Agenda item

Appendix 4 was omitted in error from the principal agenda

With reference to Article 12 of the minute of its meeting of 13 July 2022, the Council had before it a report by the Interim Chief Officer - Governance which responded to the instruction following the approval of the notice of motion by the Co-Leaders proposing changes to the Scheme of Governance and the committee structure in particular.

 

The report recommended:-

that the Council -

(a)         agree, with effect from 14 October 2022, to:-

·      disestablish the Capital Programme Committee

·      disestablish the Strategic Commissioning Committee

·      disestablish the Operational Delivery Committee

·      disestablish the Public Protection Committee

·      rename the Education Operational Delivery Committee as the Education and Children’s Services Committee

·      rename the City Growth and Resources Committee as the Finance and Resources Committee

·      establish the Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee

·      establish the Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee

·      establish the Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee;

(b)         approve the Terms of Reference for the Finance and Resources Committee, Council, Education and Children’s Services Committee, Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee, Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee, Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee and Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Committee as set out in Appendices 1 to 7, to take effect from 14 October 2022;

(c)          delegate authority to the Chief Officer - Early Intervention and Community Empowerment, following consultation with the Chief Officer - Governance and the Convener of the Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee, to determine the process for the selection and appointment of the external advisers to the Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee and report back to the next Council meeting to seek approval of the appointments;

(d)         agree that the Conveners and Vice Conveners of the City Growth and Resources Committee and Education Operational Delivery Committee become the Conveners and Vice Conveners of the Finance and Resources Committee and Education and Children’s Services Committee respectively, with effect from 14 October 2022, and that the membership of those committees be unchanged;

(e)         appoint Conveners and Vice Conveners to the following committees with effect from 14 October 2022:-

·         Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee

·         Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee

·         Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee

(f)           agree the compositions of the new committees as below:-

 

Committee	Partnership	Labour	Conservative	Cllr Boulton	Cllr Stewart	Total
Communities, Housing and Public Protection	7	3	2	0	1	13
Net Zero, Environment and Transport	7	3	3	0	0	13
Anti-Poverty and Inequality	7	3	3	0	0	13

 

(g)         agree that there be no change to the Planning Scheme of Delegation (i.e. the Scheme of Delegation for dealing with planning applications for Local Developments) in the Powers Delegated to Officers, as detailed in section 3.3 of the report; instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to draft a procedure to allow all interested parties, including ward members, to make representations at Planning Development Management Committee and report this draft procedure to the November meeting of that Committee for approval; and note that said Chief Officer would continue to develop local engagement on planning matters, including through the network of community councils;

(h)         approve the changes to Standing Orders 13, 16, 34 and 40, as set out in Appendix 8, with effect from 25 August 2022;

(i)           instruct the Chief Officer - Governance to remove from the Scheme of Governance all references to Business Manager and Depute Business Manager, and approve the replacement wording contained within Appendix 9 with immediate effect;

(j)           approve the amended Council diary for 2022 and the Council diary for 2023 as set out in Appendices 10 and 11 respectively;

(k)          consider the information with regard to additional webcasting requirements as set out in section 3.7 of the report and Appendix 12 (exempt) and refer the matter to the budget process;

(l)           appoint Vice Conveners to the Appeals Sub Committee and Licensing Sub Committee as detailed in section 3.8 of the report;

(m)        appoint one member to each of the COSLA Boards as set out in section 3.9 of the report;

(n)         approve the establishment of the Void Properties Working Group, agree the membership and approve the Terms of Reference as set out in Appendix 13; and

(o)         instruct the Chief Officer - Governance to, following consultation with the Co-Leaders, make all other amendments to the Scheme of Governance which are necessary to reflect the decisions taken by the Council at this meeting in relation to this report.

 

Councillor Greig moved, seconded by Councillor Fairfull:-

That the Council approve the recommendations contained within the report  subject to:-

(1)      in relation to recommendation (e), to approve the Conveners and Vice Conveners for the new committees as per the spreadsheet appended;

(2)      to approve recommendation (h) to be effective from 26 August 2022; and

(3)      in relation to recommendation (m), to approve the following appointments in terms of the COSLA Boards:-

 

Health and Social Care - John Cooke

Children and Young People - Martin Grieg

Environment and Economy - Alex McLellan

Community Wellbeing - Miranda Radley

 

	Senior Councillors Calculation
	Financial Year 2022/23
	Basic Remuneration	£19,571.00	2022 Amendment Regulations re 2004 Local Governance (Scotland) Act
		COUNCILLOR	PAY THRESHOLD	COMMITTEE/ROLE	ANNUAL SALARY
	Leader of Council	Alex Nicoll	Council Leader	Council Co-Leader	£45,669.00
	Civic Head	David Cameron	Lord Provost	Lord Provost	£34,254.00
	Maximum 19 Senior Councillors		Maximum Value per Annum		£511,316.13
1	Senior Councillor	Steve Delaney	Convener	Depute Provost	£33,795.00
2	Senior Councillor	Christian Allard	Convener	Anti-Poverty & Inequality	£33,795.00
3	Senior Councillor	Miranda Radley	Convener	Communities, Housing & PP	£33,795.00
4	Senior Councillor	Ciaran McRae	Vice Convener	Communities, Housing & PP	£25,348.00
5	Senior Councillor	Martin Greig	Convener	Education & Children's Services	£33,795.00
6	Senior Councillor	Jessica Mennie	Vice Convener	Education & Children's Services	£25,348.00
7	Senior Councillor	Alex McLellan	Convener	Finance & Resources	£33,795.00
8	Senior Councillor	Gill Al-Samarai	Convener	Licensing	£33,795.00
9	Senior Councillor	Ian Yuill	Convener	Net Zero, Environment & Transport	£33,795.00
10	Senior Councillor	John Cooke	Convener	Pensions	£33,795.00
11	Senior Councillor	Neil MacGregor	Vice Convener	Pensions	£25,348.00
12	Senior Councillor	Dell Henrickson	Convener	Planning	£33,795.00
13	Senior Councillor	Desmond Bouse	Vice Convener	Planning	£25,348.00
14	Senior Councillor	Neil Copland	Convener	Staff Governance	£33,795.00
15	Senior Councillor	Sandra Macdonald	Convener	Audit, Risk & Scrutiny	£33,795.00
16	Senior Councillor	Ryan Houghton	Vice Convener	Audit, Risk & Scrutiny	£25,348.00
	Total spend on Senior Councillors				£498,485.00
					-£12,831.13
	Other Senior Roles - no additional remun.		Role	Committee
		Desmond Bouse	Vice Convener	Anti-Poverty & Inequality
		Ian Yuill	Vice Convener	Finance & Resources
		John Cooke	Vice Chairperson	Integration Joint Board
		Neil Copland	Convener	Licencing Board
		Steve Delaney	Vice Convener	Licensing
		Miranda Radley	Vice Convener	Net Zero, Environment & Transport
		Gill Al-Samarai	Vice Convener	Staff Governance
	Councillors	27			£528,417.00
	Full year cost of Councillors (excluding oncosts)				£1,106,825.00

 

 

Councillor Macdonald moved as an amendment, seconded by Councillor Grant:-

That the Council approves the recommendations within the report with the exception of:-

(1)      within recommendation (a), agrees to not disestablish the Strategic Commissioning Committee and make all necessary changes to the Scheme of Governance to reflect this;

(2)      replaces recommendation (c) with:- Instruct the Chief Officer - Early Intervention and Community Empowerment following consultation with the Chief Officer - Governance to report to the next appropriate committee on the process for the selection and appointment of the external advisers to the Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee and to ensure the external advisers include nominees on disability, in-work poverty, and social isolation, and to consider the best way of engaging with residents with personal experience of poverty; and

(3)      instructs the Chief Officer - Governance to make provision for the continuation of Council meetings in the Council diary, if meetings are adjourned.

 

Councillor Kusznir moved as a further amendment, seconded by Councillor Farquhar:-

That the Council approve the recommendations contained within the report subject to the following additions:-

(1)      agrees to amend Standing Order 30 so that the speaking time allocated to members is increased to 20 minutes for moving a motion or amendment, 15 minutes for seconding a motion or amendment, 15 minutes for speaking in debate and 10 minutes for summing up; and

(2)      agrees to amend Standing Order 7.3 to reflect that where a Convener exercises their power to modify the date of their committee for good cause, and the agenda for the committee is already published, the Convener will communicate the decision to all members of the committee explaining the reason for the change and they have consulted with the appropriate Executive Lead. For the avoidance of doubt this does not apply to a change of committee meeting when the agenda has not yet been published.

 

There being a motion and two amendments, the Council first divided between the amendment by Councillor Macdonald and the amendment by Councillor Kusznir.

 

On a division, there voted:-

 

For the amendment by Councillor Macdonald  (11)  -  Councillors Ali, Blake, Bonsell, Crockett, Graham, Grant, Macdonald, Malik, Thomson, Tissera and Watson.

 

For the amendment by Councillor Kusznir  (8)  -  Councillors Boulton, Brooks, Farquhar, Houghton, Kusznir, MacKenzie, McLeod and Massey.

 

Declined to vote  (24)  -  Lord Provost; Depute Provost; and Councillors Al-Samarai, Allard, Alphonse, Bouse, Hazel Cameron, Clark, Cooke, Copland, Cormie, Davidson, Fairfull, Greig, Henrickson, Hutchison, MacGregor, McLellan, McRae, Mennie, Nicoll, Radley, Van Sweeden and Yuill.

 

The Council then divided between the motion and the amendment by Councillor Macdonald.

 

On a division, there voted:-

 

For the motion  (24)  -  Lord Provost; Depute Provost; and Councillors Al-Samarai, Allard, Alphonse, Bouse, Hazel Cameron, Clark, Cooke, Copland, Cormie, Davidson, Fairfull, Greig, Henrickson, Hutchison, MacGregor, McLellan, McRae, Mennie, Nicoll, Radley, Van Sweeden and Yuill.

 

For the amendment by Councillor Macdonald  (11)  -  Councillors Ali, Blake, Bonsell, Crockett, Graham, Grant, Macdonald, Malik, Thomson, Tissera and Watson.

 

Declined to vote  (8)  -  Councillors Boulton, Brooks, Farquhar, Houghton, Kusznir, MacKenzie, McLeod and Massey.

 

The Council resolved:-

to adopt the motion.