Meeting documents

County Council (DCC)
Tuesday 17 March 2009


            Meeting: County Council (County Hall, Durham - Council Chamber - 17/03/2009 10:00:00 AM)

                  Item: A6 Appointments to Joint and Other Bodies 2009/10


         

1. Section 1 of the attached Appendix sets out those joint bodies which require seats to be allocated in accordance with political proportionality.

2. Section 2 of the Appendix lists other bodies and local authority associations where both the Majority Party and Minority Parties traditionally have representation and indicates how the seats were allocated in 2008/09.


3. The Council is asked to:

(i) agree the allocation of seats on the joint bodies detailed in Section 1 of the Appendix .

(ii) allocate the memberships of the bodies and local authority associations for 2009/10 as set out in Section 2 of the Appendix, and

(iii) authorise the Chief Executive and the Acting Director of Corporate Services to make appointments to the other outside bodies to which the Council are invited to nominate, in consultation with the appropriate Group Leader(s); and

(iv) grant a similar delegated authority to allow any changes to be made to memberships of the main outside bodies approved by Council , which may become necessary during the course of 2009/10, again in consultation with the appropriate Group Leader(s).
Appendix 1
JOINT COMMITTEES AND OTHER BODIES - REPRESENTATION

SECTION 1

Joint Bodies which require seats to be allocated in accordance with political proportionality

Labour
Group
Lib Dem
Group
Durham Independent
Group
Durham County Council Independent
Group
Conservative
Group
County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority

21 SEATS

11 (11.33)
4 (4.50)
3 (2.83)
1 (0.67)
2 (1.67)
Joint Committee for the North of England Open Air Museum Beamish

18 SEATS

10 (9.71)
4 (3.85)
2 (2.43)
1 (0.57)
1 (1.43)
Joint Committee to Determine Local Authority Appointments to the Durham Police Authority

5 SEATS

3 (2.70)
1 (1.07)
1 (0.67)
0 (0.16)
0 (0.40)

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PDF FOR SECTION 2


Attachments


 Joint and Other Bodies 2009-10.pdf