APPOINTMENT OF BOROUGH COUNCIL MEMBERS [EXECUTIVE FUNCTION - FOR DECISION]
Under the County Council's Constitution (Part 4. Standing Orders, Part
3 40 (f)) no substitutes are permitted for district/borough council co-opted
members of local committees, unless a local committee agrees
otherwise at its first meeting following the Council’s annual meeting
and in relation to all meetings in the following year, upon which named
substitutes will be appointed to the Local Committee on the
nomination of the relevant district/borough council.
The Local Committee is therefore asked to decide whether it wishes to
co-opt substitutes in the municipal year 2017/18.
Elmbridge Borough Council has nominated 9 Borough
Councillors and 9 substitutes to serve on the Local Committee for the
municipal year 2017-2018. David McNulty, Chief Executive, has now
confirmed these appointments as follows, subject to the agreement by
the Committee to permit substitutes:
ELMBRIDGE BOROUGH COUNCIL APPOINTED MEMBERS [9]
Cllr David Archer [Esher]
Cllr Andrew Davis [Weybridge Riverside]
Cllr Barry Fairbank [Long Ditton]
Cllr Roy Green [Hersham Village]
Cllr Peter Harman [Weybridge St George’s Hill]
Cllr Malcolm Howard [Walton South]
Cllr Andy Muddyman [Weybridge Riverside]
Cllr Mary Sheldon [Hersham Village]
Cllr Graham Woolgar [Walton Central]
Elmbridge Borough Council Substitutes [9]
Cllr Tricia W Bland [Thames Ditton]
Cllr Andrew P Burley [Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon]
Cllr Victor G Eldridge [Molesey West]
Cllr Mrs Christine Elmer [Walton South]
Cllr Michael J Freeman [Weybridge Riverside]
Cllr Andrew Kelly [Walton North]
Cllr Mrs Mary Marshall [Claygate]
Cllr Dorothy Mitchell [Cobham & Downside]
Cllr Chris Sadler [Walton Central]
Decision:
That the Local Committee [Elmbridge] agreed:
To co-opt substitutes for Borough Council members for the municipal year 2017/18.
Reasons: Standing Order 40(f) requires the Committee, at its first meeting in the municipal year, to agree whether it wishes Borough Council members to be permitted to have substitutes.
Minutes:
Several county councillors expressed concern, that as it is not possible for them to be substituted, opportunities are not equal if there is always a full attendance of Elmbridge Borough Councillors. The Chairman commented that it is important for both authorities to work together to make the best use of resources in these tough times. A recorded vote was requested:
The following members voted IN FAVOUR of permitting substitutes: John O’Reilly, Peter Szanto, Nick Darby, Tim Oliver, Tony Samuels, Cllrs David Archer, Andrew Davis, Barry Fairbank, Roy Green, Peter Harman, Malcolm Howard, Andy Muddyman, Mary Sheldon and Graham Woolgar. The following members voted AGAINST Mike Bennison, Rachel Lake and Ernest Mallett. It was therefore:
Resolved [by 14 votes FOR to 3 against]:
To co-opt substitutes for Borough Council members for the municipal year 2017/18.
The Local Committee noted that at the Elmbridge Borough Council’s first
meeting of this municipal year, 9 Borough Councillors and 9 substitutes were
appointed to serve on the Local Committee for the municipal year 2017-2018. David McNulty, Chief Executive, has now confirmed these appointments, the substitute members being appointed subject to the decision above.
Reasons: Standing Order 40(f) requires the Committee at its first meeting in the municipal year to agree whether it wishes Borough Council members to be permitted to have substitutes