Decision details

 (A)      Appointment of Committees

(a)       That the Constituion Committee be incorporated into the Democratic Services Committee, and that Full Council review, make or revoke by-laws;

(b)       That the Committees as outlined in section 1.04 of the report be appointed; and

(c)        That the Constitution be amended to reflect the committees appointed.

(B)       Determination of the size of Committees

That the size of each Committee be as set out in paragraph 1.06 of the report, noting the restrictions that must now apply to the membership of the Planning Committee.

(C)       Terms of Reference of Committees and Pension Delegations

That the terms of reference for each committee in Part 2 of the Constitution be approved (noting the changes in respect of the Constitution and Democratic Services Committees).

(D)       Political Balance

(a)       That (1) the Constitution be amended to show that no substitutes are permitted on the Planning Committee and that the quorum shall be 50%; and (2) that the Constitution be amended so that in the event of 2 Members, from a multiple Member ward being nominated to the Planning Committee, then the seat will be allocated

·         In the first instance by agreement between the 2 respective group leaders;

·         In the event that agreement is not possible, to the first nomination to be received by the Proper Officer; and

·         That the required level of training of 75% for a Member to sit on the Planning Committee had been achieved.

(b)       That the seats be allocated in accordance with political balances (and the rules on membership of the Planning Committee)

(E)       Appointment of Chairs of Standing Committees

(a)       That the Chair of the following Committees be appointed (noting any restrictions on eligibility):

• Clwyd Pension Fund Committee – Councillor Dave Hughes
• Licensing Committee – Councillor Sharps
• Planning and Development Control Committee – Councillor Wisinger

(b)       That the following groups Chair the Overview and Scrutiny Committees as outlined:

            Community and Enterprise                        -           Labour Group

            Education and Youth                      -           Labour Group

            Corporate Resources                      -           Conservative Group

            Environment                                     -           New Independents Group

            Organisational Change                  -           Independent Alliance Group

            Social & Health Care                      -           Independent Group

(F)       Local Choice Issues

That the existing Local Choice Issues as detailed in the report be confirmed.

(G)       Nomination to Internal Bodies

That the make-up of the Appointments Committee be approved.

(H)       Standards Committee

(a)       That the following three Members be appointed to the Standards Committee:-

• Councillors: Heesom, Paul Johnson, and Woolley

(b)       that town and community councils be consulted on the reappointment of the town and community council representative, in that the current representative continue in office until such time as he was reappointed or a new appointment was made.