Issue - meetings

Having re-appointed the Committees, the report under consideration sought to appoint Chairman and Vice-Chairmen to each of the Committees and for Council to agree the normal commencement time for each.  The report also recommended, at the request of the new Administration, that the number of Vice-Chairmanships on the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and the Governance and Audit Committee be increased to two, noting the allowance would be shared until the matter had been further considered by the Independent Remuneration Panel in due course and appropriate recommendations made if deemed necessary.

Noting the position of Chairman of the Standards Sub-Committee had not been included in the written report, this was provided verbally to the meeting, by the Monitoring Officer, the nomination being Councillor Moira Westley.

On that basis, with no questions it was

RESOLVED

(a)      that the number of Vice-Chairmanships on the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and the Governance and Audit Committee be increased to two;

(b)      that the following persons be appointed as Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen, for the 2023/24 Civic Year to the following Committees: -

(c)      that the normal commencement time for each of the Committees be as set out in the table at (b)  above.

Note: Following the vote, the outgoing Chairman of the Planning Committee, congratulated the newly appointed Chairman of Planning and requested that he give consideration to the up and coming planning application, relating to the exhuming and removal of Guy Gibson’s dog, from bomber County, to be heard at a special Committee, at the Epic Centre, due to the volume of public love and affection, allowing as many people as possible to attend.  The newly appointed Chairman of Planning undertook to give the matter consideration.