Decision details

The report was introduced by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Federica Smith-Roberts.

The Governance Manager and Monitoring Officer clarified that the Group Leader for the Conservatives had notified her that Cllr Trollope-Bellew and Cllr Hadley would take the two Conservative seats on the Licensing Committee. She also notified Councillors that Cllr Janet Lloyd replaced Cllr K Durdan on Licensing Committee. Cllr R Tully replaced Cllr D Wedderkopp on the Scrutiny Committee. There were a couple of vacancies and if these could be notified to Governance as soon as possible.

During the discussion, the following points were raised:-

·       The Leader of the Independents stated that Cllr L Whetlor would be taking up the vacant Independent’s seat on the Licensing Committee and Cllr Sue Buller would be replacing Cllr John Hunt on the Scrutiny Committee.

·       Councillors requested further clarity on the changes that had taken place.

·       The Governance Manager clarified that the Independents and Greens have one more seat than they had previously, with the Conservatives having one less seat which effected the make-up of the Licensing Committee.

RESOLVED that the Council approved the revised:

a) Political allocation as attached (Appendix A)

b) Councillor appointments to Committees (Appendix B)