Agenda and draft minutes

To approve the minutes of the previous meeting.

The minutes of the previous meeting were agreed by the members present and then signed by the Chairman.

To receive any apologies for absence.

An apology for absence was received from Michelle Anderson, Electoral Services Manager.

To receive any declarations of interest.

There were no declarations of interest.

There was no public participation.

•           Council size: Members proposal

•           Council size submission document

To view the full discussion please see the video minutes.

Actions

For the committee to discuss via email the average number of hours spent per week on ward work as a non-executive member, and advise M Brookes of the final figure.

Outcome

1.         To recommend a council size of 53 members to Full Council.

2.         The Committee considered the draft template response and allocated Cllr Stevens to work with the Monitoring Officer to finalise the template.

A representative from Civica will demonstrate the mapping software, which will be available to members for phase 2 of the review, which looks at the ward boundaries.

Tom Harte from Civica attended the meeting virtually to give a demonstration on the mapping software.

To view the full discussion please see the video minutes.

Actions

M Brookes to investigate the cost of the license(s) for the software.