To receive a report on the Committees of the Council, their composition, membership and terms of reference for the 2014/15 Municipal Year.

The Chief Executive submitted a report inviting the Council to agree the Committees of the Council, their size, political composition, membership and terms of reference for the 2014/15 municipal year. In accordance with the provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, the Chief Executive had been informed of the following political groups on the Council:

 

        Conservative Group          -     33 Members

        Labour Group                   -     27 Members

        Liberal Democrat Group    -       3 Members

         

The regulations provided for the composition of Committees to be in accordance with the political balance of the 63 Members of the Council.

 

        RESOLVED –

 

(1)        That the composition of the various standing Committees, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, be approved.

 

(2)        That the Terms of Reference for each Committee, as set out in Appendix 2 to the report, be approved.

 

(3)        That Council approves the membership of Committees for the 2014/15 Municipal Year, as set out below, including the  appointment of Chairman (CH) and Vice-Chairman (V-CH) and notes the nominated Opposition Spokesperson (OS), where appropriate:

 

ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Chris Boyes	Jane Baugh	-
Dylan Butt	Barry Brotherton OS
Mrs. Laura Evans V-CH	Tom Ross
Michael Whetton CH

 

EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Mrs. Pamela Dixon V-CH	Joanne Bennett	-
Nathan Evans	Catherine Hynes  OS
Brian Rigby CH	Andrew Western
Brian Shaw

 

 

        LICENSING COMMITTEE

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Dan Bunting	Anne Duffield	-
Dylan Butt	Mike Freeman OS
Chris Candish CH	Philip Gratrix
Paul Lally	David Jarman
Alan Mitchell	John Smith
Matthew Sephton	Whit Stennett
Bernard Sharp V-CH	Sophie Taylor
Brian Shaw

 

PLANNING DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Dr. Karen Barclay	Philip Gratrix	Tony Fishwick
Daniel Bunting V-CH	Dolores O’Sullivan
Rob Chilton	John Smith
Nathan Evans	Whit Stennett
Bernard Sharp	Laurence Walsh OS
Mrs. Viv Ward CH
Michael Whetton
Substitute Members of the Planning Development Control Committee:
Mrs. Pamela Dixon	Catherine Hynes	Mrs. Jane Brophy
Brian Rigby	Denise Western
Matthew Sephton
Brian Shaw

           

STANDARDS COMMITTEE

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Dr. Karen Barclay	Louise Dagnall	Ray Bowker
Chris Boyes	Mike Freeman
Mrs. Laura Evans	David Jarman
John Holden CH	Kevin Procter V-CH
Patrick Myers
Alex Williams

 

Non-Voting Co-optees (5)

 

2 Parish Representatives:   Mrs. S. Royle and Mr. A. Rudden

3 Independent Members:    Mr. D. Goodman, Mr. C. Griffiths and

                                         1 Vacancy

 

Independent Persons of the Hearing Panel (2)

(under Section 28 of the Localism Act 2011): Ms. N. Jackson and

                                                                   Mr. M. Whiting

 

SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Dylan Butt	Karina Carter	Ray Bowker
Mrs. Pamela Dixon	Mike Cordingley V-CH
Mrs. Laura Evans	Louise Dagnall
John Holden	Denise Western
Alan Mitchell CH
Mrs. June Reilly

 

Ex-Officio (Non-Voting Member): Chairman of Health Scrutiny Committee – Councillor Judith Lloyd

 

Co-opted Members for Education Matters:

 

Church Representatives (Voting Members)

 

Church of England: Vacancy         

Roman Catholic: Sister P. Goodstadt       

 

Parent-Governor Representatives (Voting Members)

 

Primary: Vacancy

Secondary: Mrs. D. Haddad          

Special: Vacancy

 

Teacher Representatives (Non-Voting Members)

 

Primary: Mr. D. Kitchen

Secondary: Vacancy           

Special: Vacancy

 

HEALTH SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Dr. Karen Barclay	Joanne Harding	Mrs. Jane Brophy
Mrs. Angela Bruer-Morris	Judith Lloyd CH
Rob Chilton	Kevin Procter
Brian Shaw	Sophie Taylor
Mrs. Viv Ward
Mrs. Patricia Young V-CH

 

Ex-Officio (Non-Voting Member): Chairman of Scrutiny Committee – Councillor Alan Mitchell

 

HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARD

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Executive Members for:	LABOUR GROUP Shadow Executive Member for:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP
Adult Social Services and Community Wellbeing  CH – Councillor Michael Young	Adult Social Services and Community Wellbeing – Councillor Joanne Bennett	-
Children’s Services – Councillor Michael Cornes

 

Officer(s) and External Partners:

 

Corporate Director of Children, Families and Wellbeing

Accountable Officer Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group

Trafford Representative, NHS England Area Team

Director of Public Health*

Chair Health Watch Trafford*

Director of Commissioning, Clinical Commissioning Group

Representative, Central Manchester Foundation Trust

Representative, University Hospital of South Manchester

Representative, Pennine Community Care Foundation Trust

Representative, Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust

Representative, Trafford’s Third Sector

Representative, Greater Manchester Police Trafford Division

 

(4)        That the Licensing Committee be recommended to appoint the membership of the Safety at Sports Grounds Sub-Committee, namely Councillors Paul Lally (Chairman), Matthew Sephton (Vice-Chairman) and Helen Boyle.

 

(5)        That the Appointments and Appeals Panel be formally appointed and its membership be drawn from all Members of the Council.

 

(6)        That until such time locality partnership arrangements are in place:

 

(a)        the Chairmen of the Neighbourhood Forums be appointed as follows:

         

Altrincham North	-	Councillor Mrs. Laura Evans
Altrincham South	-	Councillor Dr. Karen Barclay
Sale East	-	Councillor Mrs. Pamela Dixon
Sale West	-	Councillor Brian Rigby
Stretford	-	Councillor Laurence Walsh
Urmston	-	Councillor Mrs. Lisa Cooke

 

(b)        Councillor Stennett be nominated as Chairman of the Old Trafford Neighbourhood Forum.

 

(7)        That the membership of the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee be approved as follows:

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Mrs. Angela Bruer-Morris	Judith Lloyd
John Holden	Kevin Procter
Mrs. Patricia Young
Substitute Members of the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee:
Mrs. V. Ward	Joanne Harding

 

(8)        That it be noted that the role of Topic Group Chairman are discontinued and that the Statutory Scrutiny Officer will report on the future operation of Scrutiny Committees at the next meeting of the Council.

 

(9)        That the Council delegate to the Chief Executive, in accordance with the written request of the relevant Group Leader, the power and authority to change the membership of committees and sub-committees as may be needed from time to time.