Issue - meetings

It was proposed by Councillor R. Hollingworth and seconded by Councillor Mrs. J. M. L. A. Griffiths and

RESOLVED:

(a)               that for the ensuing Municipal Year, the Committees set out in the table in Appendix 1 of the report be appointed and that the representation of the different political groups on the Council on those Committees be as set out in that table until the next Annual Meeting of the Council, or until the next review of political representation under Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, whichever is the earlier;

(b)               that the allocation of the seat on the Standards Committee to a member who is not a member of the controlling group be dealt with outside the meeting;

(c)        that members be appointed to the Committees in accordance with nominations to be made by the Party Group Leaders or Co-ordinators;

(d)       that the Responsibility for Functions Table as set out in Appendix 2 of the report be approved and incorporated within the Council’s Constitution;

(e)               that the terms of reference for Committees of the Council as set out in Appendix 3 of the report be approved and incorporated within the Council’s Constitution.

Councillor R. Hollingworth gave an undertaking that further consideration would be given outside the meeting as to whether the following functions should be the responsibility of the Cabinet rather than delegated to officers:

The discharge of any function relating to the control of pollution or the management of air quality.

The appointment of any individual to any office other than an office in which he is employed by the authority.