Agenda item

The Transport Committee was presented with an update on the governance arrangements of the Committee.

The Committee’s terms of reference which had been approved by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority at its Annual Meeting on 28 June, were appended to the report for information and details of the appointments made to the positions of Chair, Deputy Chair and Leader of the Opposition were detailed in the report.

The report set out proposals for the consideration of the Committee in respect of the appointment of the five advisory District Consultation Sub-Committees and the membership and chairing arrangements for those committees.

The report also asked the Committee to consider the establishment of a Local Bus Working Group and the delegation of specified functions to the Managing Director.

Councillor Bolt queried the number of District Consultation Sub-Committee meetings which had been scheduled for the 2018/19 municipal year and suggested that it may be helpful for chairs to be given discretion to call additional meetings if required.

Resolved:

(a)       That the terms of reference for the Transport Committee, attached as Appendix 1 to the submitted report, be noted.

(b)       That the following appointments made by the Combined Authority be noted:

·         Councillor Groves as Chair of Transport Committee,

·         Councillor Eric Firth as Deputy Chair of Transport Committee,

·         Councillor Martyn Bolt as Leader of the Opposition on Transport Committee.

(c)        That a District Consultation Sub-Committee, for the municipal year 2018/19, be established for each constituent council area with the terms of reference set out in Appendix 2 of the submitted report.

(d)       That each Transport Committee member co-opted from a constituent council be appointed as a voting member of the District Consultation Sub-Committee.

(e)       That the appointment of chairs of each of the District Consultation Sub-Committees be made as follows:

(i)            Councillor Taj Salam – Chair of Bradford District Consultation Sub Committee

(ii)          Councillor Daniel Sutherland – Chair of Calderdale District Consultation Sub-Committee.

(iii)         Councillor Manisha Kaushik – Chair of Kirklees District Consultation Sub-Committee.

(iv)         Councillor Michael Lyons – Chair of Leeds District Consultation Sub-Committee.

(v)          Councillor Kevin Swift – Chair of Wakefield District Consultation Sub-Committee.

(f)       That the calendar of meeting dates for each District Consultation Sub-Committee, as set out in Appendix 3 to the submitted report, be approved.

(g)      That each District Consultation Committee chair be given the discretion to call additional meetings as required.

(h)      That the Local Bus Services Working Group be re-established for the municipal year 2018/19, with terms of reference and arrangements as set out in Appendix 4 of the submitted report.

(i)       That the authority be delegated to the Managing Director to dispose of leasehold interests in land under Section 10(1) Transport Act 1968, provided that any disposal:

·         is on normal commercial terms to tenants occupying properties owned by the Combined Authority for uses appropriate to the business of the Combined Authority, or of benefit to the travelling public, and

·         is not on terms equivalent to a capital disposal nor in circumstances where the disposal could impede strategic redevelopment by the Combined Authority.

(j)       That authority be delegated to the Managing Director to approve, in accordance with Section 10(1) of the Transport Act 1968, the renewal of any lease to the Combined Authority for the purpose of providing a bus shelter, and the terms of any such renewal.