The report was moved Councillor Stephen Alambritis and seconded by Councillor Mark Allison.

RESOLVED

That the Council:

A.          approves the constitution of committees, sub-committees and scrutiny bodies and agrees the allocation of seats, chair and vice-chair positions and the appointment of members to those seats, as set out in Appendix A of the submitted report;

B.          approves the constitution of consultative forums and other bodies and agrees the appointment of members to those seats; as set out in Appendix B of the submitted report;

C.         agrees the allocation of seats and appointment to the outside organisations as detailed in Appendix C of the submitted report;

D.         agrees the terms of reference of consultative and other bodies for which the Council is responsible and the Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee – South West London as set out in Appendix D of the submitted report

E.          agreesto delegateto thePlanning ApplicationsCommittee theauthority to appoint a non-voting co-opted memberif this is deemed appropriate.

F.          notes that the Executive Leader has not made any changes to appointments to his Cabinet or to their respective portfolios as set out in Appendix E of the submitted report;

G.         notes that, in respect of the Mayor of Merton’s Charitable Trust, Councillors John Sargeant and Laxmi Attawar have resigned with effect 5 June 2014 and that notes the appointment of the incoming Mayor Councillor David Chung and Deputy Mayor Councillor Pauline Cowper, as trustees from 5 June 2014; and

H.         i)      agrees the procedure rules and terms of reference of the South London Partnership Joint Committee (Joint Committee of The Boroughs Of Richmond, Kingston, Sutton, Merton And Croydon) as set out in Appendix G of the submitted report

ii)      delegates authority to the Monitoring Officer to insert reference to the South London Partnership Joint Committee and its purpose as defined in Appendix G into the appropriate section of the Council’s Constitution

iii)     approves that the Leader be appointed to South London Partnership Joint Committee (Joint Committee Of The Boroughs Of Richmond, Kingston, Sutton, Merton And Croydon)

I.      agrees to appoint Councillor Brenda Fraser to the Council of Governors for the Kingston Hospital NHS Trust Board as the Merton and Sutton Borough Councils (Joint nomination).