Issue - meetings

To consider the Political Balance 2021-22 report.

Councillor Caton made a personal statement in that he was disappointed to have lost his place on the Planning Committee but said that he had accepted it. He said that moving forward he hoped for a less frenetic and more consensual approach and that he hoped relationships between the parties could be re-set ahead of the final two years of the administration.

The Leader of the Council proposed approval of the report and said that there had been many last-minute changes that had to be made in respect of the political balance and thanked the Chief Executive and the Democratic Services Manager for re-calculating figures on a number of occasions. He said he was looking to ensure fairness.

CouncillorCriscione seconded approval of the report and said that he considered the proposed allocation of seats to be fair and did create unity.

RESOLVED to achieve political balance by allocating seats on its committees as detailed in the report.