Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, Wallfields, Hertford. View directions

Contact: Martin Ibrahim  Tel: (01279) 502173 Email:  martin.ibrahim@eastherts.gov.uk

Note: Joint meeting to commence at the conclusion of the Annual Council meeting. 

Items
No. Item

19.

Appointment of Chairman

To appoint a Chairman for this meeting.

Minutes:

It was moved and seconded that Councillor P Moore be appointed Chairman for this meeting.

 

RESOLVED - that Councillor P Moore be appointed Chairman for this meeting.

20.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 69 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the joint meeting held on 14 May 2014.

Minutes:

RESOLVED – that the Minutes of the joint meeting of the Executive, committees, sub-committees and panels held on 14 May 2014, be agreed and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

21.

Appointment of Chairmen and Establishment of Sub-Committees, Panels, etc pdf icon PDF 130 KB

To consider a report (to follow) of the Head of Democratic and Legal Support Services.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Head of Democratic and Legal Support Services submitted a report seeking approval for the appointment of Chairmen to Committees set up by Council at its Annual meeting on 20 May 2015 and the establishment of sub-committees and panels.

 

It was noted that the appointment of Vice-Chairmen would be dealt with at the next meetings of the relevant committees.

 

The joint meeting noted the nominations of the political group to the seats on sub-committees and panels as detailed in the report now submitted and approved the recommendations as now detailed.

 

RESOLVED – that (A) the following Sub-Committees and Panels be appointed, with the number of voting Members stated:

 

Sub-Committee/Panel

No. of Members

Licensing Sub-Committee                   

          3

Standards Sub-Committee

          3

Local Joint Panel                                   
(4 Members of the Council and 4 representatives of employees drawn from UNISON with substitutes)

          8

District Planning Executive Panel

          3

 

(B)      all seats on Sub-Committees and Panels, where relevant, be allocated to the sole political group on the Council;

 

(C)      as a consequence of the decisions at (A) - (B) above, the membership of Sub-Committees and Panels be as set out in Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ of the report submitted, with, where appropriate, Members being appointed in accordance with the wishes of the political group to whom the seats on these bodies have been allocated;

 

(D)      the Members detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘C’ of the report submitted, be appointed as Chairmen (and where specified, Vice-Chairmen) of the bodies detailed;

(E)      the Director of Finance and Support Services be authorised to make changes in the standing membership of committees and joint committees in (A) above,  in accordance with the wishes of the political group to whom seats on these bodies have been allocated.