Outside Body Appointment - Essex Police, Fire and Crime Panel
The Council needs to change the substitute it appointed to the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Panel at the Council meeting on 16 May 2024. The substitute needs to be from the same political group as the Council’s representative, Councillor S J Burwood. The Liberal Democrat Group has therefore been approached and wish to nominate Councillor J Driver as the substitute on this Panel.
Minutes:
The Chairperson advised that the Council needed to change the substitute it appointed to the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Panel at the Council meeting on 16 May 2024. The substitute needed to be from the same political group as the Council’s representative, Councillor S J Burwood. He noted that the Liberal Democrat Group had been approached and wished to nominate Councillor J Driver as the substitute on this Panel. The Chairperson therefore proposed that Councillor Driver replace Councillor W Stamp as the substitute on this Panel. This proposal was duly seconded and agreed.
In response to a question the Director of Strategy and Resources explained that this was an Essex County Council outside body, and a stipulation of the members was that the member representative and substitute had to be from the same political group.
RESOLVED that Councillor J Driver replace Councillor W Stamp as the Council’s substitute on the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Panel for the remaining municipal year.