Agenda item

The Council considered a schedule which provided details of the allocation of Committee Places in accordance with the Political Balance Rules and the proposed Membership of the Committees and Working Groups for 2013/14.

 

It was moved by Councillor P. Dowd, seconded by Councillor Maher:

 

That:

 

(1)       the allocation of Committee Places in accordance with the Political Balance Rules, as set out below, be noted; and

 

(2)       the Members, Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the Committees and Working Groups as set out in the schedule be appointed for a period of twelve months until the Adjourned Annual Council Meeting to be held in May 2014.

 

An amendment was moved by Councillor Brodie – Browne, seconded by Councillor Hands that the Motion be amended as follows:

 

“(1)      that the Council distributes the Chairs of Overview and Scrutiny Committees and of the Audit and Governance Committee proportionally ie: 3 Labour / 1 Liberal Democrat / 1 Conservative; and

 

(2)       that, within the above, the Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee be held by an Oppposition Member in line with the practice in Sefton Council until May 2012, and also in accordance with recommended best practice”

 

Following debate thereon, on a show of hands, the Mayor declared that the amendment was lost by 34 votes to 26 with 1 abstention.

 

On a show of hands, the Mayor declared that the Motion was carried by 34 votes to 26 with 1 abstention and it was

 

RESOLVED:

 

That:

 

(1)       the allocation of Committee Places in accordance with the Political Balance Rules, as set out below, be noted; and

 

(2)       the Members, Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the Committees and Working Groups set out below be appointed for a period of twelve months until the Adjourned Annual Council Meeting to be held in May 2014.

 

(A)       OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEES

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (CHILDREN’S SERVICES) (10)

 

(Plus 4 Education Added Members)

 

(Lab 6 /Lib Dem 3 /Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Brennan	Cllr. Veidman
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Bradshaw	Cllr. L. Cluskey
3.	Cllr. Bennett	Cllr. Page
4.	Cllr. Hands	Cllr. Booth
5.	Cllr. Hartill	Cllr. Ball
6	Cllr. Keith	Cllr. Dodd
7.	Cllr. Killen	Cllr. Maguire
8.	Cllr. McKinley	Cllr. Byrom
9.	Cllr. Preece	Cllr. Hubbard
10.	Cllr. Webster	Cllr. Carr

 

Education Added Members:-      Canon R. Driver and Father D. Seddon

(Voting Co-opted Members)        (Church Diocesan Representatives);

                                                            Mrs. S. M. Bradley and 1 Vacancy.

                                                            (Parent Governor Representatives)

 

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE) (10)

 

(Lab 6 /Lib Dem 3 /Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Page	Cllr. L. Cluskey
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Robinson	Cllr. Bradshaw
3.	Cllr. Ball	Cllr. Jones
4.	Cllr. Friel	Cllr. Webster
5.	Cllr. Gatherer	Cllr. Lappin
6.	Cllr. Hubbard	Cllr. Welsh
7.	Cllr. John Joseph Kelly	Cllr. Gustafson
8.	Cllr. McGuire	Cllr. Dawson
9.	Cllr. Rimmer	Cllr. Keith
10.	Cllr. Roberts	Cllr. Brennan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (PERFORMANCE AND CORPORATE SERVICES) (10)

 

(Lab 6 /Lib Dem 3 /Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. McGinnity	Cllr. McKinley
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Byrom	Cllr. Veidman
3.	Cllr. Ashton	Cllr. McGuire
4.	Cllr. Booth	Cllr. Shaw
5.	Cllr. Dawson	Cllr. Weavers
6.	Cllr. M. Dowd	Cllr. Murphy
7.	Cllr. Kermode	Cllr. Killen
8.	Cllr. Maguire	Cllr. Roche
9.	Cllr. McIvor	Cllr. Dorgan
10.	Cllr. Robinson	Cllr. Roberts

 

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (REGENERATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES) (10)

 

(Lab 6 /Lib Dem 3 /Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. McKinley	Cllr. Webster
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. John Kelly	Cllr. Bradshaw
3.	Cllr. Bennett	Cllr. Roche
4.	Cllr. Gatherer	Cllr. Robinson
5.	Cllr. Jones	Cllr. Crabtree
6.	Cllr. Lappin	Cllr. Murphy
7.	Cllr. Maguire	Cllr. McGinnity
8.	Cllr. Shaw	Cllr. Booth
9.	Cllr. Tonkiss	Cllr. McGuire
10.	Cllr. Weavers	Cllr. Welsh

 

 

(B)       REGULATORY AND OTHER COMMITTEES

 

APPEALS COMMITTEE

 

All Members of the Council (other than Cabinet Members) to form a Panel from which 3 Members are selected to form a politically balanced Committee.  (Lab 2 / Lib Dem 1 / Con 0)

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIT AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE (10)

 

(Lab 5 / Lib Dem 3 / Con 2)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Roberts	Cllr. Friel
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. McGinnity	Cllr. Byrom
3.	Cllr. Brennan	Cllr. Mahon
4.	Cllr. Lord Fearn	Cllr. Ashton
5.	Cllr. John Joseph Kelly	Cllr. Kermode
6.	Cllr. Maher	Cllr. Moncur
7.	Cllr. McIvor	Cllr. Dorgan
8.	Cllr. Papworth	Cllr. Dutton
9.	Cllr. Shaw	Cllr. Hands
10.	Cllr. Weavers	Cllr. Tonkiss

 

Membership is the Leader of the Council and the other 2 Party Group Leaders (or their nominees) and 7 Non-Executive Members of the Council.

 

ASSESSMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF AUDIT & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

 

All Members of the Audit and Governance Committee will form a Panel from which 3 Members will be selected to form a Sub-Committee.

 

HEARINGS SUB-COMMITTEE OF AUDIT & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

 

All Members of the Audit and Governance Committee will form a Panel from which 3 Members will be selected to form a Sub-Committee.

 

REVIEW SUB-COMMITTEE OF AUDIT & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

 

All Members of the Audit and Governance Committee to form a Panel from which 3 Members will be selected to form a Sub-Committee.

 

EMPLOYMENT PROCEDURE COMMITTEE

 

Members of the Council to form a Panel from which a minimum of 3 Members are selected to form a politically balanced Committee (Lab 2 /Lib Dem 1 /Con 0).  At least one member of the Cabinet to be included on the Committee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARD

 

Councillor Moncur – Cabinet Member – Children, Schools, Families and Leisure (Chair)	As determined by the Leader of the Council
Councillor Cummins – Cabinet Member – Older People and Health
Councillor John Joseph Kelly
Director of Public Health	Dr. Janet Atherton
Director of Older People	Robina Critchley
Director of Young People and Families	Colin Pettigrew
Representative of NHS South Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group	Dr Clive Shaw
Representative of NHS Southport and Formby Clinical Commissioning Group	Dr Niall Leonard
Chief Officer of NHS South Sefton and NHS Southport and Formby Clinical Commissioning Groups	Fiona Clark
Representative of NHS England	Phil Wadeson
Representative of Healthwatch, Sefton	Maureen Kelly

The Local Authority (Public Health, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny) Regulations 2013 made under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 provide that the Board shall be a Committee of the Council.  The requirement for political balance does not apply to the Board and the Act requires that the Councillor Membership is nominated by the Executive Leader (Leader of the Council).

 

LICENSING AND REGULATORY COMMITTEE (15)

 

(Lab 8 /Lib Dem 5 /Con 2) 

 

	Member
1.	Chair: Cllr. Kerrigan
2.	Vice-Chair Cllr. Robinson
3.	Cllr. Ball
4.	Cllr. Bradshaw
5.	Cllr. Carr
6.	Cllr. K. Cluskey
7.	Cllr. Dorgan
8.	Cllr. Gustafson
9.	Cllr. Hands
10.	Cllr. Keith
11.	Cllr. Kermode
12.	Cllr. Mahon
13.	Cllr. Preece
14.	Cllr. Rimmer
15.	Cllr. Welsh

 

LICENSING AND REGULATORY (URGENT REFERRALS) COMMITTEE (3)

 

(Lab 2 /Lib Dem 1 /Con 0)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Kerrigan	Cllr. Bradshaw
2.	Cllr. Preece	Cllr. Hands
3.	Cllr. Robinson	Cllr. Kermode

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE

 

Members of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee to form a Panel from which 3 Members are selected to form a politically balanced Sub-Committee.

(Lab  2/ Lib Dem  1/Con  0)

 

PAY AND GRADING COMMITTEE (6)

 

(Lab 3 /Lib Dem 2 /Con 1) – Including Cabinet Member – Corporate Services and Performance

 

	Member
1.	Chair: Cllr. Tweed
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Fairclough
3.	Cllr. Dorgan
4.	Cllr. Rimmer
5.	Cllr. Roberts
6.	Cllr. Welsh

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE (15)

 

(Lab 8 /Lib Dem 5 /Con 2)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Veidman	Cllr. Lappin
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. John Kelly	Cllr. Brennan
3.	Cllr. Atkinson	Cllr. Page
4.	Cllr. Blackburn	Cllr. Welsh
5.	Cllr. Booth	Cllr. Dawson
6.	Cllr. L. Cluskey	Cllr. Roberts
7.	Cllr. Crabtree	Cllr. Hartill
8.	Cllr. Dodd	Cllr. Weavers
9.	Cllr. Dutton	Cllr. Ball
10.	Cllr. Gustafson	Cllr. Webster
11.	Cllr. Mahon	Cllr. Friel
12.	Cllr. Murphy	Cllr. John Joseph Kelly
13.	Cllr. Robertson	Cllr. Hubbard
14.	Cllr. Roche	Cllr. Killen
15.	Cllr. Sumner	Cllr. Hands

PLANNING (URGENT REFERRALS) COMMITTEE (3)

 

(Lab 2 /Lib Dem 1 /Con 0)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Veidman	Cllr. Mahon
2.	Cllr. John Kelly	Cllr. Atkinson
3.	Cllr. Robertson	Cllr. Booth

 

PLANNING VISITING PANEL (15)

 

The Panel comprises of the Members of the Planning Committee.

 

(C)       LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES

 

The Members of the Wards indicated below in the area of each Committee.

 

The Chair, Vice-Chair and Local Advisory Members to be appointed by the respective Area Committee.

 

CENTRAL SEFTON AREA COMMITTEE (27)

 

Ward	Member
	Cllr. Bennett
Blundellsands	Cllr. Dorgan
	Cllr. Papworth
	Cllr. Cummins
Church	Cllr. Veidman
	Cllr. Webster
	Cllr. Cuthbertson
Harington	Cllr. Dutton
	Cllr. Killen
	Cllr. John Joseph Kelly
Manor	Cllr. McGinnity
	Cllr. Roberts
	Cllr. Atkinson
Molyneux	Cllr. Carr
	Cllr. Murphy
	Cllr. Blackburn
Park	Cllr. Kermode
	Cllr. Robertson
	Cllr. Maguire
Ravenmeols	Cllr. McIvor
	Cllr. Page
	Cllr. Gatherer
Sudell	Cllr. Hubbard
	Cllr. McKinley
	Cllr. Byrom
Victoria	Cllr. Roche
	Cllr. Tonkiss

SOUTH SEFTON AREA COMMITTEE (18)

 

Ward	Member
	Cllr. L. Cluskey
Derby	Cllr. Gustafson
	Cllr. Robinson
	Cllr. K. Cluskey
Ford	Cllr. Lappin
	Cllr. Moncur
	Cllr. Fairclough
Linacre	Cllr. Friel
	Cllr. Kerrigan
	Cllr. Hardy
Litherland	Cllr. John Kelly
	Cllr. Tweed
	Cllr. Bradshaw
Netherton and Orrell	Cllr. Brennan
	Cllr. Maher
	Cllr. M. Dowd
St. Oswald	Cllr. P. Dowd
	Cllr. Mahon

 

SOUTHPORT AREA COMMITTEE (21)

 

Ward	Member
	Cllr. Hartill
Ainsdale	Cllr. Jones
	Cllr. Preece
	Cllr. Brodie-Browne
Birkdale	Cllr. Hands
	Cllr. Shaw
	Cllr. Crabtree
Cambridge	Cllr. Keith
	Cllr. McGuire
	Cllr. Ball
Dukes	Cllr. Dawson
	Cllr. Sir Ron Watson
	Cllr. Booth
Kew	*
	Cllr. Weavers
	Cllr. Ashton
Meols	Cllr. Dodd
	Cllr. Rimmer
	Cllr. Lord Fearn
Norwood	Cllr. Sumner
	Cllr. Welsh

 

*The Mayor, Councillor M. Fearn will not be a Member of the Area Committee during her year of office

 

(D)       CONSULTATIVE BODIES

 

INDEPENDENT REMUNERATION PANEL(5 members)

 

Canon R. Driver                               4 year term until May 2017

Mr. E. Davies            }

Mr. J. Fraser              }                       4 year term until May 2016

Mrs. S. Lowe             }

 

(To advise and make recommendations to the Authority about the allowances to be paid to Elected Members).

 

JOINT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR TEACHING STAFFS

 

(9 Council Members plus 9 Teacher representatives)

 

(Lab 5 /Lib Dem 3 /Con 1)

	Member	Substitute
1.	Cllr. Bennett	Cllr. Maguire
2.	Cllr. Brennan	Cllr. McKinley
3.	Cllr. P. Dowd	Cllr. Page
4.	Cllr. Dutton	Cllr. Hartill
5.	Cllr. Keith	Cllr. Shaw
6.	Cllr. Killen	Cllr. John Kelly
7.	Cllr. McGuire	Cllr. Ashton
8.	Cllr. Moncur	Cllr. Tweed
9.	Cllr. Welsh	Cllr. Lord Fearn

 

LOCAL JOINT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

 

(12 Council Members plus 12 Trade Union Representatives)

 

(Lab 7 /Lib Dem 4/Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Cllr. Carr	Cllr. Kermode
2.	Cllr. Crabtree	Cllr. Hartill
3.	Cllr. Dawson	Cllr. Blackburn
4.	Cllr. P. Dowd	Cllr. Maher
5.	Cllr. Fairclough	Cllr. Friel
6.	Cllr. Lord Fearn	Cllr. Robertson
7.	Cllr. McGinnity	Cllr. Atkinson
8.	Cllr. Moncur	Cllr. Mahon
9.	Cllr. Murphy	Cllr. John Joseph Kelly
10.	Cllr. Tonkiss	Cllr. Keith
11.	Cllr. Tweed	Cllr. McKinley
12.	Cllr. Welsh	Cllr. Rimmer

 

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND CONSULTATION PANEL  (4)

 

(Lab 2 /Lib Dem 1 /Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Cabinet Member – Corporate Services and Performance – Cllr. Tweed	Cllr. Robinson
2.	Cllr. Ashton	Cllr. Robertson
3.	Cllr. Friel	Cllr. Byrom
4.	Cllr. McIvor	Cllr. Jones

 

(E)       MAJOR SERVICE GOVERNANCE BODIES

 

STRATEGIC SERVICE PARTNERSHIP BOARD

 

Leader of the Council (Councillor P. Dowd)  and the representatives on the Finance and Information Services Operational Board and the Technical Services Operational Board (Councillors Tweed and Fairclough).

 

FINANCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES OPERATIONAL BOARD (1)

 

Cabinet Member - Corporate Services and Performance (Councillor           Tweed).

 

TECHNICAL SERVICES OPERATIONAL BOARD (1)

 

Cabinet Member - Transportation (Councillor Fairclough).