Committee:	Governance Committee
Date:	25 June 2024
Title:	Outside Body Appointment: Police and Crime Panel
By:	Assistant Chief Executive
Purpose of report:	To consider the appointment of a second Council representative on the Sussex Police and Crime Panel

RECOMMENDATION

The Committee is recommended to agree on the appointment of a Conservative councillor as a second representative on the Police and Crime Panel for a one-year period.

1.         Supporting Information

1.1 Each of the 15 borough, county, district and unitary authorities across Sussex appoint one representative to the Sussex Police and Crime Panel. At the County Council meeting held on 25 May 2021, Councillor Standley was appointed as the County Council’s representative on the Panel.

1.2 In addition to a representative from each authority in Sussex, the Constitution of the Police and Crime Panel allows for additional local authority members to be appointed to address any imbalance in political proportionality. Any such appointments will be for a one-year period to expire on 26 June 2025, the eve of the Panel’s 2025 meeting. In order to achieve political proportionality, it is proposed by West Sussex County Council, which provides democratic services support to the Panel, that for 2024/25 East Sussex County Council should appoint a Conservative councillor as a second representative. West Sussex County Council have asked that a substitute Conservative councillor for the second representative for 2024/25 also be nominated.

2.         Conclusion

2.1       The Committee is recommended to nominate a Conservative councillor as the Council’s second representative on the Police and Crime Panel for a one-year period.  The Committee is also recommended to nominate a substitute Conservative councillor for the second representative for a one-year period.

PHILIP BAKER

Assistant Chief Executive

Contact Officer:  Georgina Seligmann

Tel: 01273 482355

Email:  georgina.seligmann@eastsussex.gov.uk

Local Member:   All    

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