Issue - meetings

To make appointments to Category 2 organisations.

The Committee considered a report on nominations to Category 2 bodies following the Council elections.

A revised list of nominations to outside bodies was circulated at the meeting together with a revised list of bodies where it was considered appropriate for the local town or parish council to nominate representatives.

In reviewing the appointments to outside bodies, the Outside Organisations Sub-Committee had taken into account the following:

·         the effectiveness and appropriateness of representation;

·         term of office of appointees;

·         political proportionality, where appropriate;

·         continuity of representation and Members’ interests

·         the finalising of the legal guidance for Members

·         Officer support for Members appointed to outside organisations

RESOLVED

That

(1)   the nominations to the bodies listed in the revised Appendix A as circulated at the meeting be approved subject to the following:

(a)   Councillor D Topping be appointed to the Astbury Mere Trust;

(b)   Councillors J Jackson, W Livesley and G Barton be appointed to the Bollin Valley Steering Committee;

(c)   the nomination of Councillor A Thwaite to Community Transport (Macclesfield) be deleted and the Conservative Group Whip be asked to submit an alternative nomination;

(d)   Councillor Rachel Bailey be nominated to the Fairtrade Steering Group;

(e)   a decision on the nomination to the Sandbach Park Steering Group be deferred to enable additional information to be sought and the Democratic and Registration Services Manager be authorised in consultation with the Chairman to determine the final nomination;

(2)   the appointments be made until such time as representation is reviewed following the election of the new Council in 2015;

(3)   notwithstanding (2) above, the Council retains the right to review the representation on any outside organisation at any time;

(4)   the organisations listed in the revised Appendix B as circulated at the meeting be referred to the appropriate town or parish council and deleted from the Borough Council’s schedule of outside bodies; and

(5)   the Friends for Leisure Advisory Committee and Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority be deleted from the schedules as representation is no longer appropriate.