Agenda item - Committee Arrangements and Appointments

(Lead Member: The Mayor, Director: Alan Reiss)

Resolved: That each of the following statutory committees with the terms of reference set out in the relevant appendix of the submitted report be appointed:

• Governance and Audit Committee (Appendix 1)

• Economy Scrutiny Committee (Appendix 2)

• Transport/Infrastructure Scrutiny Committee (Appendix 3)

• Corporate Scrutiny Committee, Terms of Reference (Appendix 4)

That each of the following decision-making committees, with the terms of reference set out in the relevant Appendix be appointed:

• Business, Economy and Innovation Committee (Appendix 5)

• Climate, Energy and Environment Committee (Appendix 6)

• Culture, Heritage, and Sport Committee (Appendix 7)

• Employment and Skills Committee (Appendix 8)

• Finance, Resources and Corporate Committee (Appendix 9)

• Place, Regeneration and Housing Committee (Appendix 10)

• Transport Committee (Appendix 11)

The Joint Independent Audit Committee be appointed, and that the arrangements for the committee were matters for the Mayor and the Chief Constable for West Yorkshire be noted.

That Combined Authority Members be appointed to the Governance and Audit Committee, as set out in Appendix 1 of the submitted report, and Joanna Wardman and Debbie Simpson be appointed as Independent Members of the Governance and Audit Committee for this municipal year.

That Combined Authority Members as set out in Appendix 13 of the submitted report, be appointed to each of the decision-making committees.

That members as set out in Appendix 13 of the submitted report be appointed to the overview and scrutiny committees.

That members as set out in Appendix 13 of the submitted report be co-opted to committees.

In relation to voting rights for committee members, (in addition to any Combined Authority Member exercising one vote) that the Combined Authority:

Resolved that any Independent Member of the Governance and Audit Committee shall be a voting member of that committee.

Noted that any member of a Constituent Council appointed to an overview and scrutiny committee has one vote and resolved that this may be exercised in their absence by their substitute.

Resolved that any Co-optee from a Constituent Council on any ordinary decision-making committee shall be a voting member of that committee (and of any sub-committee to which they may be appointed by that committee).

Resolved that any Co-optee who is Deputy Chair of a committee shall be a voting member of that committee (and of any sub-committee to which they may be appointed by that committee).

That the Chairs and Deputy Chairs to committees, as set out in Appendix 13 be appointed.

That Ian Brown and Carolyn Lord continue as Independent Persons in relation to complaints concerning allegations of a breach of the Combined Authority’s Members’ Code of Conduct on the existing terms for remuneration, until the Combined Authority’s annual meeting in 2024.

The Combined Authority received a report from the head of Legal and Governance to appoint committees of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. The report also sought to appoint the Chair and Deputy Chairs, the membership, and the voting rights for each committee.

The Mayor noted that at the time of the publication the table of committee appointments included with the pack was incomplete, and nominations had since been received as follows:

· Corporate Scrutiny Committee – Cllrs Jane Dowson and Paul Wray

· Economy Scrutiny Committee – Cllr Gohar Almass

· Transport/Infrastructure Scrutiny Committee – Cllrs Kayleigh Brookes and Izaak Wilson

The Mayor noted that Cllr Jane Dowson was proposed as the Deputy Chair of the Corporate Scrutiny Committee. Officers added that the recruitment of LEP Board members was ongoing, and appointments would be made when recruitment has concluded.