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Agenda item

Outside Body Appointments

Meeting of Policy Committee, Monday, 10th June, 2024 6.30 pm (Item 8.)

This report asks the Committee to make appointments or nominations to outside bodies for the Municipal Year 2024/25, or longer where required. A schedule of outside body appointments showing the Group Leaders’ recommendations will be circulated prior to the meeting.

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report on the appointments or nominations to outside bodies for the Municipal Year 2024/25, or longer where required. A schedule of outside body appointments showing the Group Leaders’ recommendations was tabled at the meeting.

The recommendation in the report and the schedule of appointments incorporated the recommendations of a review of Outside Bodies carried out by the Trustees Sub-Committee (Minute 3 of the meeting held on 26 March 2024 refers). The Sub-Committee’s recommendation to discontinue making a nomination to the Tilehurst People’s Local Charity had been amended following further correspondence from the organisation.

Resolved -

(1) That the Committee make appointments or nominations to outside bodies as follows:

Organisation	2024/25 nomination	Term of Office
Association of Public Service Excellence	Cllr Karen Rowland	1 year
Association of Public Service Excellence	Cllr Paul Gittings	1 year
AWE Aldermaston – Local Liaison Committee	Cllr Clarence Mitchell	1 year
AWE Aldermaston – Local Liaison Committee	Cllr Mark Keeping	1 year
Berkshire Flood Partnership	Cllr Micky Leng	1 year
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	Cllr Jacopo Lanzoni	1 year
Berkshire Local Transport Body	Cllr John Ennis	1 year
Berkshire Music Trust	Cllr Paul Gittings	1 year
Berkshire Pension Fund Panel	Cllr Glenn Dennis	1 year
Berkshire Prosperity Board	Cllr Liz Terry	1 year
Brighter Futures for Children (Council-nominated Director)	Darren Carter	1 year
Caversham Park Village Association	Cllr Stephen Goss	1 year
Citizens’ Advice Reading Trustee Board	Cllr Micky Leng	1 year
Community Alcohol Partnerships CIC	Matt Golledge	1 year
Conservation Area Advisory Committee	Cllr David Stevens	1 year
Homes for Reading Limited	Cllr Jan Gavin	3 years (annual confirmation)
Homes for Reading Limited	Cllr Jo Lovelock	3 years (annual confirmation)
Homes for Reading Limited	Cllr Rachel Eden	3 years (annual confirmation)
Homes for Reading Limited	Cllr Raj Singh	3 years (annual confirmation)
Homes for Reading Limited	Emma Gee	3 years (annual confirmation)
Improvement and Efficiency Social Enterprise (shareholder representative)	Cllr Liz Terry	1 year
Improvement and Efficiency Social Enterprise (Non-Executive Director)	Cllr Ellie Emberson	1 year
Kenavon Drive Management Company	Cllr Richard Davies	1 year
LGA Unitary Councils Network (substitute)	Cllr Liz Terry	1 year
LGA Unitary Councils Network	Cllr Micky Leng	1 year
Local Enterprise Partnership Forum	Cllr Liz Terry	1 year
Local Government Information Unit Members Assembly (deputy)	Cllr Alice Mpofu-Coles	1 year
Local Government Information Unit Members Assembly	Cllr Rachel Eden	1 year
Mid and West Berkshire Local Access Forum	Cllr Adele Barnett-Ward	1 year
Readibus Board of Directors	Cllr Andrew Hornsby-Smith	1 year
Readibus Board of Directors	Cllr Jacopo Lanzoni	1 year
Readibus Board of Directors	Cllr Mohammed Ayub	1 year
Reading Climate Change Partnership	Ben Burfoot	1 year
Reading Climate Change Partnership	Chris Maddocks	1 year
Reading Climate Change Partnership	Cllr John Ennis	1 year
Reading Community Energy Society	Cllr Liz Terry	1 year
Reading Community Energy Society	Cllr Rachel Eden	1 year
Reading Community Welfare Rights Unit	Cllr Ayub	1 year
Reading Community Welfare Rights Unit	Cllr McEwan	1 year
Reading Community Welfare Rights Unit	Cllr O’Connell	1 year
Reading Hampshire Property Partnership	Michael Graham	1 year
Reading In Bloom Committee	Cllr David Stevens	1 year
Reading Sports Aid Fund	Cllr Paul Gittings	3 years
Reading Sports Aid Fund	Cllr Glenn Dennis	ex-officio as Mayor
Reading Voluntary Action	Councillor Adele Barnett-Ward	1 year
REDA - Reading's Economy and Destination Agency	Cllr Liz Terry	1 year
REDA - Reading's Economy and Destination Agency	Jackie Yates	1 year
Royal Berkshire Archives Standing Committee	Cllr Liz Terry	1 year
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust - Governor	To be appointed under delegation	1 year
South East Employers	Cllr Liz Terry	1 year
South East Employers	Cllr Emberson	1 year
South East England Councils	Cllr Liz Terry	1 year
South East England Councils (substitute)	Cllr Micky Leng	1 year
South East Reserve Forces and Cadets’ Association	Cllr Graeme Hoskin	3 years
South East Strategic Leaders	Cllr Liz Terry	1 year
South East Strategic Leaders (substitute)	Cllr Micky Leng	1 year
Thames Valley Police & Crime Panel	Councillor Karen Rowland	1 year
Thames Valley Police & Crime Panel (substitute)	Cllr Paul Gittings	1 year
Trading Standards South-East Ltd	Rob Abell	1 year
Trading Standards South-East Ltd	Matt Golledge	1 year
University of Reading Court	Cllr Glenn Dennis	1 year

(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 discontinuation of a number of appointments, as recommended by the Trustees Sub-Committee and noted in the schedule, be agreed;

(4) That the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, be authorised to consider any requests to continue or reinstate appointments and to make any other mid-year appointments as required;

(5) That the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Chair of the Trustees Sub-Committee, be authorised to discuss the requirements of the Tilehurst People’s Local Charity with the organisation further, before making a decision on whether to make a nomination or consent to the Council's nomination rights being relinquished;

(6) That appointed representatives be requested to report back annually to ensure that information on appointments was kept up to date and to provide reassurance that relationships with outside bodies continued to promote the Corporate Plan priorities and were of benefit to the external body and (if applicable) the Council.

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