New council administration positions and committee member's

Wednesday, June 6 2007

A full guide to who's who within the new council administration and a run down of all council committee member's.

Convener – Alasdair Hutton
Vice Convener – Ron Smith
Council Leader – David Parker
Deputy Leaders – Alex Nicol (HR), Neil Calvert (Finance)
Chair, Scrutiny – Donald Moffat, SNP
Chair, Standards – Neil Calvert
Chair, Development and Building Control – Jock Houston
Vice Chair, Development and Building Control – Trevor Jones
Lothian & Borders Police Board – Gavin Logan, Jim Hume
Lothian & Borders Fire Board – John Paton-Day, George Turnbull
SESTRANS – Jim Fullarton (substitute Catriona Bhatia), Neil Calvert (substitute Vicky Davidson)
Lothian & Borders Community Justice Authority – Sandy Scott (substitute David Raw)
Communities and Health - Sandy Scott
Corporate Improvement - Michael Cook
Culture, Sport and Community Learning - Graham Garvie
Economic Development - Vicky Davidson
Education - Catriona Bhatia
Environmental Services - Len Wyse
Planning and Environment - Carolyn Riddell-Carre
Roads and Infrastructure - Jim Fullarton
Social Work - David Raw

The following Committee appointments were made:

Education Executive: Chair - Councillor Bhatia and all members of the Executive

Scrutiny: Chair - Councillor Moffat, Vice Chair - Councillor Elliot, Members - Councillors Renton, Paton-Day, Turnbull, Logan, Weatherston, Gunn and Watson

Standards: Chair - Councillor Calvert. Members - Councillors Lackenby, Elliot, Weatherston, Bhatia, Paton-Day, Mitchell, Archibald

Development and Building Control Committee: Chair - Councillor Houston, Vice Chair - Councillor Jones, Members - Councillors Bhatia, Logan, Hume, Riddell-Carre, Fullarton, Weatherston, Calvert, Smith, Moffat, Brown, Watson

Audit: Chair - Councillor Hutton, Members - Councillors Calvert, Nicol, Mitchell, Jones

Community Safety Forum: Chair - Councillor Nicol, Members - Councillors Renton, Scott, Lackenby, Archibald, Paterson

Children’s Panel Advisory Committee: Councillors Weatherston, Scott

Joint Consultative Group: Staff: Chair - Councillor Nicol. Members - Councillors Paton-Day, Elliot, Logan, Renton, Archibald, Gunn, Paterson

Joint Consultative Group: Teachers: Chair - Bhatia, Members - Councillors Smith, Lackenby, Houston, Turnbull, Herd, Paterson, Aitchison

Licensing Board (East): Councillors Renton, Fullarton, Weatherston, Marshall, Brown and Paterson

Licensing Board (West): Councillors Paton-Day, Davidson, Lackenby, Logan, Archibald and Mitchell

Reference: News-20153, Contact the Author