Agenda item

(Charles Edward Lord O.B.E., J.P.)

31st January 2014

Co-opted Member Appointments (Standards Committee) - Composition of the Selection panel

Your Committee seeks approval to revise the composition of the Selection Panel for the purposes of short-listing and interviewing applicants for Co-opted Member roles on the Standards Committee.  The current composition which includes the Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee, the Chairman of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen and the Chief Commoner (or their representatives) was agreed by the Court of Common Council in 2000 when the new Standards Committee was established and when no Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the new Committee existed.  On the grounds that the Standards Committee’s arrangements are now firmly established and in view of revisions to the selection panel arrangements for other decision making bodies comprising of elected and Co-opted Members over recent years, including the Police and the Audit and Risk Management Committees, we therefore recommend that the Selection Panel (Co-opted Members of the Standards Committee) be revised to include  the Chairman of the Standards Committee, the Deputy Chairman of the Standards Committee, the Chief Commoner and the Chairman of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen (or their representatives).

STANDARDS COMMITTEE

(Charles Edward Lord O.B.E., J.P.)

31st January 2014

Co-opted Member Appointments (Standards Committee) - Composition of the Selection panel

Your Committee seeks approval to revise the composition of the Selection Panel for the purposes of short-listing and interviewing applicants for Co-opted Member roles on the Standards Committee.  The current composition which includes the Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee, the Chairman of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen and the Chief Commoner (or their representatives) was agreed by the Court of Common Council in 2000 when the new Standards Committee was established and when no Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the new Committee existed.  On the grounds that the Standards Committee’s arrangements are now firmly established and in view of revisions to the selection panel arrangements for other decision making bodies comprising of elected and Co-opted Members over recent years, including the Police and the Audit and Risk Management Committees, we therefore recommend that the Selection Panel (Co-opted Members of the Standards Committee) be revised to include  the Chairman of the Standards Committee, the Deputy Chairman of the Standards Committee, the Chief Commoner and the Chairman of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen (or their representatives).

Read and agreed to.