The report outlines the requirements for member appointments to committees and other Council bodies, including political proportionality.  Nominations from group leaders will be circulated separately.

 

(Report attached – pages 11/1 to 11/17)

 

 

 

The Council received and considered a report of the Assistant Director, Legal and Democratic Services outlining the requirements for Member appointments to Committees and other Council bodies, including political proportionality.

 

As a supplement to the report, an update paper had been circulated to all Members of the Council in respect of a proposed change to the size of the Children, Families and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Committee and adjustments to the political balance on certain Overview and Scrutiny Committees.  The supplementary paper therefore proposed a variation to Recommendation 1 detailed in the covering report to reflect these changes.  The supplementary paper also contained nominations from the Group Leaders. 

 

The revised Recommendation 1 having been moved was duly seconded.

 

The Council then received the nominations from Group Leaders for the appointment of individual Members and substitutes to Committees and other bodies, as set out in the supplementary paper.

 

In considering this item, the Leader of the Council made a number of amendments and reported on nominations in respect of the vacancies detailed in the papers as follows:-

 

Proportional Bodies
·	Business Transformation Overview & Scrutiny Committee
	-	delete Cllr D Bowater and replace with Cllr Hopkin.
·	Children, Families and Learning Overview & Scrutiny Committee
	-	delete Cllr Mrs M Mustoe as a Member and replace as a Substitute Member
	-	Cllr K Janes be added as a Member
	-	delete Cllr B Spurr and add Cllr J Street as a Member.
·	Corporate Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee
	-	delete Cllr Mrs C F Chapman MBE and add Cllr R Johnstone as a Member
	-	add Cllr D Hopkin as a Member.
·	Sustainable Communities Overview & Scrutiny Committee
	-	Cllr Mrs C F Chapman MBE be added as a Substitute.

 

The Chairman then advised that as there were certain bodies in respect of which there may be more nominations than there were seats available, namely Dunstable Town Centre Management Committee, Leighton-Linslade Town Centre Management Committee and Luton and South Bedfordshire Joint (Section 29) Committees, he would take the appointments to those Committees separately. 

 

The Appointments to Committees as set out in Appendix B of the supplementary paper, subject to the amendments detailed above, were moved and seconded en bloc.

 

The Council then considered the bodies in respect of which there were more nominations than seats available.

 

In relation to the Dunstable Town Centre Management Joint Committee, the Leader of the Council proposed the following appointments:-

 

Cllr T Green

Cllr Mrs C Hegley

Cllr J Kane

Cllr Miss A J Sparrow

Cllr  N Young

 

The appointments having been moved were duly seconded.

 

In respect of Leighton-Linslade Town Centre Management Committee, the Leader of the Council proposed the following appointments which were moved and duly seconded:-

 

Cllr R Berry

Cllr D Bowater

Cllr A J Shadbolt

Cllr K Sharer

Cllr R Johnstone

 

As an amendment to the Motion, it was moved and duly seconded:-

 

“Cllr P J Snelling be nominated to serve on the Leighton-Linslade Town Centre Management Committee.”

 

Upon being put to the vote, the amendment was lost.

 

The Leader of the Council moved the following appointments to the Luton and South Bedfordshire Joint (Section 29) Committee, which were duly seconded:-

 

Cllr K C Matthews

Cllr D McVicar

Cllr T Nicols

Cllr A J Shadbolt

Cllr R Stay

Cllr J N Young

 

As an amendment to the Motion, it was moved and duly seconded:-

 

“That Cllr P J Snelling be nominated to serve on the Luton and South Bedfordshire Joint (Section 29) Committee.”

 

Upon being put to the vote, the amendment was lost.

 

The appointment of substitute Members to the Luton and South Bedfordshire Joint (Section 101) Committee was then considered.  The Leader of the Council proposed the following appointments which were duly seconded:-

 

That Cllr Mrs P E Turner MBE be the named substitute for Cllr R C Stay, Cllr K Matthews be the named substitute for Cllr T Nicols and Cllr Mrs C Hegley be the named substitute for Cllr D McVicar.

 

The appointment of the Liberal Democrat Member to the Houghton Regis Town Centre Management Committee was then considered.  Cllr D Jones was proposed and duly seconded. 

 

The Council then considered the appointment of Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Committees as set out in the supplementary paper circulated to all Members separately.

 

The Leader of the Council moved the appointments as set out in Appendix C of the supplementary report with the exception of the Sustainable Communities Overview & Scrutiny Committee which was duly seconded.

 

The Leader of the Council proposed that Cllr J N Young be nominated as Chairman of the Sustainable Communities Overview & Scrutiny Committee which was duly seconded.

 

As an amendment to the Motion it was moved and duly seconded:-

 

“That Cllr P Snelling be appointed as Chairman of the Sustainable Communities Overview & Scrutiny Committee.”

 

Following debate, upon being put to the vote, the amendment was lost.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.	That the Council confirms for the Municipal Year 2009/10:
	(a)	the structure, size and terms of reference of the committees, sub-committees and joint committees set out in sections D1, E2, F1 and J2 of the Council’s constitution subject to the membership of the Children, Families and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Committee being 10 councillors and substitutes, plus the 5 co-opted members; and its quorum being 4 councillors and 2 co-opted members;
	(b)	the revised allocation of seats as follows:-
		(i)	Business Transformation Overview and Scrutiny Committee
			Total No seats	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Independent
			9 (5)	7 (4)	1 (1)	1
		(ii)	Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee
			Total No seats	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Independent
			9 (5)	8 (4)	1 (1)	0
		(iii)	Children, Families and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Committee
			Total No seats	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Independent
			10 (5)	8 (4)	2 (1)	0
	(c)	subject to (a) and (b) above, the allocation of seats and substitutes to these and other bodies, as listed in Appendix A to the supplementary report, in accordance with the political balance rules where they apply.

2.	That the appointment of individual Members and substitutes to committees and other bodies as set out in Appendix B of the supplementary report as amended be approved.
3.	That the appointment of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of committees for the municipal year 2009/10 as set out in Appendix B of the supplementary report as amended be approved.
4.	That the following persons be appointed to the Children, Families and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Committee as co-opted members with voting rights on education matters for the period to 31 March 2013:
	(a)	Mr Ben Sear, parent governor representative;
	(b)	Mrs Frances Image, Roman Catholic Diocesan representative; and
	(c)	Mr Jon Reynolds, Church of England Diocesan representative.
5.	That the Monitoring Officer be authorised to appoint for the same period the two additional parent governor representatives who have been duly nominated and elected by parent governors, following completion of the statutory election process.

 

[Note: A comprehensive list of appointments is attached at Appendix A to these Minutes.]