Agenda and minutes

Constitutional and Nomination Committee - Wednesday, 13th July, 2022 9.00 am

Venue: Council Antechamber, Level 2, Town Hall Extension. View directions

Contact: Andrew Woods

Items

No.

Item

12.

Minutes PDF 310 KB

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 18 May 2022.

Minutes:

Decision

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

13.

Membership of Committees 2022/23 and the Appointments to GMCA Outside Bodies PDF 198 KB

The report of the City Solicitor attached

Additional documents:

Appointment to GMCA and Joint Authority bodies UPDATED , item 13. PDF 200 KB

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report of the City Solicitorproviding information about the Council’s current appointments to Council Committees and a number of GMCA bodies. 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 following amendments were proposed:

Council Committees:

Committee	Member to be added	Member to be removed
Economy Scrutiny	Cllr Shilton Godwin
Planning Committee	Cllr Hewitson	Cllr Hitchen
Health Scrutiny	Cllr Bayunu	Cllr Johnson Cllr Wheeler
Children & Young People Scrutiny	Cllr Johnson	Cllr Good
Constitution & Nomination Committee	Cllr Johnson	Cllr Leech
Health and Wellbeing Board		Dr Tracey Vell Dr Ruth Bromley
Licensing Committee	Cllr Hilal*
Licensing and Appeals Committee	Cllr Hilal*

The Committee requested to agree the appointment of Councillor Lanchbury as Chair of the Audit Committee.

The Committee was also requested to note on the membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board, the change of name of the Manchester GP Forum to the Manchester GP Board. The current GP Board members will remain the same.

GMCA Bodies:

GMCA Body	Requirement for Appointment	Current Appointed Rep	Proposed Appointed Rep
GMCA Executive Board	Substitute cannot be same as Police and Crime Panel representative	Cllr Rahman (Substitute)	Cllr Midgley (Substitute)
GM Waste & Recycling Committee	Exec Member with responsibility for environment/waste where possible	Cllr Rawlins	Cllr Igbon
GM Works and Skills Executive	Executive Member with responsibility for Work & Skills	Cllr White	Cllr Hacking

Appointing substitute members to the following bodies:

GMCA Body	Requirement	Current Appointed Rep	Proposed Substitute Rep
Integrated Care Partnership (formerly Health & Social Care Partnership Board)	Request Council’s to appoint Leaders	Cllr Craig	Cllr T Robinson (Substitute)
GM Culture and Social Impact Fund Cttee	Membership to replicate the AGMA Statutory Functions Cttee	Cllr Whiston	Cllr Flanagan (Substitute)
Planning and Housing Commission	Recommended that the appointment is the Lead Executive Member for Planning & Housing	Cllr White
GM Health Scrutiny Committee	Recommended that the appointment is the Chair of LA’s Health Scrutiny Committee or a member of Health Scrutiny Cannot be Executive Member	Cllr Butt	Cllr Green (Substitute)
Places for Everyone	Member must be the Leader	Cllr Rawlins

Decisions

To approve the amendments to committee appointments as follows:

Committee	Member to be added	Member to be removed
Economy Scrutiny	Cllr Shilton Godwin
Planning Committee	Cllr Hewitson	Cllr Hitchen
Health Scrutiny	Cllr Bayunu	Cllr Johnson Cllr Wheeler
Children & Young People Scrutiny	Cllr Johnson	Cllr Good
Constitution & Nomination Committee	Cllr Johnson	Cllr Leech
Health and Wellbeing Board		Dr Tracey Vell Dr Ruth Bromley
Licensing Committee	Cllr Hilal*
Licensing and Appeals Committee	Cllr Hilal*

To approve the appointment of Councillor Lanchbury as Chair of the Audit Committee.
To approve amendments to the GMCA Bodies as follows:

GMCA Body	Requirement for Appointment	Current Appointed Rep	Proposed Appointed Rep
GMCA Executive Board	Substitute cannot be same as Police and Crime Panel representative	Cllr Rahman (Substitute)	Cllr Midgley (Substitute)
GM Waste & Recycling Committee	Exec Member with responsibility for environment/waste where possible	Cllr Rawlins	Cllr Igbon
GM Works and Skills Executive	Executive Member with ... view the full minutes text for item 13.

14.

Terms of Office of the Independent Members of the Standards Committee and the Independent Persons PDF 287 KB

The report of the City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer is enclosed.

The Committee is requested to consider the proposed reappointment of the two independent co-opted members of the Standards Committee and the Council’s two Independent Persons.

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report of the City Solicitor regarding the extension of the Terms of Office of the 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 to:

Agree to extend the terms of office of Nicolé Jackson and Geoff Linnell (the two independent co-opted members of the Standards Committee) and Alan Eastwood and Sarah Beswick (the Council’s two Independent Persons) for a further four-year term.

(* Amendment agreed at Council meeting held on 13 July 2022.)