Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED that Councillor Paul Howitt-Cowan be appointed Chairman of the Committee for the 2017/18 civic year.

Councillor Howitt-Cowan took the Chair for the remainder of the meeting.

                   RESOLVED that two Vice Chairmen be appointed to the Committee

A point of order was raised in that Councillor Trevor Young had been appointed as the Leader of the Opposition, and the Constitution set out that this position was one which could not also be appointed to membership of the Challenge and Improvement Committee.  Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules Part V, page 23 paragraph 2.1.

It was not possible to change the membership of the committee as that had been confirmed during the meeting of full Council, which had closed.  Only a meeting of the full Council could change Committee membership, therefore this matter would have to be presented at the next meeting on 3 July 2017.

The Challenge and Improvement Committee therefore adjourned at 8.11pm for the opposition group to consider the next steps.

The meeting reconvened at 8.35pm and it was agreed that Councillor Lesley Rollings would substitute for Councillor Young at the Committee meetings on 23 May and 27 June 2017.

As substitute, Councillor Rollings would not be able to be appointed to the Vice Chairman position, as had been the intention.  Appointment to the Vice Chair would have to be confirmed once the committee membership was established.  The Monitoring Officer indicated that he would work with affected Group Leaders regarding the way forward.

RESOLVED that Councillor Lewis Strange be appointed Vice-Chairman (Progress and Delivery) for the 2017/18 civic year.

Appointment of a second Vice Chairman was deferred.

dates of which were approved by Corporate Policy and Resources in 2015, and amended 4 May 2017, see below.

RESOLVED that the meetings of the Committee will normally commence at 6.30 pm.