Agenda and draft minutes
Venue: Committee Room C1, 1st Floor, Town Hall, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BG
Contact: Amanda Thompson, Democratic Services Tel: 020 7364 4651, E-mail: amanda.thompson@towerhamlets.gov.uk
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Carli Harper-Penman Tim O’Flaherty, and M. Mamun Rashid.
Councillor Stephanie Eaton deputised for Councillor O’Flaherty.
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PDF 25 KB To note any declarations of interest made by Members, including those restricting Members from voting on the questions detailed in Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act, 1992. See attached note from the Chief Executive.
Minutes: None declared. |
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To agree as a correct record of the proceedings the minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on 18th June 2008.
Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 18 June 2008 were agreed as a correct record. |
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REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION |
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Appointments to External Bodies PDF 59 KB Minutes: The Committee considered the nominations for appointments to external Bodies which had been received from the political groups, and
RESOLVED
1) That consideration of the appointment to the Cultural Industries Development Agency be deferred to the next meeting as there were currently no nominees;
2) That Councillor Oliur Rahman be appointed to the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority but consideration of a deputy be deferred to the next meeting as there were currently no nominees, and the Service Head, Democratic Services circulate information regarding the appointment to the respective political groups;
3) That Councillor Waiseul Islam replace Councillor Alex Heslop on the London Housing Consortium;
4) That Councillors Rania Khan and Shiria Khatun be nominated to the new board structure of Poplar HARCA, in addition to the Members previously appointed to the existing Poplar HARCA Board, Councillors A. A. Sardar and Motin Uz-Zaman,
5) That consideration of the appointment to the Stepney Relief In Need Charity be deferred to the next meeting as there were currently no nominees;
6) There being two competing nominations – Councillors A A Sardar and Stephanie Eaton – the nominations were put to a vote and the Sub Committee decided on a vote of 3 to 1, that Councillor A A Sardar be appointed to Tower Hamlets College (THC) and that in accordance with the request made by the College, the Council’s appointments to THC be for a three year term, subject to the appointee remaining a Councillor or officer of the Council;
7) That Councillor Tim O’Flaherty be appointed to Tower Hamlets Community Transport;
8) That Councillor Rofique U. Ahmed be appointed to Tower Hamlets Sports Council.
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Additional documents: Minutes: Received a report concerning the possibility of a further electoral review for the Borough.
Graham White, lnterim Legal Services Manager, advised the Committee that despite seven wards in the Borough having an electoral imbalance, the Boundary Committee for England of the Electoral Commission had identified its priorities for 2009-2011 and the Council’s situation did not fulfil any of the criteria for review prior to the next periodic review in 2011.
The Committee were advised that in any event a review could take up to 52 weeks to complete, and therefore it would be better to wait until after the elections in 2010.
RESOLVED
1) That the current position in relation to the possibility of an early electoral review be noted;
2) That a request be made to the Boundary Committee for the next periodic review to be undertaken in Tower Hamlets as soon as possible after the 2010 Borough Elections.
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Constitution - Additional Delegation PDF 39 KB Minutes: Graham White, lnterim Legal Services Manager, presented a report recommending an additional delegation to the Corporate Director, Development and Renewal to serve notices to remove unlawful advertising hoardings and structures which was currently delegated to the Corporate Director, Communities, Localities and Culture.
The Committee noted that a major campaign to remove such hoardings and to deal with any new ones which might appear in the build up to the 2012 Olympic Games was being undertaken by the planning enforcement section of the Development and Renewal Directorate.
RESOLVED
1) That the Corporate Director, Development and Renewal be authorised to exercise the Council’s powers under Section 11 London Local Authorities Act 1995, and
2) That the Council’s Constitution be amended accordingly.
3) That the Corporate Director, Development and Renewal keep the relevant Lead Member informed of action taken under this delegated power.
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