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Committee/Sub-Committee Membership for 2009-2010

Standards Committee

  • Councillor Paul High
  • Councillor John Livermore
  • Councillor Carol Molineaux
  • Councillor Keith Sunderland
  • Councillor Hazel Thorpe
  • Councillor Steve Waight

Independent Members

  • Jane Stirzaker-Evans
  • Tony Case Chairman
  • Julian Cioffi
  • John Todd
  • Mavis MacDougall 

Substitute Members

  • Councillor Graham Fabes
  • Councillor James Doyle
  • Councillor Norah Fisher
  • Councillor Elizabeth Sparkes

Main responsibilities and duties

The Council’s Code of Conduct, Councillor training, having an overview of the Council’s whistle-blowing policy and Ombudsman investigations.

Planning Committee

  • Councillor Don Allen
  • Councillor Joan Bradley (Vice-Chairman)
  • Councillor Christine Brown
  • Councillor Norah Fisher
  • Councillor Mary Harding
  • Councillor Diane Jones
  • Councillor John Livermore (Chairman)
  • Councillor Carol Molineaux
  • Councillor John Rogers
  • Councillor Bryan Turner

Substitute Members:

  • Councillor James Doyle
  • Councillor Elizabeth Sparkes
  • Councillor Kevin Skepper
  • Councillor Hazel Thorpe

Main responsibilities and duties:

All Planning, Listed Building Consent, Conservation Area Consent and Advertisement Consent applications; Tree Preservation Orders and enforcement action relating to unauthorised building works or breach of conditions where applications have been approved.

Licensing and Control Committees 'A' & 'B'

  • Councillor Joan Bradley
  • Councillor Martin Coppard
  • Councillor James Doyle
  • Councillor Michael Donin
  • Councillor Graham Fabes (Vice-Chairman)
  • Councillor Norah Fisher
  • Councillor Paul High
  • Councillor Mary Lermitte
  • Councillor Jacqui Marsh (Chairman)
  • Councillor Carol Molineaux 
  • Councillor Roger Oakley
  • Councillor David Potter
  • Councillor John Rogers
  • Councillor Ann Sayers
  • Councillor Bob Smytherman

Substitute Members (for Committee 'A' only):

  • Councillor Reg Green
  • Councillor Diane Jones
  • Councillor Keith Sunderland
  • Councillor Bryan Turner

Note: Substitutes not permitted for 'B' Committee

Main responsibilities and duties:

Committee 'A' : All licensing applications, in particular those for public houses and nightclubs.
Committee 'B': All licensing matters under the Licensing Act 2003

Governance and Audit Committee

  • Councillor Ann Barlow
  • Councillor Michael Donin
  • Councillor Reg Green (Vice-Chairman)
  • Councillor Paul High (Chairman)
  • Councillor John Livermore
  • Councillor Roger Oakley
  • Councillor Alan Rice
  • Councillor Kevin Skepper
  • Councillor Bob Smytherman

Main responsibility and duties:

Members’ allowances, election of the civic Mayor and Deputy Major, appointments and nominations to outside bodies, Standing Orders, the allocation of seats on committees and sub-committees and the submission of pilot schemes for local government elections

 Appointments Committee

  • Councillor James Doyle
  • Councillor Joan Bradley
  • Councillor Bryan Turner

Main responsibilities and duties:

To deal with the appointment of independent members of the Standards Committee and other miscellaneous Worthing Borough Council appointments not covered by the Joint Staff Committee

Joint Staff Committee

Worthing Borough Council -

  • Councillor James Doyle
  • Councillor Joan Bradley
  • Councillor Mary Harding

Adur District Council -

  • Councillor Brian Boggis
  • Councillor Julie Searle
  • Councillor Ben Stride

(Chairman: to be appointed on a meeting by meeting basis)

Main responsibilities and duties:

Jointly with Members of Adur District Council to deal with the appointment of staff to the Senior Management Structure for Adur and Worthing Councils and to act as the final appeal body for all grievance and disciplinary matters relating to Adur and Worthing staff

Joint Strategic Committee

Worthing Borough Council -

  • Councillor Mary Lermitte
  • Councillor Clive Roberts
  • Councillor John Rogers
  • Councillor Kevin Skepper
  • Councillor Steve Waight 
  • Councillor Paul Yallop

Adur District Council -  

  • Councillor Keith Dollemore
  • Councillor Angus Dunn
  • Councillor Jim Funnell
  • Councillor Neil Parkin
  • Councillor Julie Searle
  • Councillor David Simmons

(Chairman: to be appointed on a meeting by meeting basis)

Main responsibilities and duties:

Determination of matters relating to the joining of services; determination of matters of policy referred by the Joint Delivery Committee; strategic management of the services; to set strategic targets and agree revenue and capital budgets for the implementation of each joint service

Joint Delivery Committee

Worthing Borough Council -

  • Councillor Mary Lermitte
  • Councillor Clive Roberts
  • Councillor Kevin Skepper
  • Councillor Steve Waight

Adur District Council -

  • Councillor Keith Dollemore
  • Councillor Angus Dunn
  • Councillor Jim Funnell
  • Councillor David Simmons

 (Chairman: to be appointed on a meeting by meeting basis)

Main responsibilities and duties:

Management of joint services; monitoring of budgets; monitoring of implementation of each joint service

Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Worthing Borough Council -

  • Councillor Don Allen
  • Councillor Martin Coppard
  • Councillor Michael Donin
  • Councillor Reg Green
  • Councillor Alan Rice
  • Councillor Ann Sayers
  • Councillor Bob Smytherman
  • Councillor Tom Wye

Adur District Council -

  • Councillor Carson Albury
  • Councillor Pat Beresford
  • Councillor Emma Evans
  • Councillor Laura Graysmark
  • Councillor Rod Hotton
  • Councillor Debbie Kennard
  • Councillor Liza McKinney 
  • Councillor Peter Metcalfe

 (Chairman: to be appointed on a meeting by meeting basis)

Main responsibilities and duties:

To perform Overview and Scrutiny functions on behalf of the two Councils in relation to the delivery of joint services

Independent Remuneration Panel

  • Mr Colin Sparks
  • Mr Tom Wolstenholme
  • President of Worthing Law Society - Mrs. Margaret Woollacott

Main responsibilities and duties:

To consider and make recommendations to the Council on the level of allowances to be paid to elected Members

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