Agenda item

(Member lead: Cllr S Hinchcliffe, Director: Angela Taylor)

The Combined Authority considered a report of the Director of Resources on the following governance arrangements:

·         To note the changes to West Yorkshire Combined Authority (the Combined Authority) members and substitute members.

·         To note a vacancy on the Governance and Audit Committee.

·         To approve changes to the City of York members on the Transport Committee, the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and the Land and Assets Panel.

·         To endorse a proposal to appoint an Inclusive Growth Panel at the annual meeting as a formal advisory committee of the Combined Authority, and to endorse inclusive growth being embedded as a ‘golden thread’ across all panels.

·         To consider a proposal to appoint a Place Panel at the annual meeting as a formal advisory committee of the Combined Authority.

·         To endorse a proposal to appoint a substitute for each Overview and Scrutiny member at the annual meeting.

Members noted the changes to Combined Authority members and substitutes and also the proposed changes to committee membership in respect of the City of York representatives on the Transport Committee, Overview and Scrutiny Committee and the Land and Assets Panel.

Members discussed and endorsed in principle the proposed changes to governance arrangements which were set out in the submitted report.  This included appointing the Inclusive Growth Panel as an additional advisory committee, to rename the Land and Assets Panel to Place Panel and extend the functions to include the Planning Portfolio Board and for each West Yorkshire and York council to nominate a substitute member for each nominated member to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.  These proposals would be brought to the annual meeting in June 2018 for approval and implementation.

Resolved:

(i)         That the resignation of Councillor Andrew Carter as a Combined Authority member and Councillor Scott Benton as his replacement with effect from 19 April 2018 be noted.

(ii)        That the termination of the appointment of Councillor Scott Benton as a substitute Combined Authority member and Councillor Andrew Carter as his replacement with effect from 26 April 2018 be noted.

(iii)       That the termination of the City of York Council’s appointment of Councillor David Carr as a substitute Combined Authority member and the appointment of Councillor Ian Gillies with effect from 4 April 2018 be noted.

(iv)       That the City of York Council’s revised nomination to the Transport Committee be noted and Councillor Peter Dews be co-opted onto the Committee in place of Councillor Ian Gillies with immediate effect.

(v)        That the City of York Council’s revised nomination to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee be noted and Councillor Tina Funnell be co-opted onto the Committee in place of Councillor Sonja Crisp with immediate effect.

(vi)       That the City of York Council’s revised nomination to the Land and Assets Panel be noted and Councillor Helen Douglas be co-opted onto the Committee in place of Councillor David Carr with immediate effect.

(vii)      That the Combined Authority notes that the resignation of Councillor Andrew Carter will leave a vacancy on the Governance and Audit Committee.

(viii)     That the Combined Authority agrees to progress the appointment of an Inclusive Growth Panel at the annual meeting, and to embed securing inclusive growth into the terms of reference of every relevant panel for the next municipal year.

(ix)       That the proposal to appoint a Place Panel for the next municipal year be progressed with the membership as set out in the submitted report.

(x)        That each West Yorkshire and York council be invited to nominate a substitute for any member nominated to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, such substitutes to be appointed at the annual meeting.