To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 31 January 2024.

Decision

 

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 31 January 2024 as a correct record.

Report of the City Solicitor attached

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 2024/25 

 

ExecutiveStanding Consultative Panel

 

Councillors -

Ahmed Ali	Butt	Chambers	Douglas	Foley
Johnson	Leech	Lynch	Moran

 

Committee Chairs and Deputies

 

(2)       To recommend to Council the appointment of the following members as chairs of scrutiny committees and non-executive committees or the next municipal year:

 

Committee	Chair	Deputy Chair
Children and Young People Scrutiny	Councillor Reid
Communities and Equalities Scrutiny	Councillor Hitchen
Economy and Regeneration Scrutiny	Councillor Johns
Health Scrutiny	Councillor Green
Environment, Climate Change and Neighbourhoods	Councillor Shilton-Godwin
Resources and Governance Scrutiny	Councillor Simcock
Art Galleries	Councillor Bridges
Audit	Councillor Simcock
Planning and Highways	Councillor Lyons
Licensing and Appeals	Councillor Grimshaw	Councillor Connolly
Licensing Committee	Councillor Grimshaw	Councillor Connolly
Licensing Policy	Councillor Grimshaw
Constitutional and Nomination	Councillor Karney
Personnel	Councillor Akbar

 

Membership of Committees

 

(3)       To recommend to Council the membership of committees for the municipal year 2023/24 as follows:

 

·            Children and Young People Scrutiny (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors

 

Nasrin Ali	Amin	E Bell	Fletcher	Gartside	Jafri
Lovecy	Mandongwe	McHale	Muse	Reid	Sadler
Sherif Mahamed	Nunney

 

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 ends02/02/2025)

Parent governor representative – Gary Cleworth* (term ends 02/02/2026)

Parent governor representative – Shade Davies* (term ends 30/11/2026)

Teacher representative – Laura Smith* (term ends31/11/2025)

 

* denotes members with voting rights on education matters

 

·            Communities and Equalities Scrutiny (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors

 

Azra Ali	Appleby	L Bell	Dar	Doswell	Hitchen
Iqbal	Ludford	Ogunbambo	Rawson	Sheikh	Whiston
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·            Economy and Regeneration Scrutiny (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors

 

Bano	Benham	Hussain	Johns	I Robinson	Taylor
Wills	Northwood	Abdullatif

 

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

 

Councillors

 

Hussain	Ilyas	Kirwin-Mcginley	McCaul	Mumtaz	Razaq
Shilton Godwin	Wright	Wiest

 

 

 

 

·            Health Scrutiny (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors

 

Cooley	Curley	Green	Hilal	Judge	Karney
Marsh	Muse	Reeves	Sadiq	Johnson	Sarwar

 

·            Resources and Governance Scrutiny (at least 10 members)

 

Councillors

 

Brickell	Connolly	Davies	Evans	Glover	Kirkpatrick
Noor	Richards	Simcock	Stogia	Wheeler	Kilpatrick

 

Non-Executive Committee Memberships

 

·            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

 

Akbar	Bridges	Craig	Hacking	Igbon	Midgley
Rawlins	T Robinson	White	Johnson

 

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

 

Councillors –

 

Curley	Noor	Ogunbambo	Simcock	Stogia	Kilpatrick

 

Independent Members - Dr D Barker and Mr S Downs

 

·            Constitutional and Nomination Committee (10 members)

 

Councillors

 

Bridges	Craig	Curley	Flanagan	Green	Karney
Midgley	Reeves	Richards	Leech

 

 

·            Licensing and AppealsCommittee (not less than 10 and not more than 15 members)

 

Councillors

 

Bano	Connolly	Evans	Flanagan	Grimshaw	Hewitson
Hilal	Hughes	Judge	Noor	Riasat

 

·            Licensing  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Report of the City Solicitor attached

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:</AI4>

 

Body	2024/2025 Nomination
GM Combined Authority	Councillor Bev Craig   Councillor Joanna Midgley (substitute)
GM Waste & Recycling Committee	Councillor Lee-Ann Igbon   Councillor Shaukat Ali   Councillor Anthony McCaul (Substitute)
GMCA Audit Committee	Councillor Andrew Simcock
Bee Network Committee	Councillor Tracey Rawlins
GM Culture & Social Impact Fund Cttee	Councillor Tim Whiston   Councillor Leslie Bell (Substitute)
GM Work and Skills Forum	Councillor John Hacking
Integrated Care Partnership	Councillor Bev Craig   Councillor Thomas Robinson (substitute)
GMCA Overview & Scrutiny Committee	Councillor Basil Curley   Councillor Mandie Shilton Godwin   Councillor Anthony McCaul (Substitute)   Councillor John Hughes (Substitute)   Councillor John Leech   Councillor Alan Good (Substitute)
Clean Air Charging Authorities Committee	Councillor Tracey Rawlins   Councillor Linda Foley (substitute)
Air Quality Administration Committee	Councillor Tracey Rawlins   Councillor Linda Foley (substitute)
Clean Air Scrutiny Committee	Councillor Mandie Shilton Godwin
GM Homelessness Programme Board	Councillor Joanna Midgley
Green City Region Board	Councillor Tracey Rawlins
AGMA Executive Board	Councillor Bev Craig   Councillor Joanna Midgley (substitute)
Statutory Functions Committee	Councillor Tim Whiston   Councillor Leslie Bell (Substitute)
Police, Crime & Fire Steering Group	Councillor Garry Bridges
Police, Crime & Fire Panel	Councillor Garry Bridges
GM Health Scrutiny Committee	Councillor Hussain
Planning and Housing Commission	Councillor Gavin White
GM Pensions Fund Management Panel	Councillor Paul Andrews
Peoples History Museum	Councillor Adele Douglas

 

Non GMCA Joint Committees/Bodies

 

Body	2024/25 Appointment
Fostering Panel	Councillor Chohan   Councillor Erinma Bell
Manchester Airport Consultative Committee	Councillor Emma Taylor   Councillor Thomas Judge
Manchester Port Health Authority	Councillor Glynn Evans   Councillor Anastasia Wiest
North West Employers	Councillor John Hacking
Schools Forum	Councillor Julie Reid
Parking and Traffic Regulation Outside London (PATROL) Committee	Councillor Tracey Rawlins

 

Decision

 

The Committee recommend that Council appoint the following lead members:–

 

LGBT Men's Lead                       Councillor Wills

City Centre                                 Councillor Karney

Disability                                    Councillors Flanagan and McCaul

Age Friendly Manchester           Councillor Davies

Women                                       Councillor E Bell

Active Travel                              Councillor Shilton Godwin

Mental Health Champion           Councillor Douglas

Race Women                              Councillors Igbon and Azra Ali

Trauma Informed                       Councillor Doswell

The Committee considered the report of the City Solicitor, which set out proposed changes to the Council’s Constitution. The Committee was requested to note the report and recommend that the Council agree the recommendations set out below:

 

·            Adopt, subject to recommendations 4 and 5 below, the attached revised Sections of the Constitution of the Council, namely:

 

a)         Part 2

b)         Part 3: Sections B, C and F

b)         Part 4: Sections A, B, E and F

c)         Part 5: Section C and D

d)         Part 6: Sections B and C

e)         Part 7

f)               Part 8

 

·            Re-adopt the remainder of the Constitution with the overarching changes set out in section 2 of this report.

 

·            Note that any changes to the Constitution already approved by the Council since the last review 30 November 2022 will be included in the revised Constitution.

 

·            Note in relation to Part 3 of the Constitution that responsibility for the discharge of executive functions and the delegation of such responsibility rests with the Leader of the Council and that the recommended delegations of executive functions set out in Part 3 (Sections A, B and F) are for the information of the Council only.

 

·            Note that, as the Licensing Committee has statutory responsibility for the discharge and delegation of certain licensing authority functions, the proposed delegations of such functions set out in Part 3 (Sections C and F) have been considered and reaffirmed by the Licensing Committee and to that extent are for the information of the Council only.

 

A copy of the amended Council Constitution was submitted.

 

Decisions

 

The Committee:-

 

(1)       Note the report.

 

(2)       Recommend that Council:-

 

·            Adopt, subject to recommendations 4 and 5 below, the attached revised Sections of the Constitution of the Council, namely:

 

a)     Part 2

b)     Part 3: Sections B, C and F

b)     Part 4: Sections A, B, E and F

c)     Part 5: Section C and D

d)     Part 6: Sections B and C

e)     Part 7

f)      Part 8

 

·            Re-adopt the remainder of the Constitution with the overarching changes set out in section 2 of this report.

 

·            Note that any changes to the Constitution already approved by the Council since the last review 30 November 2022 will be included in the revised Constitution.

 

·            Note in relation to Part 3 of the Constitution that responsibility for the discharge of executive functions and the delegation of such responsibility rests with the Leader of the Council and that the recommended delegations of executive functions set out in Part 3 (Sections A, B and F) are for the information of the Council only.

 

·            Note that, as the Licensing Committee has statutory responsibility for the discharge and delegation of certain licensing authority functions, the proposed delegations of such functions set out in Part 3 (Sections C and F) have been considered and reaffirmed by the Licensing Committee and to that extent are for the information of the Council only.