To consider report LDS/152 of the Head of Legal, Democracy and HR.

The Full Council considered the report of the Head of Legal, Democracy and HR, LDS/152, noting the revised nominations as detailed in the Order of Proceedings.

The recommendations were considered, as follows:-

Recommendation 1 – Review of Political Proportionality and Appointments to Committees

In the process of Councillor Lamb moving and Councillor P Smith seconding Recommendation 1, a number of issues were raised:-

Recommendation 1 (2) (ii) – Chairs / Vice-Chairs

(a)  Planning Committee – Chair

It was moved by Councillor P Smith, seconded by Councillor Thomas, that Councillor Malik be appointed as Chair of the Planning Committee, whilst Councillor Crow, seconded by Councillor Guidera, proposed the appointment of Councillor A Belben. A vote was taken.

As a result of the vote, Councillor Malik was appointed as Chair of the Planning Committee.

(b)  Planning Committee – Vice-Chair

It was moved by Councillor P Smith, seconded by Councillor Thomas, that Councillor McAleney be appointed as Vice-Chair of the Planning Committee, whilst Councillor Crow, seconded by Councillor Guidera, proposed the appointment of Councillor A Belben. A vote was taken.

As a result of the vote, Councillor McAleney was appointed as Vice-Chair of the Planning Committee.

(c)  Licensing Committee – Chair

It was moved by Councillor Ayling, seconded by Councillor Mullins that Councillor Jones be appointed as Chair of the Licensing Committee, whilst Councillor Crow, seconded by Councillor McCarthy, proposed the appointment of Councillor Peck. A vote was taken.

As a result of the vote, Councillor Jones was appointed as Chair of the Licensing Committee.

(d)  Licensing Committee – Vice-Chair

It was moved by Councillor Jones, seconded by Councillor Rana that Councillor Ayling be appointed as Vice-Chair of the Licensing Committee, whilst Councillor Crow, seconded by Councillor McCarthy, proposed the appointment of Councillor Peck. A vote was taken.

As a result of the vote, Councillor Ayling was appointed as Vice-Chair of the Licensing Committee.

(e)  Overview and Scrutiny Commission – Chair

It was moved by Councillor Lunnon, seconded by Councillor Jhans, that Councillor Rana be appointed as Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission, whilst Councillor Crow, seconded by Councillor Pendlington, proposed the appointment of Councillor T Belben. A vote was taken.

As a result of the vote, Councillor Rana was appointed as Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission and that Councillor T Belben was appointed as Vice-Chair of the Commission.

It was noted that opposition Councillors referred to the fact that whilst it was the Group in Opposition, the Conservative Group did hold a large proportion of seats on the Council, that should entitle them to have the Vice Chairs of all major Committees, and in line with good practice, the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission as recommended by the Centre for Public Scrutiny.

Moved by Councillor Lamb, seconded by Councillor P Smith and

RESOLVED

That the Council approves the establishment of Committees, the allocation of seats, and the appointment of Councillors to those seats (based on political proportionality); along with the Chairs and Vice-chairs for those Committees for the municipal year 2019/20 as set out in Appendix C

Recommendation 2 – Appointments to Outside Organisations to which the Council was invited to make nominations.

Councillor McAleney left the Council Chamber for this item.

The Full Council considered the appointments of persons on outside organisations to which the Council was invited to make nominations.

There was one outside organisation for which there were more nominations than places available.  The Council determined who should be appointed by voting as follows:-

Item 7 (Crawley Open House Management Committee – (COHMC))

There were three nominations for two places.

It was moved by Councillor Lunnon, seconded by Councillor Rana, that Councillors Irvine and Thomas be the Council’s two appointments on COHMC, whilst Councillor McCarthy moved, seconded by Councillor Millar-Smith, that Councillor Guidera be one of the Council’s appointments on COHMC.

A vote was taken, to result in the two Councillors gaining the most votes to be the Council’s nominations.  Having put it to the vote, Councillor Irvine received unanimous votes. Both Councillors Guidera and Thomas received 17 votes each and as a result the Mayor had to use his casting vote to decide the second nomination.

Councillors Irvine and Thomas were appointed.

Moved by Councillor Lamb, seconded by Councillor P Smith and

RESOLVED

That the Council’s representatives be appointed to the Outside Bodies and Organisations as indicated in Appendix C to these minutes.

Councillor McAleney returned to the Council Chamber.

Recommendation 3 – Council’s Constitution.

The Council’s Constitution was in the final stage of being rewritten through the Constitutional Review Working Group, however the redesigned Constitution was not in a position to be adopted at this time.  Therefore Full Council was asked to approve the use of the current Constitution (which includes the new Cabinet Member Portfolio Responsibilities).

RESOLVED

That Full Council approves the Council’s Constitution.