Agenda item

1. Mr Chamberlain proposed, and Mr Collins seconded the motion that:

“The County Council is asked to:

a.    Approve the proposed amendments to the Ordinary Committee arrangements:

·         Planning Application Committee to add the functions of the Regulation Committee into its terms of reference and take on the latter’s sub- committees and Panels in line with this change.

·         Selection and Member Services Committee to add the functions of the Electoral and Boundary Review Committee into its terms of reference.

·         Delete the Regulation Committee and Electoral and Boundary Review Committee from the list of Committees.

·         Delete the Member Development Sub- Committee.

b.    Delegate authority to the Democratic Services Manager, in consultation with the Monitoring Officer, to implement the above changes subject to appropriate Member training and transition arrangements.

c.    Request that the Monitoring Officer, at the point of implementation, make the required changes to the Constitution and current Committee Terms of Reference to reflect the transfer of functions and the deletion of obsolete Committees.

d.    Request that the Democratic Services Manager, in consultation with the Monitoring Officer, undertake a review of the updated Ordinary Committees’ Terms of Reference to improve and develop their arrangements on a longer term basis, with the outcome of the review to be considered by Selection and Member Services in due course.

2. Following the debate, the Chairman put the motion in paragraph 1 to the vote and the voting was as follows.

For (47)

Mr J Baker, Mr M Brown, Mr D Burns, Mr C Burwash, Mr A Cecil, Mr P Chamberlain, Mr W Chapman, Mr B Collins, Mr J Defriend, Mr S Dixon, Ms S Emberson, Mr J Eustace, Mr L Evans, Mr P Evans, Mr J Finch, Ms B Fordham, Mrs G Foster, Mr M Fraser Moat, Mr B Fryer, Mr M Harrison, Mr J Henderson, Mr C Hespe, Ms L Kemkaran, Mr A Kennedy, Mr A Kibble, Mr P King, Ms M Lawes, Mr T Mallon, Mr R Mayall, Mr T Mole, Ms D Morton, Mr M Mulvihill, Mr P Osborne, Mrs C Palmer, Mr R Palmer, Mr M Paul, Ms B Porter, Ms S Roots, Mr T Shonk, Mr D Sian, Dr G Sturley, Mr D Truder, Mr R Waters, Mr P Webb, Mr N Wibberley, Mrs P Williams and Mr D Wimble.

Against (25)

Mr B Barrett, Mr B Black, Mr O Bradshaw, Mr A Brady, Mr M Brice, Mr M Ellis, Mr R Ford, Mrs M Fothergill, Mr S Heaver, Mr M Hood, Mr A Hook, Mrs S Hudson, Miss I Kemp, Mr J Moreland, Ms C Nolan, Mr T Prater, Ms A Randall, Mr H Rayner, Mr A Ricketts, Ms C Russell, Mr C Sefton, Mr M Sole, Mr R Streatfeild, Mr P Thomas and Mr N Williams.

Abstain (0)

Motion Carried.

3. RESOLVED that Council:

a.    Approves the proposed amendments to the Ordinary Committee arrangements:

·         Planning Application Committee to add the functions of the Regulation Committee into its terms of reference and take on the latter’s sub- committees and Panels in line with this change.

·         Selection and Member Services Committee to add the functions of the Electoral and Boundary Review Committee into its terms of reference.

·         Delete the Regulation Committee and Electoral and Boundary Review Committee from the list of Committees.

·         Delete the Member Development Sub- Committee.

b.    Delegates authority to the Democratic Services Manager, in consultation with the Monitoring Officer, to implement the above changes subject to appropriate Member training and transition arrangements.

c.    Requests that the Monitoring Officer, at the point of implementation, make the required changes to the Constitution and current Committee Terms of Reference to reflect the transfer of functions and the deletion of obsolete Committees.

d.    Requests that the Democratic Services Manager, in consultation with the Monitoring Officer, undertake a review of the updated Ordinary Committees’ Terms of Reference to improve and develop their arrangements on a longer term basis, with the outcome of the review to be considered by Selection and Member Services in due course.