Agenda for Council on Monday 12th June 2017, 7.30 pm

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, Campus East, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, AL8 6AE. View directions

Contact: Graham Seal 

Items
No. Item

13.

APOLOGIES

To receive apologies for absence, if any.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors T.Bailey, J.Beckerman, C.Gillett, S.Markiewicz, T.Mitchinson, P.Shah and K.Thorpe.

 

The Mayor welcomed newly elected Councillor T.Lyons to her first Council meeting.

 

The Mayor said that it was good to see Councillor L.Chesterman back this evening and hoped that Councillor S.Markiewicz’s operation went well today.

14.

REVIEW OF POLITICAL PROPORTIONALITY pdf icon PDF 96 KB

Report of the Chief Executive reviewing the political proportionality of Member appointments to Committees following the Hatfield Villages Ward by-election on 8 June 2017.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report of the Chief Executive further reviewing the political proportionality of Member appointments to Committees, which had been agreed at the Annual Council meeting on 22 May, to take account of the Hatfield Villages Ward by-election on 8 June 2017.

 

The outcome of the review, which met the legal requirement to reflect the overall political composition of the Council in the appointment of Members to Committees, was set out on Appendix A to the report.

 

It was moved by Councillor R.Trigg, seconded by Councillor J.Dean and 

 

RESOLVED:

 

(1)       That the further review of political proportionality of Member appointments to Committees and the proposed changes to the allocation of seats, as set out in Appendix A to the Chief Executive’s report, be approved.

 

(2)       That changes to the appointment of the membership of Committees be made in accordance with the revised allocation of seats.

15.

APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES pdf icon PDF 177 KB

To approve the appointment of the membership of Committees following the Hatfield Villages Ward by-election on 8 June 2017 as set out in Appendix B (to be circulated separately after the by-election).

Minutes:

Changes to the appointment of the membership of Committees which had been agreed at the Annual Council meeting on 22 May, to take account of the Hatfield Villages Ward by-election on 8 June 2017, were set out in Appendix B for approval in accordance with the revised allocation of seats, as agreed in the previous Agenda item at this meeting (set out in Appendix A) (Minute 14 refers).

 

It was moved by Councillor J.Dean, seconded by Councillor M.Perkins and

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the appointment of the membership of Committees with their respective Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen, as set out in Appendix B to Agenda Item 4, be approved.