Issue - meetings

(A report by John Medler, Monitoring Officer)

A.        Membership of Committees 2024/25

(Appendix A)

B.        Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Committees 2024/25

(Appendix B)

C.        Programme of Meetings 2024/25

(Appendix C)

D.        Cabinet Appointments and Portfolios

(Appendix D)

E.        Council Representation on Outside Bodies 2024/25

(Appendix E)

F.        Appointment of Independent Person and Independent Panel

The Assistant Director – Governance & Monitoring Officer introduced a report which set out recommendations for the Council to establish the democratic arrangements for the Council, as detailed below:

·         The proposed membership of Committees, Sub-Committees, Panels and Working Groups for the Municipal Year 2024/25, as set out in Appendix A, of which hard copies had been tabled.

Attention was drawn to the replacement of Councillor Patsie Marson with Councillor Barrie Pierpoint on the Corporate and Community Committee, and to the appointment of Councillors Richard Austin BEM and Paul Gleeson as Substitute Members on the Planning Committee;

·         The nominations received for the positions of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Committees, Sub-Committees and Panels for the municipal year 2024/25, as set out in Appendix B;

·         The Programme of Ordinary Council and Committee Meetings for the

municipal year 2024/25, as set out in Appendix C;

·         The membership of the Cabinet and Portfolios for the municipal year

2024/25, submitted for information purposes only, as set out in Appendix D;

·         The appointments to the outside bodies for the municipal year 2024/25 as set out in Appendix E, of which hard copies had been tabled.

Attention was drawn to the replacement of Councillor David Mountain with Councillor Barrie Pierpoint on the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board; and

·         The reappointment of the Council’s Independent Person and appointments to the Council’s Independent Panel.

The Assistant Director – Governance & Monitoring Officer thanked the Group Leaders: Councillors Anne Dorrian, Claire Rylott and Stephen Woodliffe for their support in the advising of appointments.

The recommendations were moved by Councillor Anne Dorrian and seconded by Councillor Dale Broughton.

Resolved:

1.    That the establishment of Committees, Sub-Committees, Panels and Working Groups for the municipal year 2024/25, including the allocation of seats to political groups and appointments (and substitutes), as set out in Appendix A as tabled, be approved; 

2.    That the appointment of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Committees, Sub-Committees and Panels for the municipal year 2024/25, as set out in Appendix B within the report, be approved;

3.    That the Programme of Ordinary Council and Committee Meetings for the municipal year 2024/2525, as set out in Appendix C within the report be approved; and that delegated authority be given to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the relevant Chairman, to amend meeting dates or cancel meetings as and when required;

4.    That the membership of the Cabinet and Portfolios for the for the municipal year 2024/25, as set out in Appendix D within the report, be noted;

5.    That the appointments to the Council’s outside bodies for the municipal year 2024/25, as set out in Appendix E as tabled, be approved; and

6.    That Alison Fairman be reappointed as Boston Borough Council’s Independent Personuntil the Council’s Annual Meeting in May 2025 and that Council Independent Panel be appointed as set out in section 7.4. within the report.