Establishment of Committees to deal with matters which are neither reserved to the Council nor are executive functions

May 14, 2025 Council Annual Meeting (Other) Approved View on council website

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Summary

...to deal with matters which are neither reserved to the Council nor are executive functions, the Council Annual Meeting of Greenwich agreed to establish various member-level bodies, allocate seats, approve terms of reference, appoint scrutiny panel chairs, and appoint Dr. Susan Blackall as Chair of the Standards Committee, while also authorizing the Chief Executive to establish appointment panels and fill vacancies.

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The Leader of the Council, Councillor Anthony
Okereke moved the recommendations in the reports.
 
The Mayor put the recommendations to the vote
and it was unanimously
 
Resolved –
 
Agreed to establish the following
Member-level Bodies for 2025-2026 to deal with matters which are
neither reserved to the Council nor are executive functions:
 
Standing
Member-Level Bodies
 
Audit and
Risk Management Panel
Borough-wide Housing Panel (Vice-Chair only)
Corporate Parenting
Partnership Board
General Purposes
Committee
Health and Well-Being
Board
Licensing
Committee
Local
Planning Committee
Local
Housing Panels (Vice Chairs only)
Margaret
McMillan Field Study Centre Sub-Committee
Overview and Scrutiny
Committee
Overview and Scrutiny
Call In Sub-Committee
Pension
Fund Investment and Administration Panel
Planning
Board
Scrutiny
Panels (x6)
Standards
Committee
Standing
Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE)
 
Consultative Bodies
 
Greenwich Council Joint
Committee
Schools
Forum
 
Agreed - 
the allocation of seats on Member-level bodies as set out in
Appendix A.
 
Agreed the terms of reference of all
Member level bodies for 2025/26 (Appendix B) and that Part 3 of the
Constitution (Responsibility for Functions) be updated
accordingly.
 
Agreed the Chairs
of the Scrutiny Panels for 2025/26 (Appendix C).
 
Agreed that Dr Susan Blackall be
appointed as Chair of the Standards Committee (and consequently
Vice-Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Panel) and that Dr
Susan Blackall (vice-chair) be appointed as an independent member
of the Standards Committee.
 
Agreed that the Chief Executive be
authorised to (a) establish, in consultation with the Party Group
Leaders, individual Appointment Panels based on the requirements of
the post; and (b) appoint, in consultation with the Leader and
Party Whips, Members to Appointment Panel.
 
Agreed
that the Chief Executive, in consultation with the
Leader of the Council and the relevant Party Whip, be authorised to
appoint to any vacancies on the bodies listed in 1.1 above or any
that may arise during the Municipal Year 2025/26.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Supporting Documents

Establishment of Member Level Bodies.pdf
9.2 - Appendix B Terms of References 25-26.pdf
9.3 - UPDATED Appendix C Appointment of Scrutiny Panel Chairs.pdf
9.1 - Appendix A Allocation of Seats.pdf
9.3 - Appendix C Appointment of Scrutiny Panel Chairs.pdf

Details

OutcomeRecommendations Approved
Decision date14 May 2025