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)

Anna Charles-Jones

Laura Clingan

Christine Corris

Roy Driver

Graham Greenhalgh

Steve Gribbon

Philip Harding

Andy Sorton (Chair)

John Taylor

Wendy Weikle

Suzanne Wyatt


 

(ii)     Licensing, Environment and Safety

 

          10 Councillors

 


Anna Charles-Jones

Stuart Corris

Dickie Davies

Chris Gordon

Yvonne Guariento

Wendy Meikle

David Sedgwick (Vice-Chair)

Alanna Vine (Chair)

Mark Weldon

Matt Wynne


 

Sub-Committee A

 

          3 Councillors

 

Dickie Davies

Chris Gordon (Chair)

Alanna Vine

         

          Sub-Committee B

 

          3 Councillors

 

Anna Charles-Jones

Stuart Corris

David Sedgwick (Chair)

 

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

Environment and Safety Committee.

 

(iii)    Employment Appeals

 

          3 non-Cabinet Councillors

 

Malcolm Allan

Roy Driver (Chair)

Linda Holt

 

 (iv)   Appeals Panel

 

          6 non-Cabinet Councillors

 


Angie Clark

Steve Gribbon

Linda Holt

Janet Mobbs

Charlie Stewart (Chair)

Matt Wynne


 

(v)     Appointments

 

          7 Councillors

 


Malcolm Allan

Kate Butler

Mark Hunter

Mike Hurleston

Tom McGee (Vice-Chair)

Lisa Smart

Elise Wilson (Chair)


 

 (vi)   Audit

           

          6 Councillors

 


Stuart Corris (Chair)

Yvonne Guariento

Mike Hurleston (Vice-Chair)

John Pantall

Lisa Smart

John Taylor


 

(vii)   Contributors Committee

           

          7 Councillors

 


Anna Charles-Jones

Christine Corris

Mike Hurleston

John McGahan

Wendy Meikle

John Taylor (Chair)

Matt Wynne


 

(viii)  Funding Committee

           

          7 Councillors

 


Roy Driver (Chair)

Helen Foster-Grime

Mike Hurleston

John McGahan

Tom McGee

Wendy Meikle

Vacancy (Independent Ratepayers)



(ix)    Member Committee

 

          7 Councillors

 


Brian Bagnall

Christine Corris

John McGahan

Wendy Meikle

Amanda Peers

Wendy Wild (Chair)

Vacancy (Independent Ratepayers)


 


(x)     Standards

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

 

          4 Councillors

 


Malcolm Allan

Brian Bagnall

Adrian Nottingham

Charlie Stewart


 

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

          Andrew Stewart 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

 

          Tom McGee

Substitute:    Amanda Peers

 

(ii)     Association of Greater Manchester Authorities

 

          1 councillor

 

          Elise Wilson

          Substitutes:      Tom McGee

                                    Kate Butler


 

(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

Helen Foster-Grime

Mark Hunter

Linda Holt

Mike Hurleston

John McGahan

Alanna Vine

Lisa Walker

Suzanne Wyatt


 

Central Stockport

 

12 Councillors

 


Sheila Bailey

Laura Clingan

Becky Crawford

Dickie Davies

Philip Harding

Amanda Peers

Andy Sorton

Charlie Stewart

Wendy Wild

Kerry Waters

Elise Wilson

Matt Wynne


 

Cheadle

 

9 Councillors

 


Anna Charles-Jones

Graham Greenhalgh

Keith Holloway

Carole McCann

David Meller

Tom Morrison

Adrian Nottingham

John Pantall

Iain Roberts


 

Heatons and Reddish

 

12 Councillors

 


Kate Butler

Roy Driver

Dean Fitzpatrick

Colin Foster

Yvonne Guariento

Tom McGee

Janet Mobbs

Dena Ryness

David Sedgwick

John Taylor

Jude Wells

David Wilson


 

Marple

 

6 Councillors

 


Malcolm Allan

Tom Dowse

Steve Gribbon

Colin MacAlister

Becky Senior

Aron Thornley


 

Stepping Hill

 

9 Councillors

 


Lou Ankers

Paul Ankers

Grace Banham

Laura Booth

Will Dawson

Wendy Meikle

Jon Twigge

Mark Weldon

John Wright


 

Werneth

 

6 Councillors

 


Angie Clark

Christine Corris

Stuart Corris

Chris Gordon

Mark Roberts

Lisa Smart


 

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

 

Brinington & Reddish Joint Ward Committee

 

9 Councillors

 


Kate Butler

Becky Crawford

Roy Driver

Yvonne Guariento

Janet Mobbs

Andy Sorton

Kerry Waters

Jude Wells

David Wilson


 

Cheadle Hulme Joint Ward Committee

 

6 Councillors

 


Helen Foster-Grime

Mark Hunter

David Meller

Tom Morrison

John Pantall

Suzanne Wyatt


 

Offerton Ward Committee

 

3 Councillors

 

Laura Booth

Will Dawson

Wendy Meikle

 

(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

 

Anna Charles-Jones

Colin Foster

Dickie Davies

Dean Fitzpatrick

Tom Morrison

Dena Ryness

John Pantall

Becky Senior

Amanda Peers

Lisa Walker

John Wright

 

 

together with additional Councillors and Advisers for particular business.

 

Terms of Reference

 

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

 

(iii)    Corporate Parenting Working Party

 

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

 


Angie Clarke

Dickie Davies

Colin Foster

Chris Gordon

Lisa Walker

Vacancy


 

Terms of Reference

 

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

 

(iv)    Town Centre/ M60 Gateway Task Force

 

          7 Councillors

 


Philip Harding

Mark Hunter

Mike Hurleston 

David Meller (Chair)

Adrian Nottingham

Andy Sorton

Elise Wilson


 

Terms of Reference

 

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

 

(v)        Schools Forum

 

Non-schools members

 

          1 non-Cabinet elected member (Councillor Tom Morrison)

          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 Cabinet 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

Tom Morrison

 

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 Cabinet 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)

 


Brian Bagnall

Christine Corris

Graham Greenhalgh

Philip Harding

David Meller

Adrian Nottingham

Andy Sorton

Elise Wilson (Chair)

Suzanne Wyatt


 

Terms of Reference

 

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

 

(viii)  Constitution Working Party

 

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

 


Kate Butler

Christine Corris

Mike Hurleston

Tom McGee

Lisa Smart

Elise Wilson

Vacancy (Independent Ratepayers)


 

Terms of Reference

 

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

 

(ix)    Governor Representative Group

 

4 Councillors and the Cabinet Councillor with responsibility for Education.

 


Anna Charles-Jones

Colin Foster (Chair)

Becky Senior

Andy Sorton

John Wright


 

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

 

(xi)       Education Appeals

 

(a)     Admission Appeals Panel

 

Educational Experience

Lay

 

 

 

 

 

Margaret Burns

Robin Patey

Anne Boulton

Janet Phillips

Irene Burton

David Phillips

Alf Clark

Shirley Rea

Andrew Butler

Margaret Regan

Anna Christensen

David Smith

Ian Clarke

Eloise Scroggie

Christopher Deacy

Andy Sokill

Terry Conlon

Penny Sparrow

Jennifer Fieldhouse

Maureen Sweeney

Chris Elwood

Dawn Strachan

Paul Franklin

Ray Sweeney

Melanie Hay

Joanna Steven

Ann Gilbert

Robert Thomas

Annette Hall

John Thompson

Liz Goodman

Keith Williams

David Jenkins

Ian Tunnard

Philip Horton

 

Lois Kelly

Maureen Walsh 

Paul Hughes

 

Ruth Le Lohe

Sue Webber

Jennifer Ingram

 

Kate McGuinness

 

Jill Jones

 

Pat McGuinness

 

Veronica Lloyd

 

Jane Oldham

 

Daphne Maull

 

Susan Palmer

 

Philip Morris

 

Margaret Parker

 

David Mullin

 

 

(b)    Exclusion Appeals Panel

 

Governor

Head teacher

Lay

 

 

 

Margaret Burns

Annette Hall

Alf Clark

Chris Elwood

 

Jennifer Fieldhouse

John Thompson

 

Philip Horton

Eloise Scroggie

 

Daphne Maull

 

 

Janet Philips

Robert Thomas

 

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

 


Educational Experience

Lay

 

 

Margaret Burns

David Jenkins

Jill Jones

Susan Palmer

Margaret Parker

David Phillips

Eloise Scroggie

John Thompson

Ian Tunnard

 

Alf Clark

Phillip Horton

Janet Phillips

Andy Sokill

David Smith

Jennifer Fieldhouse

 

Powers and Duties:

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

 

(xii)      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 Dependant Carers’ allowance should be payable to Members and the amount of such an allowance.

·         travelling and subsistence allowances.

·         any annual increase.

 

(xiii)     Member Visits to Residential Children's Homes

 


Kate Butler

Richard Coaton

Christine Corris

Dickie Davies

Dean Fitzpatrick

Chris Gordon

Linda Holt

Tom McGee

Wendy Meikle

Iain Roberts

John Taylor


 

 

 

 


 

 

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