Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

That the County Council confirm the appointment of the Committees as outlined in section 1 of the report and above.

RESOLVED:

That the County Council confirm the size of the Committees as outlined in the report and above.

RESOLVED:

That the terms of reference for each Committee in Part 2 of the Constitution be approved.

RESOLVED:

That the allocation of seats and political balance for each Committee be agreed as Appendix 1 (Option 1).

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the following Members be appointed Chair of the Standing Committees as indicated below:-

Constitution Committee - Councillor Robin Guest

Clwyd Pension Fund Committee - Councillor Alan Diskin

Democratic Services Committee - Councillor Robin Guest

Licensing Committee - Councillor Tony Sharps

Planning & Development Control Committee - Councillor David Wisinger

(b)       That the Chairs of the Overview & Scrutiny Committees be allocated to the following groups:

Community and Enterprise            Labour

Education and Youth                      Labour

Social and Health                            Independent

Organisational Change                  Independent Alliance

Environment                                     New Independents

Corporate Resources                      Conservative

RESOLVED:

That the existing Local Choice Issues be confirmed.

RESOLVED:

That the appointment of an Appointments Committee, as detailed in section 8.01 of the report, be agreed.

RESOLVED:

That the three County Councillors on the Standards Committee be noted.

The Chief Officer (Governance) introduced the report which dealt with matters requiring decisions at the Annual Meeting of the County Council in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 1.1 (vii) – (xiv).  Those matters were set out in separate sections of the report.

(A)       Appointment of Committees

The Chief Officer (Governance) explained the requirement within Council Procedure Rules for certain committees to be appointed at the Annual Meeting, which were:

·         Audit Committee

·         Clwyd Pension Fund Committee

·         Constitution Committee

·         Democratic Services Committee

·         Licensing Committee

·         Planning and Development Control Committee

·         Standards Committee

  In addition, there were six Overview and Scrutiny Committees:

·         Community and Enterprise

·         Corporate Resources

·         Education and Youth

·         Environment

·         Organisational Change

·         Social and Health Care

Councillor Attridge moved approval that the County Council confirm the appointment of the Committees as outlined in the report.  This was seconded by Councillor Kevin Jones and on being put to the vote, was carried.

RESOLVED:

That the County Council confirm the appointment of the Committees as outlined in section 1 of the report and above.

(B)       Determination of the size of Committees

The Chief Officer (Governance) reported that the Annual Meeting must decide upon the size of each of the Committees it had appointed.  The Constitution made provision for the size of the Committees which were:

Councillor Attridge moved approval that the County Council confirm the size of the Committees as detailed in the report and above which was seconded by Councillor Kevin Jones and on being put to the vote, was carried.

RESOLVED:

That the County Council confirm the size of the Committees as outlined in the report and above.

(C)       Terms of Reference of Committees and Pension Delegations

The Chief Officer (Governance) reported that the Annual Meeting was required to decide the Terms of Reference of the Committees that it had appointed and that these were set out in Part 2 of the Constitution. 

Councillor Attridge moved approval that the County Council confirm the current Terms of Reference of the Committees which was seconded by Councillor Kevin Jones and on being put to the vote, was carried.

RESOLVED:

That the terms of reference for each Committee in Part 2 of the Constitution be approved.

(D)       Political Balance

The Chief Officer (Governance) reported that at, or as soon as practicable after the Annual Meeting, Members were required to decide the allocation of seats to political groups in accordance with the Political Balance Rules contained in the Local Government & Housing Act 1989 and the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990 as amended. 

It was a statutory requirement that Committee seats should be allocated to political groups in so far as practicable in the same proportion as those groups had to the total membership of the County Council.  Appended to the report  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7