Agenda item

Council received a report of the Director of Legal and Governance (Monitoring Officer), regarding the establishment of committees, sub-committees, boards, panels and working groups and their terms of reference for the 2025-2026 Municipal Year, or until amended by Council, (whichever was the latter).

 

Schedule A of the report submitted set out the Executive and Executive Sub-Committees and Advisory Bodies as agreed by the Mayor.

 

Schedules B and C identified the nominations received from the various groups and individual Councillors for places on the committees to be established by the Council in accordance with Sections 15 and 16 of the Local Government Act 1989 and Local Government (Political Groups and Committees) Regulations 1990.

 

Schedule D set out steering/working groups that were not included in the calculation of political balance as they were not Council Committees.

 

The report included a list of current vacancies on various committees and nominations were put forward at the meeting by the individual Members concerned.

 

The Monitoring Officer conducted a vote in respect of the role of Chair/Vice Chair and nominations for spare places, where applicable, in relation to the following committees:

 

Schedule C:

 

AUDIT COMMITTEE

Chair: Councillor Ewan appointed

Vice Chair: Councillor Coupe appointed

 

CHIEF OFFICER APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE

Chair: Councillor Jackson appointed

Vice Chair: Vacant

 

CONSTITUTION AND MEMBERS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Chair: Chair of Council (Councillor Banks)

Vice Chair: Vice Chair of Council (Councillor Kabuye)

 

CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE:

Chair: Chair of Council (Councillor Banks)

Vice Chair: Councillor L Young appointed

 

YOU MATTER TO US - CORPORATE PARENTING BOARD

Chair: Councillor Henman appointed

Vice Chair: Councillor Uddin appointed

 

2 vacancies: no nominations

 

LICENSING COMMITTEE

Chair: Councillor Lewis appointed

Vice Chair: Councillor Hill appointed

 

1 vacancy: no nominations

 

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Chair: Councillor Thompson appointed

Vice Chair: Councillor Rostron appointed

 

STAFF APPEALS COMMITTEE

Chair: Councillor Davison appointed

Vice Chair: Councillor Jackson appointed

 

STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Chair: Councillor Romaine appointed

Vice Chair: Councillor Morrish appointed

 

TEESSIDE PENSION FUND COMMITTEE

Chair: Councillor Kabuye appointed

Vice Chair: Councillor Rostron appointed

 

1 vacancy: Councillor Ewan appointed

1 vacancy: no nominations

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY BOARD

Chair: Councillor L Young appointed

Vice Chair: Councillor Ewan appointed

 

ADULT SOCIAL CARE AND HEALTH SCRUTINY PANEL

Chair: Councillor Kabuye appointed

Vice Chair: Councillor Coupe appointed

 

CHILDREN’S SCRUTINY PANEL

Chair: Councillor Clynch appointed

Vice Chair: Vacant

 

1 vacancy: Councillor Jackson appointed

 

PLACE SCRUTINY PANEL

Chair: Councillor Branson appointed

Vice Chair: Councillor Livingstone appointed

 

Schedule D:

 

CORPORATE HEALTH AND SAFETY STEERING GROUP

Chair: Councillor Branson appointed

 

4 vacancies: no nominations

 

WORKS COUNCIL

Chair: Deputy Mayor (Councillor Storey)

 

2 vacancies: no nominations

 

ORDERED as follows that Council:

 

Approved:

 

1.         The establishment of committees, sub committees, boards, panels and working groups and terms of reference for the 2025-2026 Municipal Year, or until amended by Council, (whichever is the latter).

 

2.         The places allocated in accordance with the wishes of the political groups and other Councillors as shown.

 

3.         The vacancies listed at paragraph 2.1.3 of this report were filled in accordance with political group and other Councillors’ preferences.

 

Noted:

 

4.         The membership, size, and terms of reference of the Executive, its sub- committees and advisory bodies approved by the Mayor for 2025 onwards as set out in Schedule A in the Appendix to this report.