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 the table below:

 

Committee

Number of Members

Planning Committee

15

Licensing Board

15

Overview and Scrutiny Panel

15

Governance and Audit Committee

12

General Purposes Committee

12

Boundary and Electoral Arrangements Working Party

6

Constitutional Review Working Party

6 (+2 independent)

Disciplinary & Grievance Committee

6

Disciplinary & Grievance Appeals Committee

3

Joint Transportation Board*

7 (+2 parish)

Standards Committee**

8 (+ 4 independent, + 3 parish)

 

 

PROPORTIONALITY

 

It was proposed by the Chair, seconded by the Vice-Chair and Members agreed the proportionality between groups for committees, panels and boards as shown in option three of the report.

 

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 & Ind

1

Tomlinson

1

Albon

1

Rusiecki

1

Garner

2

Coleman-Cooke

2

Keen

2

Wing

3

J. Bayford

3

Pat Moore

4

Hart

4

Everitt

5

Paul Moore

5

Crittenden

6

Shrubb

7

Wright

 

 Planning Committee (pool of substitute Members)

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green & Ind

1

Dexter 

1

Whitehead

1

Braidwood

1

vacant

2

Towning

2

Scobie

2

vacant

3

Pugh

3

Currie

4

vacant

4

vacant

5

vacant

5

vacant

6

vacant

7

vacant

 

 

 

 Licensing Board

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green & Ind

1

Bambridge

1

Ara

1

Potts

1

Wing

2

Rogers

2

Scobie

2

Dennis

2

Smith

3

Dexter

3

Huxley

4

M Saunders

4

Currie

5

Shrubb

6

Wright

7

Vacant

  Overview & Scrutiny Panel

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green & Ind

1

Fellows

1

Currie

1

L Piper

1

Austin

2

Boyd

2

Keen

2

S Piper

2

Wing

3

Coleman-Cooke

3

Pat Moore

4

Paul Moore

4

Huxley

5

Rattigan

6

Leys

7

Tomlinson

 

Governance and Audit Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green & Ind

1

Boyd

1

Pat Moore

1

Braidwood

1

Garner

2

Dexter

2

Duckworth

3

Kup

3

Hopkinson

4

Leys

4

Whitehead

5

Shrubb

6

Towning

 

Governance and Audit Committee (Pool of Substitute Members)

Conservative

   Labour

Thanet Independents

Green & Ind

1

vacant

1

Everitt

1

vacant

1

vacant

2

vacant

2

Yates

3

vacant

3

vacant

4

vacant

4

vacant

5

vacant

6

vacant

 

General Purposes Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green & Ind

1

Ashbee

1

Albon

1

S Piper

1

Austen

2

R Bayford

2

Everitt

3

J Bayford

3

Rawf

4

D Saunders

4

Ovenden

5

M Saunders

6

Wright

 

 

 General Purposes - (Pool of Substitute Members)

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green & Ind

1

Dexter

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 & Ind

1

Paul Moore

1

Currie

1

Dennis

2

Parsons

2

Albon

3

Rattigan

 

 

 

Disciplinary & Grievance Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green & Ind

1

Dexter

1

vacant

1

L Piper

2

Kup

2

vacant

3

Bambridge




Disciplinary & Grievance Appeals Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents 

Green & Ind - 

1

Pugh

1

vacant

1

Garner

 

Constitutional Review Working Party

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green & Ind - increase to 1 seat

Independent Members

1

Ashbee

1

Hopkinson

1

Rusiecki

1

Austin

1

Tucker

2

Hart

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

 

 

Standards Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green & Ind.

Parish

Independent Members

(non Councillors) *

1

J Bayford

1

Scobie

1

Braidwood

1

Quittenden

1

Tucker

2

Dexter

2

Crittenden

2

Crow-

Brown

2

Lorenzo

3

Fellows

3

Vacant

4

Kup

 

 

Joint Transport Board

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green & Ind

Parish

1

M Saunders

1

Scobie

1

Potts

1.Quittenden

2

Fellows

2

Yates

2.Cornford

3

Hart

3

Vacant

 

 

 

 

East Kent joint Services Committee

Conservative

Labour

Thanet Independents

Green & Ind.

1

Ashbee

 

2

Pugh

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Councillor Ashbee proposed, Councillor Pugh seconded and Members agreed the following list of nominations to Chair and Vice-Chair positions.

 

 

Planning Committee Chair

Cllr Tomlinson

Planning Committee Vice-Chair

Cllr Coleman-Cooke

Licensing Board Chair

Cllr Bambridge

Licensing Board Vice-Chair

Cllr Rogers

Overview and Scrutiny Panel Chair

Cllr Stuart Piper

Overview and Scrutiny Panel Vice-Chair

Cllr Fellows

Governance and Audit Chair

Cllr Boyd

Governance and Audit Vice-Chair

Cllr Dexter

General Purposes Chair

Cllr Ashbee

Joint Transportation Board Vice-Chair

Cllr Mave Saunders

 

 

 

STANDARDS COMMITTEE AND CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW WORKING PARTY

 

It was proposed by the Chair, seconded by the Vice-Chair and Members agreed that:

 

·  Mr Michael Clarke and Ms Carolyn Ruston be appointed Independent Members of the Standards Committee until the 2026 Annual Council.

·  Mr Peter Tucker and Mr Peter Lorenzo be appointed Chair and Vice-Chair respectively  of the Standards Committee and the Constitutional Review Working Party for the 2022/23 year.

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