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16/05/2023 - Election of Vice-Chair ref: 727 Recommendations Approved

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Decision Maker: County Council

Made at meeting: 16/05/2023 - County Council

Decision published: 18/05/2023

Effective from: 16/05/2023

Decision:

That Councillor Jeff Morgan be elected as Vice-Chair of Warwickshire County Council for the municipal year 2023/2024.

16/05/2023 - Election of Chair ref: 726 Recommendations Approved

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Decision Maker: County Council

Made at meeting: 16/05/2023 - County Council

Decision published: 18/05/2023

Effective from: 16/05/2023

Decision:

That Councillor Christopher Kettle be elected as Chair of Warwickshire County Council for the municipal year 2023/2024.

16/05/2023 - Appointments to Committees and Other Bodies ref: 729 Recommendations Approved

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A report that requests that Council agree the membership of committees and other bodies.

Decision Maker: County Council

Made at meeting: 16/05/2023 - County Council

Decision published: 18/05/2023

Effective from: 16/05/2023

Decision:

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 & Standards Committee (6)	4	1	1			6
Regulatory Committee (12)	10	1			1	12
Staff & 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 2022	47	7	6	3	1	64

3. 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	Green	WRA/Ind Vacancy	Total
Audit & Standards Committee (6 +2 co-optees, being J Bridgeman + R Edwards Zara)	John Cooke Brian Hammersley Ian Shenton Bhagwant Singh Pandher	Sarah Feeney	Bill Gifford			6
Regulatory Committee	Jill Simpson-Vince (C) John Cooke (VC) Jeff Clarke Dave Humphreys Jack Kennaugh Justin Kerridge Andy Jenns Chris Mills Ian Shenton Adrian Warwick	Caroline Phillips			Judy Falp	12
Staff and Pensions Committee	Yousef Dahmash (C) Brian Hammersley Chris Kettle Mandy Tromans	Sarah Millar	Bill Gifford (VC)			6
Adult Social Care & Health OSC	Jo Barker (C) John Cooke Andy Jenns Marian Humphreys Chris Mills Ian Shenton Mandy Tromans	John Holland (VC)	Kate Rolfe (Sp)	Tracey Drew (Sp)		10
Children &Young People OSC	Marian Humphreys (C) Clare Golby Penny Anne O’Donnell Chris Mills Justin Kerridge Brian Hammersley Jeff Morgan Jill Simpson-Vince	Barbara Brown (Sp)	Jerry Roodhouse (VC)			10
Communities OSC	Jeff Clarke (C) Daren Pemberton Dave Humphreys Bhagwant Singh Pandher Pete Gilbert Mejar Singh Andrew Wright	Sarah Feeney (Sp)	Jenny Fradgley (Sp)	Jonathan Chilvers (VC)		10
Resources and Fire & Rescue OSC	Adrian Warwick (C) Parminder Singh Birdi (VC) Piers Daniell Ian Shenton Wallace Redford Rik Spencer Rob Tromans	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

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

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

	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Health and Wellbeing Board (4)	Margaret Bell Izzi Seccombe Sue Markham		Jerry Roodhouse
Joint Coventry & Warwickshire Health OSC (5)	Jo Barker John Cooke Chris Mills Andy Jenns	John Holland
Corporate Parenting Panel (6)	Sue Markham (C) Penny-Anne O’Donnell Marian Humphreys Brett Beetham	Caroline Phillips	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)	Heather Timms Andrew Wright Richard Baxter Payne Bhagwant Singh Pandher	Sarah Millar
Horton Joint OSC (1)	Christopher Kettle

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

7. That the Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board, the Director of Public Health and the Strategic Director for People continue as the Council’s appointed nominees on the Integrated Care Partnership and the Strategic Director for People as the Council’s appointed nominee on the Integrated Care Board

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

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

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
Keith Francis – Scheme Employer Representative	Caroline Jones, Finance Portfolio Lead for Communities & Resources - Employers' Representative
Councillor Ian Shenton – Scheme Employer Representative	Councillor Brian Hammersley - 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
Vacant – Scheme Member Representative	Vacant - Employees' Representative

10. 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.

11. 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

12. That the Council confirms/appoints to the following Business Improvement Districts:

BID Leamington (1)	Sarah Boad
Rugby First Ltd (1)	Peter Butlin
Stratforward BID (Stratford-upon-Avon) (1)	Tim Sinclair

13. That the Council confirms/appoints to the following Community Safety Partnerships

North Warwickshire Community Safety Partnership (1)	Dave Humphreys
Nuneaton and Bedworth Community Safety Partnership (1)	Sue Markham
South Warwickshire Community Safety Partnership (2 – one from the Warwick area and one from the Stratford-upon-Avon area)	1. Wallace Redford 2. TBC
Rugby Community Safety Partnership (1)	Jill Simpson-Vince
Safer Warwickshire Partnership Board (1)	Andy Crump

14. That Council confirms the delegations of non-executive functions to officers as set out in the Constitution subject to any amendments proposed and agreed at this meeting and authorises the Strategic 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.

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Deborah Moseley, Nichola Vine

16/05/2023 - Education Capital Programme 2023/24 ref: 732 Recommendations Approved

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Approval of the addition of schemes and allocation of funding to the Education Capital Programme

Decision Maker: County Council

Made at meeting: 16/05/2023 - County Council

Decision published: 18/05/2023

Effective from: 16/05/2023

Decision:

That Council agrees the addition of £2.714 million to the capital programme to deliver the scheme at Oak Wood Secondary School to be funded from the Department for Education (DfE) High Needs Grant and developer contributions.

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Emma Basden-Smith, Claire Thornicroft, Bern Timings