Issue - meetings

Recommendations/Decisions Required:

That the Committee note:

(a)         the appointment of Councillor H. Brady to membership of the Stronger Council Select Committee for the 2019/20 municipal year; and

(b)         the corrected appointment of members of the Loughton Residents Association Group to membership of the Stronger Council Select Committee and Stronger Place Select Committee for 2019/20.

(Democratic Services Manager) At its previous meeting, the Committee made appointment to membership of the select committees for the current municipal year.

At the time of these appointments, one nomination of the Conservative Group for  membership of the Stronger Council Select Committee remained outstanding. The Leader of the Conservative Group has subsequently advised that Councillor H. Brady should be appointed to membership of the select committee.

Subsequent to the appointment process, it was reported by the Leader of the Loughton Residents Association Group that an error had been made with regard to the reporting of some of its nominations to the select committees, in that the nominations for the Stronger Council Select Committee and Stronger Place Select Committee were transposed in the schedule presented to the Committee.

Although the appointments were therefore incorrectly agreed, it was the view of the Chairman of the Committee that the error did not affect the decision of the Committee and that, subject to a report being made to this meeting to clarify the correct appointments, it was appropriate for the first cycle of meetings of the select committees to proceed in accordance with the nomination submissions of the Loughton Residents Association Group.

Details of the corrected appointment of members to the select committee for 2019/20 are attached.

The Democratic Services Manager presented a report regarding the membership of the Select Committees in 2019/20. The Committee were reminded that it had confirmed the appointments of Members to the Select Committees at its last meeting. However, there had been a couple of issues to further resolve.

Firstly, there had been an error in the reporting of the nominations made by the Loughton Residents Association (LRA), in that the nominations for the Stronger Council and Stronger Place Select Committees had been transposed. It was felt that this error had not affected the decision of the Committee and the first cycle of meetings had proceeded in accordance with the nominated submissions of the LRA. However, the Committee was requested to clarify the correct appointments.

Secondly, one nomination of the Conservative Group for the Stronger Council Select Committee had been outstanding. The Leader of the Conservative Group had subsequently advised that Councillor H Brady should be appointed to this Select Committee, and the Committee was requested to ratify this appointment.

Resolved:

(1)        That the appointment of Councillor H Brady to membership of the Stronger Council Select Committee for 2019/20 be noted; and

(2)        That the corrected appointment of members of the Loughton Residents Association Group to membership of the Stronger Council and Stronger Place Select Committees be noted.

To consider nominations (to be circulated) for appointment to membership of the select committees for the current municipal year and to make appointment to the position of chairman and vice-chairman of each of the select committees.

The Chairman advised that the Committee had previously agreed the new Overview and Scrutiny framework at its meeting on 16 April 2019, which had been based on three new select committees, reflecting the themes of the Corporate Plan for 2018-2023; Stronger Council; Stronger Communities and Stronger Places.

The rules set out within Article 6 of the Council’s Constitution required that the Committee determine the membership and work programme for the Select Committees for the new municipal year.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That, each of the select committees comprise of 11 members for 2019-20;

(2)       That, the appointment to the select committees for Stronger Council, Stronger Places and Stronger Communities as set out in Appendix 2 to these minutes be agreed; and

(3)       That, the chairman and vice-chairman of each of the select committees for 2019/20 as set out in Appendix 2 to minutes be agreed.