A report submitted by the City Solicitor explained that the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) was proposing to change the constitution of its Transport for Greater Manchester Committee (TfGMC). The intention was to reduce the size of the committee from its present size of 33 members down to 23. It order to achieve that the GMCA had devised proposals for how the 10 districts in Greater Manchester would appoint or Nominate Councillors to sit on the committee, and for the Greater Manchester Mayor to also nominate a person to sit on the committee.

As the TfGMC would be exercising some executive and non-executive functions the change would require the support of the executive and of the Council of each of the 10 districts. The actual appointment and nomination of Manchester City Councillors to the new committee would be done by the Council, on the advice of the Constitutional and Nomination Committee. The report asked for the Executive to agree to the governance changes that arose from these proposals.

Decisions

1.         To agree the reduction in size of the Transport for Greater Manchester Committee (TfGMC) to 23 members.

2.         To agree that each of the 10 Greater Manchester district councils shall:

·         appoint one member to the TfGMC (save for Manchester City Council which shall appoint two members); and

·         nominate one further member to be appointed to the TfGMC by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to ensure political balance.

3.         To agree that the GMCA shall appoint one member.

4.         To agree that the Mayor of Greater Manchester shall nominate one further member to be appointed to the TfGMC by the GMCA.

5.         To agree that the TfGMC Operating Agreement be amended to reflect the above changes.

6.         To agree that the TfGMC Terms of Reference be amended to ensure that they reflect the Mayor of Greater Manchester’s current transport powers.

7.         To agree that the Operating Agreement and Terms of Reference of the TfGMC be further reviewed in 2019/20 when the final Mayoral transport powers are agreed by Order.