saunders

6

Wright

 

 General Purposes - (Pool of Substitute Members)

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Vacant

1

Duckworth

1

Rusiecki

1

Vacant

2

Vacant

2

Pat Moore

3

Vacant

3

Scobie

4

Vacant

4

vacant

5

Vacant

6

Vacant



Boundaries and Electoral Arrangements Working Party

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

1

Paul Moore

1

Currie

1

Dennis

2

Parsons

2

Albon

3

Rattigan

 

Constitutional Review Working Party

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

Independent Members

(non Councillors) *

1

Ashbee

1

Hopkinson

1

Rusiecki

1

Tucker

2

Hart

2

Wellbrook

3

Lorenzo

4

Vacant

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

 

Standards Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

Independent Members

(non Councillors) *

1

J Bayford

1

Scobie

1

Dennis

1

Tucker

2

Dexter

2

Crittenden

2

Wellbrook

3

Fellows

3

Duckworth

3

Lorenzo

4

Kup

4

Vacant

Joint Transport Board

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green

Parish

1

M Saunders

1

Scobie

1

Potts

1

2

Fellows

2

Yates

3

Hart

3

Farrance

 

 

ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR TO COMMITTEES, PANELS AND BOARDS FOR THE 2021/22 MUNICIPAL YEAR

 

 

Chair of the Planning Committee

Councillor Ashbee proposed, Councillor Pugh seconded and Members agreed Councillor Tomlinson.

 

Vice-Chair of the Planning Committee

Councillor Ashbee proposed, Councillor Pugh seconded and Members agreed Councillor Coleman-Cooke.

 

Chair of the Licensing Board

Councillor Ashbee proposed, Councillor Pugh seconded and Members agreed Councillor Bambridge.

 

Vice-Chair of the Licensing Board

Councillor Ashbee proposed, Councillor Pugh seconded and Members agreed Councillor Rogers.

 

Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel

Councillor Ashbee proposed, Councillor Pugh seconded and Members agreed Councillor R Bayford.

 

Vice-Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel

Councillor Ashbee proposed, Councillor Pugh seconded Councillor S Piper.

Councillor Everitt proposed, Councillor Rawf seconded Councillor Currie.

 

Upon being put to the vote, Councillor S Piper was declared elected.

 

Chair of the Governance and Audit Committee

Councillor Ashbee proposed, Councillor Pugh seconded Councillor Boyd.

Councillor Austin proposed, Councillor Wing seconded Councillor Garner.

 

Upon being put to the vote, Councillor Boyd was declared elected.

 

Vice-Chair of the Governance and Audit Committee

Councillor Ashbee proposed, Councillor Pugh seconded and Members agreed Councillor Dexter.

 

Chair of the Joint Transportation Board

Councillor Ashbee proposed, Councillor Pugh seconded and Members agreed Councillor M Saunders.

 

Chair of the General Purposes Committee

Councillor Pugh proposed, Councillor Kup seconded and Members agreed Councillor Ashbee.

 

 

STANDARDS COMMITTEE AND CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW WORKING PARTY

 

It was proposed by the Chair, seconded by the Vice-Chair and Members agreed that Mr Tucker be appointed Chair of the Standards Committee and Constitutional Review Working Party for the 2021/22 year.

 

It was proposed by the Chair, seconded by the Vice-Chair and Members agreed that Mr Wellbrook be appointed Vice-Chair of the Standards Committee and Constitutional Review Working Party for the 2021/22 year.

 

 

 

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