Agenda item

Proceedings of Committees

Meeting of Council, Wednesday, 3rd October, 2018 10.00 am (Item 79.)

To submit for approval the minutes of the following meetings and consider recommendations made by the committee:

Audit Committee – 31 July and 3 September 2018

Health and Wellbeing Board – 29 August 2018

Licensing Committee – 16 July 2018

Licensing and Appeals Committee – 16 July and 10 September 2018

Planning and Highways Committee – 26 July, 23 August and 20 September 2018 (to follow)

Constitutional and Nomination Committee – 1 October (to follow) and to also consider any recommendations contained in the minutes of that meeting that are to be available at the meeting

Personnel Committee – 25 July and 12 September 2018, in particular to consider:

PE/18/22 Her Majesty’s Coroners Pay Award

• To recommend that the Council approve the increase in salary for the Senior Coroner from £105,000 with £20,000 additional performance payment to £130,000 in line with JNC guidance with continuance of the £20,000 payment to cover the provision of additional non statutory out of hours cover, back dated to 1 April 2018.

• To recommend that the Council approve the increase in salary for the Area Coroner from £75,000 to £100,000, backdated to 1 April 2018.

Minutes:

The minutes of the following meetings were submitted:

Audit Committee – 31 July 3 September 2018

Health and Wellbeing Board – 29 August 2018

Licensing Committee – 16 July 2018

Licensing and Appeals Committee – 16 July and 10 September 2018

Planning and Highways Committee – 26 July, 23 August and 20 September 2018

Personnel Committee – 25 July and 12 September 2018

Constitutional and Nomination Committee – 1 October 2018

(The Council was informed that Minute Number CN/18/14 Transport for Greater Manchester Committee (Constitutional and Nomination Committee - 1 October 2018) had been withdrawn and would not be considered.)

The Council was asked to give particular consideration to the following recommendations:

Personnel Committee 12 September 2018

PE/18/22 Her Majesty’s Coroners Pay Award

To recommend that the Council approve the increase in salary for the Senior Coroner from £105,000 with £20,000 additional performance payment to £130,000 in line with JNC guidance with continuance of the £20,000 payment to cover the provision of additional non statutory out of hours cover, back dated to 1 April 2018.

2. To recommend that the Council approve the increase in salary for the Area Coroner from £75,000 to £100,000, backdated to 1 April 2018.

Constitutional and Nomination Committee 1 October 2018

CN/18/12Admission to the Roll of Honorary Aldermen

To recommend to Council that a special meeting of the City Council be convened on 28 November 2018 for the purpose of adopting a resolution, to be proposed by the Lord Mayor and seconded by the Deputy Lord Mayor, that Mr Andrew Fender and Mrs Nilofar Siddiqi are admitted as Honorary Aldermen of the City of Manchester in recognition of the long and eminent service that they have rendered to the Council, and thereafter to install Mr Fender and Mrs Siddiqi as Honorary Aldermen.

CN/18/13Proposed Revisions to the Constitution

To recommend that the Council adopt, subject to 3 below, the attached revised Sections of the Constitution of the Council, namely:

a) Part 3: Sections A, C, and F

b) Part 4: Section F

c) Part 5: Section E

d) Part 8

To note that the remainder of the Constitution remains unchanged.

To 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 and F) are for the information of the Council only.

CN/18/15Membership of Council committees and representation on joint boards and joint committees

Membership of Committees

To recommend to Council the following changes in appointments to Committees and Joint Committees of the Council:

Committee	Member removed	Member appointed
Executive Consultative Panel		Councillor Karney
Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee		Councillor Collins
Economy Scrutiny Committee		Councillor A Simcock Councillor Paul
Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee	Councillor Collins Monika Neall (Co-Opted Parent Governor Representative)	WalidOmara (Co-Opted Parent Governor Representative)
Licensing Committee		Councillor Paul
Licensing and Appeals Committee		Councillor Paul

Health and Wellbeing Board

To agree the current membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board:

Board Members

Sir Richard Leese

Councillor Sue Murphy

Councillor Bev Craig

Councillor Garry Bridges

Kathy Cowell

Jim Potter

Rupert Nichols

Vicky Szulist

Mike Wild

Dr Ruth Bromley

Dr Denis Colligan

Dr Raja Murugesan

Tracey Vell

Carolyn Kus

Paul Marshall

David Regan

DrVish Mehra

Dr Angus Murray Brown

DrAmjad Ahmed

(South MHCC representative to be confirmed)

Decisions

To approve the increase in salary for the Senior Coroner from £105,000 with £20,000 additional performance payment to £130,000 in line with JNC guidance with continuance of the £20,000 payment to cover the provision of additional non statutory out of hours cover, back dated to 1 April 2018.

To approve the increase in salary for the Area Coroner from £75,000 to £100,000, backdated to 1 April 2018.

To approve that a special meeting of the City Council be convened on 28 November 2018, for the purpose of adopting a resolution, to be proposed by the Lord Mayor and seconded by the Deputy Lord Mayor, that Mr Andrew Fender and Mrs Nilofar Siddiqi are admitted as Honorary Aldermen of the City of Manchester in recognition of the long and eminent service that they have rendered to the Council, and thereafter to install Mr Fender and Mrs Siddiqi as Honorary Aldermen.

To adopt, subject to Decision 6 below, the revised Sections of the Constitution of the Council, as submitted, namely:

e) Part 3: Sections A, C, and F

f) Part 4: Section F

g) Part 5: Section E

h) Part 8

To note that the remainder of the Constitution remains unchanged.

To note that, in relation to Part 3 of the Constitution, 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 and F) are for the information of the Council only.
To approve the changes to the membership of Committees and joint boards and joint committees, as detailed below:

Committee	Member removed	Member appointed
Executive Consultative Panel		Councillor Karney
Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee		Councillor Collins
Economy Scrutiny Committee		Councillor A Simcock Councillor Paul
Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee	Councillor Collins Monika Neall (Co-Opted Parent Governor Representative)	WalidOmara (Co-Opted Parent Governor Representative)
Licensing Committee		Councillor Paul
Licensing and Appeals Committee		Councillor Paul