Agenda item

Appointments to Committees and Other Bodies

Minutes:

Councillor Isobel Seccombe, Leader of the Council, moved that Council agree proposals tabled at the meeting with the following amendments:

Corporate Parenting Panel - Councillor Justin Kerridge to replace Councillor Brett Beetham.

Councillor Peter Butlin, Deputy Leader, seconded the proposals, which were put to the vote and agreed as set out below.

Resolved:

1. That the Council confirms the Committee structure and delegations of non-executive functions to member bodies as set out in the Constitution

2. That the number of places on Council Committees be as follows:

Committees	Con	Lab	LD	Gr	WRA	Total
Audit and Standards Committee (6)	4	1	1			6
Regulatory Committee (12)	10	1			1	12
Staff and Pensions Committee (6)	4	1	1			6
Adult Social Care & Health (10)	7	1	1	1		10
Children and Young People (10)	8	1	1			10
Communities (10)	7	1	1	1		10
Resources and Fire & Rescue (10)	7	1	1	1		10
Political Balance Entitlement 2024	47	7	6	3	1	64

That the Council agrees the appointment of members to the Committees and other bodies as set below:

Opposition Group Spokespersons are indicated for Overview and Scrutiny Committees (Sp)

Committees	Con	Lab	LD	Gr	WRA	Total
Audit and Standards Committee (6+2 co-optees being J Bridgeman + R Edwards-Zara)	Jo Barker John Cooke Ian Shenton Bhagwant Singh Pandher	Sarah Feeney	Bill Gifford			6
Regulatory Committee	Jeff Clarke John Cooke Dave Humphreys Dale Keeling Justin Kerridge Andy Jenns Chris Mills Tim Sinclair Rob Tromans Adrian Warwick	Caroline Phillips			Judy Falp	12
Staff and Pensions Committee	Yousef Dahmash Brian Hammersley Christopher Kettle Mandy Tromans	Sarah Millar	Bill Gifford			6
Adult Social Care & Health OSC	Jo Barker John Cooke Marian Humphreys Dale Keeling Chris Mills Ian Shenton Mandy Tromans	John Holland	Kate Rolfe (Sp)	Tracey Drew (Sp)		10
Children and Young People OSC	Parminder Singh Birdi Piers Daniell Marian Humphreys Justin Kerridge Chris Mills Penny-Anne O’Donnell Jill Simpson-Vince Tim Sinclair	Barbara Brown (Sp)	Jerry Roodhouse			10
Communities OSC	Jeff Clarke Dave Humphreys Pete Gilbert Bhagwant Singh Pandher Daren Pemberton Mejar Singh Andrew Wright	Sarah Feeney (Sp)	Jenny Fradgley (Sp)	Jonathan Chilvers		10
Resources and Fire & Rescue OSC	Parminder Singh Birdi Wallace Redford Tim Sinclair Mejar Singh Rik Spencer Rob Tromans Adrian Warwick	Sarah Feeney (Sp)	Sarah Boad (Sp)	Will Roberts (Sp)		10
Joint Staff Negotiating Body (2) [*+ Leader Appointment x2]	+Izzi Seccombe +Yousef Dahmash	Barbara Brown	Bill Gifford
Joint Teachers Negotiating Body (2) [*+ Leader Appointment x2]	+Kam Kaur +Yousef Dahmash	Barbara Brown	Bill Gifford
Pension Fund Sub-Committee *appointments are made by Staff and Pensions Committee	Brian Hammersley Christopher Kettle Mandy Tromans	Sarah Millar	Bill Gifford
Pool of Members to sit on the Appointments Sub-Committees and Staff Appeals Sub-Committees.	Margaret Bell Parminder Singh Birdi Peter Butlin Jeff Clarke John Cooke Andy Crump Yousef Dahmash Piers Daniell Brian Hammersley Dave Humphreys Andy Jenns Kam Kaur Justin Kerridge Jan Matecki Jeff Morgan Penny-Anne O’Donnell Wallace Redford Izzi Seccombe Jill Simpson-Vince Mejar Singh Heather Timms Mandy Tromans Adrian Warwick Martin Watson	Barbara Brown Jackie D’Arcy Sarah Feeney John Holland Sarah Millar Caroline Phillips	Sarah Boad Bill Gifford Kate Rolfe Jerry Roodhouse	Tracey Drew

3. That John Bridgeman be confirmed as the Chair of the Audit and Standards Committee.

4. That the Council confirms/amends membership to the following bodies:

	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Health and Wellbeing Board (4)	Margaret Bell Sue Markham Penny-Anne O’Donnell		Jerry Roodhouse
Joint Coventry & Warwickshire Health OSC (5)	Jo Barker John Cooke Andy Jenns Chris Mills	John Holland
Corporate Parenting Panel (6)	Marian Humphreys Justin Kerridge Sue Markham Penny-Anne O’Donnell	Caroline Phillips	Jerry Roodhouse
SEND Member Panel (6)	Brett Beetham Marian Humphreys Kam Kaur Chris Mills	Barbara Brown	Jerry Roodhouse
Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE) (5)	Parminder Singh Birdi John Cooke Justin Kerridge	Barbara Brown	Sarah Boad
Warwickshire Waste Partnership (5)	Bhagwant Singh Pandher Richard Baxter-Payne Tim Sinclair Heather Timms	Sarah Millar
Horton Joint OSC (1)	Christopher Kettle

5. That the Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care and Health is appointed as the Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board.

6. That the Executive Director for Social Care and Health be the Council’s appointed nominee on the Integrated Care Board. That the Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board, the Executive Director for Children and Young People and the Director of Public Health continue as the Council’s appointed nominees on the Integrated Care Partnership.

7. That the Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Children’s Services is appointed as the Chair of the Corporate Parenting Panel.

8. That the Council confirms/appoints to the Local Pension Board and to the Fire & Rescue Pension Board as follows:

Local Pension Board	Fire & Rescue Pension Board
Keith Bray (Chair) - Independent Member	Martin Reohorn (Chair) - Independent Member
Jeff Carruthers – Scheme Employer Representative	Sally Waldron, Assistant Chief Fire Officer - Employers' Representative)
Beverley Farmery – Scheme Employer Representative	Caroline Jones, Finance Portfolio Lead for Communities & Resources - Employers' Representative
Councillor Ian Shenton – Scheme Employer Representative	Councillor Andy Jenns - Employers' Representative
Sean McGovern – Scheme Member Representative	Sian Marsh, Fire Brigades Union (Fire and Rescue) - Employees' Representative
Mike Snow – Scheme Member Representative	Paul Morley, Fire Officers Association - Employees' Representative
Sebastian Burch – Scheme Member Representative	David Vazquez - Employees' Representative

9. That the Council authorises the Chief Executive to agree the final appointments to the Police and Crime Panel in consultation with Group Leaders as she considers to be necessary to meet the requirements of geographical and political proportionality required and to work with District and Borough representatives to achieve that end.

10. That the Council confirms/appoints to the following external bodies:

	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat
LGA (4)	Izzi Seccombe Peter Butlin	John Holland	Jerry Roodhouse
CCN (4)	Izzi Seccombe Peter Butlin	John Holland	Jerry Roodhouse
LGA Fire Commission (1)	Andy Crump
West Midlands Employers Shareholder Board (1)	Yousef Dahmash
Local Access Forum (1)	Christopher Kettle

11. That Council confirms the delegations of non-executive functions to officers as set out in the Constitution subject to changes to those delegations or to such other delegations previously made as are required to implement any changes agreed by Council and authorises the Executive Director for Resources to make such amendments to the Council’s Constitution as may be required as a consequence of this and any other changes agreed at this meeting.

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