The Council operated a committee system form of governance and there were a number of statutory provisions relating to committees.

The Constitution provided that the Annual Meeting of Council considered the establishment of committees, their size and terms of reference.  Certain matters were laid down by law and the Council had no discretion in its considerations.

Cllr Mynott made reference to an error on page 28 of the report relating to Corporate Projects and Scrutiny Committee.  This was noted by the clerk and would be amended.

Cllr Mrs McKinlay MOVED and Cllr Kerslake SECONDED the recommendations in the report and following a discussion a vote was taken on a show of hands and it was

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY

1.    That the Committees listed in Appendix A be appointed for the Municipal Year 2018/19.

2.    That the size of the Committees listed in Appendix A be agreed.

3.    That the Terms of Reference of the Committees listed in Appendix A be agreed.

4.    That the Council’s Monitoring Officer be authorised to make any legally necessary changes to the Constitution and those agreed as a result of these decisions.

For clarity, Appendix A is appended to these minutes.

Reasons for Recommendation

The Council operates a committee system form of governance and is required by law to establish certain committees and has discretion to appoint other

committees to facilitate the effective conduct of business under that committee system.