Agenda item

Details of the allocation of Committee Places in accordance with the Political Balance Rules and the proposed membership of Committees and Working Groups for 2017/18 to be circulated prior to the meeting

The Council considered the report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance 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 2017/18.

 

It was moved by Councillor Maher, seconded by Councillor Grace:

 

“That

 

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

 

(2)       the Members, Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the Committees and Working Groups as set out below be appointed for a period of twelve months until the Adjourned Annual Council Meeting to be held in May 2018.

 

An amendment was moved by Councillor Dawson, seconded by Councillor Brodie Browne that Paragraph (2) of the Motion be amended by the addition of the following text:

 

“except that the Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee be held by an Opposition Member.”

 

Following debate thereon, on a show of hands, the Mayor declared that the amendment was lost by 35 votes to 22 with 1 abstention.

 

A further amendment was moved by Councillor Hands, seconded by Councillor Shaw that Paragraph (2) of the Motion be amended by the addition of the following text:

 

“except that the Council’s nomination to the Health and Wellbeing Board be modified by the inclusion of a Councillor from a Southport Ward to be nominated by the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group. The issue of whether this be in addition to or a substitution to be determined by the Leader of the Council.”

 

Following debate thereon, on a show of hands, the Mayor declared that the amendment was lost by 35 votes to 21 with 2 abstentions.

 

Thereafter, on a show of hands, the Mayor declared that the Motion was carried by 54 votes to 1 abstention and it was

 

RESOLVED:

 

That

 

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

 

(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 2018

 

(A)       OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEES

 

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

 

(Plus 2 Associate Members)

(Lab 6 /Lib Dem 3 /Con 1 /Ind 0)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Page	Cllr. Michael O’Brien
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Dams	Cllr. Webster
3.	Cllr. Bliss	Cllr. Jones
4.	Cllr. Burns	Cllr. Roche
5.	Cllr. Carr	Cllr. Dan T. Lewis
6.	Cllr. Linda Cluskey	Cllr. Carragher
7.	Cllr. Dawson	Cllr. Keith
8.	Cllr. McGuire	Cllr. Marianne Welsh
9.	Cllr. Owens	Cllr. Friel
10.	Cllr. Lynne Thompson	Cllr. Pullin

 

Associate Members:-

(Non-voting Co-opted Members) – Mr. Brian Clark and Mr. Roger Hutchings  (Nominated by Healthwatch, Sefton)

 

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

 

(Plus 4 Education Added Members and 2 Associate Members)

 

(Lab 6 /Lib Dem 2 /Con 1 /Ind 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Murphy	Cllr. Michael O’Brien
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Carragher	Cllr. Thomas
3.	Cllr. Bennett	Cllr. Gannon
4.	Cllr. Bradshaw	Cllr. Page
5.	Cllr. Hands	Cllr. Dodd
6	Cllr. Keith	Cllr. Booth
7.	Cllr. Brenda O’Brien	Cllr. Carr
8.	Cllr. Pitt	Cllr. Jones
9.	Cllr. Spencer	Cllr. John Kelly
10.	Cllr. Webster	Cllr. Brennan

 

Education Added Members:- (Voting Co-opted Members)

Church Diocesan Representatives: Father D. Seddon and Mr. Stuart Harrison   Parent Governor Representatives: Mrs. C. Palmer – four year appointment until 22 January 2018 and one vacancy

 

Associate Members:- (Non-voting Co-opted Members)

Ms. Libby Kitt (Nominated by Healthwatch, Sefton) and Mrs. S. Cain

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (REGENERATION AND SKILLS) (10)

 

(Lab 6 /Lib Dem 3 /Con 1 / Ind 0)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Sayers	Cllr. Grace
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Michael O’Brien	Cllr. Murphy
3.	Cllr. Bliss	Cllr. Jones
4.	Cllr. Carragher	Cllr. Thompson
5.	Cllr. Dan T. Lewis	Cllr. Carr
6.	Cllr. Pullin	Cllr. Keith
7.	Cllr. Roche	Cllr. McGinnity
8.	Cllr. Weavers	Cllr. Dawson
9.	Cllr. Webster	Cllr. Bradshaw
10.	Cllr. Bill Welsh	Cllr. Shaw

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (REGULATORY, COMPLIANCE AND CORPORATE SERVICES) (10)

 

(Lab 6 /Lib Dem 2 /Con 1 /Ind 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Bradshaw	Cllr. Thomas
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Byrom	Cllr. Murphy
3.	Cllr. Booth	Cllr. Weavers
4.	Cllr. Linda Cluskey	Cllr. Dams
5.	Cllr. Grace	Cllr. Roche
6.	Cllr. Jamieson	Cllr. Jones
7.	Cllr. Daniel Lewis	Cllr. McGuire
8.	Cllr. McCann	Cllr. Bennett
9.	Cllr. McKinley	Cllr. Sayers
10.	Cllr. Owens	Cllr. Roscoe

 

(B)       REGULATORY AND OTHER COMMITTEES

 

APPEALS COMMITTEE

 

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 / Ind 0)

 

AUDIT AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE (10)

 

(Lab 6 / Lib Dem 2 / Con 1 /Ind 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Brennan	Cllr. McKinley
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Roche	Cllr. Roscoe
3.	Cllr. Ashton	Cllr. Daniel Lewis
4.	Cllr. Bennett	Cllr. McCann
5.	Cllr. Bliss	Cllr. Jones
6.	Cllr. McGinnity	Cllr. Brenda O’Brien
7.	Cllr. Moncur	Cllr. Linda Cluskey
8.	Cllr. Sayers	Cllr. Dams
9.	Cllr. Shaw	Cllr. Hands
10.	Cllr. Anne Thompson	Cllr. Bradshaw

 

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

 

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.

 

INITIAL 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.

 

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.

 

Co-opted Voting Members of Audit and Governance Standards Sub-Committees

Parish Councillors J. Colbert (Aintree Village Parish Council), G. Lee (Melling Parish Council) and D. Warren (Hightown Parish Council have been nominated by the Sefton Area Partnership of Local Councils –If any complaints are submitted in respect of the conduct of any Parish Councillor in the Borough, one of the Parish Councillors will be selected to form part of the 3 Member Panel on the Sub-Committees set out above.

 

INDEPENDENT PERSONS (STANDARDS ISSUES)

 

Mr. E. Davies

Mr. J. Fraser

 

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 /Ind 0).  At least one member of the Cabinet to be included on the Committee.

 

HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARD

 

Members appointed by the Leader of the Council	Councillor Moncur – Cabinet Member – Health and Wellbeing (Chair)
	Councillor Cummins – Cabinet Member – Adult Social Care
	Councillor John Joseph Kelly – Cabinet Member – Children, Schools and Safeguarding
Director of Social Care and Health	Dwayne Johnson
Head of Health and Wellbeing	Matthew Ashton
Representative of NHS Southport  and Formby Clinical Commissioning Group	Dr Andrew Mimnagh
Representative of NHS South Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group	Dr Rob Caudwell
Chief Officer of NHS South Sefton and NHS Southport and Formby Clinical Commissioning Groups	Fiona Taylor
Representative of NHS England	Richard Freeman
Representative of Healthwatch, Sefton	Maureen Kelly
Representative of the NHS Acute Provider Sector	Steve Warburton
Representative from the Every Child Matters Forum	Lorraine Webb
Representative from the Health and Social Care Forum	Andrew Booth
Representative from the Voluntary Community Faith Sector (representative to be agreed through Sefton CVS as the umbrella organisation for the voluntary community and faith sector	Angela White

 

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 1 /Ind 1) 

 

	Member
1.	Chair: Cllr. John Kelly
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Bradshaw
3.	Cllr. Jo Barton
4.	Cllr. Bliss
5.	Cllr. Burns
6.	Cllr. Dams
7.	Cllr. Dodd
8.	Cllr. Friel
9.	Cllr. Gannon
10.	Cllr. Keith
11.	Cllr. McGinnity
12.	Cllr. Page
13.	Cllr. Preece
14.	Cllr. Anne Thompson
15.	Cllr. Marianne Welsh

 

 

LICENSING AND REGULATORY (URGENT REFERRALS) COMMITTEE (3)

 

(Lab 2 /Lib Dem 1 /Con 0 / Ind 0)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. John Kelly	Cllr. Friel
2.	Cllr. Bradshaw	Cllr. Burns
3.	Cllr. Preece	Cllr. Marianne Welsh

 

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/ Ind 0))

 

LICENSING (SEXUAL ENTERTAINMENT VENUES) 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 / Ind 0))

 

PAY AND GRADING COMMITTEE (7)

 

(Lab 4 /Lib Dem 2 /Con 1 /Ind 0) – Including Cabinet Member – Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services

 

	Member
1.	Chair: Cllr.Lappin
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Murphy
3.	Cllr. Ashton
4.	Cllr. Bliss
5.	Cllr. Burns
6.	Cllr. Dams
7.	Cllr. Shaw

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE (15)

 

(Lab 9 /Lib Dem 4 /Con 1 /Ind 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Veidman	Cllr. Burns
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Michael O’Brien	Cllr. Byrom
3.	Cllr. Ashton	Cllr. Dodd
4.	Cllr. Dutton	Cllr. Jones
5.	Cllr. Hands	Cllr. McGuire
6.	Cllr. John Kelly	Cllr. Dams
7.	Cllr. Dan T. Lewis	Cllr. Sayers
8.	Cllr. Brenda O’Brien	Cllr. Grace
9.	Cllr. O’Hanlon	Cllr. Bennett
10.	Cllr. Preece	Cllr. Lynne Thompson
11.	Cllr. Roscoe	Cllr. Anne Thompson
12.	Cllr. Spencer	Cllr. McGinnity
13.	Cllr. Thomas	Cllr. Friel
14.	Cllr. Tweed	Cllr. Page
15.	Cllr. Marianne Welsh	Cllr. Booth

 

PLANNING (URGENT REFERRALS) COMMITTEE (3)

 

(Lab 2 /Lib Dem 1 /Con 0 / Ind 0)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr.Veidman	Cllr. Friel
2.	Cllr. Hands	Cllr. Preece
3.	Cllr. Michael O’Brien	Cllr. Byrom

 

PLANNING VISITING PANEL (15)

 

The Panel comprises of the Members of the Planning Committee.

 

(C)       LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES

 

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

 

The Chair, Vice-Chair, Parish Council Representatives (where applicable) and Local Advisory Members to be appointed by the respective Area Committee.

 

CENTRAL SEFTON AREA COMMITTEE (27)

 

Ward	Member
	Cllr. Dams
Blundellsands	Cllr. Dan T. Lewis
	Cllr. Roscoe
	Cllr. Cummins
Church	Cllr. Veidman
	Cllr. Webster
	Cllr. Dutton
Harington	Cllr. Jamieson
	Cllr. Pitt
	Cllr. Carragher
Manor	Cllr. John Joseph Kelly
	Cllr.  McGinnity
	Cllr.  Atkinson
Molyneux	Cllr. Carr
	Cllr. Murphy
	Cllr. Burns
Park	Cllr. O’Hanlon
	Cllr. Sayers
	Cllr. Bennett
Ravenmeols	Cllr. McCann
	Cllr. Page
	Cllr. Gannon
Sudell	Cllr. McKinley
	Cllr. Owens
	Cllr. Byrom
Victoria	Cllr. Grace
	Cllr. Roche

 

SOUTH SEFTON AREA COMMITTEE (18)

 

Ward	Member
	Cllr. Michael O’Brien
Derby	Cllr. *
	Cllr. Anne Thompson
	Cllr. Kevin Cluskey
Ford	Cllr. Lappin
	Cllr. Moncur
	Cllr. Fairclough
Linacre	Cllr. Friel
	Cllr. Brenda O’Brien
	Cllr. Hardy
Litherland	Cllr. John Kelly
	Cllr. Tweed
	Cllr.  Bradshaw
Netherton and Orrell	Cllr. Brennan
	Cllr. Maher
	Cllr. Linda Cluskey
St. Oswald	Cllr. Spencer
	Cllr. Thomas

*The Mayor, Councillor Robinson will not be a Member of the Area Committee during his year of office.

 

SOUTHPORT AREA COMMITTEE (21)

 

Ward	Member
	Cllr. Jones
Ainsdale	Cllr. Preece
	Cllr. Lynne Thompson
	Cllr. Brodie-Browne
Birkdale	Cllr. Hands
	Cllr. Shaw
	Cllr. Bliss
Cambridge	Cllr. Keith
	Cllr. McGuire
	Cllr. Ball
Dukes	Cllr. David Barton
	Cllr. Dawson
	Cllr. Booth
Kew	Cllr. Pullin
	Cllr. Weavers
	Cllr. Ashton
Meols	Cllr. Jo Barton
	Cllr. Dodd
	Cllr. Daniel Lewis
Norwood	Cllr. Bill Welsh
	Cllr. Marianne Welsh

 

 (D)      CONSULTATIVE BODIES

 

INDEPENDENT REMUNERATION PANEL(5 members)

 

Mr. E. Davies            }

Mr. J. Fraser              }                       4 year term until May 2020

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 2 /Con 1 /Ind 1)

	Member	Substitute
1.	Cllr. Jo Barton	Cllr. Hands
2.	Cllr. Bradshaw	Cllr. Tweed
3.	Cllr. Brennan	Cllr. Sayers
4.	Cllr. Dutton	Cllr. Jones
5.	Cllr. Friel	Cllr. Brenda O’Brien
6.	Cllr. Keith	Cllr. Booth
7.	Cllr. John Joseph Kelly	Cllr. Burns
8	Cllr. McCann	Cllr. Bennett
9	Cllr. Page	Cllr. Michael O’Brien

 

LOCAL JOINT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

 

(12 Council Members plus 12 Trade Union Representatives)

 

(Lab 7 /Lib Dem 3 /Con 1 /Ind 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Cllr. Jo Barton	Cllr. Daniel Lewis
2.	Cllr. Bliss	Cllr. Jones
3.	Cllr. Bradshaw	Cllr. Spencer
4.	Cllr. Brennan	Cllr. Grace
5.	Cllr. Dawson	Cllr. Keith
6.	Cllr. Dodd	Cllr. Bill Welsh
7.	Cllr. Gannon	Cllr. Bennett
8.	Cllr. Lappin	Cllr. Burns
9.	Cllr. Murphy	Cllr. McKinley
10.	Cllr. Michael O’Brien	Cllr. Carragher
11.	Cllr. Sayers	Cllr. Tweed
12.	Cllr. Webster	Cllr. Carr

 

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND CONSULTATION PANEL  (4)

 

(Lab 2 /Lib Dem 1 /Con 1 /Ind 0)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Cabinet Member – Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services  – Cllr. Lappin	Cllr. Tweed
2.	Cllr. Byrom	Cllr. Owens
3.	Cllr. Jamieson	Cllr. Dutton
4.	Cllr. McGuire	Cllr. Lynne Thompson

 

(E)       MAJOR SERVICE GOVERNANCE BODY

 

FINANCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES OPERATIONAL BOARD (1)

 

Cabinet Member – Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services (Councillor

Lappin).