The report outlines the requirements for appointments to committees and other Council bodies, including political proportionality.

(Attached at pages 35 to 40)

The Council considered a report from the Leader of the Council outlining the requirements for Member appointments to committees and other Council bodies, including taking account of political proportionality.

As a supplement to the report, Members received the nominations for membership of Committees and for Chairmanships and Vice-Chairmanships of Committees for 2013/14 from the Group Leaders.  These were proposed en bloc and were duly seconded, subject to:

·        Individual consideration being given to the chairmanship of the Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee as there were two nominations for this position.  Councillors Mrs Barker and Pepworth were nominated.  Both nominations were put to the vote and Councillor Mrs Barker was elected to be the Chairman of the Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee for 2013/14; and

·        Councillor N Costin was elected Vice-Chairman of Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee for 2013/14.

RESOLVED

1.      that the Council confirms for the municipal year 2013/14:

(a)    the structure, size and terms of reference of the committees, sub-committees and joint committees set out in sections D1, E2 and J2 of the Council’s constitution; and

(b)    the allocation of seats and substitutes to these and other bodies, as listed in Appendix A in the revised 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 be approved in accordance with nominations to be submitted by the political groups, as set out in Appendix B to the revised report and attached as Appendix A to these minutes;

3.      that the appointment of the Members to the Central Bedfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board, including at least one member of the Council nominated by the Leader, be approved, as set out in Appendix C to the revised report and attached at Appendix B to these minutes;

4.      that the appointment of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of committees for the municipal year 2013/14 be approved in accordance with nominations as set out in Appendix D to the revised report, subject to the Chairman of Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee being Councillor Mrs Barker, and set out at Appendix C to these minutes;

5.      to note that the following persons have been appointed to the Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee as co-opted members with voting rights on education matters for the period June 2011 to the Annual Meeting in May 2015:

(a)         Mrs Frances Image, Roman Catholic Diocesan representative

(b)        Mr Jon Reynolds, Church of England Diocesan representative

(c)         Stephen Court, School Parent Governor representative

(d)        Heather Copley, School Parent Governor representative

(e)         Douglas Landman, School Parent Governor representative.