Any papers available prior to the meeting will be circulated to all Members.

1.      To determine the Membership of the:

• Executive Committee
• Overview and Scrutiny Committee
• Audit Committee
• Planning Committee
• Licensing Committee
• Standards Committee
• Ad-hoc Committees

o  Employee Appeals Committee;

o  Employee Appointments Committee;

o  Housing Allocations and Homelessness Review Committee; and Panels and Liaison Groups as follows:

o  Gloucestershire Police and Crime Panel;

o  Shared Legal Services Joint Monitoring and Liaison Group; and

o  Shared Building Control Joint Monitoring and Liaison Group.

2.      In accordance with the Constitution, to receive a report from the Leader of the Council and take any action necessary.

3.      To determine:

a.  the Outside Bodies to which the Council should make appointments and the representation on those Bodies.

b. To delegate authority to the Borough Solicitor, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to nominate other Members to attend a meeting of an outside body in the event that the nominated Member or their representative is unable to attend. 

4.      The Council will at this stage adjourn for a brief period to allow each Committee, as set out below, to hold a formal meeting to conduct the business set out in the enclosed Agenda: 

1.     Overview and Scrutiny Committee                                  

2.     Audit Committee                                                      

3.     Planning Committee                                                 

4.     Licensing Committee 

5.    Standards Committee     

                  Membership of Committees 2017/18

17.1           Upon being proposed and seconded it was

RESOLVED          That the following Committee Memberships be AGREED:  

 Report of the Leader of the Council

17.2           The Leader of the Council indicated that, as part of the Constitution, he was required to report at the Annual Council meeting on the number of Lead Members and scope of their Portfolios for the coming year, the number of Specialist Members and the specialist areas to be covered, and any other matters in relation to the political management of the Council. He proposed that there should be no change to the current arrangements in respect of the number of Lead Members, the areas covered by each Portfolio, Member Specialists and any other matters in relation to the political management of the Council. He expressed a hope that Members would all continue to work in the best interests of the Borough to meet the challenges ahead. In terms of Outside Body appointments the Leader advised that, in order to regularise the position in respect of Membership of the Riverside Partnership and the Tewkesbury Regeneration Partnership, he would be proposing that the Membership of both Partnerships be the Lead Members for Built Environment, Economic Development/Promotion and Health and Wellbeing and Councillor P N Workman. Accordingly, it was

                  RESOLVED          That the Leader’s report be NOTED and that there be no                                    changes to the number of Lead Members or scope of their                                      Portfolios and no Member Specialists.

                  Outside Bodies 2017/18

17.3           Taking account of the Leader’s Report and upon being proposed and seconded, it was

                   RESOLVED         1. That the following Outside Body Representation be                                                  AGREED:

2. That authority be delegated to the Borough Solicitor, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to nominate other Members to attend a meeting of an Outside Body in the event that the nominated Member or their representative is unable to attend.  

                  Chairs and Vice-Chairs, County Council Health and Care Scrutiny Committee and Gloucestershire Economic Growth Scrutiny Committee 

17.4           A short meeting of each of the main Committees set out in Paragraph 17.1 (excluding Ad-Hoc Committees) took place to elect a Chair and Vice-Chair and the Overview and Scrutiny Committee elected representatives to the County Council’s Health and Care Scrutiny Committee and the Gloucestershire Economic Growth Scrutiny Committee. Accordingly, it was

                  RESOLVED          1. That the Chairs and Vice-Chairs for each Committee                                               be AGREED as follows:

                                                    Overview and Scrutiny Committee:

                                                    Chair – Councillor P W Awford 

                                                    Vice-Chair – Councillor R E Allen

                                                    Audit Committee:

                                                    Chair – Councillor V D Smith 

                                                    Vice-Chair – Councillor Mrs H C McLain 

                                                    Planning Committee:

                                                    Chair – Councillor J H Evetts

                                                    Vice-Chair – Councillor R D East

                                                    Licensing Committee:

                                                    Chair – Councillor R E Garnham 

                                                    Vice-Chair – Councillor Mrs J Greening 

                                                    Standards Committee

                                                    Chair – Councillor M J Williams 

                                                    Vice-Chair – Councillor P D Surman 

                                                2.  That Councillor Mrs J E Day be the Council’s nominated                                         representative on the County Council’s Health and Care                                          Scrutiny Committee.

                                                3. That Councillor P W Awford be the Council’s nominated                                          representative on the Gloucestershire Economic Growth                                        Scrutiny Committee and that Councillor Mrs H C McLain be                                the reserve.