Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Corporate Commissioning

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Corporate Commissioning seeking the appointment of representatives to serve on the General Assembly of the Local Government Association (LGA) for 2012/13 and to attend the Annual Meeting to be held on 26 June 2012 at Birmingham; and agreement on the distribution of the voting power between the representatives appointed.

The Authority had been invited to nominate up to four representatives to attend and exercise the Council’s votes at the meetings of the LGA General Assembly.

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

RESOLVED:            That

(1)            Councillor Maher be appointed as the named representative to attend meetings of the General Assembly of the LGA in 2012/13 and the Annual Meeting on 26 June 2012;

(2)            Councillor Maher be authorised to use 5 votes on behalf of the Council at meetings of the LGA General Assembly; and

(3)            Councillor Maher be authorised to attend the Local Government Association Annual Conference from 27 to 29 June 2012.