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The Council:
 

                                     
(a)        
Appointed standing committees for the municipal year
2024/25

                                     
(b)        
Determined the number of seats on
all committees

                                     
(c)        
Determined the allocation of seats on committees to party
groups in accordance with the political
balance rules

                                     
(d)        
Appointed councillors to sit on committees in accordance with
nominations made by the Group Whips

                                     
(e)        
Appointed the chairs and vice-chairs of committees for
2024/25

                                      
(f)        
Appointed councillors to serve on the other council bodes
listed within Appendix 1

                                     
(g)        
(Specific proposals and nominations
submitted by the Group Whips will be circulated with the Order
Paper for the meeting)

 

                                     
(h)        
Agreed the terms of reference of standing committees for
2024/25 shall be as set out in the
Council’s constitution

                                       
(i)        
Noted the memberships of the Boards of Directors of the
Local Authority Trading Companies

                                       
(j)        
Agreed that all councillors will be appointed as
supernumerary members to substitute when a named member of a
committee is unable to attend a meeting, in accordance with the
Council’s scheme for the appointment of substitute members;
Group Leaders and/or Group Whips being able to agree substitutions
in respect of members of their party groups; that in respect of the
Health and Wellbeing Board, Executive members may be substituted
only by other members of the Executive ; and that in respect of any
Scrutiny Committee, Executive members cannot serve as substitutes.
(Note: The supernumerary arrangements do not apply to the
Cabinet)

                                     
(k)        
Agreed that the position of vice chair of the Corporate
Parenting Board be included in these appointments and delegate to
the Monitoring Officer authority to make the consequential
amendment to the Constitution arising from this
decision.

                                       
(l)        
Agreed that references to the ‘Scrutiny
Chairs’ Group’ be removed from the Constitution since
this has been superseded by the Coordinating Scrutiny Committee,
and delegate authority to the Monitoring Officer to make the
required changes.