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A separate vote was taken on each of the recommendations in each of the Appendices as set out in the report.

 

APPENDIX A and A1 – CALCULATION OF POLITICAL BALANCE (PROPORTIONALITY) AND APPOINTMENTS TO COMMITTEES AND OUTSIDE BODIES

 

1.    That Council note the political balance of the Council is 32

Members of the Conservative Group; 30 Members of the Labour

Group; 1 Liberal Democrat.

 

RESOLVED – Council noted the political balance as set out above.

 

2.    That Council agree the allocation of seats as set out in the table to

this report in order to comply with the political balance regulations

requiring seats to be allocated proportionately to the political

groups represented on Council.

 

RESOLVED – Council agreed the allocation of seats as set out in the table to the report.

 

3.    That Council determine whether it wishes to allocate a seat(s) to

the member not part of a political group on such Committee as

Council may determine.

 

RESOLVED – Council agreed to the allocation of a seat to the member not part of a political group and in accordance with the circulated schedule Councillor Jack Cohen was allocated a seat on the Finchley and Golders Green Area Planning Committee.

 

4.    That Council consider the nominations for appointments to

Committees and other bodies as set out in Appendix A1 and agree

the appointments.

 

The Group secretaries moved the nominations in their names.

 

Councillor Joan Scannell moved the following amendment:

 

Health and Well-being Board

The Conservative Group nomination for Vice-Chairman to be Dr Debbie Frost.

 

A separate vote was taken on the Conservative Group nominations and the Labour Group nominations where there was competition for roles, as follows:

 

Chairman and Vice Chairman:

• Policy and Resources Committee
• Performance and Contract Monitoring Committee
• Children, Education Libraries and Safeguarding Committee
• Environment Committee
• Assets, Regeneration and Growth Committee
• Adults and Safeguarding Committee
• Housing Committee
• Community Leadership Committee
• Chief Officer Appointment Panel

 

Councillors Joan Scannell (Conservative) and Nagus Narenthira (Labour) moved the nominations in their name. Upon the Conservative nominations being put to the vote, the votes were declared as follows:

  

For:        32

Against: 29

Abstain:   1

Absent:    1

TOTAL:  63

 

The Conservative nominations were declared carried.

 

RESOLVED –

 

a.    That the Conservative Group nominations for Chairman and Vice-Chairman on the above committees be approved. 

 

b.    That the Labour Group nominations for Chairman and Vice-Chairman become appointments as Committee Members instead.

 

c.    That those remaining Chairman and Vice-Chairman nominations that are uncontested be approved.

 

 

Chairman only:

• Licensing Committee
• Audit Committee
• Planning Committee
• General Functions Committee
• Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee
• Constitution, Ethics and Probity Committee
• Pension Fund Committee
• Urgency Committee
• Finchley and Golders Green Area Committee
• Finchley and Golders Green Area Planning Committee
• Chipping Barnet Area Committee
• Chipping Barnet Area Planning Committee
• Hendon Area Committee
• Hendon Area Planning Committee
• Corporate Parenting Advisory Panel
• Health and Wellbeing Board
• Finchley and Golders Green Residents Forum
• Chipping Barnet Residents Forum
• Hendon Residents Forum

 

Councillors Joan Scannell (Conservative) and Nagus Narenthira (Labour) moved the nominations in their name. Upon the Conservative nominations being put to the vote, the votes were declared as follows:

  

For:        32

Against: 29

Abstain:   1

Absent:    1

TOTAL:  63

 

The Conservative nominations were declared carried.

 

RESOLVED –

a.    That the Conservative Group nominations for Chairman on the above committees be approved. 

 

b.    That the Labour Group nominations for Chairman become appointments as Committee Members instead.

 

c.    That those remaining Chairman nominations that are uncontested be approved.

 

Membership:

• Safer Communities Partnership Board
• North Central London Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee
• Health and Well-Being Board

 

Upon nominations in the names of Councillors Joan Scannell and Nagus Narenthira being put to the vote, the votes were declared as follows:

 

Conservative Group nominations:

For: 32

 

Labour Group nominations:

For: 29

 

The Conservative Group nominations were declared carried.

 

RESOLVED –

a.    That the Conservative Group nominations for Membership on the above bodies be approved

 

b.    That those remaining nominations that are uncontested are agreed

 

 

Lead Member for Children’s Services

 

Upon nominations in the names of Councillors Joan Scannell and Nagus Narenthira being put to the vote, the votes were declared as follows:

 

Conservative Group nomination:

For: 32

 

Labour Group nomination:

For: 29

 

The Conservative Group nomination was declared carried.

 

RESOLVED – That the Conservative Group nomination for Lead Member for Children’s Services be approved. 

 

 

APPENDIX B – APPOINTMENTS TO OUTSIDE BODIES

 

The Group secretaries moved the nominations in their names.

 

Councillor Joan Scannell moved the following amendments:

 

a.    That the appointments to the following bodies be deferred to a future meeting of the General Functions Committee or Council:

·        One vacancy on the Eleanor Palmers Trust

·        One vacancy on the Henry Smith Charity

b.    That the Conservative Group nominations be amended to include the nomination of Councillor Steven Sowerby to London Youth Games Limited

 

RESOLVED - That the appointments to the following bodies be deferred to a future meeting of the General Functions Committee or Council:

·        One vacancy on the Eleanor Palmers Trust

·        One vacancy on the Henry Smith Charity

 

A separate vote was taken on the Conservative Group nominations and the Labour Group nominations where there was competition for roles, as follows:

 

Outside Bodies:

• Grahame Park Partnership Board – Councillor Tom Davey vs. Councillor Nagus Narenthira only
• Greater London Enterprise
• Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute Council
• Hampstead Heath Management Committee (City of London)
• London Councils Greater London Employment Forum
• London Youth Games Limited
• Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Greater London
• Stonegrove and Spur Road  Partnership Board
• Totteridge Manor Association – Councillor Tim Roberts vs. Councillor Richard Cornelius only
• Valentine Poole Charity
• Wright Community Development Trust
• Youth Sport and Leisure Foundation

 

Councillors Joan Scannell (Conservative) and Nagus Narenthira (Labour) moved the nominations in their name. Upon the Conservative nominations being put to the vote, the votes were declared as follows:

  

For:        32

Against: 29

Abstain:   1

Absent:    1

TOTAL:  63

 

The Conservative nominations were declared carried.

 

RESOLVED –

 

1.    That the Conservative Group nominations for appointments to the above Outside Bodies be approved. 

 

2.    That those remaining nominations that are uncontested be approved

 

 

 

APPENDIX C – CALENDAR OF MEETINGS 2015-16

 

RESOLVED – That Council agree the Calendar of Meetings 2015/16 as set out in Appendix C

 

 

APPENDIX D – RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNCTIONS, ANNEX A

 

RESOLVED – That Council agreethe amendments to Responsibility for Functions, Annex A as set out in Appendix D

 

 

APPENDIX E –APPOINTMENT OF CO-OPTED MEMBERS TO THE CHILDREN, EDUCATION, LIBRARIES & SAFEGUARDING COMMITTEE

 

RESOLVED – That Council extend the membership of the following co-opted members of the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee for a further two years until May 2017:

- Mr Simon Clifford (Parent Governor Representative)

- Mr Darren Warrington (Parent Governor Representative)

- Mr Denis Carey (Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster)

- Ms Gladys Vendy (Church of England)

- Ms Marilyn Nathan (Jewish Schools)

 

 

APPENDIX F –OFFICER AND EXTERNAL PARTNER APPOINTMENTS TO THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING BOARD

 

RESOLVED - That Council agree the appointments of the following officers and external partners to the membership of the Health and Well-Being Board as detailed below:

 

Barnet Healthwatch

TBC

Julie Pal (Substitute)

 

Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group Board Members

Dr Debbie Frost

Dr Clare Stephens

Dr Charlotte Benjamin

Dr Barry Subel (Substitute)

Bernadette Conroy (Substitute)

Dr Ahmer Farooqui (Substitute)

 

Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group Chief Officer

Regina Shakespeare

Maria O’Dwyer (Substitute)

 

Director of Adult Social Services

Dawn Wakeling

Mathew Kendall (Substitute)

 

Director of Children’s Services

Chris Munday

Nicola Francis (Substitute)

 

Director for Public Health

Dr. Andrew Howe

Dr. Jeff Lake (Substitute)