Agenda and minutes

At this point in the meeting, Members are asked to declare:

·        any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests

·        any prejudicial interests or

·        any disclosable pecuniary interests

which they may have in respect of business on this agenda.

At this point in the meeting, Members were asked to declare any personal, prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interests, not included on the Register of Interests that they might have had in respect of the business of the agenda. No interests were declared.

To approve and sign the minutes of the last meeting of the Staffing Matters & Urgency Committee held on 20^th July 2015.

Resolved:  That the minutes of the last meeting of the Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee held on 20 July 2015 be approved and signed by the Chair as a correct record.

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Filming, Recording or Webcasting Meetings

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The Council’s protocol on Webcasting, Filming & Recording of Meetings ensures that these practices are carried out in a manner both respectful to the conduct of the meeting and all those present.  It can be viewed at http://www.york.gov.uk/downloads/file/6453/protocol_for_webcasting_filming_and_recording_of_council_meetingspdf

It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

This report asks Members to agree a number of further changes in membership of Committees and Outside Bodies for the remainder of the 2015/16 municipal year.

Members were asked to agree a number of further changes in membership to Committees, Outside and Partnership Bodies.

The Committee was informed that between the publication of the agenda and the meeting, additional requests for changes had been received including;

·        A request from Dennis Martin, a Dunnington Parish Councillor for a place on the Ouse and Derwent Internal Drainage Board.

·        That Councillor Gillies had been appointed on to the Local Government Association (LGA)-Safer and Stronger Communities Board 2015/16. This was to take effect from 1 September for the municipal year 2015/16.

·        A request to remove Councillor N Barnes from the City of York Trading Company Shareholders Committee.

Resolved: That the following nominations and changes in memberships to committees and outside bodies be agreed;

Committees

(i)           York Health and Wellbeing Board

Kevin Curley to replace Luke Barnett as the York CVS representative on the Board.

·        Martin Farran, as the new Director of Adult Social Care to replace Guy van Dichele on the Board.

·        Martin Barkley, Chief Executive of Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust to fill the provider place previously occupied by Chris Butler of Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, with effect from 1 October 2015.

·        Ruth Hill as Martin Barkley’s named substitute.

Appointments Panel-Acting Director of Public Health

(ii)          Councillor Funnell to replace Councillor Cannon.

Outside and Partnership Bodies

York Hospital Governorship

(iii)        Councillor Galvin to replace Councillor Doughty.

North Yorkshire Pension Fund-Local Pension Board

(iv)        Remove Councillor Waller as a substitute for Councillor Cuthbertson.

British Sugar Community Forum

(v)         Acomb Ward- Councillors S Barnes (Labour) and K Myers (Conservative)

Rural West York- Councillor Gillies (Conservative)

Holgate Ward- Councillor Derbyshire (Labour)

European Structural and Investment Funds Programme Management Committee

(vi)        Remove former Councillor Simpson-Laing and replace with Councillor Gillies.

York Citizens’ Theatre Trust

(vii)      Replace Councillor Flinders with Councillor Looker.

York Outer Ring Road Lead Members Board

(viii)     Councillor Dew (Conservative)

Councillor Orrell (Liberal Democrat)

Councillor Williams (Labour)

Councillor D’Agorne (Green)

Ouse and Derwent Internal Drainage Board

(ix)        Parish Councillor Dennis Martin to the Internal Drainage Board.

Local Government Association (LGA) –Safer and Stronger Communities Board 2015/16

(x)         Councillor Gillies to the Board.

City of York Trading Shareholders Committee

(xi)        Councillor Boyce to replace Councillor N Barnes.    

Reason: In order to make appropriate appointments to the Council’s Committees, Outside and Partnership Bodies.