Agenda item

Appointment of Ordinary Committees, Area Committees, Working Parties and Other Member Bodies

To appoint Committees, Area Committees, Working Parties and other Member bodies.    

Minutes:

RESOLVED - That  Ordinary Committees, Area Committees, Working Parties and other Member bodies be constituted as follows for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting and with terms of reference as set out in the Constitution:-

 

(a)     Ordinary Committees

 

(i)      Planning and Highways Regulation

 

          12 Councillors

 


Brian Bagnall (Vice-Chair)

Laura Booth

Christine Corris

Roy Driver

Paul Hadfield

Philip Harding (Chair)

Daniel Hawthorne

Sylvia Humphreys

Julian Lewis-Booth

Paul Porgess

Andy Sorton

Elise Wilson


 

 (ii)   Town Centre   

   

  9 Councillors

 


Geoff Abell

Laura Booth

Kate Butler (Chair)

Christine Corris

Paul Hadfield

Philip Harding (Vice-Chair)

Linda Holt

Chris Murphy

Adrian Nottingham

 


 

(iii)    Licensing, Environment and Safety

 

          10 Councillors

 


Stuart Corris

Tom Grundy

Daniel Hawthorne

Sylvia Humphreys

Chris Murphy (Chair)

Maureen Rowles

Alanna Vine (Vice-Chair)

Lisa Walker

Mark Weldon

David Wilson


 

Sub-Committee A

 

          3 Councillors

 

Tom Grundy

Daniel Hawthorne (Chair)

Lisa Walker

         

          Sub-Committee B

 

          3 Councillors

 

Stuart Corris

Chris Murphy

Alanna Vine (Chair)

 

Substitutes on the Sub-Committees to be members of the Licensing,

Environment and Safety Committee.

 

(iv)    Employment Appeals

 

          3 non-Executive Councillors

 

Malcolm Allan

Roy Driver (Chair)

Linda Holt

 

 (v)    Appeals Panel

 

          6 non-Executive Councillors

 


Richard Coaton (Chair)

Linda Holt

Mags Kirkham

Wendy Meikle

Maureen Rowles

Mark Weldon


 

(vi)    Appointments

 

          7 Councillors

 


Brian Bagnall

Kate Butler

Alex Ganotis (Chair)

Mark Hunter

Syd Lloyd

Iain Roberts

Wendy Wild (Vice-Chair)


 

 (vii)  Audit

           

          6 Councillors

 


Stuart Corris (Chair)

Roy Driver

Mark Hunter

Syd Lloyd (Vice-Chair)

John Taylor

Vacancy (Stockport Residents)


 

(viii)  Contributors Committee

           

          7 Councillors

 


Walter Brett

Linda Holt

Philip Harding (Chair)

Mark Hunter

Syd Lloyd

Iain Roberts

Vacancy (Independent Ratepayers)


 

(ix)    Funding Committee

           

          7 Councillors

 


Geoff Abell

Philip Harding (Chair)

Linda Holt

Mike Hurleston

Iain Roberts

Wendy Wild

Vacancy (Independent Ratepayers)



(x)     Member Committee

 

          7 Councillors

 


Geoff Abell

Philip Harding

Linda Holt

Syd Lloyd

Iain Roberts

Wendy Wild (Chair)

Vacancy (Independent Ratepayers



(xi)    Standards

          (Chair and Vice Chair to be appointed at the first meeting)

 

          4 Councillors

 


John McGahan

Adrian Nottingham

Elise Wilson

June Somekh


 

5 Independent Members - Julie Carter, Stephen Clarke, Kieran McMahon,

          Andrew Stewert and Margaret Waker

          2 Independent Persons – Mark Iveson and Val Cottam

 

          Standards Sub-Committee

          (Chair and Vice Chair to be appointed at the first meeting)

 

The sub-committee will comprise of 4 members including at least 1 independent member and 3 councillors.  Where at least 1 independent member or councilor would have been present but for the fact that he or she has a prejudicial interest in the business to be transacted the quorum for the meeting shall be any 3 members.

 

Terms of Reference

 

The Council Meeting will establish a sub-committee at which a member complained of can respond to the investigation report and the sub-committee can determine whether the member had failed to comply with the Code of Conduct and what action is appropriate.

 

(b)     Joint Committees

 

 (i)     Board of STaR Procurement Service

 

          1 councillor

 

          David Sedgwick

Substitute:            Kate Butler

 

(ii)     Association of Greater Manchester Authorities

 

          1 councillor

 

          Alex Ganotis

          Substitute:        Wendy Wild

 

(iii)    Transport for Greater Manchester   Committee

 

          4 councillors

 


Geoff Abell

Annette Finnie

Tom Grundy

John Taylor


 

(iv)    Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel      

 

          1 councillor

 

          Alex Ganotis

          Substitute:        Sheila Bailey

                                    Wendy Wild

 

(c)     Area Committees and Ward Committees

 

(i)        Area Committees  (Chair and Vice Chair to be appointed at the first meeting)

 

Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme South

 

9 Councillors

 


Brian Bagnall

Stuart Bodsworth

Mark Hunter

Linda Holt

Mike Hurleston

John McGahan

Alanna Vine

Lisa Walker

Suzanne Wyatt


 

Central Stockport

 

12 Councillors

 


Sheila Bailey

Richard Coaton

Dickie Davies

Philip Harding

Daniel Hawthorne

Patrick McAuley

Chris Murphy

Maureen Rowles

Andy Sorton

Charlie Stewart

Wendy Wild

Elise Wilson


 

Cheadle

 

9 Councillors

 


Anna Charles-Jones

Graham Greenhalgh

Keith Holloway

Sylvia Humphreys

Adrian Nottingham

John Pantall

Paul Porgess

Iain Roberts

June Somkeh


 

Heatons and Reddish

 

12 Councillors

 


Walter Brett

Kate Butler

Roy Driver

Dean Fitzpatrick

Colin Foster

Alex Ganotis

Tom Grundy

Yvonne Guariento

Tom McGee

David Sedgwick

John Taylor

David Wilson


 

Marple

 

6 Councillors

 


Geoff Abell

Malcolm Allan

Kenny Blair

Tom Dowse

Annette Finnie

Susan Ingham


 

Stepping Hill

 

9 Councillors

 


Laura Booth

Dave Goddard

Paul Hadfield

Oliver Johnstone

Julian Lewis-Booth

Wendy Meikle

Jon Twigge

Mark Weldon

John Wright


 

Werneth

 

6 Councillors

 


Christine Corris

Stuart Corris

Chris Gordon

Mags Kirkham

Syd Lloyd

Lisa Smart


 

(ii)          Ward Committees(Chair to be appointed at the first meeting)

Brinington & Reddish Joint Ward Committee

 

9 Councillors

 


Walter Brett

Kate Butler

Roy Driver

Tom Grundy

Yvonne Guariento

Chris Murphy

Maureen Rowles
Andy Sorton

David Wilson


 

Davenport & Cale Green and Edgeley & Cheadle Health Joint Ward Committee

 

6 Councillors

 


Sheila Bailey

Richard Coaton

Dickie Davies

Philip Harding

Wendy Wild

Elise Wilson


 

Hazel Grove Ward Committee

 

3 Councillors

 

Oliver Johnstone

Julian Lewis-Booth

Jon Twigge

 

Offerton Ward Committee

 

3 Councillors

 

Laura Booth

Dave Goddard

Wendy Meikle

 

Offerton, Manor and Stepping Hill Joint Ward Committee

 

9 Councillors

 


Laura Booth

Paul Hadfield

Daniel Hawthorne

Dave Goddard

Patrick McAuley

Wendy Meikle

Charlie Stewart

Mark Weldon

John Wright


 

Stepping Hill Ward Committee

 

3 Councillors

 

Paul Hadfield

Mark Weldon

John Wright

 

(d)     Working Parties and Other Member Bodies

 

(i)      Education Monitoring Panel (Chair and Vice Chair to be appointed at the first meeting)

 

          12 Councillors

 

Core Members

Other Members

 

Dean Fitzpatrick

Dickie Davies

Colin Foster

Annette Finnie

Paul Porgess

Yvonne Guariento

Lisa Smart

John Pantall

John Wright

Andy Sorton

Vacancy

(Independent Ratepayers)

Elise Wilson

 

together with additional Councillors and Advisers for particular business.

 

Terms of Reference

 

Advising the Executive and the Corporate Director for People on all aspects of the assessment of pupils; the monitoring and evaluation of the education service, including the performance of schools; the curriculum; matters relating to the Standards Fund and the consideration of reports of Ofsted relating to educational establishments and the Careers Service.

 

(ii)     Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education

 

          3 Councillors              

 

Christine Corris

Chris Gordon

Tom McGee

                 

together with representatives of the Corporate Director for People the Church of England, the Teachers’ Panel and such Christian and other religious denominations as will appropriately reflect the principal religious traditions in the Borough.

 

Terms of Reference

 

To advise the Executive upon such matters connected with religious worship in schools and the religious education to be given in accordance with an agreed syllabus as the Executive may refer to the Standing Advisory Council or as the Standing Advisory Council may see fit.

 

(iii)    Corporate Parenting Working Party (Chair to be appointed at the first meeting)

 

          6 Councillors

 


Richard Coaton

Dickie Davies

Wendy Meikle

John Taylor

Lisa Walker

Mark Weldon


 

Terms of Reference

 

To advise the Executive on the role of the Council as a 'Corporate Parent'.

 

(iv)    Town Centre/ M60 Gateway Task Force

 

          7 Councillors

 


Sheila Bailey

Kate Butler

Alex Ganotis (Chair)

Philip Harding

Syd Lloyd

Adrian Nottingham

Iain Roberts


 

Terms of Reference

 

To advise the Executive on and oversee the regeneration of the Town Centre and the M60 Gateway area.

 

(v)        Schools Forum

 

Non-schools members

 

          1 non-Executive elected member (Councillor Mark Weldon)

          1 Diocesan representative

          1 Trades union/professional association representative

          1 Vulnerable Children representative

          1 Post 16 representative

          1 PVI Early Years sector

 

          Schools members

 

          5 Primary head teachers – including 1 from a VA school

          5 Primary governors – including 1 from a VA school

          3 Secondary head teachers - including 1 from a VA school

          2 Secondary governors - including 1 from a VA school

          1 Special school head teacher

          1 Nursery head teacher

          1 PRU head teacher

          2 Academy representatives

 

Terms of Reference

 

To advise the Executive on:-

 

·         Changes to the local funding formula. (The local authority is responsible for the final decision, although in some cases it may delegate the decision-making power to the Schools Forum)

·         Proposed changes to the operation of the minimum funding guarantee

·         Changes to or new contracts affecting schools (e.g. school meals)

·         Arrangements for pupils with special educational needs, in pupil referral units and in early years provision

 

The forum is responsible for decisions on:-

 

·         How much funding may be centrally retained within the Dedicated Schools Grant (e.g. for the Admissions Service, prudential borrowing costs, additional funding available for growing schools)

·         Any proposed carry forward of deficits on central spend from one year to the next

·         Proposals to de-delegate funding from maintained primary and secondary schools (e.g. for staff supply cover, insurance, behaviour support)

·         Changes to the scheme of financial management

 

(vi)    Admissions Forum

 

          3 Councillors (Chair and Vice-Chair to be appointed at the first meeting)

 

Dickie Davies

Yvonne Guariento

Paul Porgess

 

Other Members

 

1 representative from the Church of England Diocese

3 representative from the Roman Catholic Diocese

1 Parent Governors representative (Primary)

1 Parent Governors representative (Secondary)

2 Community Schools representative (Primary)

1 Community Schools representative (Secondary)

1 Voluntary Controlled Schools representative (Primary)

1 Voluntary Controlled Schools representative (Secondary)

1 Voluntary Aided Schools (Primary)

1 Voluntary Aided Schools (Secondary)

2 Academy and free school representative

2 Local Community representatives

 

Terms of reference

 

To advise the Executive on:-

 

(a)  how well existing and proposed admission arrangements serve the interests of children and parents within the Authority's area;

(b)  the agreement between admissions authorities within the area on admission issues;

(c)  the comprehensiveness and accessibility of admissions literature and information for parents on school admission for all maintained schools in the area;

(d)  the effectiveness of the proposed co-ordinated admission arrangements;

(e)  how arrangements might be improved and how actual admissions at each school relate to the published admissions limit;

(f)  the admissions of children who arrive in the area outside of the normal admissions round with a view to promoting their fair distribution among local schools;

(g)  the arrangements for children with special educational needs, looked after children and children who have been excluded from school;

(h)  any other admissions related issue that may arise which is not included in the above.

 

(vii) Local Development Framework Working Party

 

          9 Councillors (Vice-Chair to be appointed at the first meeting)

 


Sheila Bailey

Brian Bagnall

Laura Booth

Kate Butler

Christine Corris

Alex Ganotis (Chair)

Philip Harding

Mark Hunter

Wendy Wild

 


 

Terms of Reference

 

To advise the Executive on the preparation and approval of the local development documents which constitute the Council's Local Development Framework.

 

(viii)  Constitution Working Party

 

7 Councillors

 


Kenny Blair

Kate Butler

Alex Ganotis

Adrian Nottingham

John Pantall

Iain Roberts

Wendy Wild


 

Terms of Reference

 

To review the Constitution, deal with constitutional issues as they arise and make recommendations to the Executive on the effectiveness and development of the Constitution.

 

(ix)    Governor Representative Group

 

4 Councillors and the Executive Councillor with responsibility for Education.

 


Dean Fitzpatrick

Paul Porgess

Andy Sorton

John Wright

Vacancy (Independent Ratepayers)


 

Terms of Reference

 

·         To consider and determine the selection of LA governors in Stockport including maintained schools and academies

·         To monitor vacancy rates of LA governors

·         To note the appointment of additional governors and to suggest additional nominees for any urgent appointments to ‘Schools Causing Concern’

·         To consider and, where appropriate, agree, terminating appointments of LA governors where the governor has clearly breached confidentiality or brought the Local Authority into disrepute, or otherwise failed to fulfil the role according to the code of conduct.  This is in addition to situations where governors are automatically disqualified under Schedule 6 of the School Governance (Constitution)(England) Regulations 2007

 

(x)        Education Appeals

 

(a)     Admission Appeals Panel

 

Educational Experience

 

Lay

 

 

 

Margaret Burns

Penny Sparrow

Ken Bailey

Anna Christensen

Dawn Strachan

Anne Boulton

Ian Clarke

Joanna Steven

Barbara Bryan

Terry Conlon

Maureen Sweeney

Alf Clark

Simon Davies

John Thompson

Christine Crisp

Chris Elwood

Ian Tunnard

Janet Davidson

Howard Fox

 

Christopher Deacy

Saima Hassan

 

Michael Durcan

David Jenkins

 

Jennifer Fieldhouse

Jill Jones

 

Paul Franklin

Lois Kelly

 

Liz Goodman

Kathryn McGuinness

 

Philip Horton

Pat McGuinness

 

Daphne Maull

Nick O’Brien

 

David Mullin

Jane Oldham

 

Janet Phillips

Pam Orton              

 

Shirley Rea

Susan Palmer

 

Janet Sewart

Margaret Parker

 

David Smith

David Phillips

 

Andy Sokill

Eloise Scroggie

 

Ray Sweeney

 

(b)    Exclusion Appeals Panel

 

Governor

Head teacher

Lay

 

 

 

Margaret Burns

Pam Roberts

Alf Clark

David Jenkins

Ian Clarke

Michael Durcan

Chris Elwood

 

Jennifer Fieldhouse

Eloise Scroggie

 

Philip Horton

John Thompson

 

Daphne Maull

 

 

Janet Philips

 

Powers and Duties (Statutory)

 

The determination of appeals from:-

 

·         parents concerning the allocation of their children to schools

·         parents following the permanent exclusion of a pupil on disciplinary grounds

(c)      Transport Appeals Panel

 


Margaret Burns
Alf Clark
Michael Durcan
Chris Elwood
Philip Horton
David Jenkins
David Phillips
Janet Phillips
John Thompson

Eloise Scroggie

Andy Sokill

David Smith

John Thompson

Ian Tunnard


 

Powers and Duties:

To consider appeals against the determination of the Corporate Director for People in respect of school travel.

 

(xi)       Independent Remuneration Panel

 


Patrick Dempsey

Bernadette Holgate

Ben Poland

Philip Smith


 

Powers and Duties (Statutory)

 

To make recommendations as to:-

 

·         the level of Basic Allowance for all Members.

·         the categories of special responsibility for which a Special Responsibility Allowance should be paid and the levels of those allowances.

·         as to whether Dependent Carers’ allowance should be payable to Members and the amount of such an allowance.

·         travelling and subsistence allowances.

·         any annual increase.

 

(xii)      Member Visits to Residential Children's Homes

 


Kate Butler

Richard Coaton

Christine Corris

Dickie Davies

Dean Fitzpatrick

Chris Gordon

Sylvia Humphreys

Sue Ingham

Linda Holt

Patrick McAuley

Tom McGee

Wendy Meikle

Paul Porgess

Iain Roberts

June Somekh

John Taylor


 


 

 

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