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Council. Full Council sets the budget and council tax and approves major plans.
Political balance and committee seats
Council set committee sizes: 17 members for the scrutiny committees, the Democratic Services Committee, the Planning Committee, the Senior Employment Committee and the Senior Investigation Committee, and 15 for the Statutory and General Licensing Committees. Council allocated the seats to political groups as set out in paragraph 3.6 of the report. It appointed 17 councillors to the Democratic Services Committee and noted the membership of the Governance and Audit Committee. It asked the Finance and Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee to examine the political makeup of the Asset Management Task and Finish Group.
Council. Full Council sets the budget and council tax and approves major plans.
Revised political balance and committee seats
Council increased committees with 17 members to 19, using the seat allocation set out in the report. It asked officers, with Group Leaders, to look at another way of allocating seats that keeps committee sizes the same, reporting to the Annual General Meeting in May 2026.
Council. Full Council sets the budget and council tax and approves major plans.
Political balance and committee seat allocation
Council approved the allocation of committee seats to political groups, in line with the table in paragraph 3.6 of the report and the revised spreadsheet in Appendix 1.
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