Agenda item

The Council had before it a report by the Head of Legal and Democratic Services which sought approval of the composition and membership of the Council’s committees, to appoint Conveners and Vice Conveners, to agree the payment of senior councillor allowances and to agree the appointment of external members to the Education and Children’s Services Committee.

 

The report recommended:-

that the Council -

(a)          agree the compositions of the committees listed in paragraph 3.1.1 on the basis of the allocations contained within Appendix 1;

(b)          appoint a Convener and Vice Convener to the committees listed in paragraph 3.1.1, as appropriate, on the basis of the information contained within paragraph 3.3.1;

(c)          appoint members to the committees listed in paragraph 3.1.1 on the basis of the agreed compositions;

(d)          nominate a Vice Chairperson for the Integration Joint Board;

(e)          appoint members to the Guildry and Mortification Funds Committee as set out in paragraph 3.2.4;

(f)           appoint members and substitutes to the Aberdeen City Region Deal Joint Committee as set out in paragraph 3.2.5;

(g)          appoint members to the Special Licensing Objections Committee as set out in paragraph 3.2.6;

(h)          agree the payment of senior councillor allowances in accordance with the guidance set out in paragraph 3.3.2;

(i)            agree the appointment of external members to the Education and Children’s Services Committee as set out in section 3.4; and

(j)            nominate one member and one substitute member to be appointed to the North East Scotland Pension Fund Pensions Board, on the basis of the information contained within section 3.5.

 

There was circulated a revised version of Appendix 1 as follows:-

 

Committee	SNP	Con.	Lab.	Lib. Dem.	Ind.	Total
Education and Children’s Services	8	5	4	1	1	19
Audit, Risk and Scrutiny	7	4	3	1	2	17
Communities, Housing and Infrastructure	7	4	3	1	2	17
Finance, Policy and Resources	7	4	3	1	2	17
Licensing Committee	7	4	4	1	1	17
Planning Development Management	7	5	3	1	1	17
Petitions	6	4	4	1	0	15
Urgent Business	5	3	3	1	1	13
Appeals	3	3	2	1	0	9
Pensions Committee	3	3	2	1	0	9
Integration Joint Board	2	1	1	0	0	4
Total	62	40	32	10	10	154

 

Councillor Laing moved, seconded by Councillor Lumsden:-

That the Council approve recommendation (a) subject to the revised version of Appendix 1 above.

 

Councillor Flynn moved as an amendment, seconded by Councillor Jackie Dunbar:-

That the Council do not approve recommendation (a), and that a revised approach be taken in respect of the allocations contained within Appendix 1.

 

On a division, there voted:-

 

For the motion  (23)  -  Lord Provost; Depute Provost; and Councillors Allan, Bell, Boulton, Donnelly, Lesley Dunbar, Duncan, Graham, Grant, Houghton, Hunt, Imrie, John, Laing, Lumsden, Macdonald, Avril MacKenzie, Malik, Reynolds, Sellar, Jennifer Stewart and Wheeler.

 

For the amendment  (18)  -  Councillors Allard, Alphonse, Cameron, Cooke, Copland, Cormie, Jackie Dunbar, Flynn, Henrickson, Hutchison, MacGregor, Catriona MacKenzie, McLellan, McRae, Nicoll, Noble, Samarai and Townson.

 

Declined to vote  (3)  -  Councillors Delaney, Greig and Yuill.

 

Absent from the division  (1)  -  Councillor Sandy Stuart.

 

The Council resolved:-

to adopt the motion.

 

Councillor Laing moved, seconded by Councillor Lumsden:-

That in relation to recommendation (b), the Council appoint the following Conveners and Vice Conveners, and Spokesperson for Regeneration and Transport:-

 

Committee	Convener	Vice Convener(s)
Finance, Policy and Resources Committee	Councillor Lumsden	Councillor Graham
Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee	Councillor Allan	Councillors Bell and Hunt
Education and Children’s Services Committee	Councillor Wheeler	Councillor Lesley Dunbar
Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Committee	Councillor Flynn	Councillor Yuill
Petitions Committee	Councillor Imrie
Urgent Business Committee	Councillor Laing	Councillor Lumsden
Planning Development Management Committee	Councillor Boulton	Councillor Jennifer Stewart
Licensing Committee	Councillor Reynolds	Councillor Boulton
Pensions Committee	Councillor Donnelly	Councillor Reynolds
Appeals Committee	Councillor Houghton
Licensing Board	Councillor Boulton
Regeneration and Transport Spokesperson - Councillor Grant

 

Councillor Flynn moved as an amendment, seconded by Councillor Jackie Dunbar:-

That in relation to recommendation (b), the Council appoint the following:-

 

Committee	Convener
Finance, Policy and Resources Committee	Councillor Flynn
Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee	Councillor Nicoll
Education and Children’s Services Committee	Councillor Cameron
Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Committee	Councillor Flynn with Councillor Yuill as Vice Convener
Petitions Committee	Councillor McRae
Urgent Business Committee	Councillor Flynn with Councillor Nicoll as Vice Convener
Planning Development Management Committee	Councillor Cooke
Licensing Committee	Councillor Townson
Pensions Committee	Councillor Allard
Appeals Committee	Councillor Catriona MacKenzie
Licensing Board	Councillor Cameron

 

On a division, there voted:-

 

For the motion  (23)  -  Lord Provost; Depute Provost; and Councillors Allan, Bell, Boulton, Donnelly, Lesley Dunbar, Duncan, Graham, Grant, Houghton, Hunt, Imrie, John, Laing, Lumsden, Macdonald, Avril MacKenzie, Malik, Reynolds, Sellar, Jennifer Stewart and Wheeler.

 

For the amendment  (19)  -  Councillors Allard, Alphonse, Cameron, Cooke, Copland, Cormie, Jackie Dunbar, Flynn, Henrickson, Hutchison, MacGregor, Catriona MacKenzie, McLellan, McRae, Nicoll, Noble, Samarai, Sandy Stuart and Townson.

 

Declined to vote  (3)  -  Councillors Delaney, Greig and Yuill.

 

The Council further resolved:-

to adopt the motion.

 

The Council further resolved:-

in relation to recommendation (c), to agree that the names of members of committees be provided to the Head of Legal and Democratic Services in due course.

 

Councillor Laing moved, seconded by Councillor Donnelly:-

That in relation to recommendation (d), the Council nominate Councillor Duncan for the position of Vice Chairperson of the Integration Joint Board.

 

Councillor Flynn moved, seconded by Councillor Jackie Dunbar:-

That in relation to recommendation (d), the Council nominate Councillor Samarai for the position of Vice Chairperson of the Integration Joint Board.

 

On a division, there voted:-

 

For the motion  (23)  -  Lord Provost; Depute Provost; and Councillors Allan, Bell, Boulton, Donnelly, Lesley Dunbar, Duncan, Graham, Grant, Houghton, Hunt, Imrie, John, Laing, Lumsden, Macdonald, Avril MacKenzie, Malik, Reynolds, Sellar, Jennifer Stewart and Wheeler.

 

For the amendment  (19)  -  Councillors Allard, Alphonse, Cameron, Cooke, Copland, Cormie, Jackie Dunbar, Flynn, Henrickson, Hutchison, MacGregor, Catriona MacKenzie, McLellan, McRae, Nicoll, Noble, Samarai, Sandy Stuart and Townson.

 

Declined to vote  (3)  -  Councillors Delaney, Greig and Yuill.

 

The Council further resolved:-

to adopt the motion.

 

The Council further resolved:-

(i)           to appoint the Lord Provost and Depute Provost to the Guildry and Mortification Funds Committee, and note that the Master of Mortifications would be appointed as part of agenda item 12;

(ii)          to appoint Councillors Boulton, Laing and Lumsden as the substantive members of the Aberdeen City Region Deal Joint Committee, with Councillors Flynn, Graham and Yuill as substitute members;

(iii)         to agree that the Special Licensing Objections Committee comprise 5 members, with 2 SNP members, 1 Conservative member, 1 Labour member and 1 Independent Alliance member;

(iv)         to agree the payment of senior councillor allowances in accordance with the guidance set out in paragraph 3.3.2 of the report within the parameters of the various positions as agreed above;

(v)          to agree the appointment of external members to the Education and Children’s Services Committee as set out in section 3.4 of the report; and

(vi)         to nominate Councillor John to be appointed to the North East Scotland Pension Fund Pensions Board, on the basis of the information contained within section 3.5 of the report, with the name of the substitute member to be provided by the Opposition in due course.