Issue - meetings

To seek approval from the Environment and Communities Committee to appoint the bodies referred to in the report and to nominate members to them.

The committee considered the report which sought approval from the Environment and Communities Committee to appoint the bodies referred to in the report and to nominate members to them.

The annual report was presented which all Service Committees receive respective to their sub-committees and working groups. The committee were asked to make appointments as follows:

-          Local Plan Member Reference Group. Made up of seven members: three Conservative, three Labour and one Independent. Political balance rules have been applied and received the following nominations;

Conservative nominations for Councillors Gardiner, Dean and Edgar

Labour nominations for Councillors Braithwaite, Chapman and Crane

Independent nomination for Councillor Jefferay

-          Carbon Steering Group. Made up of representatives from each of the following committees: Environment and Communities, Children and Families, Adults and Health, Highways and Transport and Economy and Growth with the overall membership being approximately six, however no political balance rules have been applied to this group. Nominations were received as follows:

Environment and Communities rep: Councillor D Jefferay, Councillor T Dean

Adults and Health Rep : Councillor S Corcoran

Children and Families : Councillor Laura Crane

Economy and Growth : TBC

Highways and Transport : TBC

Where nominations had been put forward, the committee were asked to approve these nominations as set out, as recommendation 1 of this report, and for any positions which are yet to be filled, nominations should be submitted to the Head of Democratic Services, Brian Reed, as recommendation 2 of this report.

RESOLVED (unanimously)

That the Environment and Communities Committee

1. Appoints the sub-committees, working groups, panels, boards and joint committees for 2025-26, and the member appointments to them, as set out within this report.

2. Where appropriate, agrees to submit member nominations to the bodies below to the Head of Democratic Services.