Agenda item

Members are asked toconsider this report and the revised annexes circulated and:

(i)           Agree the allocation of seats for the remainder of the current Municipal Year, in accordance with the revised Annex A ; and

(ii)          Approve appropriate revised nominations to Committees and outside or partnership bodies, as well as appointments to Chairs and Vice-Chairs, for the remainder of the current Municipal Year  (as circulated in the revised Annex B).

With the agreement of the Lord Mayor, Councillor Alexander made a personal statement.  Referring to the changes in the political balance of the Council, Councillor Alexander stated that he was intending to postpone the forthcoming Cabinet meeting to enable consideration to be given to establishing a cross-party executive to inform the decisions of Cabinet.

Council received a report on the allocation of seats and Councillors to committees and other bodies for the remainder of 2014/15, following the recent by-election and changes in political group memberships.  Copies of revised annexes had been published and circulated.  These set out the revised allocations to seats and nominations to committees, as well as outside or partnership bodies, together with appointments to Chairs and Vice-Chairs.

Councillor Alexander moved and Councillor Aspden seconded the revised allocation of seats, adjusted in accordance with Section 15 of Local Government and Housing Act 1989, as set out in the revised Annex A and revised Annex B1 to the papers. 

Councillor Watson, referring to an error in the paperwork, proposed the following amendment to revised Annex A:

 “Area Planning Sub-Committee to include one Independent seat and remove the place allocated for a Labour Independent”. 

On being put to the vote the amendment was declared CARRIED.

On being put to the vote the motion, as amended, was declared CARRIED and it was

Resolved:  That the revised allocation of seats set out in revised Annex A and revised Annex B1 be approved subject to an amendment to revised Annex A to include one Independent place and the deletion of the place allocated to Labour Independent on the Area Planning Sub-Committee.

Consideration was given to the nomination of Chairs and Vice-Chairs to committees.  

Councillor Alexander moved and Councillor Simpson-Laing seconded the nominations of the Labour Group, as set out in revised Annex B2, subject to Councillor Fraser being the Labour nomination for Chair of Community Safety Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

On being put to the vote the motion was declared LOST.

Councillor Steward then moved and Councillor D’Agorne seconded the nominations of the combined opposition, as set out in revised Annex B2. 

On being put to the vote the motion was declared CARRIED and it was

Resolved:  That the nomination of Chairs and Vice-Chairs as set out in Revised Annex B2 – combined opposition nominations be approved.

Consideration was given to the nomination of appointees to outside and partnership bodies for the remainder of the Municipal Year. 

Councillor Alexander moved and Councillor Simpson-Laing seconded the nominations in the revised Annex B3, together with the nominations from the Labour Group set out in Annex B3 (a) and (b). 

On being put to the vote the motion was declared LOST.

Councillor Aspden then moved and Councillor Reid seconded the nominations in the revised Annex B3, together with the nominations from the combined opposition set out in Annex B3 (a) and (b).

On being put to the vote the motion was declared CARRIED and it was

Resolved:  That the nominations in the revised Annex B3, together with the nominations from the combined opposition set out in annex B3 (a) and B3 (b) be approved.