Agenda item

Appointments to Outside Bodies

Decision:

(a) That the Member representatives on the outside bodies listed in Appendix 1 be noted;

(b) That Councillor A.G. Diskin be appointed Chair of the Clwyd Pension Panel;

(d) That Councillors L.A. Sharps be appointed to the Shadow Board of proposed Further Education College for North East Wales;

(e) That Councillor R.P. Macfarlane be appointed to the Mold Town Partnership;

(f) That the representatives for the Food Waste Joint Committee be appointed from the Cabinet; and

(d) That Councillors R.C. Bithell and R.J.T. Guest be the nominated representatives on the Daniel Owen Community Association.

Minutes:

The Democracy and Governance Manager introduced a report to inform County Council of the Council’s representatives on outside bodies. The report also sought the appointment of the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Clwyd Pension Panel.

The Council determined at the annual meeting held on 15 May, 2012 that the representatives on outside bodies should be decided by the Chief Executive in consultation with political Group Leaders and the three non-aligned Members had been consulted to ascertain any outside bodies they wished to be considered for. The constitution of the Clwyd Pension Panel gave Flintshire three Member representatives and agreement had been reached on these three Members, together with named substitutes. The constitution of the Clwyd Pension Panel also made clear that the Chair and Vice-Chair were to be Flintshire Members.

It had also been suggested that the representatives for the Food Waste Joint Committee be appointed from the Cabinet; that Councillor R.P. Macfarlane be appointed to the Mold Town Partnership and that Councillor L.A. Sharps be appointed to the Shadow Board of proposed Further Education College for North East Wales, given his current role as Governor at Deeside College.

Councillor A.P. Shotton, Leader of the Council proposed the following, which were duly seconded by Councillor J.B. Attridge:-

That Councillor A.G. Diskin be appointed Chair of the Clwyd Pension Panel;
That Councillor G.H. Bateman be appointed Vice-Chair of the Clwyd Pension Panel;
That the representatives for the Food Waste Joint Committee be appointed from the Cabinet;
That Councillor R.P. Macfarlane be appointed to the Mold Town Partnership; and
That Councillor L.A. Sharps be appointed to the Shadow Board of proposed Further Education College for North East Wales.

Councillor Shotton thanked the Chief Executive, Head of Legal and Democratic Services and Democracy and Governance Manager for their efforts in determining the Member representation on each of the outside bodies.

Councillor R.P. Macfarlane asked why the Groundwork Trust had not been included on the list of outside bodies. The Democracy and Governance Manager said that he would investigate whether the Council should have representatives on Groundwork Trust.

Councillor R.C. Bithell asked why the Daniel Owen Community Association had not been included on the list of outside bodies. He reported that together with Councillor R.J.T. Guest he had been the representative of this association and would like this to continue. Councillor J.B. Attridge proposed that Councillor Bithell and Councillor Guest be the nominated representatives on the Daniel Owen Community Association. This was seconded by Councillor Shotton.

Councillor M.G. Wright commented on the work of the North Wales Economic Ambition Board and suggested that the Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Enterprise and Leisure should be invited to attend meetings of the board. The Chief Executive said that this was a relatively new board and would be represented by each of the appropriate Cabinet Members across all six North Wales Local Authorities.

Councillor M.J. Peers said that Councillors V. Gay and D.I. Mackie would be the representatives of the Independent Alliance Group on the Clwyd Theatr Cymru Board of Governors. And that Councillor D.I. Mackie would be the Independent Alliance Group representative on SACRE.

Councillor C.A. Ellis said that Councillor M. Bateman would be the representative of the Independent Group on the Clwyd Theatr Cymru Board of Governors.

RESOLVED: