Issue - meetings
Appointments to External Bodies
Meeting: 22/06/2011 - General Purposes Committee (Item 5)
5 Appointments to External Bodies (GPC002/112) PDF 72 KB
Additional documents:
- Report Appointment to External Bodies Appx A, item 5
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- Report Appointment to External Bodies Appx B, item 5
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Minutes:
Mr John Williams (Service Head, Democratic Services) introduced the report which set out the appointments to be made by the Committee to outside bodies for the current municipal year.
A schedule was tabled listing the organisations to which appointments were required and in each case, any nominations received prior to the meeting.
The Committee noted that the Annual Council Meeting on 18th May 2011 had agreed that responsibility for making appointments to external bodies shall be a Council function (delegated to the General Purposes Committee) and not a Mayoral/Executive function, with the exception of those appointments that, by law or at the request of the body and with the agreement of the Council, are for Executive Members, which shall be appointed by the Mayor. The Committee further noted that appointments to London Councils committees and forums were made by the Mayor prior to the Council meeting on 18th May.
In relation to the appointments and nominations listed in the tabled appendix, the Chair moved and the Committee agreed that where the number of nominations received was the same or fewer than the number of appointments required, those nominations be agreed en-bloc.
The Committee then went on to determine those appointments where the number of nominations exceeded the places available as follows:-
Bromley by Bow Centre
The Committee noted that an appointment to this organisation had been agreed in June 2010 for a three year period. Nevertheless two nominations had been received for consideration at the meeting. Councillor Rofique Ahmed felt that these nominations should not be considered and the existing appointment should be allowed to run its course. However this was not agreed by the Committee.
Councillor Shiria Khatun moved that Councillor Rachael Saunders be appointed as the Council’s representative to the Bromley by Bow Centre for the municipal year 2011/12. This was agreed by the Committee.
East End Homes
Mr John Williams, Service Head, Democratic Services drew Members’ attention to the discussion that had taken place at an East End Homes residents’ meeting on 11th April 2011, at which a number of residents expressed a preference for cross-party representation of Councillors on the East End Homes Board. In response to a question from the Chair, Mr Williams stated that no official request had been received from the organisation itself on this matter.
The Chair moved that Councillor Helal Uddin and Councillor Motin Uz-Zaman be appointed as the Council’s representatives on the Board of East End Homes for the municipal year 2011/12. This was agreed by the Committee.
Local Government Assembly (LGA)
Mr John Williams (Service Head, Democratic Services) informed the Committee that Councillor Kabir Ahmed had withdrawn as a nominee to the Local Government Assembly due to another commitment at the time of the LGA conference.
The Chair moved that Councillor Mizanur Chaudhury and Councillor Rachael Saunders be appointed to represent the Council at the Local Government Assembly, that the Labour Group be invited to nominate a replacement for Councillor Kabir Ahmed as the third representative, ... view the full minutes text for item 5
Meeting: 23/06/2010 - General Purposes Committee (Item 5)
5 Appointments to External Bodies (GPC002/011) PDF 40 KB
Additional documents:
- Item 5.2b - Appointment to External Bodies App A, item 5
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- Item 5.2c - Appointment to External Bodies App B, item 5
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- Item 5.2d - Appointment to External Bodies App C, item 5
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- Approved Appts Outside Bodies, item 5
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Minutes:
Mr John Williams (Service Head-Democratic Services) introduced the report detailing nominations from the political groups for the Council’s appointments to outside bodies for the Municipal Year 2010/11. A revised schedule was tabled showing the updated nominations received.
Councillor Abdul Asad asked if one of the appointments to the Tower Hamlets/Canary Wharf Further Education Trust and one of the appointments to Tower Hamlets College were reserved for the Lead Member for Children’s Services.
The Chair Moved and it was -
RESOLVED
(i) That appointments be made to external bodies for the Municipal Year 2010/2011 as listed in Appendix A to these minutes; subject to clarification of the requirements for appointment(s) to Tower Hamlets/Canary Wharf Further Education Trust and Tower Hamlets College.
(ii) That the appointments to London Councils Committees and Forums made by Council on 26th May 2010, as listed in Appendix B to the report, be noted; and
(iii)That the ‘Guidance for Members representing the Council on external bodies’ at Appendix C be noted.