Issue - meetings

To receive a report of the Director of Legal and Governance Services to note the appointments to Cabinet and seek Council approval to the appointments to Committees.

RESOLVED:  That

(i)            it be noted that Councillor Natasha Proctor was the Deputy Leader of the Council;

(ii)          the Councillors appointed to Cabinet with the identified portfolios, as contained within the report be noted;

(iii)         the terms of reference for Cabinet and the Portfolio Holders attached at Appendix A to the report be agreed;

(iv)         the determination of the allocation of places on the Council’s Committees contained in the report in accordance with the ‘political balance’ rules in the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 be agreed and Members be appointed to them, in accordance with the notification from Political Groups;

(v)          subject to noting that Councillor Dean Gilligan would be a main member of the Governance, Audit, Risk Management and Standards Committee in place of Councillor Peymana Assad, the establishment and terms of reference of the Committees and other bodies as set out in the report and Appendix B be agreed;

(vi)         the Council’s Members’ Allowances Scheme be amended to include a Band 4 (£9,037 pa) Special Responsibility Allowance for the Chair of the Planning Committee.