The Committee is requested to appoint Members to the following bodies:

(a)               Appointments Panel – composed of 5 Members (4 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat) plus 3 substitutes (2 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat).  In addition all Executive Members are on the Panel to enable the relevant Executive Member to attend an Appointments Sub-Committee.  The Panel forms the body from which Members are drawn to form individual Appointments Sub-Committees.

An Appointments Sub-Committee will be composed of 3 – 5 Members (2-4 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat, including at least 1 Executive Member) plus 3 substitutes (2 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat).   All Members on the Sub-Committee will be appointed by the Monitoring Officer.

(b)               Employee Partnership Committee – composed of 7 Members (6 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat, including at least 1 Executive Member) plus 4 substitutes (3 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat).

Note: The membership of the above Committee and Sub-Committee comply with the political balance rules referred to in the report to the Annual Council meeting entitled ‘Appointment of Members, Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen to Committees and Other Council Bodies 2013/14’ (see in particular Appendix A, section A3).

The Committee considered a schedule tabled by the Monitoring Officer outlining the nominations from the Group Leaders in relation to the appointment of Members to the Appointments Panel and the Employee Partnership Committee.

The Committee was advised that the membership of the two existing Appointments Sub-Committees would remain unaltered whilst they carried out their allotted functions.

RESOLVED

that the membership  of the Appointments Panel and the Employee Partnership Committee be appointed as indicated on the schedule attached as Appendix A to these minutes.

NOTED

that the Appointments Sub-Committee will be appointed by the Monitoring Officer and will be composed of 3-5 Members (2-4 Conservatives and 1 Independent, including at least 1 Executive Member) plus 3 substitutes (2 Conservatives and 1 Independent), as necessary.