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Agenda item

Outside Body Appointments

This report asks the Committee to make appointments or nominations to outside bodies for the Municipal Year 2023/24, or longer where required. A schedule of outside body appointments showing the Group Leaders’ recommendations will be circulated prior to the meeting.

Minutes:

The Assistant Director of Legal and Democratic Services submitted a report asking the Committee to make appointments or nominations to outside bodies for the Municipal Year 2023/24, or longer where required. A schedule of outside body appointments showing the Group Leaders’ recommendations was tabled at the meeting.

Resolved –

(1) That appointments or nominations to the listed outside bodies be made as follows:

Organisation	Representative	Role	Term of Office	End
Age UK Berkshire - Board observer			1 year
Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE)	Councillor Jason Brock		1 year
Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE)	Councillor Paul Gittings		1 year
AWE Aldermaston – Local Liaison Committee	Councillor Clarence Mitchell		1 year
AWE Aldermaston – Local Liaison Committee	Councillor Mark Keeping		1 year
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust – Governor	Councillor Deborah Edwards		3 years
Berkshire Local Transport Body	Councillor John Ennis	Deputy	1 year
Berkshire Local Transport Body	Councillor Jason Brock		1 year
Berkshire Maestros	Councillor Paul Gittings		1 year
Berkshire Pension Fund Panel	Councillor Glenn Dennis		1 year
Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London Adjudication Joint Committee	Councillor Will Cross	Deputy	1 year
Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London Adjudication Joint Committee	Councillor John Ennis		1 year
Caversham Park Village Association	Councillor Stephen Goss		1 year
Citizens’ Advice Reading Trustee Board			1 year
Citizens’ Advice Reading Trustee Board	Councillor Wendy Griffith		1 year
Community Alcohol Partnerships CIC	Public Protection Manager	Officer
Conservation Area Advisory Committee			1 year
Conservation Area Advisory Committee	Councillor Wendy Griffith		1 year
Flexible Home Improvements Limited	James Crosbie	Officer
Hexham Community Association Management Committee	Councillor Will Cross		1 year
Homes for Reading Limited	Councillor Jan Gavin		3 years
Homes for Reading Limited	Councillor Jo Lovelock		3 years
Homes for Reading Limited	Councillor Liam Challenger		3 years
Homes for Reading Limited	Councillor Raj Singh		3 years
Homes for Reading Limited		Officer	3 years
Improvement and Efficiency Social Enterprise	Councillor Jason Brock		1 year
Improvement and Efficiency Social Enterprise	Councillor Liz Terry		1 year
Kenavon Drive Management Company	Councillor Richard Davies		1 year
Kennet and Avon Canal Trust	Councillor Paul Gittings		1 year
Kennet Day Nursery Association	Councillor Ruth McEwan		1 year
Launchpad Reading	Councillor Rachel Eden		1 year
LGA Unitary Councils Network	Councillor Jason Brock	Substitute
LGA Unitary Councils Network	Councillor Liz Terry
Local Enterprise Partnership	Councillor Jason Brock		1 year
Local Government Association (Conference)	Councillor Jason Brock		1 year
Local Government Association (Conference)	Councillor Tony Page		1 year
Local Government Information Unit Management Committee	Councillor Alice Mpofu-Coles	Deputy	1 year
Local Government Information Unit Management Committee	Councillor Rachel Eden		1 year
Mapledurham Playing Fields Management Committee	Councillor Isobel Ballsdon		3 years
Mapledurham Playing Fields Management Committee	Councillor Sam Juthani		3 years
Mid and West Berkshire Local Access Forum	Councillor Adele Barnett-Ward		1 year
Pakistani Community Association	Councillor Wendy Griffith		1 year
Queen Victoria Institute	Councillor Karen Rowland		4 years
Queen Victoria Institute			4 years
Readibus Board of Directors	Councillor Andrew Hornsby-Smith		1 year
Readibus Board of Directors	Councillor Jacopo Lanzoni		1 year
Readibus Board of Directors	Councillor Mohammed Ayub		1 year
Readibus Board of Directors			1 year
Readibus Board of Directors			1 year
Reading Climate Change Partnership	Ben Burfoot	Officer	1 year
Reading Climate Change Partnership	Chris Maddocks	Officer	1 year
Reading Climate Change Partnership	Councillor John Ennis		1 year
Reading College Business Advisory Board	Councillor Jason Brock		1 year
Reading Deaf Centre	Councillor Will Cross		1 year
Reading Hampshire Property Partnership	Mike Graham	Officer	1 year
Reading In Bloom Committee	Councillor Karen Rowland		1 year
Reading Sports Aid Fund	Councillor Adele Barnett-Ward		3 years
Reading Sports Aid Fund	Councillor Tony Page	Mayor	Mayoral term
Reading Voluntary Action	Councillor Adele Barnett-Ward		1 year
REDA - Reading's Economy and Destination Agency	Councillor Jason Brock		1 year
REDA - Reading's Economy and Destination Agency		Officer	1 year
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust - Governor	Councillor Deborah Edwards		1 year
South East Employers	Councillor Liz Terry		1 year
South East Employers	Councillor Jason Brock	Substitute	1 year
South East England Councils	Councillor Jason Brock		1 year
South East England Councils	Councillor Liz Terry	Substitute	1 year
South East Strategic Leaders	Councillor Jason Brock		1 year
South East Strategic Leaders	Councillor Liz Terry	Substitute	1 year
St Laurence Relief in Need Trust			4 years
St Laurence Relief in Need Trust			4 years
Standing Committee On Archives	Councillor Jason Brock		1 year
Thames Valley Police & Crime Panel	Councillor Karen Rowland		1 year
Thames Valley Police & Crime Panel	Councillor Liz Terry	Substitute	1 year
Trading Standards South-East Ltd	James Crosbie	Officer	1 year
Trading Standards South-East Ltd	Public Protection Manager	Officer	1 year
University of Reading Court	Councillor Tony Page	Mayor	Mayoral term

(2) That the appointments or nominations be made on an “or nominee” basis where the organisation in question was willing to accept this arrangement;

(3) That the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and any relevant Group Leaders, be authorised to appoint the Council’s representative(s) to any outside body vacancies arising mid-year or otherwise not filled in the annual round of appointments;

(4) That the Trustees Sub-Committee be authorised to conduct a review of the appointments and nominations to outside bodies and report back to Policy Committee with recommendations.

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