Issue - meetings
3. Review of external appointments
Meeting: 12/10/2017 - General Purposes Committee (Item 4)
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Further to a request by the Mayor, this report provides the Committee with an overview of the Council’s process for appointing representatives to outside bodies and information on bodies to which the Council nominates (or may nominate) representatives. It forms the first part of a review that will allow the Committee to look at the range of current organisations, make recommendations about the appropriateness of appointments to each body and develop a picture of the skills and accountabilities needed for appointees to each outside body. This report asks that further work be undertaken to inform Phase 2 of the review.
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Minutes:
The Chair introduced the report, which provided an overview of the Council’s process for appointing representatives to outside bodies and information on the bodies to which the Council nominates representatives.
Members of the Committee offered comments on the report as follows:
1. Members would welcome advice on their role and duties when nominated to outside bodies. It would be helpful if a lead officer were identified for each body who could be approached for advice if needed.
2. Further to the proposal to request each outside body to provide further information for Phase 2 of the review, the Committee asked that Members also be offered the opportunity to feed-in.
3. Members asked that the listed appointees (as indicated in Appendix A) to Tower Hamlets Homes Board and Tower Hamlets Community Housing be checked, as they felt the list may not be accurate for these bodies.
RESOLVED:
That the General Purposes Committee:
1. Noted the process for the nomination of representatives to outside bodies, for both executive and non-executive functions as set out in paragraphs 3.2 to 3.6.
2. Noted the roles and responsibilities for outside body appointments as detailed in paragraphs 3.7 to 3.9 and agree that these continue to be communicated to all parties via appropriate channels.
3. Agreed that outside bodies be asked to provide the Council with updated information on their purpose, status and operating structure to inform Phase 2 of the review, which will seek to develop a picture of the skills and accountabilities needed of appointees to each outside body.
4. Agreed to receive a Phase 2 report at the January 2018 meeting, providing:
a. A further list of outside bodies, incorporating any changes or new information obtained as a result of (3); and
b. Revised Guidance for Members Representing the Council on External Bodies.