Issue - meetings

The Chairman announced that there was an additional item of urgent business concerning appointments to outside organisations.

In accordance with Section 100B (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972, it was considered to be urgent on the grounds that the changes needed to be made to ensure that the Council was correctly represented on the bodies concerned and that to delay the appointments would be detrimental to the interests of the Council.

In addition, and in accordance with Rule 13.1 of the Scrutiny Procedure Rules, the Chairman of the Corporate Scrutiny Committee agreed to waive the call-in provisions in relation to the decision on the grounds that the changes needed to be made to ensure the Council was correctly represented on the bodies concerned and that to delay the appointments would be detrimental to the interests of the Council.  In addition any delay caused by the call-in process would be likely to seriously prejudice the Council’s or the public’s interest in this matter.

Consideration was given to a report of the Borough Solicitor on changes in representative on a number of Category 1 organisations, these being top level strategic organisations at national, regional and local level, for which the Cabinet was responsible for making the appointments.

At the meeting an updated schedule was circulated of the appointments to be made.

RESOLVED

1. That approval be given to the changes of representative shown on the updated schedule circulated at the meeting, and that they run until such time as representation is reviewed following the elections of the new Council in 2015.

2. That approval be given for the appointments to take immediate effect.

3.      That, notwithstanding (1) above, the Cabinet retains the right to review the representation on any outside organisation, at any time.