Issue - meetings

Appointment of Representatives on Joint Authorities

 

 

Meeting: 24/05/2012 - Cabinet (Item 7)

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Report of the Head of Corporate Legal Services

Minutes:

Further to Minute No. 16 of the Adjourned Annual Council Meeting held on 15 May 2012, the Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Corporate Legal Services relating to the appointment of the Council representatives on to the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority, Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority and Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority for 2012/13.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

(1)       following clarification on the issue of proportionality:

 

(a)       it be agreed that the revised proportionality on the three Joint Authorities is now as follows:

 

Authority

 

Seats

Lab

Lib Dem

Con

Fire & Rescue

4

3 (+1)

1

0 (-1)

Transport

4

3 (+1)

1

0 (-1)

Waste Disposal

2

2 (+1)

0 (-1)

0

 

            (b)       the following Members be appointed on to the following Merseyside Joint Authorities for 2012/13:

 

Authority

 

Seats

Lab

Lib Dem

Con

Fire & Rescue

4

Cllrs. Byrom,  John Joseph Kelly and Mahon

Cllr. Blackburn

-

Transport

4

Cllrs. M. Dowd, Friel and Kermode

Cllr. Dodd

-

Waste Disposal

2

Cllrs. K. Cluskey and Hardy

-

-

 

(2)       it be noted that the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Performance and Corporate Services) has given his consent under Rule 17 of the Scrutiny Procedure Rules for these decisions to be treated as urgent and not subject to “call in” on the basis that they cannot be reasonably deferred because of the scheduled meetings and induction sessions of the Joint Authorities.