To make appointments to the committees of the Council and outside bodies in line with the rules of political proportionality.

Council considered a report by the solicitor to the Council relating to appointments to committees of the Council and outside bodies in line with the rules of political proportionality. The Chairman outlined the tabled supplement, published on 22 May, with an updated appendix 2 containing details of the number of seats on the scrutiny management board and the allocation of those seats to political groups.

Recommendation (a)

A motion was moved to agree the list of ordinary committees listed at paragraph 10 be confirmed with their terms of reference as set out in the council’s constitution which was put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED: That the list of ordinary committees listed at paragraph 10 are confirmed with their terms of reference as set out in the council’s constitution.

Recommendation (b)

A motion was moved to agree the number of seats on each committee as set out at paragraph 10 and the allocation of those seats to political groups as set out at paragraph 11 which was put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED: That the number of seats on each committee as set out at paragraph 10 and the allocation of those seats to political groups as set out at paragraph 11 be approved.

Recommendation (c)

A motion was moved to agree the allocation of seats on outside bodies to political groups as set out at paragraph 13 which was put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED: That the allocation of seats in outside bodies to political groups, as set out at paragraph 13, be approved.

Recommendation (d)

A motion was moved to agree the appointment of co-opted members of the children and young people scrutiny committee which was put to the vote and was carried.

RESOLVED: That the appointment of five co-opted members of children and young people scrutiny committee is approved as follows:

i.               one representative as nominated by the diocese of Hereford

ii.              one representative as nominated by the archdiocese of Cardiff

iii.             three parent governors as elected from the school sector

Recommendation (e)

A motion was moved to agree the suspension of proportionality in respect of a number of local outside bodies which was put to the vote and was carried with no votes against.

RESOLVED: That the suspension of the rules of proportionality in respect of the standards panel, the River Lugg Drainage Board, and the Wye Valley National Landscape Joint Advisory Committee is approved.

Recommendation (f)

Council noted the table of committee membership (in appendix 1 to the report) which outlined the current chairpersons and vice chairpersons of Council committees. The Chairman invited any changes to the listed appointments which included those set out below:

A motion was moved that Councillor Rebecca Tully was appointed as vice-chairperson of the Health, care and wellbeing scrutiny committee which was put to the vote and was carried.

A motion was moved to appoint the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of council committees, consistent with the listing in appendix a of the report and subject to the change outlined above, which was put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED: That the appointment of committee chairpersons and vice chairpersons for the forthcoming municipal year is approved as follows:

Recommendation (g)

Council noted the updated table in appendix 2, as contained in the tabled supplement of 22 May, containing details of the number of seats on the scrutiny management board and the allocation of those seats to political groups. The supplement proposed no change to the allocation of seats as previously agreed. A motion to agree the allocation of seats on the scrutiny management board was moved, put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED: That the size and political allocation of seats of the scrutiny management board is agreed as below: