To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 29 March 2023.

Decision

 

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 29 March 2023 as a correct record.

The report of the City Solicitor is enclosed.

Consideration was given to a report of the City Solicitor concerning proposed changes to the remits of the Council’s Scrutiny Committees and the renaming of Economy Scrutiny Committee and the Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee to reflect their full scopes.

 

The Committee noted an amend to the recommendation 3 made to Council regarding the renaming of the scrutiny committees with the inclusion of the Environment, Climate Change and Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Committee.

 

Decisions

 

1.         To recommend that Council agree the proposed changes to the remits of the Council’s Scrutiny Committees as set out in Appendix 2.

 

2.         To recommend that Council agree the renaming of the Economy Scrutiny Committee to the Economy and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee and the Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee to Environment, Climate Change and Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Committee.

 

3.         To note the amendment made to the report the recommendation made to Council to include the Environment, Climate Change and Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Committee to any changes to remits made to the Council’s Constitution by the City Solicitor.

The report of the City Solicitor is enclosed.

A report was submitted which asked the Committee to make recommendations to the Council about the size and composition of the Council’s committees and to appoint chairs and deputy chairs of the committees.

 

Decisions

 

1.         To recommend to Council the appointment of the following members to the Executive Standing Panel for 2023/24:

 

 

Executive Standing Consultative Panel

 

Councillors -

Ahmed Ali	Butt	Chambers	Douglas	Foley
Johnson	Leech	Moran	Lynch

 

Chairs and Deputies

 

2.         To recommend to Council the appointment of the following members as chairs of scrutiny committees for the next municipal year:

 

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

 

3.         To recommend the Council to appoint the following members as chairs and deputy chairs of the non-executive committees for the next municipal year:

 

Committee	Chair	Deputy Chair
Audit	Councillor Lanchbury
Planning & Highways	Councillor Lyons
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

 

4.         To recommend to Council the membership of committees for the municipal year 2023/24 as follows:

 

Scrutiny Committees

 

Children and Young People (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors -

Reid (Chair)	N. Ali	Alijah	Amin	Bell
Cooley	Fletcher	Gartside	Hewitson	Judge
Lovecy	Ludford	McHale	Nunney	Sadler

 

Co-opted Members

·                Representative of the Diocese of Manchester – Canon Susie Mapledoram *

·                Representative of the Diocese of Salford – Julie Miles*

·                Parent governor representative – Yacob Yonis* (term ends 02/02/2025)

·                Parent governor representative – Gary Cleworth* (term ends 02/02/2024)

·                Parent governor representative – Katie McDaid* (term ends 30/11/2023)

·                Secondary sector teacher representative – Saba Iltaf (term ends30/11/2023)

·                Primary sector teacher representative – Laura Smith* (term ends30/11/2023)

 

* denotes members with voting rights on education matters

 

Communities and Equalities (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors -

Hitchen (Chair)	Azra Ali	Appleby	Good	Ogunbambo
Priest	Rawson	Sheikh	Whiston	Wills

 

Environment, Climate Change and Neighbourhoods (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors -

Shilton Godwin (Chair)	Chohan	Collins	Doswell	Holt
Ilyas	McCaul	Razaq	Wiest	Wright

 

Economy and Regeneration (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors -

Johns (Chair)	Baker-Smith	Bano	Benham	Hussain
Iqbal	Northwood	Richards	I Robinson	Sharif Mahamed
Taylor

 

Health (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors -

Green (Chair)	Bayunu	Curley	Hilal	Karney
Muse	Reeves	Riasat	Stogia	Wilson

 

Resources and Governance (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors -

Simcock (Chair)	Abdullatif	Andrews	Brickell	Connolly
Davies	Evans	Kilpatrick	Kirkpatrick	Lanchbury
Rowles	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. (14 elected members)

 

Councillors -

Rahman (Chair)	Akbar	Bridges	Craig	Hacking
Igbon	Johnson	Midgley	Rawlins	T Robinson
White

 

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

 

Councillors -

Lanchbury (Chair)	Curley	Kilpatrick	Noor	Simcock
Stogia	Wheeler	Dr D Barker (Co-opted member)	Mr S Downs (Co-opted member)

 

Planning and HighwaysCommittee (up to 15 members)

 

Councillors -

Lyons  ...  view the full minutes text for item 11.

The report of the City Solicitor is enclosed.

The Committee was invited to review the current appointments and make recommendations for appointments to the Combined Authority, joint authorities and joint committees together with the appointment of spokespersons to answer questions about the work of the joint authorities at meetings of the Council as outlined in Council Procedural Rule 24.

 

Decisions

 

1.            To recommend to Council the appointment of the following members to serve on the Combined Authority, joint authorities and joint committees for the 2023/24 Municipal Year:

 

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Councillors Craig and Councillor Midgley (substitute)

 

Greater Manchester Waste and Recycling Committee

            Councillors Igbon and Shaukat Ali (substitute)

 

            GMCA Audit Committee

Councillor Lanchbury

 

Greater Manchester Transport Committee

Councillor Rawlins

 

GM Culture and Social Impact Fund Committee

            Councillor Whiston

 

            Integrated Care Partnership

Councillors Craig and T Robinson (substitute)

 

Clean Air Charging Authorities Committee

Councillors Tracey Rawlins and Foley (substitute)

 

Air Quality Administration Committee

Councillors Tracey Rawlins and Foley (substitute)

 

Greater Manchester Clean Scrutiny Committee

Councillor Shilton Godwin

 

GM Homelessness Programme Board

Councillor Midgley

 

Green City Region Board

Councillor Rawlins

 

AGMA Executive Board

Councillors Craig and Midgley (substitute)

 

 

Draft Joint Development Plan – Places for Everyone Committee

Councillor Rawlins

 

            AGMA Statutory Functions Committee

            Councillors Whiston and Flanagan (substitute)

 

GM Police, Crime & Fire Steering Group

Councillor Rahman

 

            GM Police, Crime and Fire Panel

Councillor Rahman

 

            GM Health Scrutiny Committee

            Councillor Hussain 

 

Planning and Housing Commission

Councillor White

 

GM Pensions Fund Management Panel

Councillor Moran

 

People History Museum

Councillor Douglas

 

Manchester Airport Consultative Committee

Councillors Judge and Taylor

 

            Manchester Port Health Authority

Councillors Evans, Lanchbury, Andrews and Bayunu

 

North West Employers

Councillor Hacking

 

Schools Forum

Councillor Reid

Decision

 

To recommend that Council appoint the following lead members –

 

LGBT Men's Lead                          Councillor Wills

LGBT Women's Lead                    Councillor Baker-Smith

Intergenerational Issues              Councillor Iqbal

Race                                                  Councillor Hussain

City Centre                                       Councillor Karney

Disability                                           Councillor Flanagan

Age Friendly Manchester            Councillor Davies

Women                                              Councillor Chambers

Active Travel                                   Councillor Shilton Godwin

Mental Health Champion             Councillor Douglas

Carers Champion                           Councillor Collins

Race Women                                   Councillor Igbon

Trauma Informed                            Councillor Doswell