Agenda item

Appointment of Members to Committee and Boards

To appoint Members together with the Chairs and Vice-Chairs (where required) to the following Committees and Boards:-

Planning Committee (previously known as the Regulatory Board)
Licensing Committee
Finance and Audit Committee
Overview Scrutiny Committee
Crime and Disorder Scrutiny Committee
Appointments Board
Standards Committee
Appeals Sub-Committee
Appointments Panel
Hackney Carriage Sub-Committee
Licensing Panel

Joint arrangements with other local authorities:-

Joint Transportation Board

South Thames Gateway Building Control Joint Committee

Minutes:

1. That the Committees and Boards of the Council be appointed as set out below so as to give effect to the wishes of the political groups as notified to the Service Manager (Communities) and that the Chairs and Vice-Chairs be as shown.

Planning Committee – 9 Seats

Labour Group (4 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (1 seat)
Cllr Lauren Sullivan (Chair)	Conrad Broadley	Harold Craske (Vice Chair)
Cllr Steve Thompson	Tony Rice
Cllr Brian Francis	Bob Lane
Cllr Elizabeth Mulheran	Jordan Meade

Licensing Committee – 14 Seats

Labour Group (7 seats)	Conservative Group (6 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (1 seat)
Cllr Steve Thompson (Chair)	Frank Wardle	Leslie Pearton
Cllr Jenny Wallace (Vice-Chair)	Derek Ashenden
Cllr Brian Francis	Helen Ashenden
Cllr Gurdip Bungar	Emma Elliott
Cllr Lyn Milner	Leslie Hoskins
Cllr Baljit Hayre	Denise Tiran
Cllr Tony Rana

Finance and Audit Committee – 9 Seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (0 seats)
Cllr Gurbax Singh (Chair)	Derek Ashenden
Cllr Sarah Gow (Vice-Chair)	Ejaz Aslam
Cllr Nirmal Khabra	Dakota Dibben
Cllr Elizabeth Mulheran	Tony Rice
Cllr Emma Morley

Overview Scrutiny Committee – 9 Seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (0 seats)
Cllr Steve Thompson (Vice-Chair)	Jordan Meade (Chair)
Cllr Emma Morley	Conrad Broadley
Cllr Elizabeth Mulheran	Alan Ridgers
Cllr Christina Rolles	Leslie Hills
Cllr Peter Scollard

Crime and Disorder Committee – 14 Seats

Labour Group (6 seats)	Conservative Group (7 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (1 seat)
Cllr Baljit Hayre (Chair)	Derek Ashenden	Leslie Pearton
Cllr Christina Rolles (Vice-Chair)	Helen Ashenden
Cllr Tony Rana	Ejaz Aslam
Cllr Brian Francis	Aaron Elliott
Cllr Lauren Sullivan	Gary Harding
Cllr Emma Morley	Frank Wardle
	Dakota Dibben

Appointments Board – 14 Seats

Labour Group (6 seats)	Conservative Group (7 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (1 seat)
Cllr John Burden (Chair)	Helen Ashenden	Harold Craske
Cllr Lee Croxton (Vice-Chair)	Ejaz Aslam
Cllr Jenny Wallace	Diane Marsh
Cllr Lyn Milner	Jordan Meade
Cllr Lenny Rolles	Anthony Pritchard
Cllr Lauren Sullivan	Tony Rice
	Leslie Hills

Standards Committee (no substitutes) – 9 Seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (0 seats)
Cllr John Caller (Chair)	Emma Elliott
Cllr Lyn Milner (Vice-Chair)	Gary Harding
Cllr Emma Morley	Denise Tiran
Cllr Gurbax Singh	Diane Marsh
Cllr Lauren Sullivan

Appeals Sub-Committee – 3 seats

Labour Group (2 seats)

Conservative Group (1 seat)

Gravesham Independent Group

(0 seat)

Cllr Lyn Milner (Chair)

Gary Harding

Cllr Christina Rolles (Vice-Chair)

Hackney Carriage Sub-Committee – 3 seats

Labour Group (2 seats)

Conservative Group (1 seat)

Gravesham Independent Group

(0 seat)

Cllr John Burden (Chair)

Jordan Meade

Cllr Lauren Sullivan (Vice-Chair)

Appointments Panel (3 seats) - The panel’s membership is drawn from available Appointments Board Members and will consist of two Labour Members and one Conservative Member.

Licensing Panel (3 seats) - The panel’s membership is drawn from available Licensing Committee Members and will consist of two Labour Members and one Conservative Member.

Joint Arrangements with other Local Authorities

Joint Transportation Board (no substitutes) – 5 seats

Labour Group (3 seats)	Conservative Group (2 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (0 seat)
Cllr Peter Scollard (Vice Chair)	Bob Lane
Cllr Nirmal Khabra	Leslie Hills
Cllr Brian Francis

South Thames Gateway Building Control Joint Committee – 1 seat (plus substitute)

Labour Group (1 seats)

Conservative Group (0 seats)

Gravesham Independent Group

(0 seat)

John Burden

Brian Sangha (Substitute)

Cabinet Committees

Community & Leisure Cabinet Committee – 10 seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (1 seat)
Shane Mochrie-Cox (Chair)	Helen Ashenden	Harold Craske
Tony Rana (Vice Chair)	Ejaz Aslam
Christina Rolles	Aaron Elliott
Peter Scollard	Gary Harding
Emma Morley

Operational Services Cabinet Committee – 10 seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (1 seat)
Lee Croxton (Chair)	Conrad Broadley	Leslie Pearton
Gurbax Singh (Vice Chair)	Dakota Dibben
Nirmal Khabra	Gary Harding
Steve Thompson	Frank Wardle
Peter Scollard

Housing Services Cabinet Committee – 10 seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (1 seat)
Jenny Wallace (Chair)	Leslie Hills	Leslie Pearton
Christina Rolles (Vice Chair)	Leslie Hoskins
Lyn Milner	Diane Marsh
Baljit Hayre	Frank Wardle
Peter Scollard

Performance and Administration Cabinet Committee – 10 seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (1 seat)
Narinderjit Thandi (Chair)	Helen Ashenden	Harold Craske
Brian Francis (Vice Chair)	Dakota Dibben
Gurbax Singh	Gary Harding
Elizabeth Mulheran	Leslie Hills
Sarah Gow

Strategic Environment Cabinet Committee – 10 seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (1 seat)
Brian Sangha (Chair)	LeslieHills	Harold Craske
Lauren Sullivan (Vice Chair)	Leslie Hoskins
Brian Francis	Bob Lane
Baljit Hayre	Alan Ridgers
Emma Morley

Commercial Services Cabinet Committee – 10 seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)	Gravesham Independent Group (1 seat)
Lenny Rolles (Chair)	Jordan Meade	Leslie Pearton
Sarah Gow (Vice Chair)	Anthony Pritchard
Gurbax Singh	Tony Rice
Tony Rana	Denise Tiran
Gurdip Bungar