Agenda and minutes

Joint Meeting of Executive, Committees, Sub-Committees and Panels - Wednesday 15th May, 2013 7.30 pm

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

14.

Appointment of Chairman

To appoint a Chairman for this meeting.

Minutes:

It was moved by Councillor A Jackson and seconded by Councillor M Alexander that Councillor G McAndrew be appointed Chairman for this meeting.

 

RESOLVED - that Councillor G McAndrew be appointed Chairman for this meeting.

15.

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To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the joint meeting held on 16 May 2012.

Minutes:

RESOLVED – that the Minutes of the joint meeting of the Executive, committees, sub-committees and panels held on 16 May 2012, be agreed and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

16.

Appointment of Chairmen and establishment of Sub-Committees, Panels, etc pdf icon PDF 36 KB

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

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 15 May 2013 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 each 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

 

Standards Sub-Committee

 

           Director Recruitment Panel

 

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

 

3

 

3

 

5

 

8

 

 

District Planning Executive Panel

 

3

Health and Wellbeing Panel

6

 

(B)   the allocation of seats on Sub-Committees to political groups be as detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ of the report now submitted;

 

(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 ‘D’ of the report submitted, with, where appropriate, Members being appointed in accordance with the wishes of the political groups 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 of the bodies detailed; and

 

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