To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 4 March 2022.

Decision

 

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 4 March 2022 as a correct record.

Report of the Strategic Director (Growth and Development) attached

The Committee considered the report of the Strategic Director (Growth and Development) to establish a Housing Advisory Committee, following the decision to bring back in house the Northwards Housing Arm’s Length Management Organisation (ALMO) that used to manage the Council’s housing stock. The report also provided a summary to the background to the proposal to create a Housing Advisory Committee.[SH1] 

 

Decision

 

1. To defer consideration of the reportto allow Council Officers to explore governance options further and report back to the Committee at a later date.

 

2.  To recommend that Council defer its consideration of the report.

 

The report of the City Solicitor is enclosed.

The Committee considered the report of the City Solicitor that made recommendations to Council about the size and composition of the Council’s Committees and to appoint chairs and deputy chairs.

 

Decision

 

To recommend that Council:

 

1.      Agree the size the Council’s Committees and the appointment of members to serve on the various committees listed below.

2.      Agree the appointment of members to serve as chairs of scrutiny committees and chairs of non-executive committees.

3.      Agree the appointment of Councillor Andrews for the purpose of answering questions at Council on the work of the Standards Committee, in accordance with Article 9 of the Council Constitution.

 

Membership of Committees 2022/23 and Appointment of Chairs of Committees

 

Chairs and Deputies

 

Scrutiny Committees:

 

Young People and Children	Councillor Reid
Communities and Equalities	Councillor Hitchen
Economy	Councillor Johns
Resources and Governance	Councillor Simcock
Environment and Climate Change	Councillor Shilton-Godwin
Health	Councillor Green

 

Chairs and deputy chairs of the non-executive committees for the next municipal year:

 

Committee	Chair	Deputy Chair
Audit[SH1]
Planning & Highways	Councillor Curley
Licensing and Appeals	Councillor Grimshaw	Councillor Connolly
Licensing Committee	Councillor Grimshaw	Councillor Connolly
Licensing Policy	Councillor Grimshaw	Councillor Connolly
Constitutional and Nomination	Councillor Karney
Personnel	Councillor Akbar

 

Membership of Committees

 

Scrutiny Committees

 

Children and Young People (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors -

Abdullatif	Alijah	Amin	Bano	Cooley
Gartside	Good	Hewitson	Judge	Lovecy
Reid (Chair)	Sadler	Sharif Mahamed

 

Co-opted Members

Representative of the Diocese of Manchester – Vacant*

Representative of the Diocese of Salford – Mrs Julie Miles*

Parent governor representative – Dr Walid Omara*

Parent governor representative - Gary Cleworth*

Parent governor representative - Katie McDaid*

 

Secondary sector teacher representative – Saba Iltaf

Primary sector teacher representative – Laura Smith

* denotes members with voting rights on education matters

 

Communities and Equalities (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors -

Azra Ali	Benham	Chambers	Connolly	M. Dar
Evans	Hilal	Hitchen (Chair)	Hussain	Iqbal
Johnson	Ogunbambo	H Priest	Rawson	Whiston
Wills	Wilson

 

Environment and Climate Change (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors -

Chohan	Doswell	Holt	Hughes	Ilyas
Jeavons	Lyons	Nunney	Razaq	Sheikh
Shilton-Godwin (Chair)	Wright

 

Economy (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors -

Bayunu	Bell	Good	Johns (Chair)	Moran
Noor	Raikes	I Robinson	Taylor

Health (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors -

N Ali	Appleby	Curley	Green (Chair)
Johnson	Karney	Mchale	Newman	Reeves
Riasat	Richards	Russell	Wheeler

 

Resources and Governance (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors -

Andrews	Davies	Good	Kirkpatrick	Lanchbury
B. Priest	Rowles	A Simcock (Chair)	Wheeler

 

Non-Executive Committees

 

Art Galleries Committee - In addition to the members of the Council,7 persons are to be nominated by University of Manchester.

Councillors -

Akbar	Bridges	Craig	Midgely	Johnson
Rawlins	White	Rahman	T Robinson	Igbon
Hacking	7 x Co-opted

 

Audit Committee (11 members plus 2 independent co-opted)

 

Councillors -

Curley	Flanagan	Good	Lanchbury	Russell
Simcock	Wheeler
Dr D Barker (Co-opted member)	Mr S Downs (Co-opted member)

 

Planning and HighwaysCommittee (up to 15 members)

 

Councillor

Andrews	Shaukat Ali	Baker-Smith	Curley (Chair)	Y. Dar
Davies	Flanagan	Hitchen	Kamal	Leech
Lovecy	Lyons	Riasat	Richards	Stogia

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The report of the City Solicitor is enclosed.

The Committee considered the report of the City Solicitor that provided information about the Council’s appointments to the joint authorities and joint committees. The Committee was invited to review the appointments and make recommendations to Council about the Council’s representatives for the 2022/23 Municipal Year. The report also requested the Committee to make recommendations to the joint authorities about the appointment of spokespersons to answer questions at Council meetings.

 

Decision

 

1. To recommend Council agree the following appointments to serve on the Combined Authority and joint authorities and to recommend the appointment of the Council's representatives for the 2022/23 Municipal Year as listed below.

 

2. To recommend Council to agree the appointment of spokespersons to answer questions about the work of the joint authorities at meetings of the Council as indicated.

 

3. To recommend Council to agree the appointment of members to the GMCA Executive Board, GMCA Police and Crime Panel, GMCA Statutory Functions Committee.

 

4. To recommend to Council the appointment of members to the School Forum and the Manchester Port Health Authority.

 

5. To recommend to Council the removal of Councillor Ahmed Ali from the Fostering Panel

 

Appointments to Joint Authorities and Joint Committees

To appoint the following members to serve on the Joint Authorities and joint committees for the 2022/23 Municipal Year:

 

Greater Manchester Waste and Recycling Committee

Councillors Rawlins and Shaukat Ali

 

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Councillor Craig (Councillor Rahman - Deputy Leader as a substitute)

 

GM Transport Committee

Councillor Noor (Substitute Councillor Wills)

Councillor Hassan (Substitute Councillor Judge)

 

AGMA Executive Board

Councillor Craig (Councillor Rahman - Deputy Leader as substitute)

 

AGMA Statutory Functions Committee

Councillor Whiston (Councillor Flanagan as substitute)

 

Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel (1 member)

Councillor Rahman

 

Greater Manchester Health Scrutiny Panel (1 member)

Councillor Collins (substitute -)

 

Greater Manchester Audit Committee

Councillors Lanchbury and Russell (2 vacancies)

 

Appointments to GMCA Overview and Scrutiny Committee (current structure under review)

 

Councillors Banu, Foley, Sadler, Shilton-Godwin and Stanton

 

Other bodies for the 2022/23 municipal year:

           

Manchester Port Health Authority

Councillors Evans, Lanchbury, Andrews and Johnson

Schools Forum

Councillor Reid (1 substitute)

 

GM Culture and Social Impact Fund Committee

Councillor Whiston (1 substitute)

 

GM Work and Skills Executive

Councillor White

 

Health and Social Care Partnership

Councillor Craig (1 substitute)

 

Health and Social Care – Joint Commissioning Board

Councillor Midgley

           

Clean Air Charging Authorities Committee

Councillor Rawlins (Councillor Foley as substitute)

Air Quality Administration Committee

Councillor Rawlins (Councillor Foley as substitute)

 

Draft Joint Development Plan – Places for Everyone Committee

Councillor Rawlins

 

Police and Crime Panel Steering Group

Councillor Rahman

 

Planning and Housing Commission

Councillor White

 

GM Pension Management

Councillor Andrews

 

Peoples History Museum

Councillor Douglas

 

North-West Employers

Councillor Hacking

 

Manchester Airport Consultative Committee

Councillors Baker-Smith and Judge