Table 1: Joint Committees administered by other Councils

Organisation	Total No of Places Available	Current Appointee(s) (2026-27)	Other Information (incl. composition)
Leeds City Region Business Rates Pool Joint Committee	1 (Lab)	Douglas Kilbane (sub)	A sub is permitted (This Joint Committee no longer meets)
North Yorkshire Pension Fund Committee	1 (Lab)	Kilbane Lomas (sub)	A sub is permitted
Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London (PATROL) Adjudication Joint Committee	1 (Lab)	Ravilious Melly (sub)	The role of the members of the Joint Committee is to oversee the administrative functions of the ‘Traffic Penalty Tribunal’ and appoint adjudicators. A sub is permitted
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO) Management Committee	1 (Lab) 1 sub (Lab)	Rose Wilson (sub)	One elected Member and one sub. It has been requested that the authority pass a resolution at Full Council - To agree to waive political balance rules which apply to the YPO Joint Committee in accordance with section 17 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989

Table 2: Regional Local Authority Bodies

Organisation	Total Number of Places Available	Current Appointee(s) (2026-27)	Other Information (incl. composition)
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority	2 (Lab) 4 subs	Douglas Webb Kent (sub) Lomas (sub) (subs to cover both appointments)	In addition to the appointment of the Leader and Deputy Leader, there is also a need to appoint two substitutes for each position.
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Business Board	2	Douglas Kilbane
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Audit and Governance Committee	4	Melly Merrett Hollyer Rowley BEM Rose (sub) Fisher (sub) Steward (sub)	A single substitute may be appointed. Restrictions: nominated members may not be Members or Substitute Members of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority or Assistant Portfolio Holders.
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee	6	Burton Merrett Fisher Waller Watson Rowley Melly (sub) Orrell (sub) Steward (sub)	One substitute may be appointed for each position. Restrictions: nominated members may not be Members or Substitute Members of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority or Assistant Portfolio Holders.
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Skills and Employability Working Group	2	Webb 1 x vacancy	The relevant portfolio holders for Skills and Business are to be appointed to this working group.  For City of York Council, this would mean the appointment of Executive Member for Economy and Transport and Executive Member for Children, Young People, and Education
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Transport Advisory Board	1	Ravilious Kilbane (sub)	Portfolio holder. Brings together key elected members in respect of devolved transport responsibilities; not currently a decision-making body.
North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel	2 Lab 1 Liberal Democrat	Myers Pavlovic Knight Lomas (sub) Taylor (sub) Waller (sub)	Up to three named substitutes shall be allowed for each political Group.
Regional Audit Committee Forum (Yorkshire & Humberside)	1	Hollyer Rose (sub)	The purpose of regional forums is to provide a place where Audit Committee chairs can come together and discuss issues of common concern, identify and share best practice, alert each other to emerging issues and, for newly appointed Chairs, to pick up tips from more experienced colleagues.  When an Audit Committee Chair is unable to attend a meeting, they can send their Vice-Chair as a substitute.
Yorkshire and Humber Leaders Board	1	Douglas Richard Webb (Chief Executive)	The Yorkshire and Humber Leaders Board brings together the leaders of the Councils and Combined Authorities from across the region to discuss and progress matters of common interest and ensure a role and voice for the region in national debates. Subs are permitted
West Yorkshire Business Board (formerly Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership Board)	1 (Lab)	Douglas Kilbane (sub)	The appointee should be an Executive Member. A substitute should also be appointed
West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA)	1 (Lab) 1 sub (Lab)	Douglas Webb (sub)	The Non-Constituent Council Combined Authority Member: • must be appointed by the City of York Council. • must by law be non-voting unless the Combined Authority resolves otherwise. Plus, a substitute representative
West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Transport Committee	1 (Lab)	Ravilious	To nominate 1 member as a non-voting co-optee. Committee no longer meets following governance review
West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Scrutiny Committee	1	Merrett Rose (sub)	To nominate 1 member and one substitute (deputy member) to the Combined Authority Scrutiny Committee. These cannot be the Combined Authority Member (or substitute), a member nominated to a decision-making committee of the CA, or any Executive Member. The substitute member (known as “deputy member") must be from the same party and council as the member.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Climate, Energy and Environment Committee	1 (Lab) 1 sub	Kent Vacancy (sub)	To nominate 1 member and 1 named substitute member; relevant Portfolio holder or most appropriate member. Committee no longer meets following governance review
West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Culture, Heritage and Sport Committee	1 (Lab) 1 sub	Kilbane Vacancy (sub)	To nominate 1 member and 1 named substitute member; relevant Portfolio holder or most appropriate member. Committee no longer meets following governance review
West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Economy Committee	1 (Lab) 1 sub	Kilbane Vacancy (sub)	To nominate 1 member and 1 named substitute member; relevant Portfolio holder or most appropriate member. Committee no longer meets following governance review
West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Place, Regeneration and Housing Committee	1 (Lab) 1 sub	Vacancy Vacancy (sub)	To nominate 1 member and 1 named substitute member; relevant Portfolio holder or most appropriate member. Committee no longer meets following governance review

Table 3: Other Bodies

Organisation	Total Number of Places available	Current Appointee(s) (2026-27)	Other Information (incl. composition)
Acaster Malbis Knowles Educational Foundation	2	Parish Cllr Catherine Lamb (2024- 2028) Mrs Olivia Blacker (2024- 2028)	Appointment to be made at member or Community Rep Level. Awards are decided by a board of eight trustees, two of whom are representatives of City of York Council and who are elected or re-elected every four years.
Ainsty 2008 Internal Drainage Board (IDB)	11 (including 5 Members)	Nicholls Steward 3 x Member vacancies 5 x Community Rep Level vacancies Mark Henderson (Officer)	Appointment to be made at Member or Community Rep Level. * Council Member places on various internal drainage boards allocated by Council to nominated Parish Council representatives No substitute reps allowed. Meetings are held five times a year, usually January, March, June, September and November on Monday evenings.
Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE)	2	Perrett 1 x vacancy	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. Subs are permitted.
British Sugar Community Forum	4 (3 Lab) (1 Liberal Democrat)	Lomas Rose Steels-Walshaw Hook	Representative should be a Ward or Community member Acomb Ward Member x 2 Rural West Ward Member x 1 Holgate Ward Member x 1 A sub is permitted from the 3 Wards
Children in Care Council and Care Leavers Forum (Formally Consultation Meetings with Looked After Young People “Show Me That I Matter”)	5	Steels-Walshaw Webb Waller Runciman 2 x vacancy	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. Subs are allowed. This group no longer meets
City of York Safeguarding Children Partnership	1 (Lab)	Webb	Lead Member for Education, Children & Young People - observer status The Executive Member is invited to the wider partnership Development Day conference, held twice a year.
City of York Trading Company	3	Douglas (Lab) Moroney (Lab) Cuthbertson (LD)	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. The Members are non-executive directors.  Subs are not permitted
City Place Partnership (a City Leaders group)	1	Douglas Richard Webb (Chief Executive)	To be the Leader. The Partnership is not a decision-making body and does not have any formal or voting power.
Clifton Backies Management Board	3	Wells Myers Wann Daniel Calvert (Officer) 2 x Officer Vacancies	Three Elected Members plus three council officers Six representatives. Representatives should be a ward or community member Subs are not permitted
Derwenthorpe Partnership Advisory Committee	4	Perrett Rowley BEM Webb (sub)	At least one Council appointee should be Ward Member. Subs are allowed
Explore York Libraries and Archives Mutual Limited	1	Owen Trotter	To be a community representative (i.e. it cannot be a councillor or officer).
f40	1 (Lab)	Webb	Must be the Executive Member for Education, Children and Young People
Foss 2008 Internal Drainage Board (IDB)	10	Parish Cllrs:  Crossley Chambers Lumley Holmes Wiseman Fisher Warters Community Rep: Jonathan Dent Two vacancies Mark Henderson (Officer)	Appointment to be made at Member or Community Rep Level. * Council Member places on various internal drainage boards allocated by Council to nominated Parish Council representatives No subs allowed.
Fostering and Sharing Care Panel	2	Nelson Moroney	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. No subs permitted.
Friends of St Nicholas Fields	1	Melly Clarke (sub)	Representative should be a Ward or Community member. Subs are permitted.
Fulford Parish Council Cemetery Committee	1 (Lab)	Ravilious	Representative must be Ward Member only.
Germany Beck Community Forum	2 (Lab)	Ravilious Wilson	Representative should be a Ward or Community member. Fulford Ward Member and Fishergate Ward Member. The frequency of meetings is led by the development process.
Heslington East Community Forum	No set figure	Moroney Ravilious Baxter (sub)	Representative should be a Ward or Community member. Ward Member for Hull Road, Fulford & Heslington, Osbaldwick and Derwent. The frequency of meetings is led by the development process. A sub is permitted.
Higher York	1	Webb Maxine Squire (Officer)	It comprises the Vice Chancellors and Principals of the University of York, York St John University, Askham Bryan College and York College.  The Executive Member for Skills and senior council officers are invited to attend when appropriate.
Holocaust Memorial Day Steering Group	1	Lomas	Executive Member To oversee the delivery of a programme of commemoration events, working with a range of partners both in and outside the city
Human Rights and Equalities Board	One from each of the three largest political groups	Lomas Steward Knight Melly (sub)	At least one Member to be Executive Member for Equalities Executive Member - Ex Officio
Joint Member Working Group on the Joint Mineral and Waste Plan	2	Pavlovic Ravilious	Appointed Members should be on the Local Plan Working Group and should also include the Executive Member for Strategic Planning. Subs are permitted. The Joint Waste and Minerals Plan is now adopted. Officers expect it will need to be reviewed within the next four years but no upcoming meetings this group in the short term.
Kyle and Upper Ouse Internal Drainage Board (IDB)	9 including 5 members	Hook Parish Councillor Mullen 6 x vacancies Mark Henderson (Officer)	Appointment to be made at Member or Community Rep Level. * Council Member places on various internal drainage boards allocated by Council to nominated Parish Council representatives. Substitutes are not permitted.
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Mental Health and Learning Disabilities)	1	Cuthbertson	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. The representative is an appointed governor with a three-year appointment. Subs are permitted.
Leeman Road Millennium Green Trust	2	Taylor Steels-Walshaw (sub)	Representative should be a Ward or Community member. Subs are permitted.
Local Government Association – Councillors’ Forum	1	Lomas Pavlovic (sub)	At least one Member to be an Executive Member. Observer status only, CYC do not appoint direct to this. A sub is permitted
Local Government Association – General Assembly	4 (2 Lab) (2 Liberal Democrat)	Douglas Kent Ayre Widdowson	At least one Member to be an Executive Member. Subs are permitted.
Local Transport Plan Steering Group	8 (4 Lab) (3 Lib Dem) (1 Cons)	Ravilious Kilbane J Burton Merrett Fenton 1x Lib Dem vacancy Vassie Steward	Subs are permitted. This is a CYC Internal Body. Responsibility transferred to Mayoral Combined Authority
Make It York Board	2 (1 Lab) (1 Liberal Democrat)	Douglas Widdowson	At least one Member to be an Executive Member. Appointees are company directors. Subs are not permitted.
Migration Yorkshire Board	1 1 sub	Pavlovic Vacancy (sub) Andrew Laslett (Officer sub)	A local authority-led partnership which works across the Yorkshire and Humber region.  It is overseen by the Migration Yorkshire Board, which is comprised of all the local authorities in the region. A sub is permitted.
North Yorkshire Flood Risk Partnership	1 (Lab)	Kent 1 x CYC Officer Lomas (sub)	At least one Member to be an Executive Member. The committee allows subs and some authorities have a second councillor in this role, although the vast majority of other authorities have an officer nominated.
North Yorkshire Pension Fund – Local Pension Board	1	Rowley	Nominations can be from a suitable officer or Member but to prevent conflicts of interest, elected Members and officers involved in the management and administration of the Fund are not permitted to become Pension Board members. Subs are not permitted. The Pensions Board assists the Pension Fund Committee in administering the pension scheme.
Ouse and Derwent Internal Drainage Board (IDB)	5	Rowley BEM Vassie Parish Councillor Bramley Parish Councillor Vevers Mark Henderson (Officer)	No subs permitted. Appointment to be made at Member or Community Rep Level. * Council Member places on various internal drainage boards allocated by Council to nominated Parish Council representatives.
Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Yorkshire and the Humber	1	Healey	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. A sub is permitted.
Safer York Partnership	1	Pavlovic Rose (sub)	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. A sub is permitted.
Schools Effectiveness and Achievement Monitoring Group	4	Clarke Webb Cuthbertson Runciman Nelson (sub) Martin Kelly (Officer)	The Executive Member for Children, Young People and Education is an automatic member and is Chair of the group. A sub is permitted.
Schools Forum	1	Webb	Appointee to be Executive Member for Education, Children and Young People. No substitute.
Shopmobility York	1	Burton	The Council’s representative is a trustee of the charity.
SNAPPY	2	Baxter 1 x vacancy	Appointment to be made at Member or Community Rep Level. Subs are permitted. CYC Reps are trustees.
St Michael le Belfrey with St Wilfrid Charities for the Poor	1	Clarke	Appointment to be made at Member or Community Rep Level. Subs are not permitted.
St Wilfrid’s Eleemosynary Charity	2	Merrett Cuthbertson	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. CYC representatives are trustees and each appointment shall be made for a term of four years.
Strategic City Leaders (a City Leaders group)	1 (Lab)	Douglas Webb (sub)	To be the Leader. Strategic City Leaders is not a Board and it does not have any voting or formal power. Formerly The City Partnership.
Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust	1	Coles	The term of office of the appointment should be for a maximum of three years, and the Councillor appointed cannot be a member of a health overview and scrutiny committee, in accordance with the Trust’s Constitution. A sub is not permitted.
Terry’s Community Forum	6	Burton Crawshaw Kilbane Mason Nicholls Whitcroft	Representative should be a Ward or Community member. Ward Members from: 3 x Micklegate 1 x Dringhouses & Woodthorpe 1 x Bishopthorpe 1 x Fishergate A sub is permitted. The frequency of meetings is led by the development process.
Veritau Limited	1 plus Officer	Lomas Debbie Mitchell (Officer)	Member to be an Executive Member. Two Board Directors to nominate – Senior Officer and the appropriate Member portfolio holder.
York Business Improvement District (BID)	2	Kilbane Melly	At least one Member to be an Executive Member. Two Members only. Company Directors.
York Central Lead Members	8	Burton Crawshaw Kent Kilbane Steels-Walshaw Taylor Ayre Steward Widdowson (sub) Nicholls (sub)	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. (Must include Ward Members for Holgate and Micklegate) A sub is permitted. Formerly York Central Steering Board.
York Citizens Theatre Trust	3	Crawshaw Hook Knight	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. No subs permitted. Formerly York Theatre Royal Board.
York City Charities	2	Myers	Appointment to be made at Member or Community Rep Level. No subs permitted.
York Climate Commission	1 (Lab)	Kent	Portfolio Holder. Generally no subs permitted, although exceptions can be made if needed.
York Culture Forum Executive	1 (Lab)	Kilbane	Portfolio Holder. A sub is permitted. Formerly Cultural Leaders Group.
York Enhanced Partnership for Buses	Maximum of two per political group.	Ravilious Melly Fenton Vassie Nicholls	Executive Member for Transport to attend and any CYC elected member may attend, up to a maximum of two per political group.
York Environment Forum	5	Steward Wilson Vassie	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. Non-voting members. Representative from each political group. Subs are permitted.
York Fair Trade Forum	1	Clarke Baxter (sub)	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. There are 10 meetings per year and time commitment is 20-25 hours per year including meeting time, preparatory work and follow up actions. Subs are permitted.
York Health and Care Partnership	2 (Lab)	Steels-Walshaw Douglas Richard Webb (Chief Executive) Peter Roderick (Officer) Sara Storey (Officer) Martin Kelly (Officer)	Officer representatives and Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care. Formally York Alliance Place Board.
York Hungry Minds Steering Group	1	Webb Nicholls 1 x Liberal Democrat vacancy	Executive Member plus one from each political group
York Learning Improvement Board	1	Wilson	The Board meets quarterly and reports annually to the Children, Education and Communities Scrutiny Committee. One Member only.
York Museums Trust	2	Clarke Crawshaw	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. Subs are permitted.
York Outer Ring Road (YORR) Lead Members Board	3 (1 from each Group)	Whitcroft Orrell Steward Nicholls (sub)	The membership of the Board comprises one Member from each political group. Substitutions are allowed at specific meetings.
York and Scarborough NHS Trust Council of Governors	1	Rose	Meetings are four times a year at Malton Rugby Club, and have a public meeting and a private meeting.  A sub is permitted.
York Wheels Ltd	1	Moroney	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. Subs are not permitted.
York's Economic Partnership (a City Leaders group)	1 (Lab)	Kilbane	Portfolio Holder. Beyond agreeing its own business, the Board is not a decision-making body but will advise and make recommendations to the Council.
York Skills and Employment Board	1	Webb Maxine Squire (Officer)	The Board is responsible for developing and implementing the city’s Adult Education and Skills Plan within the framework set by York’s 10 year and 1 year recovery strategies and the York Economic Strategy. One Officer and one Member only.
York UK Shared Prosperity Fund Partnership Board	2	Kilbane Lomas TBC (Officer) Peter Roderick (Officer) Andrew Laslett (Officer)	The Partnership Board is responsible for advising City of York Council Executive Members and the Corporate Director for Place on the design and implementation of the York UK SPF Investment Plan for 2022- 2025. Representatives from the lead local authority: · Executive Members for Economy & Transport and Finance & Resources · Head of Economy, Director of Public Health, Assistant Director Culture & Communities. Should this no longer be required due to the transfer of functions to the YNYCA, it will be removed from the outside bodies list. Responsibility transferred to Mayoral Combined Authority
York and North Yorkshire Housing Partnership	1	Pavlovic	York and North Yorkshire Housing Partnership consists of 23 housing associations who have published a prospectus with 3 aims: · building the right homes in the right place · the drive to net zero · boosting jobs and the local economy The partnership meets around key workstreams to help deliver these ambitions in the region. CYC has one place, subs are allowed.
Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission	1	Kent Richard Webb (Chief Executive)	Leader appointment.
Yorkshire and Humber (Local Authorities) Employers Association	1	Lomas	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. Formerly known as Local Government Yorkshire and Humber Employers Committee / The Regional Employers Organisation. A sub is permitted – this can be another councillor or an officer if a councillor is not available.
Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Migration Group	1	Pavlovic Andrew Laslett (Officer) (sub)	Nominations to this were previously done sub regionally via the NY and York Sub Regional Secretariat but, following the changes within North Yorkshire, individual local authorities will be approached in June to nominate a representative.  Local authorities can choose to nominate either an elected member or a senior officer. A sub is permitted.
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO) Procurement Holdings Limited	1	Ayre	Should either be a serving elected Member or a permanent employed officer of the authority - appointment as Director. No subs permitted.
Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (jointly with NYCC)	1 (Lab)	Kent Merrett (sub) 1 x CYC Officer vacancy (sub)	At least one Member to be an Executive Member. A sub is permitted.
Yorwaste	1	Baxter	At least one Council appointee should be a Member. Company Director. No subs permitted.