Agenda and minutes

To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 15,2 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules. (in the event of an Appeal the press and public will be excluded)

(*In accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2, written notice of an appeal must be received by the Head of Governance Services at least 24 hours before the meeting.)

There were no appeals against the refusal of inspection of documents.

There were no resolutions to exclude the public.

There were no late items submitted to the agenda for consideration.

To disclose or draw attention to any disclosable pecuniary interests for the purposes of Section 31 of the Localism Act 2011 and paragraphs 13-16 of the Members’ Code of Conduct. 

No declarations were made.

There were no apologies for absence.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 24^th February 2015.

RESOLVED – The minutes of the meeting held on 24^th February 2014 were approved as a correct record.

Minute No. 27. Appointment of Local Authority Governors to Academies

Members noted that the report deferred at the last meeting of this Committee and requested for this meeting was not featured on the agenda and,

RESOLVED – That the Director of Children’s Services be contacted and advised that this Committee have requested that a report be submitted to the next meeting of this Committee setting out options for the appointment of Local Authority Governors to Acadamies.

To receive and consider a report from the City Solicitor outlining the Member Management Committee’s role in relation to Elected Member Appointments to Outside Bodies and asking the Committee to agree a schedule detailing the organisations that the Council will continue to make an appointment to, and agree nominations to the organisations which fall to the Committee to make an appointment.

The City Solicitor submitted a report which outlined the Member Management Committee’s role in relation to Elected Member appointments to Outside Bodies and asked the Committee to:

(a)  Agree a schedule detailing those organisations that the council will continue to make an appointment to; and

(b)  Agree the nominations to those organisations which fall to this Committee to make an appointment to.

Members were informed that group whips could fill any vacant positions or alter existing appointments relating to their groups via a Delegated Decision by the City Solicitor.

Members also discussed:

·  Nominating one of the Council’s appointed representatives to Groundwork Leeds as the member who would cast any vote on behalf of the Council. It was proposed that this should be Councillor Coulson

·  Appointments to the Leeds Parish Church Exhibition Foundation

·  Appointments to the Leeds Minster Council

·  That any appointments to the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Yorkshire and Humberside be reserved to Armed Forces Champions.

·  Appointments made since February 2015. 

·  The possibility of an additional place on Leeds Mind;

·  The possibility of the Liberal Democrat vacancy on the Nuclear Free Local Authorities English Forum being reallocated to the Labour Group.

·  The various Outside Bodies set out in Appendix 2 to the report that this Committee makes appointments to. 

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the Appointments to Outside Bodies Procedure Rules as detailed within Appendix 1 of the submitted report be noted;

(b)  That the schedule attached at Appendix 3 of the submitted report be approved and that the delegation of those appointments to the Community Committees be approved;

(c)  That Councillor Coulson be nominated as the member who would cast any vote on behalf of the Council at Groundwork Leeds; 

(d)  To note that no further appointments were required to the Leeds Parish Church Exhibition Foundation

(e) That the appointments to the Leeds Minster Council be reduced from 3 to 1 and that the appointment be Councillor Peter Harrand;

(f) That appointments to the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Yorkshire and Humberside be reserved to members appointed as Armed Forces Champions;

(g)  That officers contact Leeds Mind to see if an additional place could be made available to the Council;

(h) That the Liberal Democrat vacancy on the Nuclear Free Local Authorities English Forum be reallocated to the Labour Group.

(i) That the changes to appointments since the last meeting of the Committee as detailed within the submitted report be noted;

(j) To approve the schedule for 2015/16 set out at Appendix 2 and approve the appointments as set out in the column marked as ‘Nomination 2015/16’, and that any gaps within that column be populated with the 2014/15 appointments, with Group Whips having the ability to subsequently change those appointments via the Delegated Decision process if required. 

3pm Tuesday 15^th September 2015.

3.00pm Tuesday 15^th September.