Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Chief Executive as follows:

a)    Proportionality

In accordance with Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1989 (the proportionality rules), to review the allocation of seats on County Council Committees and Panels, and other proportionate bodies the County Council is represented on.

b)    Appointment to County Council Committees and Panels 

In accordance with Standing Order 6.2, to appoint a Chairman and Vice-Chairman for every Committee and Panel of the County Council.

c)    Appointment of Members to Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority 

In accordance with Standing Order 26 to appoint the full quota of County Council Members to the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority.

d)    Appointment of Members to the Shadow Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority

In accordance with the resolution of the Council at its meeting on 12 February 2020, to appoint the full quota of County Council Members to the Shadow Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority.

e)    General Appointments 

To make any Member appointments or alterations as required to the membership of committees and standing panels of the County Council, to statutory joint committees, to other proportional bodies the County Council is represented on, or to any other bodies which are not subject to proportionality rules.

The Council considered a report of the Chief Executive as presented by the Leader, to review the Council’s Proportionality Table and to make Member appointments or alterations as required to the membership of the County Council’s committees and standing panels, to statutory joint committees, to other proportional bodies the County Council is represented on, or to any other bodies which are not subject to proportionality rules as listed at 8 b) – e) on the Agenda.

In presenting the report, the Leader moved an additional recommendation and proposed the following appointments:

i)             That Councillor Rob Humby replace Councillor Mel Kendal as one of the County Council’s representatives on the Local Government Association General

ii)            That Councillor Roy Perry replace Councillor Mel Kendal as one of the County Council’s representatives on the Assembly of European Regions (AER)

iii)           That Councillor Alexis McEvoy replace Councillor Mel Kendal as one of the County Council’s representatives on the New Forest National Park Authority

iv)           That Councillor Michael White replace Councillor Mel Kendal as the County Council’s representative on the Community Rail Partnership – Lymington to Brockenhurst

v)            That Councillor Peter Latham replace Councillor Mel Kendal as one of the County Council’s representatives on the Manydown, Basingstoke JMC      

vi)           That Councillor Russell Oppenheimer replace Councillor Mel Kendal as the County Council’s deputy representative on the Southampton Port Consultative Committee   

vii)         That Councillor Bill Withers replace Councillor Marge Harvey on the Children & Young People Select Committee

viii)        That Councillor Rod Cooper replace Councillor Marge Harvey on the Health and Adult Social Care Select Committee

ix)           That Councillor Andrew Gibson replace Councillor Marge Harvey on the Regulatory Committee

x)            That Councillor Stephen Barnes-Andrews (Southampton City Council) be appointed as the Substitute Employer Representative on the Hampshire Pension Fund Panel and Board for the municipal year 2020/21. 

NB:  A vacancy exists for the Employer Representative (Portsmouth

City Council).

RESOLVED:

That:
 

a)      The Proportionality Table at Appendix 3 to these Minutes be approved. 

b)      The appointment of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the County Council’s committees and panels at Appendix 4 to these Minutes be approved.
 

c)      The appointment of the County Council’s representatives on the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority and the Shadow Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority, as set out in paragraphs 3.2 and 3.3 of the report, be approved.

d)      That the additional appointments proposed by the Leader, as set out above, be approved.