Agenda item

** Appendix 1 and 2 to this report will follow as Political Groups are considering appointments to Committees **

 

Report of Interim Chief Executive / Head of Paid Service

 

Purpose of report

 

To note the constitution of Political Groups, note the appointment of the Deputy Leader and Executive for the Municipal Year 2017/18, consider and agree the suggested constitution of Committees for the Municipal year 2017/2018 and consider an amendment to the Constitution whereby training will be mandatory for members of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee.

 

Recommendations

            

** The recommendations are also included in the relevant section of the report**

 

The meeting is recommended:

 

1.1         To note the constitution of Political Groups and notification of Group Leaders.

 

1.2         To note the appointment of Deputy Leader of the Council, the membership of the Executive and the Executive Portfolios for 2017/18 (Appendix 1 – to follow).

 

1.3         To agree the allocation of seats on committees that are subject to the political balance requirements as set out in Table 1.

 

1.4         To agree the allocation of seats on committees not subject to political balance requirements as set out in Table 2.

 

1.5         To appoint members (and where appropriate, substitute members) to serve on each of the committees and other bodies set out in Tables 1 and 2 in accordance with the nominations to be made by political groups (Appendix 2 - to follow).

 

1.6         To appoint a representative to the Oxfordshire County Council Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

 

1.7         To appoint a representative to the Police and Crime Commissioner Scrutiny Panel.

 

1.8         To agree that the Constitution be amended so that it is mandatory for members of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee to have received training before they can sit on the Committee.

 

 

1.9         To agree that authority be delegated to the Head of Law and Governance to update the Constitution to reflect recommendation 1.8.

 

The Interim Chief Executive / Head of Paid Service submitted a report for Council to note the constitution of Political Groups, note the appointment of the Deputy Leader and Executive for the Municipal Year 2017/18, consider and agree the suggested constitution of Committees for the Municipal year 2017/2018 and consider an amendment to the Constitution whereby training would be mandatory for members of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee.

 

In advising Council of Executive appointments for 2017/18, the Leader of the Council, Councillor Barry Wood, explained that Councillor Atack was standing down as an Executive member and thanked him for his hard work as the finance Lead Member.

 

Resolved

 

(1)          That the constitution of Political Groups (38 Conservatives, 8 Labour and 2 Independents) and notification of Group Leaders: Councillor Barry Wood, Leader of the Conservative Group and Leader of the Council, Councillor Sean Woodcock, Leader of the Labour Group and Leader of the Opposition and Councillor Les Sibley, Leader of the Independent Group, be noted.

 

(2)          That the appointment of the Deputy Leader of the Council, the membership of the Executive and the Executive Portfolios for 2017/18 be noted:

 

Lead Member Portfolio	Councillor
Leader of the Council	Councillor Barry Wood
Deputy Leader of the Council	Councillor George Reynolds
Lead Member for Financial Management	Councillor Tony Ilott
Lead Member for Public Protection and Community Services	Councillor Kieron Mallon
Lead Member for Change Management, Joint Working and IT	Councillor Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Lead Member for Clean and Green	Councillor Debbie Pickford
Lead Member for Estates and the Economy	Councillor Lynn Pratt
Lead Member for Performance Management	Councillor Richard Mould
Lead Member for Housing	Councillor John Donaldson
Lead Member for Planning	Councillor Colin Clarke

 

 

(3)          That the allocation of seats on committees that were subject to the political balance requirements be agreed:

 

	TOTAL	CON	LAB	IND
Accounts, Audit & Risk Committee	8	6	2	0
Appeals Panel	10	8	1 (-1)	1 (+1)
Budget Planning Committee	12	10	2	0
Joint Appeals Panel	3	2	1	0
Joint Commissioning Committee	6	5	1	0
Joint Scrutiny Committee	5	4	1	0
Licensing Committee	12	9 (-1)	2	1 (+1)
Overview & Scrutiny	12	10	2	0
Personnel Committee	12	10	2	0
Planning Committee	18	14	3	1
Standards Committee	8	7	1 (-1)	1 (+1)
Proportional Total by Committee	106	85	20	1
Aggregate Entitlement	106	84	18	4
Adjustment Required	N/A	-1	- 2	+3

 

(4)          That the allocation of seats on committees not subject to political balance requirements be agreed:

 

	TOTAL	CON	LAB	IND
Joint Councils Employee Engagement Committee	3	2	1	0

 

 

(5)       That members (and where appropriate, substitute members) be appointed to serve on each of the committees and other bodies as set out below in accordance with the nominations made by political groups:

 

Proportional Committees 2017/18

 

Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee

 

Membership (8 members with unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (6)	Labour (2)	Ind (0)
Cllr Hugo Brown – V-CH	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Ian Corkin - CH	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Sean Gaul
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Cllr Nick Mawer
Cllr Tom Wallis

 

Appeals Panel

 

Membership (10 members with no substitutes)

 

Conservative (8)	Labour (1)	Ind (1)
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Andy Beere	Cllr Nick Cotter
Cllr Carmen Griffiths
Cllr Simon Holland
Cllr Tony Ilott
Cllr James Macnamara
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Brynn Williams

Budget Planning Committee

 

Membership (12 members with unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (10)	Labour (2)	Ind (0)
Cllr David Anderson	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Hugo Brown	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Ian Corkin
Cllr Carmen Griffths
Cllr David Hughes
Cllr Alan MacKenzie-Wintle
Cllr Nicholas Mawer – CH
Cllr Andrew McHugh
Cllr Tom Wallis
Cllr Douglas Webb – V-CH

 

 

Joint Appeals Panel

 

Membership (3 seats, 2 named substitutes)

 

Conservative (2)	Labour (1)	Ind (0)
Cllr Mike Bishop	Cllr Andy Beere
Cllr James Macnamara
Substitutes
Conservative (1)	Labour (1)	Ind (0)
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Surinder Dhesi

 

Joint Commissioning Committee

 

Membership (6 members, unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (5)	Labour (1)	Ind (0)
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Debbie Pickford
Cllr Dan Sames
Cllr Nicholas Turner
Cllr Barry Wood

 

Joint Scrutiny Committee

 

Membership (5 members, unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (4)	Labour (1)	Ind (0)
Cllr Simon Holland	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Nicholas Mawer
Cllr Neil Prestidge
Cllr Jason Slaymaker

 

 

Licensing Committee

 

Membership (12 seats and 5 substitutes based on proportional representation with each represented party having at least 1 substitute)

 

Conservative (9)	Labour (2)	Ind (1)
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Hannah Banfield	Cllr Nick Cotter
Cllr Tony Ilott	Cllr Surinder Dhesi
Cllr Alistair Milne Home
Cllr Debbie Pickford
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Nigel Simpson
Cllr Jason Slaymaker
Cllr Douglas Webb – CH
Cllr Bryn Williams –      V-CH

 

Substitutes

Conservative (3)	Labour (1)	Ind (1)
Cllr David Hughes	Cllr Shaida Hussain	Cllr Les Sibley
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr Barry Wood

 

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

Membership (12 members with unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (10)	Labour (2)	Ind (0)
Cllr David Anderson	Cllr Claire Bell
Cllr Mike Bishop	Cllr Mark Cherry
Cllr Sean Gaul
Cllr Tim Hallchurch
Cllr Chris Heath
Cllr David Hughes
Cllr Jolanta Lis – V-CH
Cllr Andrew McHugh
Cllr Neil Prestidge - CH
Cllr Jason Slaymaker

 

 

Personnel Committee

 

Membership (12 members, unnamed substitutes who shall not be members of the Appeals Panel)

 

Conservative (10)	Labour (2)	Ind (0)
Cllr Ken Atack	Cllr Shaida Hussain
Cllr Maurice Billington - CH	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Jolanta Lis
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Dan Sames
Cllr Nigel Simpson
Cllr Jason Slaymaker
Cllr Nick Turner
Cllr Bryn Williams
Cllr Barry Wood – V-CH

 

 

Planning Committee

 

Membership (18 members, 12 named substitutes)

 

Conservative (14)	Labour (3)	Ind (1)
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Andy Beere	Cllr Les Sibley
Cllr Ian Corkin	Cllr Surinder Dhesi
Cllr Chris Heath	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr David Hughes - CH
Cllr Simon Holland
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Cllr Alan MacKenzie-Wintle
Cllr James Macnamara – V-CH
Cllr Alastair Milne-Home
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr Debbie Pickford
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Nigel Simpson

 

Substitutes

Conservative (9)	Labour (2)	Ind (1)
Cllr Ken Atack	Cllr Hannah Banfield	Cllr Nick Cotter
Cllr Maurice Billington	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Hugo Brown
Cllr John Donaldson
Cllr Tim Hallchurch
Cllr Jolanta Lis
Cllr Nick Turner
Cllr Bryn Williams
Cllr Barry Wood

 

 

Standards Committee

 

Membership (8 members, 8 substitute members)

 

Conservative (6)	Labour (1)	Ind (1)
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Andy Beere	Cllr Les Sibley
Cllr Tim Hallchurch – CH
Cllr Simon Holland
Cllr James Macnamara – V-CH
Cllr Nigel Morris
Cllr Bryn Williams

 

Substitutes

Conservative (6)	Labour (1)	Ind (1)
Cllr Ian Corkin	Cllr Mark Cherry	Cllr Nick Cotter
Cllr Carmen Griffiths
Cllr Neil Prestidge
Cllr Jason Slaymaker
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Barry Wood

 

Non-Proportional Committees

 

Joint Councils Employee Engagement Committee

 

Membership (3 seats, unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (2)	Labour (1)	Ind (0)
Cllr Nicholas Turner	Cllr Shaida Hussain
Cllr Barry Wood

 

 

(6)       That Councillor Andrew McHugh be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s representative to the Oxfordshire County Council Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

 

(7)       That Councillor Tony Ilott be appointed Cherwell District Council’s representative to the Police and Crime Commissioner Scrutiny Panel.

 

(8)       That it be agreed that the Constitution be amended so that it is mandatory for members of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee to have received training before they can sit on the Committee.

 

(9)       That authority be delegated to the Head of Law and Governance to update the Constitution to reflect resolution (8).