Issue - meetings

Council was recommended to approve the Cabinet recommendations for the establishment of a COVID-19 Response and Recovery Scrutiny Panel, in accordance with the rules of political balance and to consider the further consequential changes to other Panels and Committees.

To assist with the debate and recommendations, the Director of Legal and Governance (and Monitoring Officer) took the opportunity to explain the voting process in relation to the allocation of the Unaligned Member to the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Scrutiny Panel and the subsequent appointment of the Panel’s Chairman and Vice Chairman.

Following a series of votes, it was

RESOLVED that

a)    a new COVID-19 Response and Recovery Scrutiny Panel be established, made up of 7 Members including a Chairman and Vice-Chairman (to be reviewed at the Annual Council Meeting in May 2021);

b)    the Terms of Reference for the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Scrutiny Panel, as set out in Appendix A of the Council report, be approved;

c)    it be noted that the appointments to the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Scrutiny Panel be made in accordance with the rules of political balance;

d)    it be confirmed that the positions of Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Scrutiny Panel receive the same Special Responsibility Allowance as the Scrutiny Panel Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen (£5,956 and £1,687 respectively), having duly consulted with the Independent Remuneration Panel;

e)    the membership of the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Scrutiny Panel (including Chairman and Vice Chairman) and the consequential changes to Panel and Committee memberships, be approved as follows:-

Scrutiny Panel A (7)

(6 Ashfield Independents, 1 Labour)

Jim Blagden

Trevor Locke

Lauren Mitchell

Warren Nuttall

Dave Shaw (Chairman)

John Smallridge (Vice Chairman)

David Walters

Scrutiny Panel B (7)

(5 Ashfield Independents, 1 Conservative, 1 Non-Aligned Independent)

Ciaran Brown

Christian Chapman (Chairman)

Melanie Darrington

Dale Grounds

Trevor Locke (Vice Chairman)

Phil Rostance

David Walters

COVID-19 Response and Recovery Scrutiny Panel (7)

(5 Ashfield Independents, 1 Conservative, 1 Non-Aligned Independent)

Jim Blagden (Vice Chairman)

Dale Grounds

David Hennigan (Chairman)

Kevin Rostance

Dave Shaw

John Smallridge

Caroline Wilkinson

Planning Committee (11)

(9 Ashfield Independents, 1 Conservative, 1 Labour)

Chris Baron

Ciaran Brown (Vice Chairman)

Samantha Deakin

Arnie Hankin

Rachel Madden

Sarah Madigan (Chairman)

Lauren Mitchell

John Smallridge

Helen-Ann Smith

Daniel Williamson

Jason Zadrozny

Local Plan Working Group (11)

(9 Ashfield Independents, 1 Conservative, 1 Labour)

Keir Barsby

Samantha Deakin

Arnie Hankin

Rachel Madden (Chairman)

David Martin

Keir Morrison

Matthew Relf

Kevin Rostance

Helen-Ann Smith

Daniel Williamson

Jason Zadrozny