Agenda item

Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support

The Council gave consideration to a report which outlined the work undertaken by the Short Life Working Group on Political Management Arrangements and highlighted areas which were taken into consideration during discussions.  The report also detailed the conclusions reached by the Short Life Working Group for consideration by the Council.

 

Motion

 

Argyll and Bute Council, 19^th May 2022 - Item 10 - Motion - Political Management Arrangements

The Council:

1. Notes the recommendations of the Short Life Working Group (SLWG) on Political Management Arrangements and agrees that the current committee structure and remits will continue.
2. Notes the appointment of Policy Lead Councillors as set out in the table at Appendix 1.
3. Appoints the Administration members, Chairs and Vice Chairs of the following committees, as set out in the table at Appendix 2, noting that these appointments have, as appropriate, regard to the political balance of the Council:

·         Audit and Scrutiny - 3 Administration members

·         Community Services - 9 Administration members

·         Environment, Development and Infrastructure - 9 Administration members

·         Policy and Resources - 9 Administration members

·         Planning, Protective Services and Licensing - 8 Administration members nominated to Regulatory Cohort of 15

·         Argyll and Bute Harbour Board - 5 Administration members 

·         Argyll Islands Sounding Board - 6 Administration members

4. Appoints the Chairs and Vice Chairs of the following committees: Bute and Cowal Area Committee; Helensburgh and Lomond Area Committee; Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands Area Committee; Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee, as set out at Appendix 3.
5. Again having regard to political balance, invites the Leader of the SNP Group and the remaining non-Administration councillors to nominate members to sit on the following committees, noting that for the strategic committees this would constitute a 9-5-2 allocation (9 Administration, 5 SNP, 2 other)

·         Audit and Scrutiny - 3 spaces in total, and invites nomination for Vice-Chair to be notified to the Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support

·         Community Services - 7 spaces in total

·         Environment, Development and Infrastructure - 7 spaces in total

·         Policy and Resources - 7 spaces in total

·         Planning, Protective Services and Licensing - 7 spaces in total

·         Argyll and Bute Harbour Board - 3 spaces in total

·         Argyll Islands Sounding Board - 4 spaces in total

6. Appoints Cllr Maurice Corry as the council’s Armed Forces Champion.
7. Appoints four area-based Children’s Champions (who will also sit on the Argyll and Bute Corporate Parenting Board) as follows:

·         Bute and Cowal - invites nominations from the Opposition groups (Cllr Audrey Forrest)

·         Helensburgh and Lomond - Cllr Graham Hardie 

·         Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands - invites nominations from the Opposition groups (Cllr Dougie McFadzean)

·         Oban, Lorn and the Isles - Cllr Amanda Hampsey

8. Agrees that Cllr Robin Currie and Cllr John McAlpine will join the CPP Management Committee.
9. Agrees the amended Programme of Meetings attached as Appendix 4.
10. Requests that the Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support implements these, and any other related decisions, that the Council takes subsequently at this meeting, including arrangements for a schedule of meetings.

 

Appendix 1 - Policy Lead Councillor Appointments

Name	Policy Lead Role	Depute Policy Lead
Cllr Kieron Green	Planning and Regulatory Services	Cllr Amanda Hampsey
Cllr Amanda Hampsey	Care Services	Cllr Kieron Green
Cllr Andrew Kain	Roads and Transport	Cllr  Tommy Macpherson
Cllr Ross Moreland	Climate Change and Environment Services	Cllr Peter Wallace
Cllr John McAlpine	Community Planning and Corporate Services	Cllr Paul Kennedy
Cllr Robin Currie	Economy and Rural Growth	Cllr John McAlpine
Cllr Gary Mulvaney	Finance and Commercial Services	Cllr William Sinclair
Cllr Yvonne McNeilly	Education	Cllr Daniel Hampsey
Cllr Liz McCabe	Islands and Business Development	Cllr Graham Hardie

 

Appendix 2 - Membership of Committees

Community Services	Environment, Development and Infrastructure	Policy and Resources	Planning, Protective Services and Licensing
Cllr Yvonne McNeilly (Chair)	Cllr Robin Currie (Chair)	Cllr Robin Currie (Chair)	Cllr Kieron Green (Chair)
Cllr Daniel Hampsey (Vice Chair)	Cllr Andrew Kain (Vice Chair)	Cllr Gary Mulvaney (Vice Chair)	Cllr Amanda Hampsey (Vice Chair)
Cllr Paul Kennedy	Cllr John McAlpine	Cllr Kieron Green	Cllr Andrew Kain
Cllr Andrew Kain	Cllr Ross Moreland	Cllr Amanda Hampsey	Cllr Graham Hardie
Cllr Gemma Penfold	Cllr Andrew Vennard	Cllr Andrew Kain	Cllr Liz McCabe
Cllr Garret Corner	Cllr Tommy Macpherson	Cllr Ross Moreland	Cllr Paul Kennedy
Cllr Graham Hardie	Cllr Peter Wallace	Cllr John McAlpine	Cllr Peter Wallace
Cllr Liz McCabe	Cllr Garret Corner	Cllr Yvonne McNeilly	Cllr Daniel Hampsey
Cllr Amanda Hampsey	Cllr William Sinclair	Cllr Liz McCabe
Audit and Scrutiny	Argyll and Bute Harbour Board	Argyll Islands Sounding Board
Cllr Andrew Vennard	Cllr Andrew Kain (Chair)	Cllr Liz McCabe (Chair)
Cllr Daniel Hampsey	Cllr Ross Moreland (Vice Chair)	Cllr Robin Currie (Vice Chair)
Cllr Graham Hardie	Cllr Andrew Vennard	Cllr Peter Wallace
	Cllr John McAlpine	Cllr Amanda Hampsey
	Cllr Garret Corner	Cllr Kieron Green
		Cllr Andrew Kain

 

Appendix 3 - Area Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs

Area Committee	Chair	Vice Chair
Bute and Cowal	Cllr Liz McCabe	Cllr Yvonne McNeilly
Helensburgh and Lomond	Cllr Gemma Penfold	Cllr Gary Mulvaney
Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands	Cllr John McAlpine	Cllr Robin Currie
Oban, Lorn and the Isles	Cllr Andrew Kain	Cllr Kieron Green

 

Moved by Councillor Robin Currie seconded by Councillor Gary Mulvaney.

 

Amendment

 

To accept the Motion by Councillor Robin Currie, seconded by Councillor Gary Mulvaney, subject to amending the schedule of meetings of area committees to bi-monthly and for business days to be arranged as and when required, subject to a further report being brought back to Council by the Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support.

 

Moved by Councillor Donald Kelly, seconded by Councillor Fiona Howard.

 

The Leader of the SNP Group and the remaining non-Administration Councillors tabled their nominations for Members to sit on the Councils Committees.

 

The Provost adjourned the meeting at 11.45am for 5 minutes and re-convened at 11.50am.

 

Councillor Reeni Kennedy-Boyle left the meeting at this point in the proceedings.

 

As the meeting was being held on a hybrid virtual basis the vote required to be taken by calling the Roll and Members voted as follows –

 

Motion	Amendment
Councillor Corner	Councillor Armour
Councillor Corry	Councillor Blair
Councillor Currie	Councillor Brown
Councillor Green	Councillor Campbell-Sturgess
Councillor A Hampsey	Councillor Forrest
Councillor D Hamspey	Councillor Howard
Councillor Hardie	Councillor Hume
Councillor Kain	Councillor Irvine
Councillor Kennedy	Councillor Kelly
Councillor MacPherson	Councillor Lynch
Councillor McAlpine	Councillor Martin
Councillor McCabe	Councillor MacQuire
Councillor McNeilly	Councillor McFadzean
Councillor Moreland	Councillor Paterson
Councillor Mulvaney	Councillor Philand
Councillor Penfold
Councillor Sinclair
Councillor Vennard
Councillor Wallace

 

Decision

 

The Motion was carried by 19 votes to 15 and the Council resolved accordingly. Full Membership of the Councils Committees are detailed below.

 

Community Services	Environment, Development and Infrastructure	Policy and Resources	Planning, Protective Services and Licensing
Cllr Yvonne McNeilly (Chair)	Cllr Robin Currie (Chair)	Cllr Robin Currie (Chair)	Cllr Kieron Green (Chair)
Cllr Daniel Hampsey (Vice Chair)	Cllr Andrew Kain (Vice Chair)	Cllr Gary Mulvaney (Vice Chair)	Cllr Amanda Hampsey (Vice Chair)
Cllr Paul Kennedy	Cllr John McAlpine	Cllr Kieron Green	Cllr Andrew Kain
Cllr Andrew Kain	Cllr Ross Moreland	Cllr Amanda Hampsey	Cllr Graham Hardie
Cllr Gemma Penfold	Cllr Andrew Vennard	Cllr Andrew Kain	Cllr Liz McCabe
Cllr Garret Corner	Cllr Tommy Macpherson	Cllr Ross Moreland	Cllr Paul Kennedy
Cllr Graham Hardie	Cllr Peter Wallace	Cllr John McAlpine	Cllr Peter Wallace
Cllr Liz McCabe	Cllr Garret Corner	Cllr Yvonne McNeilly	Cllr Daniel Hampsey
Cllr Amanda Hampsey	Cllr William Sinclair	Cllr Liz McCabe	Cllr Audrey Forrest
Cllr Audrey Forrest	Cllr Jim Lynch	Cllr Audrey Forrest	Cllr Jan Brown
Cllr Iain Shonny Paterson	Cllr John Armour	Cllr Jim Lynch	Cllr John Armour
Cllr Gordon Blair	Cllr Ian MacQuire	Cllr Reeni Kennedy-Boyle	Cllr Fiona Howard
Cllr Julie McKenzie	Cllr Jan Brown	Cllr Willie Hume	Cllr Mark Irvine
Cllr Math Campbell-Sturgess	Cllr Mark Irvine	Cllr Gordon Blair	Cllr Luna Martin
Cllr Dougie McFadzean	Cllr Donald Kelly	Cllr Dougie Philand	Cllr Willie Hume
Cllr Dougie Philand	Cllr Luna Martin	Cllr Fiona Howard
Audit and Scrutiny	Argyll and Bute Harbour Board	Argyll Islands Sounding Board
Cllr Andrew Vennard	Cllr Andrew Kain (Chair)	Cllr Liz McCabe (Chair)
Cllr Daniel Hampsey	Cllr Ross Moreland (Vice Chair)	Cllr Robin Currie (Vice Chair)
Cllr Graham Hardie	Cllr Andrew Vennard	Cllr Peter Wallace
Cllr Jim Lynch (Vice Chair)	Cllr John McAlpine	Cllr Amanda Hampsey
Cllr Reeni Kennedy-Boyle	Cllr Garret Corner	Cllr Kieron Green
Cllr Mark Irvine	Cllr Jim Lynch	Cllr Andrew Kain
	Cllr John Armour	Cllr Jim Lynch
	Cllr Ian MacQuire	Cllr Julie McKenzie
		Cllr Dougie McFadzean
		Cllr Reeni Kennedy-Boyle

 

(Ref: Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support dated 10 May 2022, submitted)