Issue - meetings

Recommended that the Council:

(i)               Reviews the representation of the different political groups on the Council and the allocation of seats to each of those political groups into which the Council is divided as set out in Appendix A (Appendix A to be circulated following the elections);

(ii)             Notes the appointments made to the Cabinet by the Leader of the Council as set out in Part A of Appendix B (Appendix B to be circulated following the elections);

(iii)            Receives notification from the Leader of the Council that unless and until the Leader of the Council otherwise directs, the Cabinet, being the body which will undertake the relevant functions and powers set out in Part 3 (Responsibility for functions) of the Constitution of Havant Borough Council, will undertake all those functions and powers by acting together, save that, where Cabinet functions have been delegated to individual members of the Cabinet in accordance with the Scheme of Delegations to Portfolio Holders set out in Part 3B of the Constitution and/or to officers in accordance with the Scheme of Delegations to Officers set out in Part 3D of the Constitution, those delegations will continue to have effect.

(iv)       Approves as set out in Parts B and C of Appendix B:

1            the appointment and functions of the various Committees and Boards;

2            the appointment of Councillors to those Committees and Boards in accordance with the wishes of the political groups; and;

3            the appointment of Chairs and Vice-Chairs (as  appropriate) to those Committees and Boards; and

(v)       Approves the sundry appointments set out in Part D of Appendix B.

The Leader of the Council presented a report to the Council setting out the Committee and other appointments for 2016/17.  The Leader took the opportunity to congratulate the recently elected and re-elected members of the Council and to welcome Councillors L Turner and N Bains as new members of the Cabinet.  The Leader conveyed his thanks to Councillors M Fairhurst and Y Weeks for their contribution to the work of the Cabinet as former Cabinet Leads.

PROPOSED  by Councillor M Cheshire and seconded by Councillor L Turner, it was:

RESOLVED that:

(i)            the representation of the different political groups on the Council and the allocation of seats to each of those political groups into which the Council is divided as set out in Appendix A be noted;

(ii)          the appointments made to the Cabinet by the Leader of the Council as set out in Part A of Appendix B be noted;

(iii)         notification be received from the Leader of the Council that unless and until the Leader of the Council otherwise directs, the Cabinet, being the body which will undertake the relevant functions and powers set out in Part 3 (Responsibility for functions) of the Constitution of Havant Borough Council, will undertake all those functions and powers by acting together, save that, where Cabinet functions have been delegated to individual members of the Cabinet in accordance with the Scheme of Delegations to Portfolio Holders set out in Part 3B of the Constitution and/or to officers in accordance with the Scheme of Delegations to Officers set out in Part 3D of the Constitution, those delegations will continue to have effect;

(iv)         the following be approved as set out in Parts B and C of Appendix B:

(1)  the appointment and functions of the various Committees and boards;

(2)  the appointment of Councillors to those Committees and Boards in accordance with the wishes of the political groups;

(3)  the appointment of Chairs and Vice-Chairs (as appropriate) to those Committees and Boards; and

(v)          the sundry appointments set out in Part D of Appendix B.